Cristiano Ronaldo smiles as he arrives for a Portugal soccer staff coaching session in Oeiras, outdoors Lisbon, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. Portugal will play Nigeria Thursday in a pleasant match in Lisbon earlier than departing to Qatar on Friday for the World Cup. (AP Photograph/Armando Franca)
Lisbon: Cristiano Ronaldo is “at all times glad” when enjoying for Portugal and his issues at Manchester United is not going to harm the nation’s prospects on the World Cup, worldwide teammate Joao Mario mentioned on Tuesday.
The celebrity ahead blasted United in an explosive TV interview days earlier than the beginning of the match in Qatar, saying he felt “betrayed” by the membership and doesn’t respect supervisor Erik ten Hag.
Ronaldo, 37, is now making ready to steer Portugal at a World Cup for what is sort of sure to be the ultimate time.
“He’s at all times glad when he’s within the nationwide staff,” Benfica midfielder Joao Mario informed reporters after the squad skilled in Lisbon.
“I noticed him yesterday and he was fairly nice as at all times. As he has mentioned earlier than, for him it’s at all times a pleasure to be right here. He’s completely targeted on the nationwide staff.
“I don’t see an issue with the timing (of the interview) as a result of everybody at all times speaks about Cristiano, so it’s nice for us.”
Ronaldo aired his grievances in an interview with British channel TalkTV.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner has been a peripheral determine for United this season beneath new supervisor Ten Hag.
He was disciplined after refusing to come back on instead in a 2-0 win over Tottenham final month.
However the Portugal celebrity had returned to the facet in latest weeks and even captained the Purple Devils in a 3-1 loss at Aston Villa.
Nevertheless, he was absent from the squad for Sunday’s 2-1 victory over Fulham in United’s remaining match earlier than a six-week break for the World Cup.
Ronaldo, the all-time prime scorer in worldwide soccer, has began simply 4 video games within the Premier League this season and scored solely as soon as.
His Portugal facet open their World Cup marketing campaign towards Ghana in Doha on 24 November and also will face Uruguay and South Korea in Group H.
In a message posted on social media on Monday, together with a photograph of himself and a few of his worldwide team-mates, Ronaldo mentioned: “Whole and absolute give attention to the work of the nationwide staff.”
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