Santos: If Ronaldo trains, he will play against Korea, and we did not ask FIFA for anything

Santos: If Ronaldo trains, he will play against Korea, and we did not ask FIFA for anything

Portugal coach Fernando Santos confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo has a 50% chance of participating against South Korea in the match that will be held tomorrow at the end of the group stage of the World Cup currently being held in Qatar and will continue until December 18.

Santos said during the press conference for the South Korea match: “Playing every 4 days here is tiring and could end up with injuries. There will be changes against South Korea, and I have full confidence in all the players.”

The Portugal coach added, “We have to keep the first place in our group and play against South Korea in order to win, and we do not know in advance what the result will be, because the competitor has many qualifications.”

And Santos continued: “Cristiano Ronaldo, if he trained normally, is part of the team that we have to choose to face South Korea, and neither I nor Cristiano asked FIFA for anything. There is always this fake news from the media to draw attention.”

“Nuno Mendes will miss the rest of the World Cup matches,” Santos said. “It is also unlikely that players with yellow cards, Bruno Fernandez, Ruben Diaz, Joao Felix, Ruben Neves, will play.”

Portugal succeeded in booking the second qualification ticket to the round of 16, after winning the first match against Ghana with three goals to two, then winning the second match against Uruguay with two clean goals, which led to achieving the full mark and officially qualifying for the next stage.

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