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Coach: Portugal has played the best game in history without Cristiano Ronaldo! Some people love diving but he wants to play football!

10:14am, 16 November 2025【Football】

November 16th. Cristiano Ronaldo not only had 0 goals and 0 assists in the last World Cup preliminaries, finishing last in the game, but he was also given a red card and expelled on the spot for a malicious elbow attack during the blocking process. The nature was particularly bad and he would be officially suspended for two or three games by FIFA. This means that Ronaldo may miss the World Cup. For him, Messi may once again take the first place in history, because if Ronaldo misses the first World Cup, then Messi will first become the only player in history to play in the sixth World Cup.

FIFA may not announce how many games Ronaldo will be suspended until next month, but he will definitely miss the next World Cup qualifying match. Before the game, Portugal head coach Martinez was busy wiping his butt. He was asked whether Ronaldo would come to the scene to support his teammates, and he was also asked how he would evaluate Ronaldo's elbow.

Portuguese head coach Martinez is nominally defending Ronaldo, but some of the words he said feel like he is putting Ronaldo on the spot. As a football practitioner who has said, "If you like football, you will definitely like Messi." Is all his praise of Ronaldo in the Portuguese national team the same as Ronaldo taking money to do things in Saudi Arabia? Or just like Morgan and the hyperthyroid brother, just to keep their jobs. We may have to wait until Martinez is out of class to see the real story.

Facing the question of whether Ronaldo will come to watch the game, Martinez said that if players are injured or suspended, they are no longer in the national team. Their focus is not the national team. Only the players who play football pay attention to the national team. Martinez's next words were particularly interesting. He said that Ronaldo once stopped playing because of accumulated yellow cards and missed the chance to play Luxembourg. At that time, they had the best record in history (he was talking about Portugal beating Luxembourg 9-0 without Ronaldo).

In fact, the team without Ronaldo is indeed very strong. For example, Real Madrid, without Ronaldo, once again won 2 Ballon d'Ors, 2 World Players of the Year, 2 Champions League titles, and other important honors such as La Liga. Manchester United and Ten Hag, without Ronaldo, have two cup titles. Before Juventus had Ronaldo, they had been winning consecutive Serie A titles. Before Riyadh's success, Ronaldo averaged at least one championship per year, and there were also golden boots and even world golden boots. Moreover, an ordinary AFC Champions League game could attract more than 60,000 fans.

During the Ronaldo era, Riyadh without Ronaldo defeated Inter Miami 6-0 without Messi. This game was one of the best proofs that Ronaldo wasted his teammates. However, it was used by a large number of Ronaldo fans to praise Ronaldo and belittle Messi. I really don’t understand this logic. Because Inter Miami, with Messi, drew 3-3 with Riyadh Crescent, which was in full swing at the time, and Riyadh without Ronaldo won with a 0-0 draw in the 82nd minute. Portugal, without Ronaldo, had not lost for several months.

Martinez’s abstract answer is also. For example, he tried to whitewash Ronaldo's elbow after the last game, but it didn't work. Questions continued to be asked in this game. Martinez, a wage earner, said that Ronaldo was provoked. Others may dive for a penalty kick after being provoked, but Ronaldo just wanted to continue the game (so he elbowed). Martinez believes this was not violence and that he was simply responding to a provocation.