December 10,2022 will be remembered as the most painful night amongst Portugal football team and entire nation when they lost their quater final match against Morocco by 0-1 .
Portugal and cristiano ronaldo dream to become World Cup Champion has been shattered by this defeat .Cristiano Ronaldo has been seen crying while on the ground .Cristiano Ronaldo has shared one emotional post on social media platform Instagram after the defeat ,He writes in his post “Winning a World cup for Portugal was the biggest and most ambitious dream of my career “.
There has been many reasons behind Portugal going out of the world cup 2022 ,We are going to highlights 3 main reasons .
1. Controversy Between Cristiano Ronaldo And Manchester United : Just before the start the FIFA World cup cristiano Ronaldo gave an interview to british reporter Piera Morgan in which he bluntly criticized manchester united manager Erik Ten Hag and Manchester United Management .After that interview went viral ,Manchester united terminated Cristiano Ronaldo contract with the club with Immediate effect .This Controversy has put more pressure on cristiano ronaldo just before the start of the Mega Event .
2. Cristiano Ronaldo Performance In The World Cup : Some people feel that Cristiano Ronaldo current form in the FIFA world cup is also responsible for Portugal debacle .Portugal was in group H in this World Cup ,Where they played their first group stage match against Ghana in which Ronaldo scored goal in a penalty and become the first player in the World cup history to score goal in 5 consecutive world cups but in their second group stage match against Uruguay ,Cristiano Ronaldo was not able to score any goal but Portugal won the game by 2-0 And in their last group stage match against South Korea which Portugal lost by 2-1 ,Ronaldo performance was just average and ineffective and was not able to score any goal .
3. Benching Cristiano Ronaldo In Knock -Out Stage Matches : Ronaldo was substituted in the 65th minute in the game against South Korea .In that Match Portugal got defeated by South Korea and after the match Portugal manager Fernando Santos And Cristiano Ronaldo had a heated arguments .As the result ,In their Round of 16 match against Switzerland, Cristiano Ronaldo was Benched by the Coach and came to field on the 73 minutes of the game but Portugal secured a massive win over Switzerland by 6-1 .Even in the Quarter Final match against Morocco, Cristiano Ronaldo was not included in the playing 11 and Benched till the second half ,He was on the field in the second half but Portugal was not able to score the equalizer and lost the match against Morocco and their World cup 2022 journey ended .
Conclusion: Many Reasons was there for Portugal exit from the FIFA World Cup . 37 year old ,One of the greatest Player of football Cristiano Ronaldo dream to become world cup champion has ended in the Quarter Finals .This might be the last time World has watched Ronaldo playing in the World Cup . We hope We will see Cristiano Ronaldo playing in the Euro cup 2024 .