Photo: Gonzalo Ramos.
Cristiano Ronaldo did not make the best eleven in the match against Switzerland in the last sixteen of the World Cup in Qatar on Tuesday. Without him, Portugal looked devastated. They entered the quarter-finals with a 6-1 victory.
In the team's first two matches, Gonzalo Ramos, who got the chance to go on the field as a replacement for Ronaldo, played in the best eleven this time for the first time. The 21-year-old forward of Benfica scored a great hat-trick. In the end, Ramos stole the limelight, but before the match or during the match, Ronaldo's presence on the bench was a big topic.
After the match, the question ran to Ramos, like all other matches, did Ronaldo talk to the team before the start of the match?
"Cristiano Ronaldo talks to me, everybody," Ramos said. He is our leader and always tries to be there.”
"To be honest, nobody in our team talked about it (Ronaldo being on the bench). As captain, Ronaldo has always helped us, inspired us, not just me, but everyone in the team."
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