Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo questioned the decision of boss Fernando Santos to surprisingly drop him for the last-16 clash against Switzerland.
Ronaldo was informed by Santos on lunch of the day of the match that he would be replaced by Goncalo Ramos in the Portugal line-up; before the Benfica striker justified his inclusion by netting a sensational hat-trick in his side's 6-1 demolition of the Swiss side.
This led to claims that Ronaldo threatened to storm out of the nation’s World Cup training camp, which were criticised by the superstar, who alleged that “external forces” were trying to “break” the nation’s attempts of winning their first-ever World Cup title ahead of their quarter-final clash against Morocco.
