# Debate Over Cristiano Ronaldo’s Departure From Portugal’s National Team - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2105482914523750901 - Source account: [@ArielipilloPlus](https://x.com/ArielipilloPlus) - Source language: Spanish - Target language: English - Duration: 3:01 - Published: 2026-10-01 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/es/debate-sobre-la-salida-de-cristiano-ronaldo-de-la-selecci%C3%B3n-de-portugal.md ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team) Cristiano's outburst, whatever it is, it's an outburst. [0:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=1) That's what I'm saying. I think he backed down a bit. [0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=3) The coach and the president rushed to the airport to try to stop him and keep him from leaving. I mean, after he posts it and leaves. [0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=11) That's worse. That's very wrong on both sides. [0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=12) Of course. That's worse. There's something fishy going on there. [0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=15) Yes. No, this is for me. That's worse. I think it's a whim. [0:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=19) An outburst. Why? He has a point too. No, but that's not the way to do it. That's not the way to do it. [0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=25) Then they should tell him before calling him, "Look, don't come, dear, because we no longer count on you athletically, announce your retirement and leave," instead he goes, they expose him, uh, we're still talking. [0:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=34) No, he exposed himself. He exposed himself. [0:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=37) The coach isn't obliged to field a player— Exactly. [0:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=39) In a call-up. No way, under any circumstances. No, he's not obliged. [0:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=43) He's not obliged. He may be obliged in a utopian world, but in real life, there are these little arrangements. [0:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=48) But look, Modric didn't play. Modric wasn't a starter, he hasn't started lately. [0:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=52) No. Yeah, well, he's not good enough even for Serie A. Well, then. What a great inconsistency. [0:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=58) You bring in Cristiano, then don't play him. [1:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=61) The coach says, "I'm the coach," Cristiano gets angry. [1:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=64) That's how he put it. He starts. He played the first match. [1:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=66) Right. The second one. It's not that, no, no, but… [1:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=68) But he took him off, and he got offended. [1:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=70) He starts. But that's normal. He takes off, goes to the airport, and then you go— Chasing after him. [1:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=74) Like a dumped boyfriend, you know, trying to chase him down the fiancé. No, no, if he wants to leave, let him leave. [1:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=81) Of course. It's no place for a federation president. [1:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=83) Ah, he got away. Nor should a coach go chasing after anyone. [1:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=87) You want to leave, go ahead, buddy. Don't worry about it. [1:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=89) No, but it's Cristiano. No, no, that's not cool. [1:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=91) Then Cristiano, then put him in the game. [1:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=93) No, no. No, yes. Of course, of course. It's not the same. [1:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=97) No, how is it not? Why are you kicking him out? [1:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=99) Because he could— You called him up. He played the first game. [1:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=103) No, it's... He didn't play the second. What's wrong with that? [1:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=105) Whether he's Cristiano or not, a coach can't go chasing after a player, begging him not to leave. Period. [1:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=112) That's right. The national team is like a call to Mass. If you want to go, you come. [1:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=116) If you don't want to come, don't come to church, buddy. [1:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=118) But a coach can't go chasing after a player. That's... [2:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=123) Where does that leave you? As a coach. Honestly, it lowers his standing a lot. [2:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=126) I'm against what he did. I, withou— obviously, we're all speculating because we don't know the, what really happened. [2:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=131) He's not that huge in Europe either, huh? [2:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=131) What I mean is, uh, I'm against what Cristiano is doing, abandoning the national team, but I think that because of, because of the image Cristiano represents for Portuguese football, I don't see it negatively that the coach and president— I don't know if they went after him, but in fact— It's because of the rules. [2:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=149) Come, let's talk. Come, let's talk. Well, but maybe it didn't happen, maybe Cristiano made the decision. [2:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=153) The reason he left is because he didn't play. [2:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=154) Because— maybe he, made the hasty decision. [2:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=156) And then he'll tell us, I mean. I insist. [2:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=159) What I think happened is that this man, I understand he's the coach, he can say whatever he wants. [2:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=163) Of course. I mean, he didn't consider what it would entail. [2:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=166) And suddenly, in the heat of the moment, s-something was said. [2:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=170) But he's a special character, huh? I mean. [2:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=172) But you have to think. This isn't the first time it's happened with him. [2:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2YV8cmjEIbN9/en/debate-over-cristiano-ronaldo-s-departure-from-portugal-s-national-team?t=174) Having these kinds of players, Cristiano, Messi, Mbappé, you do need, as a coach, special handling.