Ronaldo was unexpectedly removed from the Portuguese team

Coach Fernando Santos has just caused a surprise when he removed Portugal's number 1 star Cristiano Ronaldo from the training camp to prepare for two friendly matches against Saudi Arabia and the US in mid-November.

Ronaldo was removed from the Portugal squad. Photo: Reuters

Ronaldo is in poor form with only 1 goal after 10 rounds of the Spanish Championship (La Liga) this season. One of the reasons is that he has had to work hard and suffered many injuries recently.

Therefore, coach Santos did not call up Ronaldo to give the superstar time to rest, regain his fitness and form. Besides Ronaldo, two other veterans, Ricardo Quaresma and Luis Nani, were also absent. Therefore, coach Fernando Santos decided to give the opportunity to four players who were called up to the national team for the first time: Marco Lopes (Monaco), Kevin Rodriguez (Sociedad), Edgar Ie (Lille) and Ricardo Ferreira (Sporting Braga).

According to TTO