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Cristiano Ronaldo stirred another controversy around him right ahead of Portugal's FIFA World Cup's quarterfinal clash against Morocco. On Wednesday (December 7), Ronaldo refused to train with the substitutes, instead he opted to join the starters for a gym session, the Daily Mail reported.
Ronaldo walked off the field instead of celebrating with Portuguese team-mates following Portugal's emphatic 6-1 victory against Switzerland in the Round of 16 clash at Lusail Stadium.
Despite cruising into the quarterfinals of possibly the last FIFA World Cup of his career, this week was turbulent, disturbing and controversy-ridden for the talismanic footballer.
At the age of 37 and probably playing in his last World Cup, the former Manchester United forward is reportedly continuing to cause a stir in Qatar, failing to turn up for training with the Portuguese substitutes.
Ronaldo broke the record and became the first male player to score at five World Cups as soon as the Qatar carnival started but failed to score in the back-to-back matches.
His lackluster and underwhelming performances and failure to score in back-to-back matches in the later games, added to his blatantly rude response of annoyance to his substitution against South Korea, had resulted in him being dropped off from the starting eleven against Switzerland.
