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sport">“He will keep the captain’s armband forever,” said Santos in the run-up to the duel with Luxembourg. “Cristiano is a national figurehead. If he had offended me, his teammates or the union with his attitude, we would have had a different situation. But that is not the case. It was a moment of enormous frustration. And we are talking about a player with a huge winning mentality. No one will say his response was neat, but there is no discussion whatsoever whether Cristiano should remain captain. ”
sport">Ronaldo seemed to give Portugal the win at the end of injury time on Saturday. His effort was apparently taken from behind the goal line by Stefan Mitrovic. Referee Danny Makkelie, however, did not have access to goal-line technology in Belgrade and did not receive a signal from his assistant on the sidelines that the ball had completely crossed the line.
Fernando Santos watches during a workout. Ronald lashes out.
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sport">Makkelie gave Ronaldo a yellow card for his outburst of anger towards the linesman. According to Santos, the referee came after the game to apologize for not awarding the goal.
sport">It is not the first time this week that players have complained about the lack of video referee and goal-line technology during World Cup qualification. In the match between Turkey and the Netherlands last Wednesday, there was a debatable moment after a bet by Matthijs de Ligt. Even then it seemed to have passed the goal line, but the referee decided not to award a goal.
sport">Frenkie de Jong, among others, complained after the game: “I think it’s really nonsense that there is no goal-line technology available,” De Jong grumbled. “Some countries have less money, but we don’t have to suffer from that, do we? The point is that the game is as fair as possible? ”
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