Cristiano Ronaldo was dropped from the starting lineup for Portugal’s match against Switzerland on Tuesday in the round of 16 of the World Cup.
Members of the Dallas Sports Commission will be heading to Qatar next week to learn more about what it takes to put on a World Cup.
Ronaldo had jogged onto the field for the pre-match warmup alone, after the starters, and was with the substitutes kicking the ball around with them in light drills. He was smiling when he returned to the locker room and paused for a photo with a female volunteer. He leaned down and draped his arm around her for the picture.
The 37-year-old striker opened the tournament with a goal against Ghana to become the first player to score in five different World Cups. But he was ineffective in Portugal’s final two games of group play and was pulled midway through the second half of a 2-1 loss to South Korea. Before Portugal’s first match of the World Cup, Ronaldo cut ties with Manchester United and is reportedly being wooed by a Saudi Arabian team with the promise of an exorbitant paycheck, and a poll in Portugal showed that fans in his home country wanted the superstar dropped from the lineup.
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