Cristiano Ronaldo Substituted by Juventus boss Maurizio Sarri he was right to substitute him in his last two appearances for the club and confirmed he has been carrying an injury.
By Staff Writer, écoute moi
Cristiano Ronaldo has been replaced in back to back games played, by his boss Maurizio Sarri after he has been below par and he has even failed to last the whole 90 minutes two times consecutively now. The first episode was against Milan in Serie A and the second was in the Champions League during their 2-1 victory over Lokomotiv Moscow.
However, when he was taken off in the 55th minute against AC Milan in their next match, Ronaldo seemed far from pleased and fuming. It was even reported that Ronaldo had left the stadium before the match had even ended. This gave rise to speculations that perhaps all did not seem well in the Juventus camp.
Cristiano has decided to give his take on the matter and bring clarity to situation. Sarri said that the decision to replace was due to Ronaldo’s knee injury. Supporting his manager he admitted that he was not fully fit . He further added in the last three weeks he has been limited,’ he told reporters after Portugal’s 2-0 win over Luxembourg.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Substituted
‘Everyone knows that I don’t like to be substituted, ’Nobody likes to be replaced, but I understood it because I wasn’t in such good shape, He told the reporters. But there was no problem in my gestures after the change . I tried to help Juventus by playing injured.
Ronaldo helped his country qualify for Euro 2020 on Sunday, grabbing the second goal in a 2-0 win over Luxembourg that sealed their place in next year’s finals.
Ronaldo admitted that he has been playing for Portugal while carrying an injury as well and still hasn’t healed despite putting up a great performance in his 2 matches with the European Champions.
He said ,’I sacrificed myself for the team. We could have missed out on Euro 2020. Thankfully, I haven’t been injured much in my career but it can happen. It’s a pain that prevents me from being 100% but I will always try to play. They created a big controversy where it didn’t need to exit. I will be back to 100% soon.