{"id":150078,"date":"2022-12-06T20:44:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T20:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/cristiano-ronaldo-benched-by-portugal-coach-for-switzerland-match\/"},"modified":"2022-12-06T20:44:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T20:44:10","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-benched-by-portugal-coach-for-switzerland-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/cristiano-ronaldo-benched-by-portugal-coach-for-switzerland-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo benched by Portugal coach for Switzerland match"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AL DAAYEN, Qatar \u2014 Cristiano Ronaldo will not start for Portugal in its round of 16 matchup against Switzerland on Tuesday. The last time Ronaldo did not start in a World Cup was in a group stage match against Mexico in 2006, when he was 21. He has started in 18 consecutive World Cup games since then.<\/p>\n
Manager Fernando Santos made the decision after a tense press conference in which he said he didn’t appreciate the superstar’s reaction to being substituted in the 65th minute of the final group match loss to South Korea.<\/p>\n