When Ten Hag had to deal with Ronaldo, these same people were saying Ten Hag was disrespecting Ronaldo. Now the story has changed

Roberto Martinez will go down in history as the manager who wasted 2 golden generations, in Belgium and now Portugal.

Martinez is too weak!! And Jota on the bench too was a joke!

Ronaldo cost his country a chance to win a trophy because he didn’t want to come off the bench. Martinez was too scared to bench him because he would be toxic and divide the team.

Iam Portuguese. For the people blaming Martinez calling him weak, its our Football association that is a problem. They sacked Santos (a man that was here when we won our only euro) because he benched Ronaldo. I remember the big uproar our FA caused in the last tournament when Bruno scored a floating ball that looked like it touched Ronaldos head for a goal and Ronaldo celebrated like it was his goal, it was Brunos goal and the FA did everything to show it was Ronaldos goal, it went to rhe media and eveything in the end Adidas came out with their technology that proved it never rouched ronaldos head but our FA had done eveything ro bow down to Ronaldo. We had better attackers that coukd have effected the game yestersay jota, Ramos who scored a hattrick in WC RO16 all benched because we set up the team to play for Ronaldo and it hurt us. I said a few seasons ago Ronaldo neesed to be phased out so we can create our next crop of leaders but weve made our team all about one man, ronaldo. I appreciate eveything hea done for Portugal as in rhe country, building academys, tourism, resources etc but in terms of our footballing team hes crippled us as much as hes contributed.

With respect to CR7, you know who was bold to make the call? ETH! Yet the deranged English media berated him.

this quote from the guardian says it best: "Théo Hernandez scores the winning penalty, and immediately the Portuguese players instinctively flood towards the heartbroken João Félix, the only man to miss his penalty, and gather him in their arms. Mendes runs to him. João Palhinha runs to him. Nelson Semedo runs to him. Pepe sets aside his own sadness - this may well have been his last game - and runs to him. There is still a team here, and the only sadness is that we never got to see it. One man does not run to Félix. Instead he walks in the other direction, off on his own, pursued only by the prurient gaze of the camera. It's Cristiano Ronaldo"

France are 2 games away from lifting the trophy and they are still yet to score from open-play, truly bizarre 🤣

I reckon Martinez only got the job because they knew he was weak and wouldn’t drop Ronaldo.

Martinez is a shambles of a manager. How can you let a 40 year old man dictate how you pick your team😂😂 what a joke. He should never get another job in football after this

Don’t blame Martinez for not removing Ronaldo during the match , because coach forgot he is playing , like we forgot when we were watching the match , that’s it.

Jota and neto are both better options than a 39 year old ronaldo. That decision cost Portugal the euros.

ETH was right to let him go

Havertz isn't clinical enough, plain & simple.

They were never going hire a manager that wont start Ronaldo. That simple

Martinez is a Spanish Southgate. Tactically clueless, is too weak to drop certain players or is too close to them and bottles it. The fact he kept a poor performing 39 year old on for 240minutes over 2 games within 3 days is bad enough, the fact he could have brought on Ramos, Jota or Neto and didn't is sheer incompetence. Southgate and Martinez must he amazing in interviews because they're abysmal at management

He cant admit he isnt Leo Messi. When he is not scoring he is NOT contributing to the game.

"I need to pull Christiano off." That explains why there were only two masseurs.

Ronaldo is far too self absorbed to realise that he is the problem. They are too scared to drop him but he doesn’t do anything other than score and he is causing the problem. They are so simple to defend against. The same thing happened to utd . He might have scored 20 goals but he didn’t do anything else. They might have scored 30 if they were able to play with more variety. How he is still on the free kicks when he’s not scored any from 60 attempts is ridiculous

Ronaldo threw a hissy fit in the world cup with Santos. He threw a hissy fit at Utd. I'm not sure any manager could win. Bench him and he destabilises the team like at the world cup, play him and you're a man down the whole game. Martinez simply shouldn't have brought him

Ronaldo and messi era has been the worst era of football. People defended them even when they had a bad game and managers are scared of them. Ten hag is horrific tactician and even worse at transfers but i have to say he has been the only who didnt care about ronaldo BS and didnt praise him for simply breathing.

Weak manager who is a specialist in failure

It isnt ronaldo nor martinez fault. There was no chemistry in the team, their style of play was to predictable.

Tony said it because he was feeling lonely that he's the only one on earth born without a brain 😂

It's more Ronaldo's fault. Too self centered, yelling at his teammates for not passing him the ball... bunch of BS. Portugal's players couldn't express themselves on the pitch because everything must go through Ronaldo and they paid the price. If Portugal played without Ronaldo, they would have gone further.

Thinking too much about Ronaldo? He was playing alone in the front, most of his career he was never a striker, even in his prime at 2013/2014 Paulo Bento said it was out of question to play Ronaldo alone as a number 9 striker, imagine now that he's old. I still believe in him and hope he can make it to 2026 WC and finally win it, but until Martinez open his eyes and realize he can also play 2 in the front, there will be no miracles. Portugal only knows how to pass the ball, Martinez says he want to play pretty but the one who wins is the one who scores the most

Djota should be pissed off

Portugal had ten players and a donkey on the pitch. Sad for Ronaldo's legacy and even sadder for the other good players. Martinez = No balls!

Likewise Southgate is also scared to drop non performing star players.

Finally no need to deal with the CR7 ego anymore …. Unless he comes back for World Cup 😵

I want Ronaldo to continue and play in the World Cup 2026. The spectacle has to continue. This team has the most annoying players.

It's FOOTBALLER....Not FOOTBULLER... A Bull is an animal with horns in a field Tony..

Roberto is just being Roberto, specialist is underachieving with great squads.

The reason is because the president of Portuguese football demanded that coach Martinez would use Ronaldo without subbing. The previous Coach, Fernando Santos was sacked because he benched Ronaldo in the world cup. The best thing Martinez could've done is to put him in the midfield and let the real strikers play like Jota and Ramos, but I still think France would've won anyways.

Ronaldo clearly only wanted to score and not win with all that useless free kicks he took🤦 So sad to see hard works of Bernardo, Vitinha, Leao Pepe and their Goalie Costa go in absolute vain.

Ronaldo was past it years ago he will wsnt to play next tournament at 44 and msybe at 50 for portugal grandad fc

Wouldn't be surprised if the Portuguese federation told Martinez he needs to Play Ronaldo

Never get how people seem to rate Martinez, he is so average, not a elite manager , had the best group of players with Belgium and won nothing likewise with this portugal squad , Wigan is about his level .

Why are we comparing kane to CR7 when kane is no where near CR7 level? 🥱🥱🤯🤯

Ronaldo was the sacrificed pawn so that the Portuguese team could have superiority in the midfield, a 39-year-old player left alone among the center backs, 15 years younger than him, bigger than him and yet, he played his role , alone held the center backs having teams like France playing in their defensive 40 meters. Ronaldo's mission was to allow the creative midfielders to shine, Fernandes, Bernardo and Felix were in miserable shape and neither properly fed Ronaldo nor used their creativity to change the game. With a second striker like Ramos playing along Ronaldo, everything would be different, Portugal would lose full control of the midfield but would score much more goals

martinez know very well about penaldo fan they will target him like they do to tenhag n santos if penlado get sub

I don't even think matinez thought ronaldo could come up with one moment I think it's more the fact that ronaldo is more powerful than the manager and matinez dare not take him off

Same england is doing with hary kane

Attitude....that's his problem.

In my opinion Martínez was conditioned for this though… the previous manager was sacked not because they lost in the WC but because he dared to bench Ronaldo (which was the right move at the time)… I think this and any future failures of the Portugal team are entirely the fault of their federation. They are choosing Ronaldo over the team.

If Ronaldo didn’t play ,Portugal would still lose.Though Portugal is my favourite team in the euros,they wouldn’t be able to go any further than the quarterfinals.There are talents there but they don’t possess the burning desire to win.They just didn’t have what it takes to win.That ingredient is missing sad to say.

Martinez is not stubborn he just not have the balls to do what needs to be done, drop the big names. Even the players he selected are all based on reputation instead of form. He needs to go

Of course Martínez didn't substitute Ronaldo...because Ronaldo and his manager Mendes were the ones who hired him.

Euro 2024 Ronaldo has a better overall rating in the tournament than Leao, Felix, Jota, and Ramos. He provided two big chances which is one more than Fernandes, and Silva, he had one assist which was given to Bruno on a silver platter, his average correct pass percentage was higher than Bruno, one of our best midfielders. He also had a higher percentage of shots on target than Mbappe, the so called best player in the world currently.

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="218">03:38</a> he needs to do what? 😂

Messi is a creative cerebral player, so even though he has aged he can still play through-balls between the lines and make those decisive passes. Messi also has a team that will run through walls for him. CR7 however, was a superb player who harnessed his athleticism and physical attributes. The issue is, as he gets older these characteristics wane rapidly and hence his timing and coordination is all off. It also means he cannot press, run-in behind, maintain shooting power and accuracy etc. He should retire gracefully, like Ibrahimovic. Cristiano's tears are for himself and the personal realisation, which he is struggling to accept, that he is no longer what he once was. His narcissistic behaviour ruined Portugal's tournament this year.

How did they “Crash out”? They lost on penalties….

Worry about CR7 and portugal and watch england go home today. 😂😮

Portugal was almost playing 10 against 11 that’s how bad Ronaldo was.

Totally agree. We the clever ones knew that Ronaldo Heavy Foot was going to bury the team. * forgot to say. F**ing ridiculous egocentric… and he doesn’t run, waiting for the ball to land on his head.

Its absolutely ridiculous these pundits saying who should retire, its the managers choice who plays or who doesn't, who's anyone to decide whether a player gives up what they've dedicated their life to if they still enjoy it, doesn't mean they have to be picked for the biggest games

I'm 100% sure even when CR7 retires from football, you guys will always have something to criticize about him.

Stubborn? You think Martinez has the GUTS to sub off Ronaldo?

Martinez has had two very talented national teams and achieved nothing. Overrated manager

But who is Tony 😂.. his mind or idea is not needed in cristiano ronaldos life

Just because Ronaldo disrupts mass media, doesnt mean he is still good on the pitch

You guys shut up..these are the same ideas that causes portugal last world cup .leave the guy alone, portugal did poor in the penalties and that's all..stop comparing harry kain to CR7 please, it is sad listening to guys that don't play the sport of football...

Martinez has the best agent in world football. His management of Ronaldo was always gonna make or break him. Ronaldo in bursts would have been amazing but Ronnie wouldn't be happy with that.

I'm Portuguese and i agree 100% with Tony Cascarino!!! I'll add a bit more to it, Bernado Silva was just as bad as Ronaldo, he failed to cross the ball or offer anything creative up front. In fact when you watch Bernado playing for Man City (yeah i know 2 different teams bla bla) he is constantly crossing the ball for Haaland and causing problems to the opposition. Yes, Bernado works hard but offered nothing up front. Not good enough when he is one of the most talented players in that Portugal squad. Ronaldo only cares about his image now, his love for Portugal is not there anymore!! Martinez needs to be sacked for refusing to bench Ronaldo, absolutely unnacceptable!! Jota, Ramos, Neto, Felix etc... so much talent on the bench and Martinez failed to serve the country a better tournament. I remind you that Portugal had the best bench squad of the Euros and Martinez didn't use it to his advantage, what a bunch of cowards him and Ronaldo!!!!!

100% Ronaldo @60 minutes Over a 60% Ronaldo @ 60 minutes

Costa was diving too early as though he was nervous. 🤦‍♂️🚶‍♂️

Ronaldo is a joke seriously

Tony is 100% correct and this from a Portuguese man who loves Cr7!! We needed a spark against France and we didnt us the talent we had like Jota,Neto etc did nothing but placate Cr7

These guys are actual mothers. Coddling their precious superstars and blaming everyone else except their superstar. Ronaldo carried a far worse Portugal side to the semis in the World Cup than this current squad. No excuses for him to have not stepped up and deliver

Tenhag is the only man with the guts to put off Ronaldo...😂😂

Cr7 was terrible. Did nothing save for trying to cherry pick a goal.

This is the same coach who did nothing with Belgium 🇧🇪 don’t forget He will destroy Portugal 🇵🇹 Just not a good coach Bad subs and never took once Ronaldo off Weak coach with no balls

Best squad. Worst manager picks way past his prime useless diva. Equivalent of playing with 10 men. Every Portuguese person I work with wanted to have Ronaldo on the bench, so it isn't true that there was national pressure for him to play. All Martinez' fault.

England should worries there on problems

Garcia = Legend.

Carnt belive they never even thought once to bring jota on 😅

I wonder if Cass will have the same opinion when Southgate doesn't hook off Kane if he's anonymous again.🤔 No would be my guess😂

Christiano atracts so much criticism... he is use to it but Cmon... Germany the host and the favourite has been thougfhrly kicked out and I dont see countless videos critizisng Nagelsman or Kroos... Nothing. It's all about piling on Christiano. It's ridiculous, it comical. Clownish.

Distaster of a coach. Yet again he had the best squad in the tournament and failed miserably with boring defensive football. Didn't score for 3 games in a row!!!

Does he remind you of someone??

Martinez is 1 of the worst manager in football

Portugal were not only playing with 10 men, they were allowed to only take one free kick. I think that they will much better without Ronaldo now and maybe get rid of that useless manager of theirs as well.

I didn't watch all the games, but did Diogo Jota even get to play? Those Portugal games I actually did see I thought Ronaldo contributed with absolutely nothing. He was on the pitch for the sake of being on the pitch, he never contributed with anything of value for his team mates. I think this is a great disgrace from Martinez side. Even if Jota wasn't available, playing Ronaldo before anyone else is a great insult. You simply can't live by your name and reputation forever. Plus, why is Ronaldo still taking freekicks? If I were portoguese I would be fuming.

Martinez n Ronoldo Wow what a combination. Well done coach😅😅😅

Prensa corrupta promessi

Ronaldo was really trying to conserve his energy so the team was playing 10 against 11. But to do that for 120mins!! What's going on here??

They really threw away a tournament just so ronaldo doesnt feel bad or throw a tantrum

CR7 should have been brought on from the bench, if things weren't going their way. Or if the game went to penalties. Having him take up a position that Jota or Ramps could have covered is nuts. Martinez is the Spanish Southgate. Insult intended.

Felix misses a pen = fine Ronaldo misses a pen = all to blame

Tony you are useless 😡

Big fan of Ronaldo but he should have been subbed after the first half. Can’t keep a player on just because of his name. He got no service during the game and a younger player would have been more of a threat.

Deschamps took Mbappé off because he was not ok... So Martinez had to do the same. Its just football...

Hi Yep martinez totally spineless Ronaldo just of been pulled off at half time. To leave him on was a disgrace

Look who's doing some blamegame here? 😂 We all know it's just a matter of seconds for you to start creating pathetic mitigating excuses when you inevitably get knocked out by the Swiss 😂

They sold him out of Man United didn't he still score 20 goals Ronaldo's worked hard all is life and has pushed himself to his limits at 39 years old what's wrong with that still testing himself out if he has still got it that's why I think he's better than Messi Messi hasn't done that went to PSG what did he do at least ronaldo's gone out on his shield you have to respect that. Messi and Ronaldo have set the bar so high in the sky they made Sky the limit there's not Eva a world's best player in the world no more you've got players in better positions is m Pape the best winger in the world? Because he's not showing it at the minute maybe he's got a chance at Real Madrid football is going through a very bad patch at the moment football needs a saviour maybe England could do it tonight😂😂😂🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Yeah we know Talksports, we know the best version of Kane can't even hold a candle to a 39 year Ronaldo..We already know that

How do you bring on Felix and leave Jota off? Jota a proven goal scorer

Martinez absolutely destroyed our chances to win the Euros!! Period!! The fact that Martinez didnt make any tough decisions is disgusting!! Thanks for ruining a great opportunity!! Martinez in my mind should be FIRED!!!

I understand that others could have been subbed in but I watched that whole game and I don't remember 1 cross or pass they gave Ronaldo in the box so how can another player do better if he's not getting any service to be honest all of there corners from Bruno where horrible

france are not playing very well but they're in semi final, imagine if they play well?😮