Ronaldo benched for the Switzerland game, allegedly for bad attitude.

@Northwest He reacted badly to being subbed off in the last game and apparently gave the coach the cold shoulder when the coach tried to talk to him about it.

He didn't get away with this at United and now even Portugal (for whom he is the greatest ever player and most famous person in the country) has had enough of it too. Well played the coach for being brave and standing up to his bullshit.

@Burnley123 I get really tired of his attitude. Our equivalent is Tom Brady.

@Northwest Yeah, that is a good analogy.

At their peak (and each of them had a loooong peak) these guys were world-beaters and had tremendous power earned on merit by performances. They were untouchable and coaches has to adapt to their whims because they were each so valuable to their respective teams. As each of them has declined with age, neither has shrunk their ego at all, despite declining value. Ronaldo was long thought undroppable by Portugal because of his status within the country, but honestly, they have a lot of good players and IMO are a better team without him now anyway. I hope they win tonight, just to make him look bad. 🤣

@Burnley123 The TRUE greats always remember the difference between coaches and players. They don't put themselves above the team and understand the necessity for coaches to call the shots. You can't let the inmates run the asylum.