Emergency summit over the Cristiano mess: intervention by the Portuguese Federation

Jorge Jesus and Cristiano Ronaldo met on Tuesday night at the Portuguese national team's training camp hotel in Malmö (Sweden).

The meeting, confirmed by A Bola, served to address the situation that arose after the last match against Norway . According to what this Portuguese newspaper learned, the conversation between the national team coach and the Portuguese captain took place in a positive manner and left favorable impressions, with the intention of easing the tension that has settled within the national team.

The origin of the unrest lies in the decision to leave Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench throughout the match played in Oslo . At first, the striker was informed that he would not get any minutes in that match. Later, Jorge Jesus told him that the plan was to bring him on in the second half for approximately half an hour. Ronaldo even went through warm-up exercises, but in the end he did not step onto the pitch . After the final whistle, the Portuguese star clearly showed his anger and headed straight for the dressing room.

Since then, Cristiano has not taken part in training with the group and has only worked in the gym. His situation has caused some unease within the national team and has once again brought to the table the debate about his role as the team's captain.

The matter was addressed directly by Cristiano Ronaldo and Jorge Jesus on Tuesday night, while Pedro Proença , president of the Portuguese Federation, who had planned to travel to the Azores to watch the under-21 national team face Gibraltar , chose to remain in Copenhagen to deal with the situation involving the senior national team, which will face Denmark tomorrow on matchday three of the Nations League.