The Portuguese Federation punishes Cristiano Ronaldo for leaving the national team
With a 30-day suspension for leaving the national team's training camp
'Cristiano Ronaldo's abandonment of the national team already has consequences. The Portuguese Football Federation has sanctioned the player with a 30-day suspension and a 255-euro fine for leaving the national team's training camp in Denmark during the last international break.
"Under these terms and with the grounds set out, the Disciplinary Council – Non-Professional Section – of the Portuguese Football Federation decides, in these proceedings, to consider the charge fully justified and, consequently, to convict the accused Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro for committing, on one occasion and intentionally, the disciplinary offence provided for and sanctioned by paragraph 1 of article 160 of the RDFPF , consequently imposing on him the sanction of a 30 (thirty)-day suspension and, additionally, the sanction of a fine set at 2.5 UC, that is, €255.00 (two hundred and fifty-five euros)," the ruling reads.
According to the Disciplinary Regulations of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), Cristiano was facing a sanction that could include a suspension of between one and six months and a financial fine. In the end, it remained at the minimum .
"Any player who, having been properly called up, unjustifiably leaves or fails to report to a training session, a match or any activity of the national teams or related to the sporting representation of the FPF or Portugal, shall be sanctioned with a suspension of one to six months and, additionally, if the player is a professional, with a fine of between 5 and 10 UC [between approximately 500 and 1,000 euros, with 102 euros per unit of account]" , the regulations state. So the fine
