Cristiano Ronaldo might return to the Portuguese national team

Cristiano Ronaldo will still play for the Portuguese national team — the story is not over. The forward is very eager to score his 1000th goal specifically for the national team. And the coach is ready for Cristiano's return, writes sports.ru.

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Portugal, without Ronaldo, defeated Norway 2-1 and has already qualified for the Nations League playoffs. At the post-match press conference, Jorge Jesus once again commented on the situation with Cristiano. It seems he managed to somewhat smooth over the conflict:

"For me, everything is still open. Cristiano himself must decide what he wants to do with his life. Everything that happened was a huge misunderstanding, and it seems to me that this situation is easy to resolve. If he wants to play for the national team, he can return if he wishes. Why not? I have no ill feelings towards Cristiano. All of this is easy to resolve. I'm not sad. Only he decides. When will this be decided? I don't know that, we'll see. We just finished this match."

CR left the national team a few days ago when he wasn't included in the squad for the match against Denmark. The footballer then left Copenhagen and hinted at ending his national team career, which he debuted 23 years ago and scored 146 goals in during that time.

But before yesterday's match, detailed insider information emerged from Portuguese journalist Miguel Pereira. According to him, the national team and Ronaldo are resuming contact after the conflict.

"The thing is, he needs to score 21 more goals to reach the 1000-goal mark. He really wanted to score his last goal for Portugal. He expected to easily score 15-20 goals per season for Al-Nassr, but in reality, he wanted to create a celebration that would glorify himself, his ego, his history with the national team. And I still think it will happen, despite everything we've seen. The Portuguese Federation is very interested in Cristiano because of the hype he generates. I think Cristiano will return for one last dance at the end of the year."

A bit of insider information of a different, but also interesting, nature was published by L'Équipe. According to their information, the Portuguese Federation is indeed negotiating Ronaldo's return to the team — but only for one match. They want to give Cristiano a dignified send-off.

Portugal will play its next two Nations League matches in November: against Denmark and Wales.

Most Portuguese support coach Jesus in the conflict — CNN has already conducted a poll: 42% of respondents sided with Jorge, and only 14% supported Cristiano. But many still expect Ronaldo to return to the national team.

National team player Bruno Fernandes spoke with Ronaldo after the conflict: "I know what he means to us, the Portuguese. I hope he won't make a hasty decision and leave the national team forever. If he wants to do that, it should happen ceremoniously, not the way it turned out now.

He deserves it — he is the greatest symbol of our football and our country, a man who has raised Portugal to a level it had never reached before, with all due respect to Eusébio and Luís Figo."

Meanwhile, Lionel Messi's farewell match with the national team is expected to take place the day after tomorrow. In Buenos Aires, Argentina will host Benin in a friendly match.

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