Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo, feeling slighted, skips practice and has a face-to-face with the head coach. The president steps in.

More tense moments for Cristiano Ronaldo on the Portuguese national team. The squad led by Jorge Jesus defeated Norway in their final Nations League match on Sunday thanks to a goal by Milan forward Gonçalo Ramos, but CR7 never took the field.

According to reports from A Bola, Ronaldo and coach Jorge Jesus had agreed that he would enter the game in the second half, during the final half-hour of play. The former Juventus forward warmed up on the sidelines but ultimately did not enter the game, and at the final whistle, he made no secret of his frustration, heading straight to the locker room.

Since then, Ronaldo has not trained on the field with the team, limiting himself to gym sessions at the training camp in Malmö, and the situation has caused discontent within the national team. On Tuesday evening, A Bola reports, Ronaldo and Jesus had a face-to-face meeting to clarify the situation, and the meeting reportedly ended on a positive note.

However, the president of the Portuguese Football Federation, Pedro Proença, wants to get to the bottom of the matter and has flown to Copenhagen, Denmark, where Portugal is set to play its next Nations League match. The goal is to defuse this explosive situation immediately.

In a press conference a few days ago, Ronaldo defended his central role on the Portuguese national team: “Some media outlets love to attack me and try to take me down, but they don’t stand a chance—not even with a shotgun. Even then, I’d dodge the bullet. I’m used to it—I’ve been doing this job for over 20 years—but what remains are the people who love me. I feel the affection of the Portuguese people.”