Cristiano Ronaldo's malaise at Manchester United continues.
The Portuguese, whom the British press announces offended with part of the locker room, got angry on Wednesday evening when the Red Devils moved to the league at Brentford.
In the 71st minute, when the score was 2-0 in favor of his team, "CR7" was called from the bench by his manager, Ralf Rangnick, to be replaced by Harry Maguire.
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Cristiano Ronaldo, who hadn't found the net until then, returned to the edge of the field, his jaw clenched and his eyes dark, before grumbling a few words of displeasure.
Once his coat was retrieved and then thrown to the ground, he sat down on the stairs, right next to the bench.
Noting the discomfort, Ralf Rangnick tried to put things flat by coming to explain himself to the Portuguese star.
The two men exchanged, the German trying to explain why he had made this change.
The Portuguese sat down on the steps of the stairs, displeased.
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"I said to him:"
I understand your ambition and your desire to score but maybe in a few years, when you will be a coach, you will make the same decision as me"
, justified Rengnick who was not surprised by attacker's reaction.
“
I didn't expect him to hug me.
He's a goalscorer and he would have liked to stay and maybe score, but it was more important to stay compact and have the freshness and strong heads to defend their set pieces.
When we scored the third goal, I told him exactly that
,” insisted the coach.