Fernando Santos: "Cristiano will keep on being the captain by always"

The last meeting of the selection of Portugal left a big controversial in the final minute of the meeting, when it was him cancelled a clear goal to Cristiano Ronaldo that besides it meant the victory 3-2 in front of Serbia. The referee said that there was not at all and the Portuguese star went out of the game in the middle of protests and throwing the band of captain.

This last action was subject of debate in the press and to the seleccionador national tackled him to ask him on the form to act of the captain, what generated the laugh of Fernando Santos. "It is a national example, a world-wide example, goes to be followed being captain of the selection by always, no goes him to remove the strip".

"Every time that come a young player, the press asks him on Cristiano and all say that it is an example, an honour and that are loved to play with him", completed the Portuguese strategist on his maximum figure, leaving in clear that it is the leader of the changing room and of the football luso until it decide to leave to be it.

To finish the intervention left a message of support in key, ensuring that the captain was not offensive with anybody. "There are not doubts, is the captain because it won it to him and besides did not be the respect to anybody. If it becomes offensive with the country, the team or the federation, could think it, but this no sucedió".

Controversy endless

Cristiano Ronaldo was victim of one of the things by which so much acclaimed the arrival of the technology, the VAR between these tools, leaving in clear that to having had witnesses the assistance by video the result could be another since from the camera of analysis could see clearly that there was goal.

On the other hand, the VAR in himself same, that every time that it has to accionar finishes leaving some controversy and a lot of complaints in the players, as well as in the technicians, that do not finish to understand how works.