Oct 7, 2026 · 10 min · 6 segments
Lionel Messi got the farewell every football legend dreams of. Cristiano Ronaldo got embroiled in a very public fallout with his national team coach. While Messi celebrated an emotional final chapter…
Neil HumphreysHost
Zia-ul RaushanHostAudrey SeekGuest
I think it's unanimous who we are talking about because he is a global superstar.
And he's had this explosive 2,000-word-ish rant on social media that's garnered all the attention and that many people are now labelling him what you just said, crybaby.
has accused his coach, Portugal coach Jorge Jesus, twice of breaking his word, saying a failed agreement to publicly explain Ronaldo's omission against Norway drove Ronaldo out of the camp.
Ronaldo then published a lengthy statement, an essay... explaining why he walked out on portugal last week and in this essay he's just made it worse for himself because he's basically suggested that ronaldo told his coach this is the coach of his country to release a statement an eight-point plan showing why ronaldo had been betrayed One of his quotes, this is one of Ronaldo's quotes, says, the manager had broken his word to me.
Now, just to stress, this is the player... demanding a public statement from the manager.
And when it didn't come, Ronaldo said, it's the second time he has broken his word to me.
And the biggest kicker of it all is, listeners, if you have time, go onto social media, look up Ronaldo.
I think it's unanimous who we are talking about because he is a global superstar.
And he's had this explosive 2,000-word-ish rant on social media that's garnered all the attention and that many people are now labelling him what you just said, crybaby.
has accused his coach, Portugal coach Jorge Jesus, twice of breaking his word, saying a failed agreement to publicly explain Ronaldo's omission against Norway drove Ronaldo out of the camp.
Ronaldo then published a lengthy statement, an essay... explaining why he walked out on portugal last week and in this essay he's just made it worse for himself because he's basically suggested that ronaldo told his coach this is the coach of his country to release a statement an eight-point plan showing why ronaldo had been betrayed One of his quotes, this is one of Ronaldo's quotes, says, the manager had broken his word to me.
Now, just to stress, this is the player... demanding a public statement from the manager.
And when it didn't come, Ronaldo said, it's the second time he has broken his word to me.
And the biggest kicker of it all is, listeners, if you have time, go onto social media, look up Ronaldo.
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