World Cup: ‘Walked around like granddad’ – Sutton names player that caused Portugal’s exit

Former Premier League player, Chris Sutton has stated that Cristiano Ronaldo should beryllium held liable for Portugal’s exit from the FIFA World Cup.

Sutton expressed his disapproval of Ronaldo during the BBC’s sum of the lucifer betwixt Portugal and Spain.

The ex-footballer asserted that the Al-Nassr subordinate ‘did nothing’ during Monday’s game, characterizing his show arsenic that of a ‘grandad’.

Spain scored precocious successful the lucifer done Mikel Merino, securing their spot successful the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Cup successful North America.

Portugal recovered it hard to make immoderate important scoring opportunities during the game, and portion galore mightiness property the team’s mediocre show to the corporate effort, Sutton directed the blasted towards the 41-year-old guardant who is nearing retirement.

“Your centre guardant has to move, helium has to contribute, helium has to press, helium has to person saltation successful his play and helium doesn’t. He’s waddling astir the tract similar a grandad, that’s wherefore Portugal are out,” Sutton said connected BBC.

He went on, “Cristiano Ronaldo does nothing; helium did nothing. There are immoderate superb players successful that Portuguese squad who volition consciousness this World Cup for them was a implicit discarded of time.”

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