Bernardo Silva explains Portugal dressing room reaction to Cristiano Ronaldo interview
Bernardo Silva says Cristiano Ronaldo’s controversial interview has not affected Portugal’s World Cup build-up.
“It’s a matter for Cristiano, I’m not a Manchester United player and even if I was I would not answer that, because we’re in the national team so I’m not going to talk about it.” Portugal kick-off their World Cup campaign against Ghana on Thursday after winning a warm-up friendly against Nigeria 4-0 this past week, though Ronaldo was absent due to a stomach bug. They then face Uruguay and South Korea in Group H and are favourites to progress to the knockout stages.
On the same night as the win over Nigeria, the second part of Ronaldo's explosive interview with Piers Morgan aired on Talk TV, where he discussed whether he would still be at United following the tournament in Qatar. "Nobody's perfect. Episodes in the life we all have is part of the human beings, is part of me to be a human being and father as well. I always will commit mistakes.
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