Cristiano Ronaldo reacted
angrily after he was tactically substituted for the first time in his Real
Madrid career in the 2-2 draw with Las Palmas over the weekend.
Ronaldo who recently
came back from injury endured a frustrating evening as he failed to score and
was shocked to be taken off in the 72nd minute of the La Liga clash - a
decision that backfired after Sergio Araujo scored a late equaliser to force a
2-2 draw.
The Portuguese was
visibly unhappy as he walked off the pitch and barely acknowledged coach
Zinedine Zidane, prompting his mother Dolores Aveiro to tweet a picture of her
son from Real's bench, with the caption: 'Never lower your head'.
Real Madrid coach Zidane
meanwhile has denied he took off Ronaldo because he was playing badly, saying
he took him of bcause he needed him to rest ahead of Tuesday's champions league
encounter.
'I did not take Cristiano off because he was
playing badly, but because we play another game on Tuesday and he has to
rest.'Zidane said.
He was playing well, like the others, but I had
to think about Tuesday.We have a game on Tuesday and I thought it was the time to take him off, 20 minutes
from the end, thinking about Tuesday,' added Zidane.
I know he always wants to play and always wants
to stay on the field, but I also have to think about the players and for me it
was best to rest and think about Tuesday,'
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