In probably first incident of recent time, Portugal gave permission to live telecast their training session with a hope their star player Rolando would draw more crowd than ever before, but they did not imagine the reverse impact it could offer them when whole world would see their star forward walking out of the pitch with an ice pack on the knee. This is actually nothing but trying to get more than what you are eligible for and Portuguese soccer bosses made a mistake by showcasing Ronaldo in an injured avatar. Even, almost every expert is criticizing this Portuguese step and one of them is obviously outspoken Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho who bashed out over decision makers and asked how they could do this to their top asset. Actually, situation would have not been so tensed had Ronaldo not went off the training pitch for knee problem, but since everyone wants him to play a key role in Selecção world cup campaign, his injury could be as harsh as it can be for any fan. Condemning a unique way to gain publicity by the top contender to lift the world title, former Everton boss compared the situation with English Premier League where he never allows any camera on the ground when his team is practicing to keep things secrete and out of the world. He, in fact, has been a great soccer brain who knows the psychological implication of these tiny incidents.
It could be just a minor one and Ronaldo could be good and fine by the next day, but the moment everyone would have seen him limping out with some protective bandage over his knee was horrifying for his fans. Mourinho said, “I really don’t understand why Portugal had a training session in front of 10,000 people. In my office I was watching the training session live, which is something I don’t understand. And because of that, everybody could see around the world that Ronaldo was having ice on his knee. I don’t understand.
Resting any doubt over Ronaldo’s participation in crucial Sunday game with United States, 51-year-old Portuguese added, “He says he has no problems. The reports in the press… some doctor has denied already making any comments. The doctor we have to listen to is the doctor of the Portuguese national team who says that Ronaldo is in great condition.
“The fact that today people are commenting that after the training session he was leaving the session with some ice on his knee — I think that this is more than natural because you always have a little knock here, a little knock there and it is normal that after the recovering session you have some.”