It appears that Cristiano Ronaldo’s sister was upset that her brother was benched for Portugal’s match against Switzerland in the round of 16 of the FIFA World Cup.

After Ronaldo was benched in the present FIFA World Cup play against Switzerland, there was uproar among some of his supporters.

Katia Aveiro, Ronaldo’s sister, sparked the incident by advising her brother to leave the national team and return home due to the “disrespect” shown to him.

To that effect, she iterated as follows:

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“Portugal won. Thank God. New talents shone. Amazing. Are we going to win this? I believe so!! On the field, they shouted for Ronaldo. It wasn’t because Portugal was winning…,”

She went ahead to explain “And I’m not saying this. The world watched… Why is it??? I’m glad Portugal won… (I’ve seen Portugal win so many times).

And even this doesn’t invalidate the smallness of a large part of the Portuguese people. And this is what is not right because they continue to curse, they continue to insist on offense and ingratitude.”

“Too sad with what I read and hear not here in Qatar but in my country in his country… But really sad. AND I WANTED IT SO MUCH,”

“I really wanted him to come home, leave the national team and sit next to us so we could hug him and say that everything is fine, remind him of what he conquered and what home he came from,” she added.