围绕克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多和国家队发生的风波，自然而然地成了葡萄牙最受关注的新闻。周三晚间各档新闻节目都对此进行了报道，几乎所有主要报纸也都将其推上头版。在一些人看来，继在与挪威队的比赛中热身半小时却始终没有得到替补机会后，C罗愤而离队是理所当然的，而这一切显然是主教练若热·热苏斯有意刺激所致。在另一些人看来，这位前锋的行为简直不可容忍，早晚都会走到离队这一步，尤其是在发现自己要面对这样一位意志格外强硬的主教练之后。
he drama surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo and the national team has naturally become the biggest story here in Portugal. It led Wednesday evening’s news broadcasts and made the front page of virtually every major newspaper. For some, Ronaldo was right to walk out on the squad days after spending half an hour warming up against Norway without being brought on in an apparent provocation by Jorge Jesus. For others, the forward’s behaviour was intolerable and his departure a matter of time, particularly once he found himself face to face with such a strong-minded head coach.
C罗很快承诺将讲述自己的版本，热苏斯则将在周四晚于丹麦进行的欧国联比赛后发表回应。这两位重量级人物之间的冲突一直在暗处酝酿。7月，热苏斯首次率队出席赛前发布会时 inevitably被问到他与C罗将如何相处。曾执教C罗的 热苏斯断然回答：“克里斯永远不会成为国家队或我的问题。”他坚称自己完全掌握着罗纳尔多的脾气。教练与球员之间的和谐并未持续多久。
Ronaldo has promised to tell his side of the story soon, and Jesus will speak on Thursday night after the Nations League match in Denmark. A confrontation between these two huge personalities had been simmering in the background. Jesus was inevitably asked in his first press conference with the team in July how his relationship with Ronaldo would work. Jesus, who coached Ronaldo at Al-Nassr, answered categorically. “Cris will never be a problem for the national team or for me,” he said, insisting he had Ronaldo’s temperament under control. The harmony between coach and player did not last long.
葡萄牙国内的反应不可避免地分成两派。在很多方面，这场争论不过是今夏世界杯上关于C罗是否理应首发这一话题的重演。此前，罗伯托·马丁内斯决定在五场比赛中的四场里都让这位队长打满全场90分钟，尽管这样做并没有明显的战术或身体原因作为解释。即使在对阵克罗地亚的32强战中，C罗也直到第81分钟才被换下场。
Portugal reaction has inevitably split into two camps. In many ways, this is a repeat of the debate over Ronaldo’s automatic place in the starting XI at this summer’s World Cup, and Roberto Martínez’s decision to keep the captain on the pitch for the full 90 minutes in all but one of the five matches – despite there being no obvious tactical or physical explanation for it. Even when Ronaldo came off in the last 32 against Croatia, it was not until the 81st minute.
C罗的粉丝坚定地站在他一边，在社交媒体上为他激烈辩护。然而，广大公众中的许多人都认为，这位球员已经背弃了国家队。葡萄牙主要体育报纸之一《球报》头版就用醒目的大字传达了这一消息。
Ronaldo’s fans are firmly behind him, defending him fiercely on social media. Much of the general public, though, feels the player has turned his back on the national team. That was the message splashed in big letters across the front page of O Jogo, one of Portugal’s leading sports newspapers.
葡萄牙各类媒体中，大多数报纸和评论人士都倾向于认为罗纳尔多的行为很自私。不过，也有人——尤其是罗纳尔多持有股份的报纸和电视机构——将批评矛头转向热苏斯，指责他忘恩负义，做出了无法辩解的食言之举。
Across the Portuguese media, most newspapers and commentators have sided with the view that Ronaldo behaved selfishly. There are, however, some voices – particularly in newspapers and television outlets in which Ronaldo is a shareholder – who have turned their criticism towards Jesus, accusing him of ingratitude and of indefensibly going back on his word.
但这场争议究竟因何而起？据热苏斯称，他与罗纳尔多曾达成口头协议。上周日对阵挪威时，这名41岁球员不会首发。就在教练执教首秀中对阵威尔士并出场67分钟的三天后，罗纳尔多将以替补身份登场。然而比赛进程中，这一计划发生了变化：葡萄牙最终以2比1获胜，罗纳尔多始终未能获得替补出场机会，热苏斯出于战术原因作出了这一决定。据报道，罗纳尔多将此事视为一种羞辱。
But what actually caused the controversy? According to Jesus, he and Ronaldo had a verbal agreement that the 41-year-old would not start against Norway last Sunday, three days after he played for 67 minutes against Wales in the coach’s first match but would come on. During the game, which Portugal won 2-1, those plans changed: Ronaldo remained an unused substitute, Jesus making the decision for tactical reasons. Ronaldo reportedly viewed the incident as a humiliation.
终场哨响后，两人关系破裂的迹象立即显现：罗纳尔多离开球场，没有加入队友们在奥斯陆向支持者致意的行列。据报道，周三主教练举行新闻发布会期间，罗纳尔多对热苏斯的恼怒飙升到了难以想象的程度。
The first signs of the breakdown came immediately after the final whistle when Ronaldo left the pitch and did not join his teammates as they saluted their supporters in Oslo. Ronaldo’s frustration with Jesus reportedly reached astronomical levels during the manager’s press conference on Wednesday.
当被问及为何让罗纳尔多坐在替补席上时，热苏斯强调自己拥有绝对控制权，实际上明确表示，罗纳尔多并不掌管球队，也无法改变或影响战术安排。这显然是向罗纳尔多以及葡萄牙足球联合会（FPF）传达的信息：教练才是做主的人。
Asked about keeping Ronaldo on the bench, Jesus asserted absolute control, in essence making clear that Ronaldo did not run the team and would not be able to change or influence the tactics. It was a transparent message to Ronaldo – and to the Portuguese football federation (FPF): the manager is in charge.
这位72岁的主教练说：“我可以作出任何承诺。我是教练，我告诉球员他不会出场。我告诉他，我会让他坐在替补席上，如果我需要他出场30分钟，他就会上场。但我对比赛有不同判断，所以没有让他替补登场。作为教练，我的想法不会由克里斯蒂亚诺或任何其他球员改变。永远不会。他不行，任何人也不行。哪怕是主席也不行。永远不会。零。”热苏斯还表示，他打算在周一的比赛中让贡萨洛·拉莫斯首发，而不是罗纳尔多。
“I can promise whatever I want,” the 72-year-old said. “I’m the coach and I told the player that he wasn’t going to play. I told him I would take him to the bench and that, if I needed him for 30 minutes, he would play. But I saw the game differently, so he didn’t come on. It won’t be Cristiano, or any other player, who changes my ideas as a coach. Never. Neither him nor anyone else. Not even a president. Never. Zero.”Jesus also stated his intention to start Gonçalo Ramos rather than Ronaldo in Monday’s game.
接下来发生的事，所有人都看到了。C罗突然离开球队酒店，登上飞机，并在社交媒体上发文，承诺很快揭晓真相。
What happened next is what everyone has seen. Ronaldo abruptly left the team hotel, boarded a plane and posted on social media, promising to reveal the truth soon.
有人认为，近四年前接受皮尔斯·摩根的采访并因此离开曼联后，C罗与经纪人若热·门德斯分道扬镳，此后他与外界的沟通交流有所减少。据报道，两人之间的友谊和家族联系依然存在，但如今C罗由自己组建的团队管理。有人质疑，他身边是否聚集了太多只会附和的人，而缺少足够愿意或能够提醒他某些做法可能损害其公众形象的人。
Some believe there has been a decline in Ronaldo’s communication since he split almost four years ago from the agent Jorge Mendes after giving an interview to Piers Morgan that triggered his departure from Manchester United. The Ronaldo-Mendes friendship and family connection reportedly remain intact, but the player is managed by a team he assembled himself. Some have questioned whether he is surrounded by too many yes-men, without enough people willing or able to tell him when something risks creating a negative image.
葡萄牙国家队的舆论再次被围绕C罗的争议所主导。他因违反纪律条例，可能面临葡萄牙足协一至六个月的停赛处罚以及罚款。
Once again, the narrative around Portugal’s national team is dominated by controversy surrounding Ronaldo. He is at risk of an FPF suspension of between one and six months, as well as a fine, for breaching its disciplinary code.
在两人均未作出说明的情况下，各种传言迅速蔓延。一些媒体声称，C罗将永远不会重返国家队。过去23年间，他为国家队出场234次、打进146球，难道他就是这样告别祖国的吗？
In the absence of both men’s accounts, rumours are spreading like wildfire. Some publications are claiming Ronaldo will never return to the national team. After 234 appearances over the past 23 years and 146 goals, is this how Ronaldo will say goodbye to his country?