CRISTIANO RONALDO LEAVES PITCH IN TEARS AS PORTUGAL'S WORLD CUP DREAMS DASHED BY MOROCCO

The dream of Cristiano Ronaldo being a World Cup winner is over following Portugal's shock 1-0 loss to Morocco in the quarter-finals in Qatar on Saturday evening. He was summoned from the bench by coach Fernando Santos, but was unable to make a telling contribution and left in floods of tears when the final whistle was blown at the Al Thumama Stadium.

 

Cristiano Ronaldo’s World Cup dream is over, and he left the field in tears following Portugal’s shock loss to Morocco.

Portugal were hot favourites to advance to the semi-finals following their hugely impressive demolition of Switzerland.

The win over the Swiss came with Ronaldo left on the bench after being dropped by coach Fernando Santos for his reaction to being substituted against South Korea.