After the bad start of the season in Milan with many controversies, Rafa Leao he also failed with his Portugal. His national team won against Croatia and Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 900th goal of his career but Rafa did not join in the party. “Leao was on the pitch only for the first 45 minutes, in which he never shot, putting together a bad cross, a key pass and a successful dribble out of two attempts”, writes The Sports Gazette. An anonymous performance that led coach Roberto Martinez to replace him with Joao Neves.
The Portuguese press was very harsh in their judgement of the performance against Croatia: “He lacks confidence”, they wrote. Tomorrow he will return to the field in the Nations League, then he will return to Milanello where Milan awaits him for a series of very important matches: against Venezia, Liverpool and Inter he can no longer make mistakes.