In an interview, Portuguese Football Federation President Pedro Proença discussed the disciplinary proceedings initiated against Cristiano Ronaldo and his potential return to the Portuguese national team. He stated that the federation, head coach, captain, and players all hope to reunite in November, but that the disciplinary process will be handled independently by the Disciplinary Committee.

Disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against Cristiano Ronaldo. This topic has generated much discussion in recent days; can you provide any details?

Regarding the disciplinary proceedings, I will not comment. This matter will be handled through normal procedures. Let me make two or three important points. I have always been very cautious about this, and our arrangements have been thoroughly considered and planned. Over the past fifteen days, our focus has primarily been on the competitive aspect. The Portuguese national team coach adopted a new approach, and we also had a very clear goal: we wanted to win the UEFA Nations League. Therefore, all four matches were very important to us.

Given everything that has happened during this period, we had to ensure the team could play with peace of mind, and ultimately, we succeeded. In terms of competitive results, we won all four matches, becoming the first country to achieve this feat.

Now we have advanced to the quarterfinals, which was our primary concern during the last training camp. As I mentioned, the team adopted a new approach, and these results were achieved naturally.

This was our main goal. Currently, we need only one more point to secure first place in the group, which we hope to achieve in the next match. This is the main objective for the Portuguese national team, and we have accomplished the task. I would also like to emphasize something equally important: maintaining calm.

The federation president has spoken, the head coach has spoken, and the team captain and players have all spoken. I want to tell everyone, and I appeal to everyone, that now is the time to remain calm and composed. All parties are communicating. Everyone strongly wishes for our captain to return. Of course, as I said, the disciplinary proceedings will continue as normal, and the relevant authorities will make an independent assessment.

But what we see now is this: first, the Portuguese Football Federation hopes the captain will return to us as soon as possible. Second, our head coach has also clearly expressed this desire. He said that as long as the captain meets the competitive requirements, he will play for us.

Another crucial point is that our captain himself is very eager to return to the Portuguese national team. He said he is very happy here, and he is absolutely right. Therefore, I appeal to everyone to remain calm and composed at this time. All of us are doing our respective jobs. We appeal for calm because it is the common wish of everyone and the entire group.

Have you spoken with Cristiano Ronaldo since he made his statement?

I will not comment on the statements made by the Portuguese national team coach, the captain, or the players. I believe there is far more consensus among them than disagreement.

The common desire of everyone, first and foremost, is for Portugal to win the UEFA Nations League. This is crucial. We are the defending champions and now hope to win it again. Therefore, there is common purpose throughout the entire group for this goal.

Secondly, everyone in this family—meaning all twenty-five players who started this training camp together—hopes to reunite again. We hope to do so in the next training camp.

After resolving the previous disagreements, which I cautiously referred to as a misunderstanding, it is clear that we must learn from the entire process of this incident.

Now, what everyone hopes for is to remain calm, to appeal to all parties to maintain peace, and to have the greatest Portuguese player of all time return to us. He has dedicated over twenty years to the Portuguese Football Federation and the Portuguese national team, and the Portuguese national team is a place he thoroughly enjoys.

Therefore, the federation president will, with a calm attitude, create all necessary conditions for his return. Of course, this will solely depend on the Disciplinary Committee itself. It is an independent body and will perform its duties.

Since our last victory, we have been calmly preparing for the next training camp. As long as these twenty-five players meet the competitive requirements, we expect all of them to participate. Therefore, the Portuguese Football Federation and its president are now communicating with all parties with this calm attitude. All parties have also publicly expressed their desire for the captain to return to us.

Everyone has clearly expressed this desire. The federation, the federation president, the head coach, the captain, and all the players share a common wish, without exception. We all hope to reunite in November.

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