Ricardo Carvalho gave up the Portuguese

The Portuguese who wore the colors lusos since 2003, left the concentration of his selection on Wednesday, after expressing that he is "wounded" in his dignity and "not feeling respected." Portugal face the qualifiers for Euro to Cyprus on Friday. 
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"I feel great physically and also mentally, as I demonstrated in the performance of my club and in the selection. If you make me feel leftover and I did not say, the only possibility is to leave," he said in a statement the state agency Lusa. 

"Do not belittle Cyprus" Cristiano Ronaldo 

In addition to statements from the concentration of Obidos, the Portuguese star, 26, recalled that Cyprus tied them to four goals a year ago at home and noted that this was a "great lesson" that shows the importance of enter "concentrated." 

"We will not make the same mistakes we made here at home to Cyprus. We are prepared, in good shape and confident," Ronaldo drove home, which adds 82 full international birthed. 

On the possible options of coach Paulo Bento, the end Madeira stressed that "no one guaranteed place in the team" and that "whoever is best will play." 

The selection of Bento is first in the group H, for the Euro 2012 qualifiers, level on points with Norway and Denmark. 

The focus today was startled by the unexpected absence of Real Madrid's central Ricardo Carvalho, who will not travel to Nicosia (the capital of Cyprus) by surprise today by leaving the concentration of the selection. 

taken from: Efe | CaracolTV.com