Portugal's superstar Cronenberg claimed to have been injured, leading to the postponement of Ainas' two exhibition matches in Shenzhen. However, the 39-year-old shot-stopper was able to take part in the team's full drills as soon as he left China, giving rise to a "suspicion of fraud", and was said to be reserving his strength to play in the early-morning warm-up match on February 2, in an effort to beat arch-rivals Maiami International, who are backing him up with the help of Maias.
According to foreign media reports, after Ainas returned to Saudi Arabia, Cron is back to work quickly and has no health problems. The Spanish newspaper As even broke the news that Cron wanted to come back in time to face the International Miami because he wanted to seize the chance to beat Mays one more time.
Cron, who scored 54 goals in all competitions last year and is the top scorer in 2023, criticized the 2023 World Footballer of the Year award presented by FIFA for its lack of credibility in an interview with Portugal's newspaper Record, apparently stepping on the winner of the award, Mies.
