The Portuguese, who now plays for Saudi side Al-Nassr, had claimed he was owed around 19.5 million euros ($20.81 million) of outstanding wages by his former club relating to a paycut agreed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The decision was incorrect,” Castro said, speaking to reporters after the match.
The 39-year-old scored back-to-back hattricks in three days.
Al Nassr striker Cristiano Ronaldo has once again silenced his critics after grabbing a hat-trick. The 39-year-old scored three second half goals against Al Tai to bring up 33 goals in all competitions this season for the Saudi outfit.
Portugal slipped to a surprise 2-0 defeat to Slovenia in a Euro 2024 friendly in Ljubljana on Tuesday, their first defeat since the arrival of Spanish coach Roberto Martinez who had previously won eleven games in a row.
Rafael Leao, Matheus Nunes and Bruno Fernandes all struck for the rampant hosts in the first half.
Cristiano Ronaldo is set to miss Portugal's friendly clash against Sweden as Roberto Martinez made changes to his squad. Martinez had included the five-time Ballon d'Or winner in his preliminary 32-man squad but has now left him out of his team's next game against Sweden.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who had just recently become the first footballer to achieve 800 career wins, was included in the Portugal squad for the upcoming friendly matches against Sweden and Slovenia.
The 39-year-old Portuguese was the only Al Nassr player to score in the shootout as his Saudi side went out 3-1 on penalties, the tie having ended 4-4 on aggregate.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick and also set up one of Sadio Mane’s two goals as Al-Nassr roared to a 5-0 victory over Al Fateh to seal their first win in this season’s Saudi Pro League on Friday.
Cristiano Ronaldo has yet again left the competition behind as the five-time Ballon D'Or winner was named Instagram's top earner for the third year in a row.
Cristiano Ronaldo slotted home from the spot in the final minutes to propel his Saudi Pro League side Al Nassr to their first-ever Arab Club Champions Cup final after a 1-0 win over Al Shorta in the semifinal at the Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium in Abha on Wednesday.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said on Saturday that the Saudi Pro League had "completely changed the market" and he expects more and more high-profile players to move there.
Cristiano Ronaldo was replaced at half-time as Al Nassr drew 1-1 with Champions League finalists Inter Milan in the second game of their pre-season tour in Japan on Thursday.
Paris Saint-Germain's Japan tour started with a whimper on Tuesday as they played out a 0-0 draw with Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr in Osaka.
The 38-year-old Portugal captain, speaking after Al Nassr's 5-0 loss to Celta Vigo in a pre-season friendly on Monday, said most European leagues were in decline. "I'm 100% sure I won't return to any European club. I'm 38-years-old," ESPN quoted him as saying
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has overtaken Lionel Messi to set a new world record for the highest annual earnings of an athlete, bagging his 17th Guinness World Records title.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s former Juventus team mate Juan Cuardrado reportedly revealed that the super star does not want him to join at Al-Nassr.
Brozovic, 30, joined Inter in 2015 and helped them win Serie A in the 2020-21 season followed by two Italian Cup trophies.