In the first round of the European Championship group stage, Portugal beat Czech Republic 2-1 with a last-minute winner. Ronaldo’s celebration sparked controversy. Korean media outlet ‘Chosun Ilbo’ commented that Ronaldo’s fist-pumping celebration towards the opponent goalkeeper proved he is the most classless player, and Messi, another legendary player like him, would never do such a thing.
After Gonçalo Ramos scored the winning goal for Portugal, the whole team went wild in celebration, everyone’s attention was on Ramos who scored the winning goal, yet Ronaldo did something unsportsmanlike, he punched his fist towards the Czech goalkeeper Stanek who had fallen to the ground trying to block the shot, and also shouted at a Czech midfielder.
Korean media said that Ronaldo had no need to do such a thing, he could just celebrate with his teammates, but instead he went to ‘provoke’ the opponent, ‘Messi would never do such a celebratory move, even though they are both legendary players, in terms of character, Ronaldo is the worst.’
It is worth mentioning that since Ronaldo followed Juventus to Korea for a tour, and eventually did not play in the friendly match in Korea, the Korean media has been at odds with Ronaldo for a long time, and whenever there is any ‘negative’ news about Ronaldo, they will hype it up.
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