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Real Madrid star Ronaldo causes global outrage in spit storm


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By krijoz - 30 Jun 2010 9:20 PM

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has caused GLOBAL OUTRAGE in the aftermath of Portugal's defeat to Spain last night. Former Manchester United star Ronaldo sparked outrage when he SPAT towards a TV camera after Portugal's World Cup exit.

The Real Madrid star angrily gestured at the cameraman to get out of his way as he left the pitch following his side's last 16 defeat in Cape Town.

Ronaldo, who hit just one goal in South Africa, then spat in the camera's direction.

Barcelona striker David Villa hit the 63rd-minute winner for Spain, who now meet Paraguay in the quarter-finals.

http://g.au.sports.yahoo.com/football/world-cup/news/real-madrid-star-ronaldo-causes-global-outrage-in--fbintl_tribal-au-53204302a393d5bbffa396ad887eaef0.html

GOT YA JOFFA!!
By Hank - 1 Jul 2010 6:41 PM

General Ashnak wrote:
Hank wrote:
General Ashnak wrote:
Hank wrote:
General Ashnak wrote:
DaWoo wrote:
Erebus wrote:
zizou wrote:
Storm in a teacup.

+1

He wasn't even looking at the camera when he spat ffs. He spat on the ground FTR too.

Outrage over nothing imo. I'd be pissed too if I had a camera in my face the second after I was knocked out of the World Cup too. But the article makes it sound like he faced the camera and spat at the lens. This didn't happen at all.

He was walking as the camera followed him, he looked at the camera (didn't look too happy), looked ahead and spat on the ground, continued walking.

Nothing at all.


That's what I thought and reckon everyone else would think too. headlines/articles once again twisting the truth i guess.

Agreed, having watched it I don't think it was intentional, at least not in the way it is being portrayed - how many times do you see a player spit with the camera turned on them? All the fucking time.


C'mon tho mate, he is looking directly down the lens when he does it... I'm not offended by it or saying I know why he did it; but I am calling a spade a spade...

No worries, then every player who has spat whilst on camera - including looking at it (which also happens all the fucking time) should be having this storm in a tea cup brewed as well.


Righto...

Sorry, swore twice and after reading it again the swearing changes the tone of my post in an unintentional way!


:-s

Ok, so what was the intentional way you post was supposed to sound?