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Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty in extra time.
Then the Portuguese superstar was mocked in the worst way.
“This is a shame,” writes former fullback John Terry angrily.
During the round of 16 between Portugal and Slovakia in the soccer European Championship, there was obviously a lot of focus on the star player Cristiano Ronaldo. After 0-0 in regular time, the Portuguese got a golden chance to become a great match hero from the penalty spot.
Mocking Ronaldo
But Jan Oblak who was in great form between the posts saved the penalty with a very impressive save. Ronaldo broke down in tears after the penalty miss and when the replays were shown on the English TV channel BBC, an unexpected and disrespectful mockery was revealed, see the picture below.
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Because in live broadcast, a graphic had been inserted in the lower left corner with the words:
“Mistiano Penaldo”.
Raises the anger
The well-respected TV channel must now receive serious criticism for this embarrassing blunder, see the picture below.
“BBC, this is a great shame,” writes the former great defender John Terrywho is furious, on Instagram.
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Over the course of the night and into the morning, criticism has been hurled at the BBC and the vast majority are demanding a public apology, and that the person who made the graphics be fired. Many consider this to be extremely disrespectful towards Ronaldo, who often receives a lot of undeserved criticism and ridicule in the football world.
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Cristiano Ronaldo would then get his revenge in the shootout when he managed to score his penalty and Portugal secured progress to the quarter-finals. Many thanks to the goalkeeper Diogo Costa saved all three penalties from Slovenia.
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