Ive written this same comment in some form on all of these threads. Just because the narrative is that he’s a douche doesn’t mean he is. Google “Cristiano” and “charity”. He doesn’t advertise it, but he’s among the top five athletes in the world for his charity work, both in money and time. He’d be a douche to brag…

he is not an asshole false press propaganda wants us to believe this it’s not true if u watch one of the interviews in portuguese with him, he is loving caring and great human, and great player u just don’t understand his strong personality he was DDA kid- child of an alcoholic believe me a lot of issues here, his…

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He admires a winner. Who cares if he’s a douche. Douche wins trophies. Douche won for his country. His teammates clearly don’t care as you can see by the love they have for him. You can think he’s a douche all you want, but to the people that matter, he’s just fine.

A douche who spends millions of dollars per year caring for children who have been dealt a shit hand of cards to begin life. He’s paid the medical bills of thousands of young kids and his charitable work is beyond impeachment.

It’s funny that a tournament that began with me furious at Ronaldo for his dumb (if somewhat accurate) remarks post-Iceland has ended with me having more respect for the guy as a leader than I ever have. The video of him giving Joao Moutinho the motivation he needed to hit a spot kick vs. Poland was a side to the man…