The 27-year-old did not appear to have to put his
club's rivalry with the Blaugrana behind him in the off-season as he ignored
the request for an autograph from a little girl.
Although many won’t believe this, it is true. A young
girl from Portugal came to Barcelona for holiday and her parents bought her a
Barça T-shirt. A couple of months later, she was waiting for the players of the
Portuguese national team after training and Cristiano refused to sign her an
autograph because she was wearing that Barça T-shirt.
Therefore, this girl’s father sent an open
letter to the Portuguese newspaper “Record” explaining this and it is now all
over the internet, specially on twitter as it has already been Trending Topic.
This is the letter addressed to Ronaldo:
“Hello, I
wish I can look into Ronaldo’s eyes and tell him that lost a fan, no matter how
insignificant it may seem this fact. I’ll tell you what happened. Today, my
daughter, 10, had scheduled a workout, but she found out that the same complex
hosts the training of Portugal squad, therefore her workout finished earlier.
She received permission to go along with her colleagues to where Portugal team
was preparing to see their idols from close range.
When I went to pick her up, I expected to find her
very happy, but it was not so. She was quite sad and depressed. When I asked
her what happened, she said: “Cristiano did not want to give me an autograph,
because I wore a Barcelona t-shirt. “I was speechless, I did not know what to
say. I had bought the t-shirt when I was in Barcelona and she used it for
training. If we visited Madrid most likely the t-shirt would have been
different…You can imagine the pain I felt when I looked in my daughter’s eyes
and I had to explain to a 10-year-old child why a member of the national team
acted like that. I would like you to explain me, because I can not do it. You,
who live daily in this world, maybe you know a similar case which can explain
and excuse this kind of behavior.”
Should Cristiano be ashamed
for what he did, and try to contact this little girl? Or is he too proud to do
so?
Is this a role model to
young boys and girls, someone you would want to look up to?
Leave your comments below!
