Cristiano Ronaldo criticised for mocking Czech team

Cristiano Ronaldo has not been spared of criticism after a classless celebration targeting two players from the Czech Republic after coming from behind to record a 2-1 victory when the two sides opened their Euro 2024 campaign on Monday.

In the first match of the Czech’s yesterday, Lukas Provod unsettled the Portuguese when he scored from a free kick with a beautiful shot from distance. Nevertheless, the initial triumphant scoring by the team was overshadowed by an own goal by Robin Hranac within five minutes of the go-ahead goal, as Mirror reported.

Cristiano Ronaldo criticised for mocking Czech team

Finally, towards the end of the stipulated time, in the time that could be dubbed as injury time, 21 year old Francisco Conceicao of Portugal made sure that his team triumphed. Subsequently, the 39-year-old Brazilian went on the overemphasize the victory, enthusiastically pointing towards the helpless Czech goalkeeper Jindrich Stanek. He then moved in a manner that looked like he wanted to say something to the miderfielder, Petr Sevcik.

Toward the end of the game when Conceicao scored the goal, the Portuguese striker embraced him with great affection.

However, his victory was successful, and the Al Nassr star’s actions were not well received by many of the fans.

One viewer criticised him as “classless” on the social media platform X, while another said: It doesn’t need to do that now. Not the best outfit, right?

Even some fellow fans made a comparison with his behavior to another football star Cristiano Ronaldo and his opponent Lionel Messi. One X user pointed out: “Able to defuse a situation that you would not expect Messi to do against his opposition; that is why Messi is the [GOAT emoji]. ”

Another viewer wrote: Minister: He is the worst sportsman I have ever met.