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But grabbing attention instead was a bronze bust of the
player with a toothy grin and bulging eyes that instantly
created a laugh on social media because of its debatable
likeness.
"I defy you not to feel better after viewing this picture of
Cristiano Ronaldo alongside his portrait bust," wrote one
Twitter user, Tom Sutcliffe (@tds153).
"That hideous Ronaldo statue is going to be a meme in 5,4,3...,"
posted @Agave310.
Another Twitter user deemed the statue "the most gloriously
awful bust" of Ronaldo.
The 32-year-old Real Madrid player's girlfriend, Georgina
Rodriguez, and his mother, Maria, both attended the renaming
ceremony of Portugal's Aeroporto da Madeira, now known as
Cristiano Ronaldo Airport.
The newly revealed statue holds the distinction of being the
second bust of the soccer star and occasional model that has
been the subject of online ridicule.
Another statue, also in Ronaldo's hometown, was picked apart for
what some saw as glaring obscurities and differences in likeness
between the player and his bronzed counter-part.
"For a very handsome man, Ronaldo has had some appalling luck
with statue-makers," quipped Twitter user Tom
Williams(@tomwfootball), posting images of the two statues side
by side.
On Tuesday, Portugal played their first match on the island in
16 years, the hosts losing 3-2 to Sweden despite an early
Ronaldo goal.
(Reporting by Melissa Fares in New York; Editing by Ed Osmond
and Leslie Adler)
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