SI- The Real Madrid striker was joined Wednesday by dozens of guests and hundreds of fans in his native Madeira Islands for an official ceremony renaming the local airport as Aeroporto Cristiano Ronaldo. Portugal’s president and the prime minister flew to the island and unveiled a commemorative plaque outside the terminal entrance, above a bust of Ronaldo.
Lets talk about, what was a the laughing stock of twitter over the weekend, the Ronaldo statue. First off, Cristiano Ronaldo, this incredible story of a poor kid from Portugal, to becoming one of the all-time greatest soccer players. The man with over 500 career goals, 19 team trophies, over 130 individual trophies, and more than 120 Million Facebook likes, he’s no average JOE by any means. Last year he ranked 3rd in highest payed athlete, in the world. Cristiano is literally a greek god amongst us normals. So when he gets an airport named after him, and is being honored with a small statue/plaque, you would expect this master piece of artwork. Instead, Mr. CR7 flies to Portugal to be HUMILIATED with a joke of a statue.
The plaque looks like they put Ronaldo’s face in a blender, and tried to replicate it by memory. And the bronze look, is literally shit color. Sometimes, it’s just better to go simple. K.I.S.S. Keep it simple, stupid.
It is not Ronaldo’s first statue. Back in 2014, Ronaldo got a statue in his hometown, that was a bit generous in some parts, but they didn’t over try to get exact details and it came out alright.
https://twitter.com/c4ylina/status/811013807774388224
Twitter had a field day with the statue, and here are the best of the best.
Some parody of @Cristiano Ronaldo's statue gone viral pic.twitter.com/NOJEwFW9pX
— Dear D (@your_DearD) March 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/gandamaluko/status/847282459225997313
https://twitter.com/KamalMiah11/status/847061559121727491