'Crybaby': Cristiano Ronaldo's Tears After Portugal Defeat Mocked Online
06:31 GMT 11.12.2022 (Updated: 14:04 GMT 19.12.2022)
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On Saturday, Morocco became the first African team in the history of the World Cup to reach the semifinals, after Morocco won Portugal 1-0 in the 2022 World Cup quarterfinals.
For all football fans, the sensational defeat of Portugal against Morocco in the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup is, above all, the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo from the tournament. One of the greatest football players in history was once again left without the trophy.
Another sensation was Ronaldo's reaction to the results of the game. After the match was over, the Portuguese captain left the field immediately and burst into tears only to be caught on camera.
It is not clear why the footballer could not hold his feelings back. Fans offered at least two reasons: first, Ronaldo was clearly very upset by the loss of his team. Secondly, it was likely the last World Cup in his career.
Still, Ronaldo's tears prompted a wave of mockery online.
Ronaldo is a cry baby. He doesn’t have sports man spirit. Instead of congratulating the winning team and staying with his own teammates; he ran out of the stadium like a coward.
— Syed Mubbashir Ali🇵🇰🇨🇦 (@Mubbashir_Shah) December 11, 2022
Congratulations to #Morocco
Seeing Ronaldo cry made my month..
— VA (@VinSkvlly) December 11, 2022
Seeing Ronaldo cry is the biggest win for me suffer and pack ur bags ur going home pic.twitter.com/znFSbLXluR
— hunter//athia🇦🇷🇲🇦 (@dilfhunterbb) December 10, 2022
However, some people felt for the iconic footballer and supported Ronaldo after his team's defeat.
seeing cristiano ronaldo cry is so sad, I can’t watch that video of him crying. That is the passion that he has for soccer and what he does, he shouldn’t be criticized for it. He is allowed to cry 🥺🥺
— 𝓡𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓮𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓰𝓲🌸 (@ReneeSergi) December 11, 2022
You’re a terrible person if you enjoyed seeing Ronaldo cry. He is a great player who has been let down by Fernando Santos and Portugal. pic.twitter.com/GpJHWoUozV
— Kojo Darko🇬🇭 (@kojodarkoo) December 10, 2022
It was the 196th match for the Portuguese forward, who made an appearance as a substitute in the 51st minute. He matched Kuwaiti forward Bader Al-Mutawa's record for the most meetings for national teams.
On December 10, Morocco beat Portugal 1-0 in the 2022 World Cup quarterfinals, becoming the first African team to reach the semifinals. The match took place at the Al-Thumama Stadium and ended with the score 1-0, with Morocco’s Youssef En-Nesyri scoring a goal 42 minutes into the game.
