The Albanian fans do not lack any sense of humour. They were looking to make fun of Portugal, who are in danger of missing out on the place in South Africa, and their ‘best’ player Cristiano Ronaldo by lifting the banner which portrayed the pretty boy of Manchester United as Miss World for the year 2010. Portugal somehow managed to win the game, thanks to injury time winner by Bruno Alves, and they thus kept slim chances of reaching the World Cup but the game will definitely be remembered by the aforementioned event rather than by the quality of the teams’ performance.
Albanian fans found a great way to mock Cristiano Ronaldo, who is obviously more concerned with his looks and style of his haircut than with anything that happens on the football pitch. Referring to Ronaldo’s chances of winning the World Player of the Year award second time in a row, which are at best pretty slim after a wretched season, the fans erected the banner which made the whole footballing world laugh. And how Portugal’s rivals in the group would have laughed if only Bruno Alves hadn’t scored an injury time winner, without which Carlos Queiroz’s team would be out of the race for the place in South Africa.
The ‘incident’ only portrayed the true situation in Portuguese national team at the moment, which are largely struggling under Carlos Queiroz, and where a player like Cristiano Ronaldo is the first star of the team. I just wonder how he deserved such a status. The looks can get you anything these days, right?
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Well writen. I still think Portugal will Miss the WC. There are better pictures of this:)
Ps. I was there