The young Liverpool fan was slapped by the Manchester United striker after the Toffees won the Premier League.
One of the events that drew attention and criticism during Everton’s win over Manchester United was Cristiano Ronaldo’s reaction when he left the pitch.
The Portuguese couldn’t handle the frustration of the defeat and ended up hitting a kid who was recording the players leaving. In fact, the youngster’s mother said of the incident that her son “filmed all the United players walking around. And then he hung up because Ronaldo had his sock down and his leg was bleeding. He put the phone down to see what it was, he didn’t even speak. Ronaldo just passed by, in a bad mood, and he took the phone from my son’s hands and kept walking. ”.
She added that her son was “crying, he was in shock, Jacob was completely in shock, he has autism. He is really upset by this and completely discourages him from attending a game again.
Finally, he judged that “Ronaldo is an idol. She would understand if Jake was laughing at her, but it wasn’t even close to that, he was filming her injury. He’s an autistic boy and he was mugged by a footballer, that’s how I see him as a mum ”.
After that, Cristiano Ronaldo took to his Instagram account to apologize and ended up inviting the boy to watch a Unitd game. “It is never easy to manage your emotions in difficult times like the one we are going through. However, we must always be respectful, patient and set an example for all young people who love the beautiful game. I would like to apologize for my outburst and if possible I would like to invite this supporter to watch a game at Old Trafford as a demonstration of fair play and sportsmanship ”.
However, this invitation was flatly rejected by Jacob’s mother. “Why go to Old Trafford? Why would a Blue want to visit a Red? ”.
He also criticized the Portuguese’s comments on the social network. “If he was genuine, I think he should have turned around at the time of the incident, picked up Jake’s phone and said “sorry”. “, mentioned.
“That was the biggest laugh for me: “sportsmanship”. When you can do that to a 14-year-old kid. It’s not sporty at all “, he expressed.
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