Ronaldo (37) Slaps Phone Out of Child’s (14) Hand | Charged after 5 months of deliberation

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The intent was to capture someone in their moment of misery. Which, to me, is a 100% prick thing to do.
If you like objectivity: how do you know that this precisely was their intent, and the kid wasn't, say, trying to film one of the most famous footballers on the planet, regardless of circumstances?
 

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The intent was to capture someone in their moment of misery. Which, to me, is a 100% prick thing to do.


I entered this thread in response to several messages, which I found weird. I don't really care about the kid. I think it was always going to end up this way, since the media are hungry for sensations and this is an easy one for them.

I also find it disappointing how people continue accepting and forgiving poor behavior from fans, especially young ones. Paying for a match ticket doesn't absolve you of human decency.
Nor would paying for a new phone.
 

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The intent was to capture someone in their moment of misery. Which, to me, is a 100% prick thing to do.

I also find it disappointing how people continue accepting and forgiving poor behavior from fans, especially young ones.
Paying for a match ticket doesn't absolve you of human decency.
I’m sorry, how do you know what someone intended? It’s normal for people to capture footage of events and famous people on camera. Perhaps he wanted to show people he saw Ronaldo? He doesn’t have long left in his career and he has been exceptional, not many people will be able to say they saw or met him when he retires. Would be a nice family story to share in the future.

Ronaldo is most definitely at fault here and it’s not a good look on the club that they haven’t taken any action to punish him.
 

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Fun thread, Ronaldo is a prick. I can`t believe people are defending him and trying to make out the kid was out of order. What did he do? Take a video of him in his moment of misery, that`s bad shit.
 

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Will the premier league accept star players whipping children or will they punish Ronaldo?
 

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Surely there's a statue of limitations on smacking an annoying kid? This happened ages ago.
What would they have done had he left United in the summer, given this happened last season. Bizarre its taken them this long.
 

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Ronaldo was important in our win against Arsenal & has been very good for us so far as a substitute. He's been awful when he has started games but we'd still be worse off if he was banned & we had only Rashford through the middle with no option on the bench. This should just not be allowed tbh, unless it happens in one of the final 3 games of a season then a charge should not carry over to the next season.
 

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I can only assume this has been released to take try and the attention away from the England crap.
 

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This thread is a good reminder of the lunacy of the CR7 fan club.
 

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5 months :lol: What the feck were they doing all that time, gathering DNA samples?
 

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Jesus christ, how can the FA get away with being so incompetent? Surely CAS should lay out some rules for 5 months of waiting
 

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If you were a conspiracy nut you would say, hmm very strange timing this, as last May a Sheffield Utd player hits a fan while on the ground on live tv and the fa do jack, now Utd dropped captain fantastic Arry and shaw and suddenly Ronnie gets charged for something that happen last April.
 

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If he’s banned until the World Cup, on the outside I’ll be crying ‘agenda’, inwardly I’ll be smiling. It’s a win-win.