Tag: Cristiano Ronaldo

ANKARA : Emphasizing that Argentina's Lionel Messi and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo cannot be compared, the Turkish president on Sunday said the latter was subjected to a "political ban" in the World Cup. "They have wasted Ronaldo. Unfortunately, they have imposed a political ban on him. Sending a footballer like Ronaldo to the pitch with just 30 minutes remaining to the match ruined his psychology and took away his energy," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an event with youth in eastern Erzurum province. "Ronaldo is someone who stands for the Palestinian cause,"...