{"id":45337,"date":"2021-06-20T17:24:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T16:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/euro-2020-ronaldo-called-a-fool-for-trying-to-disgrace-rudiger"},"modified":"2021-06-20T17:34:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T16:34:57","slug":"euro-2020-ronaldo-called-a-fool-for-trying-to-disgrace-rudiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/euro-2020-ronaldo-called-a-fool-for-trying-to-disgrace-rudiger","title":{"rendered":"Euro 2020: Ronaldo called \u201ca fool\u201d for trying to disgrace Rudiger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Portugal captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, has been labelled \u201ca fool\u201d by former Liverpool midfielder, Didi Hamman, following their 4-2 defeat to Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo put his country ahead in the 15th minute, finishing off a sublime counter attack.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, the Juventus forward produced a stunning piece of skill, flicking the ball up with his instep and over Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger, before backheeling it away without looking.<\/p>\n<p>Hamann, a former Germany international, however, was not impressed, claiming Ronaldo\u2019s self-indulgence was counterproductive and would have spurred on the Germans, who came back to win convincingly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s nonsense. He flicks the ball over, pretends he is going to catch it and backheels it across, and looks away\u2026 of course it is [amazing] and we know he can do that\u2026 I think, in a way, he\u2019s belittling the opposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is at 1-0 and I\u2019m sitting here while you all rave about it. Yes, he is the best, with Messi\u2026 He looks a fool now. This is 1-0. He does look the fool,\u201d Hamann told RTE.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea: Tuchel compares Kai Havertz to Diego Costa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Portugal captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, has been labelled \u201ca fool\u201d by former Liverpool midfielder, Didi Hamman, following their 4-2 defeat to Germany. Ronaldo put his country ahead in the 15th minute, finishing off a sublime counter attack. 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