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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Chelsea legend, Didier Drogba, on Saturday backed former Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil\u2019s comments on Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n

Ozil had slammed Ronaldo\u2019s critics, insisting that they wanted to get attention with the forward\u2019s big name.<\/p>\n

The former Germany international was defending Ronaldo, who has come under heavy criticism in the past few days amid the ongoing 2O22 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n

Ozil, who played alongside Ronaldo at Real Madrid, wrote on Twitter: \u201cI really don\u2019t get where this constant negativity from the press about Cristiano comes from… The media is just trying to get clicks, and pundits who don\u2019t have a career anymore just want to get attention with his big name and try to make him look bad…\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is soon 38 years old \u2013 so what\u2019s the surprise that he doesn\u2019t score 50 goals a season anymore? Every football fan out there should be happy to have seen him playing world-class football for 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Responding to Ozil\u2019s tweet, Drogba tweeted: \u201cWell said my brother @M10.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ronaldo was unable to save Portugal as they crashed out of the FIFA World Cup in the quarter-final against Morocco on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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