WATCH: Ronaldo fined for crotch-grabbing celebration

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WATCH: Ronaldo fined for crotch-grabbing celebration

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Cristiano Ronaldo escapes ban but gets slapped with a 20,000-euro fine for his Champions League celebration

 

 

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Cristiano Ronaldo was fined 20,000 euros ($22,738) by UEFA on Thursday, March 21 (Friday, March 22, Manila time) for mimicking Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone’s crotch-grabbing celebration in Juventus’ Champions League last-16 win last week.

The 34-year-old scored a second-leg hat-trick as the Italian champions overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficit to progress to the quarterfinals.

He replicated Simeone’s gesture after the first game by grasping his genitals and thrusting out his groin following his tie-winning penalty.

Argentinian Simeone was also fined 20,000 euros by UEFA for his celebration, with European football’s governing body following suit in Ronaldo’s case.

“He will have seen how I did it at the Wanda Metropolitano and, like me, was trying to show his character,” Simeone said after the match.

Ronaldo, who returns to Portugal international duty after a nine-month absence later on Thursday, has scored 24 goals for Juventus since signing from Real Madrid for 100 million euros last year. – Rappler.com

 

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