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Read articleCristiano Ronaldo is one of the most well-known athletes in the world—both for his remarkable soccer skills and his disarming good looks—but if you check out the new statue honoring him at the Madeira Islands Airport, you may not recognize it as Ronaldo. Namely because it doesn’t look a thing like Ronaldo.
The hair is pretty good, though.
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The statue was unveiled at the airport, which was re-named Aeroporto Cristiano Ronaldo, in honor of the soccer superstar.
The Real Madrid forward took it all in stride, but the rest of the world wasn’t so cool…or collected.
I defy you not to feel better after viewing this picture of Cristiano Ronaldo alongside his portrait bust. pic.twitter.com/kBCc7RtoUC
— Tom Sutcliffe (@tds153) March 29, 2017
The sculptor of the statue took some heat for the design, as you’d expect, but he defended his work.
“It is impossible to please the Greeks and Trojans. Neither did Jesus please everyone,” Emanuel Santos said to the BBC. “I was with his brother at Cristiano’s museum in Madeira and from the messages he sent, I could tell that he liked what he saw.”
Photos of the statue sent the Internet into a tizzy, and boy did they have some great jokes commenting on the, ahem, slightly mangled look of the sculpture.
Here are some of the best:
Some of the all-time great Cristiano Ronaldo moments pic.twitter.com/57Tx9VhbUm
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) March 29, 2017
I don’t see what the problem is with Cristiano Ronaldo’s statue…#Ronaldo #Statue #Ronaldobust pic.twitter.com/a9UUbhTIFi
— Tom Wright (@TomWright89) March 29, 2017
I don’t know what you’re talking about guys, I think the Ronaldo statue looks pretty good pic.twitter.com/JIUwQBuqUY
— keewa (@keewa) March 29, 2017
I don’t what you’re all talking about, that #RonaldoBust looks fine pic.twitter.com/QefUPwYkpf
— Wes Mountain (@therevmountain) March 29, 2017
That Ronaldo bust looks mair like Johnny Cab fi Total Recall pic.twitter.com/DtCPSsZcFm
— B (@bigbaz74) March 29, 2017
#cristiano #cristianoronaldo #meme #ronaldo @Cristiano @realmadrid pic.twitter.com/UjuU9N3iQc
— diego becerra (@diebecerra) March 30, 2017
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