Berliner Tageblatt - Argentina World Cup player with Ronaldo tattoo 'not anti-Messi'

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Argentina World Cup player with Ronaldo tattoo 'not anti-Messi' / Photo: © AFP

Argentina World Cup player with Ronaldo tattoo 'not anti-Messi'

SPORTS 26.07.2023

Argentina's Women's World Cup striker Yamila Rodriguez has defended having a tattoo of Cristiano Ronaldo on her leg, saying: "I don't hate Messi."

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The 25-year-old faced flak on social media from fans back home after they spotted the ink on her left shin of Portugal's Ronaldo -- the great rival of Argentina captain Lionel Messi.

"Please, enough, I'm not doing well. At what point did I say I'm anti-Messi?" Rodriguez wrote on social media in response.

"Messi is our great captain in the national team, but the fact that I say that my inspiration and my idol is CR7 (Ronaldo) does not mean that I hate Messi. Enough, it's tiring and it hurts."

Rodriguez, who came on as a substitute in Monday's 1-0 World Cup defeat to Italy, has numerous other tattoos, including one of Argentina legend Diego Maradona.

O.Lorenz--BTB

Berliner Tageblatt - Argentina World Cup player with Ronaldo tattoo 'not anti-Messi'

Argentina World Cup player with Ronaldo tattoo 'not anti-Messi'

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