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Argentine women’s national team player accused of being Anti-Messi for favoring Cristiano Ronaldo

Yamila Rodríguez, a forward of the Argentine women’s national team, has received hate messages on social media for having a tattoo of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Argentine women’s national team player accused of being Anti-Messi for favoring Cristiano Ronaldo
© Getty ImagesArgentine women’s national team player accused of being Anti-Messi for favoring Cristiano Ronaldo

Yamila Rodríguez has had to deal with unnecessary online abuse for her admiration for Cristiano Ronaldo, who she has tattooed on her leg along with a portrait of Diego Maradona. In the last few days, the Palmeiras player has had to tell journalists she is a fan of CR7 and “that’s it”.

For some reason fans of Lionel Messi has interpreted that her admiration for the Portuguese star is being “Anti-Messi” of which Rodríguez has suggested is not true, she has taking to social media to ask the question, what is the problem for liking one player over the other?

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On Instagram Rodríguez uploaded a picture of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo hugging, with a text regarding the need to clarify that she is not Anti- Messi.

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Yamila Rodríguez post on Messi and Ronaldo

The fact that I say that my inspiration and my idol is CR7 does not mean that I hate Messi, but rather that I like another player more, the one who inspired me. What is the problem? We can all like different things and that should be valid

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Please understand that this is football, and everyone has their preferences. Highlighting one does not mean burying the other. Enough, tired, hurts.”

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Argentina was defeated in their opening game of the Women’s World Cup by Italy 1-0. The team will try to bounce back against South Africa before a difficult ending to their group against Sweden in Group C.

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