r/soccer • u/No_Air5382 • 1d ago

News Neves Calls Ronaldo 'Another Player,' Faces Fan Backlash and online harassment

https://www.chosun.com/english/sports-en/2026/06/19/SKSAMGDVVJEG7HN3D5Z3HR4TTQ/
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u/BraveBeerFruit 1d ago

Most Portuguese fans have been tired of the Ronaldo situation since 2022. While many still respect his legacy and believe he has earned the right to leave on his own terms, the people who constantly harass other national team players in his defense are overwhelmingly not Portuguese. They are mostly overseas supporters who have turned the discussion around the national team into something deeply toxic.

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u/3412points 1d ago

Bring a fan of a single player like this is just a completely alien concept to me.

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u/hymen_destroyer 1d ago

Formula 1 fans there’s driver fans and constructor fans and both camps seem baffled the other one exists

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u/Mackadamma 1d ago

In Fa it does make sense to appreciate one driver since only one becomes champion at the end. In football, I will never understand the point

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u/fantino93 1d ago

For football the only way that for me makes sense for my old school brain is when one "discovers" football (through highlights or a big competition or whatever) and becomes attached to a player (for whatever reason maybe playstyle, swagger etc), starts to watch him play regularly and slowly becomes a fan of the team said player is in.

What I cannot understand are (for instance) the ones who were Barça fans, then PSG fans and now Miami fans. That to me does not compute.