This Ronaldo fan furious at the BBC’s ‘Misstiano Penaldo’ gag just made the whole thing even funnier
You might have seen by now how Cristiano Ronaldo burst into tears after missing a penalty for Portugal in their Euros last 16 match against mighty Slovenia.
They can’t take that away from you. pic.twitter.com/tjvmU260fr
— Sam Whyte (@SamWhyte) July 1, 2024
It didn’t matter in the end because Portugal scraped through to the quarter finals on penalties (when Ronaldo hit the target this time). But there was no doubting the most memorable image of the match.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Diogo Dalot. pic.twitter.com/TFuHIGVmBt
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 1, 2024
It prompted no end of jokes on Twitter – we’ve rounded up a whole bunch of them here – but no-one did it better than the BBC’s ‘Misstiano Penaldo’.
BBC putting “Misstiano Penaldo” as the graphic on his pen is EVIL work pic.twitter.com/efso4W36WL
— Joe Gilmore (@Gilology) July 1, 2024
In close-up!
And we mention it again because of the fury of this particular Ronaldo fan …
In my 17 years of journalism and reporting, I’ve never seen such pathetic piece of broadcasting.
Where was this when Kane missed against France? Where was this when Messi missed against Chile?
The constant hate and narratives towards needs to stop, I expect an apology… pic.twitter.com/Oa57S9izir
— Faysal (@elfayz_) July 1, 2024
‘In my 17 years of journalism and reporting, I’ve never seen such pathetic piece of broadcasting.
‘Where was this when Kane missed against France? Where was this when Messi missed against Chile?
‘The constant hate and narratives towards needs to stop, I expect an apology statement and a compensation for the discrimination of character.’
… and hard to believe we know, but it made the whole thing even funnier.
These people surely said it best.
"I expect and apo-" You are NOT his lawyer bruh
— S.Ξ.C (@sydAFC) July 1, 2024
17 years of journalism and reporting and never seen a single match of the day lmao https://t.co/SYFv4UrTR3
— pennington (@caughtedhanded) July 1, 2024
Alright it ain't that deep, it's a little joke
— ️ (@masiglory) July 1, 2024
'17 years of journalism' u have a football podcast https://t.co/fShbkna310
— (@crewslover) July 1, 2024
Grown man crying over a little joke. Our ancestors used to go to war
— ☝️ (@sushiniesta) July 1, 2024
Well you can be an experienced journalist and have a podcast, obviously, and in the interests of balance and all that, he wasn’t alone.
Did BBC actually do this? This is hilarious but very disrespectful and unprofessional. BBC shouldn't be acting like banger boys na
— Reverse Truth (@Bidal4Life) July 1, 2024
But mostly, this.
— ☠️ (@FuadCadani) July 1, 2024
