By Chrysanthus Ikeh
Reports in the Spanish press indicate fans of Real Madrid are unhappy with their star striker, Cristiano Ronaldo who went ahead to stage his 30th birthday celebration hours after the humiliating derby defeat against their rival Atletico Madrid.
Real Madrid were handed a heavy 4 – 0 defeat by Atletico Madrid on Saturday, February 7, 2014 that didn’t stop the Portuguese star from staging a lavish birthday celebration, which many of his fellow players and coaching staff who weren’t in attendance have criticized after pictures and videos of the celebration circulated the internet.
Meanwhile, his football agent, Jorge Mendes has come out to defend his client for the birthday, saying the football superstar had planned the party for almost a month before the day it eventually being a landmark birthday for him.
‘The fact is that his birthday party had been organised more than a month ago and he had family coming from abroad. He didn’t want to cancel out of respect for the people that came.
‘What is inadmissible is that somebody takes advantage of a private affair to release a video. Ronaldo was devastated after the defeat and people spent two hours trying to cheer him up.’