Just Inaugurated In India, Ronaldo's Statue Even Gets Scorned
JAKARTA - Cristiano Ronaldo has again received appreciation from the world's citizens through the construction of a statue. This time it was the turn of the people of Goa, India, who had the monument to the mega star of the footballer.
The construction of the CR7 statue in Goa, India is expected to inspire many young people there. Unmitigated, the cost of building the statue cost a fantastic amount of £12,000 or the equivalent of Rp230 million.
Quoted from Talksport, Thursday, December 30, Goa's Chief Minister, Michael Lobo said the construction of the Ronaldo statue was a form of the people's love for football. In addition, this statue is expected to inspire young people there to improve the quality of football in India.
"For the love of football and at the request of our youth, we put a statue of Cristiano Ronaldo in the park to inspire our young people to take football to new heights," said Lobo.
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“This is the first time a statue of Cristiano Ronaldo has appeared in India. This is nothing but to inspire our young generation,” he added.
Even though Lobo revealed the positive intentions of the construction of the statue, the protest reaction actually rose. This time it came from the President of the Calangute Constituent Forum, Premanand Divkar.
According to him, the statue of Ronaldo was deemed inappropriate to be in that location. Because, said Divkar, there are still local players who deserve to be immortalized as a monument.
Call it Bruno Coutinho and Yolanda D'Souza, great footballers who come from Calangute, which is one of the regions in Goa. The figure is considered by Divkar to be more appropriate for a statue because of the services they have given to the world of Indian football.
“There are so many great footballers from Calangute like Bruno Coutinho and Yolanda D'Souza, who have brought victory to India by playing football at international level,” explained Divkar.
“Why can't their statues (Coutinho and D'Souza) be installed? They are from Calangute. Why is a statue of a Portuguese footballer installed?” he pouted.
The presence of this statue in India is also the umpteenth statue in the world featuring the Portuguese player. Because in 2017 Ronaldo was also made a statue in his hometown which is in the Madeira region, Portugal.
However, the artwork drew ridicule from the public because it was considered to have a strange shape and did not resemble his face. As a result, after that a better statue was made.