The emotions went through with Porto’s stadium announcer after the duel with Juventus Turin in the Champions League. Now he has to pay for it.
Fernando Saul, FC Porto stadium announcer, has to pay a fine of 1,430 euros for the insults against Juventus Turin’s superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and his family. The Portuguese sports newspaper reports The ball . Accordingly, the Portuguese Football Association ordered the club employees to transfer the money directly to CR7.
After Porto eliminated the Bianconeri in the Champions League round of 16 in March, Saul’s emotions were high. In two Instagram- Stories he insulted “these Italian thieves” and “Ronaldo the pig”. Ronaldo’s mother Dolores was also the target of an attack, calling Saul a “toothless grandma”.
Sporting employee alerts the association
Allegedly, a representative of Ronaldo’s ex-club Sporting became aware of the failure of the stadium announcer on Instagram and reported to the association.
It is not the first penalty for Saul: In the past, he was forced to take a month off as a stadium announcer after announcing over the loudspeaker in the top duel against Benfica that Porto is “fed up with being stolen”.
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