
Ronaldo fans prefer him because he’s seen as more “cool” and “handsome.”
For some reason, I feel like a lot of Ronaldo fans prefer the idea and image that marketing created around him. You know — the whole “hard work and discipline” narrative. And yeah, I admit his discipline in maintaining his physique is impressive, but a lot of footballers train extremely hard and never received even half the marketing he did for it. For example, many people act like Messi doesn’t even train, when in reality he’s also very disciplined. Then there’s the whole “winner mentality” thing. But when he lost a second-tier tournament as a veteran player, instead of staying to accept the runner-up medal, he left. And I saw a lot of people defending him by saying he just had a “winner mentality.” And then there are the edits people make of Ronaldo, where they basically combine multiple plays from different matches just to make everything look more dramatic and impressive. So are they really defending CR7 himself, or are they defending the idea of CR7 that was sold to them? Almost like they want to be that type of person, and for some reason they project themselves onto him, so when someone insults him, they feel personally attacked too. I don’t know if I’m explaining myself clearly.