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Ronaldo's "No-Show":
What's the Whole Story?

Joeng Ga-eul

The friendly match between the
prestigious Italian team Juventus1) and
the K-League All-Stars on July 26th,
2019 drew attention from many soccer
fans. After hearing that the Juventus
international superstar Cristiano
Ronaldo would play in Korea, football
fans were looking forward to the day,
with 65,000 tickets sold in just two
hours. However, the fans' expectations
for Juventus and Ronaldo on the day of the match quickly turned into disappointment and controversy.

At 3 PM on the day of the match, a fan meeting and signing event was scheduled to take place with
Cristiano Ronaldo and his team at Yongsan-gu's Grand Hyatt Seoul. However, due to a flight delay, the
whole team’s arrival was delayed about 2 hours. Still, fans were waiting to see Ronaldo. Then, the news
that came back to fans who had waited for more than two hours to meet Ronaldo that he could not
attend at all because of pre-match management conditions. Many fans were disappointed. A team signing
event was held later, but it was confirmed that major players such as Ronaldo would be absent.

In the match between Juventus and the K-League All-Stars, Ronaldo was scheduled to play more than
45 minutes due to contract terms announced by the media. Many soccer fans expected to see a great
performance from Ronaldo in this match in Korea. Many fans from all over the country who had bought
expensive tickets without hesitation gathered to watch Ronaldo's game. Through the beginning of the
match, Ronaldo continued to sit on the bench, but fans who came to the stadium wanted him to go the
field and continuously shouted his name,

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1) Juventus 유벤투스

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