In India's Goa, there is a controversy over a statue of Cristiano Ronaldo

  • 30/12/2021

A new statue of football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has sparked outrage in the Indian state of Goa, with residents upset that a Portuguese footballer was honoured rather than an Indian player.On Wednesday, Michael Lobo, a minister in the Goa state government, tweeted that the statue is intended to promote football as a sport and to inspire young people to play the game.

Instead, protesters carrying black flags converged on the site the day after the 400kg (882-pound) statue was unveiled in Goa's main city of Panaji, according to India's IANS news agency on Wednesday.Protesters were enraged not only by the decision to honour a foreign footballer, but also by the fact that the player chosen was from Portugal, which was seen as a particular affront given that the European country had occupied Goa as a colony for many years.

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