5 instances where Cristiano Ronaldo showed questionable sportsmanship

#3 Violent outburst against Cordoba

And then there is this side of Cristiano Ronaldo.

To be fair to him, this happened right when he was facing some upheaval in his personal life, hence, he was probably not in the right frame of mind. At first, he tried to throw a punch at Cordoba’s Jose Angel Crespo but missed by a fraction.

His vehemence hadn’t cooled even then and he decided to take it further by kicking and slapping defender Edilmar, which saw him earn a red card.

The scores were locked at 1-1 at that point and the Blancos were in real danger of losing points, all thanks to not one, but two moments of madness from their number 7. This was a two-degree unprofessional act: one, he had assaulted a fellow footballer and two, he left his team in grave danger of losing points.

He later apologized via Twitter and promised to control his emotions in the future only to repeat that sort of behaviour not very long after.