Argentina World Cup player with Ronaldo tattoo 'not anti-Messi'
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 - Group G - Italy v Argentina - Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand - July 24, 2023 Argentina's Yamila Rodriguez in action with Italy's Giada Greggi REUTERS/David Rowland/File Photo
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Argentina's Women's World Cup striker Yamila Rodriguez has
defended having a tattoo of Cristiano Ronaldo on her leg, saying: "I don't
hate Messi."
The 25-year-old faced flak on social media from fans back
home after they spotted the ink on her left shin of Portugal's Ronaldo - the
great rival of Argentina captain Lionel Messi.
"Please, enough, I'm not doing well. At what point did I
say I'm anti-Messi?" Rodriguez wrote on social media in response.
"Messi is our great captain in the national team, but
the fact that I say that my inspiration and my idol is CR7 (Ronaldo) does not
mean that I hate Messi. Enough, it's tiring and it hurts."
Rodriguez, who came on as a substitute in Monday's 1-0 World Cup defeat to Italy, has numerous other tattoos, including one of Argentina legend Diego Maradona.
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