{"id":467032,"date":"2024-06-23T03:50:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T03:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/06\/23\/euro-2024-concerns-raised-over-player-safety-after-cristiano-ronaldo-confronted-by-fans-seeking-selfies-football-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-06-23T03:50:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T03:50:25","slug":"euro-2024-concerns-raised-over-player-safety-after-cristiano-ronaldo-confronted-by-fans-seeking-selfies-football-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/06\/23\/euro-2024-concerns-raised-over-player-safety-after-cristiano-ronaldo-confronted-by-fans-seeking-selfies-football-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro 2024: Concerns raised over player safety after Cristiano Ronaldo confronted by fans seeking selfies | Football News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: <!-- -->Cristiano Ronaldo<!-- --> faced on-field confrontations from four supporters seeking selfies during <!-- -->Portugal<!-- -->&#8216;s 3-0 win over <!-- -->Turkey<!-- --> in Dortmund&#8217;s Westfalenstadion on Saturday, leading coach <!-- -->Roberto Martinez<!-- --> to express concerns over player safety.<br \/>The incidents began in the 69th minute when a young fan evaded stewards, reaching Ronaldo, who posed for a selfie.<!-- -->The situation escalated when, in the final minutes, two more people attempted similar actions. <br \/>Following the final whistle, another person managed to get close to the 39-year-old striker for a photograph. Security intervened as two additional people tried to confront <!-- -->Ronaldo<!-- --> as he walked off the field with his teammates.<br \/>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a concern,\u201d Martinez was quoted as saying by AP after the game, \u201cbecause today we were lucky that the intentions of the fans were good.\u201d<br \/>\u201cWe all love a fan that recognizes the big stars and the big icons in their minds. We all agree with that. But you can understand it was a very, very difficult moment \u2014 if those intentions are wrong, the players are exposed and we need to be careful with that. I don&#8217;t think that should happen on a football pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fan\" msid=\"111201129\" width=\"600\" title=\"Pitch invader with Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo before being detained by stewards. (Reuters Photo)\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-111201129,width-600,resizemode-4\/111201129.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pitch invader with Portugal&#8217;s Cristiano Ronaldo before being detained by stewards. (Reuters Photo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Martinez emphasized the importance of communicating to fans that such behavior is not acceptable.<br \/>\u201cIt&#8217;s not the right way, you\u2019re not going to get anything out of it,\u201d Martinez added. \u201cAnd what you do is probably the measures get worse for the future.<br \/>\u201cIt\u2019s not good to get the players so exposed when you have people running on the pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Invader\" msid=\"111201151\" width=\"600\" title=\"Steward catches a pitch invader that ran to Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo. (AP Photo)\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-111201151,width-600,resizemode-4\/111201151.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Steward catches a pitch invader that ran to Portugal&#8217;s Cristiano Ronaldo. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ronaldo&#8217;s teammate, <!-- -->Bernardo Silva<!-- -->, who also scored against Turkey, shared a different perspective on the matter.<br \/>\u201cIt&#8217;s just a bit annoying in terms of having to stop the game because a fan enters the pitch,\u201d Silva said. \u201cThat\u2019s the price you pay for being so recognized in the world of football.<br \/>\u201cIn terms of feeling in danger, no. 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