MEANWHILE IN…
Mar 05, 2020
4 minutes
1 “BOW DOWN BEFORE ME!”
Cristiano Ronaldo has long been a giant of the game: and he’s turned into an actual giant, too.
Standing more than 20 metres tall – even higher than CR7 can leap for a header – the robotic Ronnie was created for the annual Viareggio carnival, which features caricatures of the world’s biggest stars, and is held in mid-winter for some reason. Who doesn’t like standing in cold, miserable weather for hours?
The Juventus star recently celebrated his 35th birthday and was no doubt thrilled to see his giant papier-mache likeness ploughing through the streets of Tuscany, accompanied by the word ‘Idol’.
A giant
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