Cristiano Ronaldo’s mum, Dolores Aveiro took to Twitter during the game to condemn Payet’s tackle, insinuating he’d intentionally hurt her son. After seeing her heartbroken son forced off the pitch in the early stages, Dolores Aveiro tweeted a photo of her son in tears along with message that seemed to be a fairly thinly veiled dig at Payet. “I cannot see my son in this way,” she said. “The game is about kicking the ball, not hurting the opponent.”
The Portuguese captain and three time Ballon D’or limped off in tears after crumpling under a challenge from France’s Dimitri Payet. Despite the best efforts of Portugal’s medical team, Ronaldo’s night was over before it had truly begun.
