Thanks for sharing that reblog. I'd seen the "Nickname" for months and as someone who lives in the UK and see this kind of abuse on a regular basis and remember the onslaught of abuse he'd receive when at Man U, I was incredibly saddened by football "fans" who used this name for him when footballers are trying their hardest to stamp out racism. I'm even more saddened that it's taken this long for people to realise that name calling, even if you don't like the team, is not ok.
I felt exactly the same! but I don’t think anyone really meant any harm because I believe most people weren’t around when Cristiano played in England and had no idea about the connotation. I have seen several Madridistas calling him that as well and it always annoyed me but I also didn’t want to start a discourse since the intentions weren’t bad. I’m still glad we are talking about it now though!