Police investigate Cristiano’s assault on a child who was recording him

The British police have opened an investigation after Cristiano Ronaldo slapped an autistic boy who was recording him with his mobile while the Portuguese striker for Manchester United was on his way to the locker room, after his team’s defeat against Everton (1- 0) in a Premier match. Cristiano has apologized for his “outburst” and has invited the assaulted child to watch a United game at Old Trafford “as a sign of fair play and sportsmanship”, but the police are already investigating the incident with the collaboration of Manchester United and the Everton and the footballer can be sanctioned for a possible crime.

“As the players were leaving the field at 2:30 p.m. (Sunday), it was reported that a child had been assaulted by one of the visiting team players as they were leaving the field. Investigations are underway and officers are currently working with Everton to review the footage and are conducting extensive witness investigations to establish whether a crime has been committed,” a Merseyside Police spokesman said of a case that will also be investigated. by the English Football Association.

Cristiano Ronaldo was unable to control himself when he went to the locker room entrance deranged after United’s defeat at Goodison Park that distanced the red devils from the Champions League. During his tour, while showing a teammate his left leg full of injuries from the blows received during the match, he realized that an Everton fan was recording him with his mobile and reacted with a violent slap that knocked the phone to the ground.

The young follower who recorded Cristiano is a 14-year-old boy who suffers from autism and dyspraxia (a motor disorder that causes children to move slowly and with difficulty) and who went to Goodison Park for the first time to watch a football match, according to revealed his mother, Sarah Kelly, to ‘Liverpool ECHO’.

The boy, “shocked”

“He recorded all the United players walking and then put the phone down because Ronaldo had dropped his stocking and his leg was bleeding. He didn’t even speak. Ronaldo just walked by and, in a very bad mood, hit my son’s hand, knocking his phone off, and kept walking. Jake started to cry. He was totally shocked. He did not digest what was happening until he got home, “said the boy’s mother, who describes Cristiano as a” bully “. The mother published on Facebook an image of her son’s hand reddened by the blow received and another of the mobile with the broken screen. According to her, her son would be so upset that “I don’t want to watch a game again.”

“It is never easy to deal with emotions in difficult times like the ones we are experiencing. However, we always have to be respectful, patient and set an example for all young people who love football,” said the former Real Madrid player on Instagram.