I disliked Cristiano Ronaldo long before you did.  But now we all hate him.  Unless we are Portuguese and then we love him.  I first disliked him for being named Ronaldo.   There is only one Ronaldo and he has three Fifa World player of the year trophies, a World Cup trophy, is the World Cup's all-time leading goal scorer, and has some golden boot's laying around.  I still did not hate CR though, I was just not a fan.  Then he joined Manchester United which heightened my dislike, since I am not a Man U fan.  They are the Yankees of soccer although Chelsea and Real Madrid are fighting to "buy" that title. 

I have always joked that I don't like athletes that gel their hair.  A big reason I never liked pretty boy Beckham.  CR wears earrings, colors his hair, fohawks his hair, wears makeup, and uses a full bottle of aquanet and hair gel before every match.  Look up mandingo in the dictionary and you will likely see this picture -

None of these annoying things are worth hating though.  I will not be a fan of a man for the above reasons, but I will not hate them.  The more I watched CR the less I liked his style of play.  Sure he was fast and had spectacularly quick feet, but the majority of the time his stepovers did not do the damage they could.  I also quickly recognized his quickness to dive.  He did draw plenty of fouls by juking the snot out of defenders, but he fell on his own a good amount too.  I hate diving.  I realize every team has a token diver or two but it should not be the star and it should not happen too often.  Worse than diving though is faking injury.  In the 2004 Olympics Portugal did phenomenal and were lead by CR.  Unfortunately he also lead the team in dives.  The man could have won a medal on the olympic diving team just as easily as he did for playing soccer.  As a young leader and star for your country I would expect better.  Carlitos Tevez lead Argentina with hard physical play and flashy goals and they rightfully won gold.  Still CR was only 18 and we could only expect that he would mature.  Instead he has continued his diving for Man United and for his country in this World Cup.

Still at this point in time Manchester United fans and Portugal fans and alot of unbiased soccer fans loved CR.  He is young, flashy, and exciting.  There is alot to like about his ability and his cockiness.  Plenty of cocky players are still loved.  I respect that he has made two PK's in a World Cup where the PK has not been a gimme.  I do not respect the way he head butted Rooney, egged on the referee, and then winked after Rooney was red carded.  CR made the world hate him after that incident.  All caught on tape, all in one match, and all to someone he considers a friend. 

His biggest mistake.  Is that he did it to the English.  They already feel cursed and they never forget.  CR will probably never play another match for Manchester United and probably will not be in the EPL.  He will porbably never endorse another product in England as well.

Does the whole world hate Ronaldo now? There is now a site dedicated to hating him. www.ihateronaldo.com.  The whole thing is kind of funny. 

Here is one of my favorite video's reacting to the incident - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc53gTIpa8A&search=cristiano%20ronaldo%20%2B%20england

Will he ever mature?

Will he lead Portugal to a championship with his futbol skill?

Will they lose to France?

Will he make his team better or worse?

Do you hate him?

Do you hate me for this blog? LOL

Will he lead his team with his acting and diving?

These are just some questions about the man that is quickly becoming the most hated athlete in the world.

Will it continue?