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Original source: http://streettelevirtuelle.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/sport-je-nechange-pas-mon-maillot-avec-des-assassins-cristiano-ronaldo-apres-le-match-portugal-israel/
Translation: “SPORT: “I do not exchange my shirt with murderers“… Cristiano Ronaldo after the World Cup qualifying match between Portugal and Israel in March 2013 (video).
This is the phrase used by the Portuguese star at a meeting after Friday night’s playoff between Israel and Portugal for the 2014 World Cup.
After the match, an Israeli player removing his shirt offered it to Ronaldo, who refused because he could not agree to wear a jersey on which there was the flag of the State of Israel.
In the locker room when reporters asked him why he had refused to exchange his jersey, he said exactly: “I do not exchange my shirt with murderers.”
source: nouvellesdaujourdhui.com (the site now appears to have been taken offline)”
Last year Cristiano auctioned his golden boot to help the victims of Israeli bombing.