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Of course Cristiano Ronaldo’s moth already has numerous Twitter accounts

Published 21:39 10 Jul 2016 BST

Simon Lloyd
Of course Cristiano Ronaldo’s moth already has numerous Twitter accounts

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The grimace said it all: Cristiano Ronaldo's game was up.

Regardless of what you think of the man, the fact his Euro 2016 final lasted just 24 minutes was a crying shame. Literally, in his case. Although he would eventually leave the field on a stretcher eight minutes later, it was the moment the camera lens homed in on the Portuguese number seven's tear-streaked face that confirmed that the Real Madrid star wouldn't make it to half-time. At that precise moment, a moth - one of thousands that had gathered in the Stade de France in the hours before kickoff - landed on his face. CnBz6nsWcAE7mWv While the majority of viewers' initial reaction to Ronaldo's premature exit from the game was one of disappointment and sympathy for the great man, a good number of others were more concerned with the moth that had settled on the injured star's face. Predictably, even before Ronaldo left the pitch on a stretcher, some had set up Twitter accounts in honour of the drably-coloured insect. https://twitter.com/alansmith90/status/752221759370395648 It really didn't take long, did it? SNAPCHAT

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