Last weekend's latest installment of El Clasico at Barcelona's Camp Nou was a thriller. Supplied by goals from Jeremy Mathieu, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Luis Suarez, the 2-1 Barcelona win ebbed and flowed as one would expect from two great sides. Mathieu's opener put Barcelona on top, and shortly thereafter, Ronaldo hit back for Real Madrid:
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It was a well-earned goal from Ronaldo. He celebrated by doing his infamous "Calm Down" celebration, gesturing to Barcelona's home crowd to put up or shut up.
No more Ronaldo "calm down" celebrations if Liga president Tebas has his way. http://t.co/F4E71nWVPK pic.twitter.com/8aW9FAjqqm
— AS English (@English_AS) March 24, 2015He did it last season against Barcelona too.
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The celebration's become one of Ronaldo's signature moves. So much so, that it's a move you can do with virtual Ronaldo in FIFA.
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"Calm Down" embodies everything villainous about him. Ronaldo's great, he knows he's great, and when that greatness is tangibly expressed in the form of title-shifting goals, there's nothing more arrogant and condescending in his arsenal of celebrations than his "Calm Down." As an invader into Barcelona's home stadium, it's done purposefully, and done to incite a pissed off reaction from a hostile crowd. "Just shut up and let me work," he's telling tens of thousands of proud Catalans, who hate the Portuguese hair model with every bit of energy.
And for it, he may face sanctions from La Liga. League president Javier Tebas wasn't too happy about Ronaldo's taunts.
"We have to be careful with provocative gestures by a player when he scores a goal or with any other provocation or conduct that could incite violence among spectators," he said. "It must be sanctioned, from a fine up to a suspension. We will look into it."
Following the recent death of an fan after an Atletico Madrid match, La Liga officials are uptight about ANYTHING that can eventually lead to fan violence.
