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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barney Ronay in Dortmund

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One of several Cristiano Ronaldo-related pitch invaders tries to take a picture with the Portugal captain in Dortmund.
One of several Cristiano Ronaldo-related pitch invaders tries to take a selfie with the Portugal captain in Dortmund. Photograph: Darko Vojinović/AP

There was something disconcerting about the man being grabbed and jostled and hauled away by security guards on the concrete causeway below the executive boxes half an hour after full-time at BVB Stadion Dortmund on Saturday night.

For one thing the man seemed unusually well groomed, brilliantly ear-ringed, dressed in full shiny Portugal tracksuit. He was also beaming relentlessly, shouting things such as “Big Love” and “Say Hi to Georgina”, doing the heart gesture with this hands even as three men in hi-vis jackets grabbed him by the elbows.

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