Fan jailed for hugging Cristiano Ronaldo
The 19-year-old supporter insists he would do
the same thing again, despite being
imprisoned after embracing his Portuguese
idol during a recent friendly
14 Aug 2013 08:35:00
The fan who was jailed for
invading the pitch during the
International Champions
Cup match between Real
Madrid and Chelsea to hug
Cristiano Ronaldo last week
has stressed that he has no
regrets over his actions.
Ronald Gjoka, 19, ran onto
the pitch in the 67th minute to embrace his idol,
only to be arrested by local police and taken to jail
for trespassing and disorderly conduct.
Gjoka spent the night in prison before he was
allowed to leave the day after, yet he has stressed
that the moment was worth the punishment.
"Honestly, first thing was look straight, find Cristiano
and don't look back. Just go," Gjoka told Local10.
"I decided to add a little knee slide on it just for a
little celebration. I think Ronaldo always does that
celebration so I thought that he would find it funny,
and he did, he gave it a little laugh.
"But after that, I gave him a big hug, told him you're
one of my biggest idols, always followed you and I
said, 'Please, Ronaldo, don't let the cops take me,'
and that's when Ronaldo gave me a very big hug.

"I got the opportunity to talk to Ronaldo. It was a
unique opportunity and I had to take it. It was
worth the detention."
The Portugal international netted twice to help
Madrid to a 3-1 win over Chelsea in last week's
encounter.

I see eye to eye with his decision, but that boy is Jobless