All clubs have small sections of embarrassing supporters but are there any more ungrateful than the group who whistle two living legends?
"Away from home, our fans are fantastic," former Manchester United captain Roy Keane once observed. "I'd call them the hardcore fans. But, at home, they have a few drinks and probably the prawn sandwiches, and they don't realise what's going on out on the pitch."
All clubs have small sections of supporters who are nothing other than a source of shame. There are those who enjoy singing songs about plane crashes and stadium disasters, while other ignoramuses prefer to racially abuse opposition players.
When it comes to actually turning on their own, though, there are few worse fans than the select few that get to go to Real Madrid games every week and feel perfectly entitled whistling and booing the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane. They made their voices heard again at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night, with los Blancos a man and two goals down to Las Palmas after just over an hour of play.
As ever, Ronaldo, Real's all-time record goalscorer, was doing his utmost to drag his side back into a game that the hosts needed to win to reclaim top spot from bitter rivals Barcelona. However, when the Portuguese uncharacteristically miscontrolled the ball, allowing it to run out over the touchline, some Madrid fans voiced their disapproval with Ronaldo.
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