Cristiano Ronaldo’s sister Elma Aveiro has come out in defence of her brother, dismissing former Italy striker Antonio Cassano as ‘a ball boy’ after he criticised the

42-year-old. Since retiring, the 42-year-old has become one of the most divisive pundits in Italy, retaining the bad boy image of his playing days. Appearing

on his latest podcast Viva el Futbol , Cassano boldly claimed Ronaldo doesn’t know how to play football, describing the Portuguese as ‘a team player’. The former

Roma, Real Madrid, Milan and Inter Milan star is adamant the Portuguese superstar should not be spoken of in the same league as the likes of Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Aguero, among others, claiming the latter know how to play with team-mates. Something CR7 doesn’t have.

The controversial comments naturally caused quite a stir on ยูฟ่าเบท social media, but Ronaldo’s sister Elma was quick to hit back, slamming Cassano.

“I don’t know the poor guy and I don’t even care to know him, but I just want to tell him one thing: if Ronaldo can’t play football but he scores 900 goals, imagine if he knows how to play. “

They say he [Cassano] is a footballer, but I think they are wrong. In reality, he’s just a ball boy.”