SEOUL: Soccer fans in South Korea are taking legal action to seek compensation after Cristiano Ronaldo failed to play in a friendly during Juventus' pre-season tour in Seoul last week.
"Many purchased tickets to see Ronaldo. The Fasta publicised that the company had a deal with Juventus which stipulated Ronaldo would play for at least 45 minutes and that Ronaldo would hold a fan signing event," Kim told Reuters. The lawsuit is seeking compensation of 70,000 won per ticket, 1,000 won for the ticket commission fee, and 1 million won each for compensation for"mental anguish"."Normally in such cases the plaintiffs will be refunded the price of the tickets, but I put this under a special case since the company, through false advertising, took advantage of the football star's fans," Kim added.
"As for the mental anguish part, I'd like to say some of them are raucous fans, the real avid fans. So for them it is very painful because they love Ronaldo and want to protect him, but they can't, given the situation."
'Ronaldo had been contracted to play at least 45 minutes against K League All Stars, but ultimately sat out the entire game...Pavel Nedved (vice president of Juventus) said 'I also wish Ronaldo ran, but he doesn't want to. Sorry, there's nothing I can do.''