Portugal Team Loses Hundreds of Thousands of Followers Amid Ronaldo Controversy

Hundreds of thousands of social media users unfollowed Portugal’s national team account amid controversy surrounding Ronaldo and the squad.

The account’s follower count fell sharply within a few hours as the dispute drew widespread attention online.

The drop coincided with extensive social media discussion of Ronaldo’s situation with the national team. The available information did not establish why individual users chose to unfollow the account.

Details of the controversy and a precise total for the decline were not provided, leaving the scale of the longer-term impact unclear.