See photos: Cristiano Ronaldo's statue weighing 410 kgs installed in Goa

Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldos statue has been installed in Panaji Goa to inspire the youth and take football to next level in the state and countryThe statue weighs around 410 kgs and the aim of installing it is to motivate the younger generation towards sports and following their dreamsThis is for the first time that the statue of Cristiano Ronaldo has come up in India This is nothing but to inspire our youth If you want to take football to another level then this is what young boys and girls will look forward to taking selfies and looking at the statue and getting inspired to play The government municipality and the panchayats job is to provide good infrastructure good football grounds good futsal grounds We need a good infrastructure for our boys and girls to go there and play Goa minister Michael Lobo told ANIStatue is just to inspire We want good infrastructure from the government We need coaches who can train our boys and girls Government should appoint former players as coaches who played for Goa and made India proud In this way only we can move ahead in the field of sports Being such a big country we are far behind many countries in the terms of football he addedFootballer Cristiano Ronaldos statue installed in Panaji Goa To inspire youth amptake football to next level in the state country we came up with this statue We want our children to become like this legendary footballer who is a global legendGoa Minister Michael Lobo2812 pictwittercomKthPHc7ox0mdash ANI ANI December 29 2021The minister further said that there are certain people who are opposing the installation of the statue and they are the ones who dont want to see the country going ahead in sportsThere are some people who have opposed the installation of the statue and I think they are the staunch football haters They dont consider football as a religion Football is a game where everyone is equal irrespective of caste colour religion etc Still these people are opposing it with black flags I cant say anything about them and just want to bow down to them said the ministerThe statue cost around 12 lakhs and it was being since last three years but got delayed to the COVID19 pandemicThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever