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Catalan TV show photoshops Ronaldo's stomach to remove his ab muscles

Related Topics: Stomach, Portugal

TV3 used a graphic to illustrate the Portugal international's goal record but the picture they used of the forward is vastly different to the original.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s abs are at the center of the latest spat between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Catalan television station TV3 have been accused by Madrid’s official TV channel of photoshopping the Portugal international’s stomach to tone down the look of his abdominal muscles.

As highlighted on RMTV yesterday, Catalan national TV PHOTOSHOPPED Cristiano's stomach! pic.twitter.com/xE4puCEdOH

— Phil Kitromilides (@PhilKitro) 14 July 2016

In a graphic used by TV3 to examine Ronaldo's record in front of goal, the forward's’s stomach lacks the usual definition we’ve come to expect from the 31-year-old.