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Ronaldo and Luis Figo bashed after they posted identical messages to mourn Kobe Bryant’s death

Cristiano and Figo generate controversy in their farewell to the late basketball legend Kobe Bryant

Fans have expressed their anger after Twitter accounts belonging to Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Figo embarrassingly posted identical tribute messages to the late basketball legend Kobe Bryant.

Bryant was travelling Sunday with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other passengers and crew when the Sikorsky S-76 slammed into a rugged hillside in thick fog in Calabasas, northwest of LA. There were no survivors.

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