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11th Feb 2016

VIDEOS: Cristiano Ronaldo joins Israeli team in whacky new commercial but Jose Mourinho’s acting isn’t so good

Conan Doherty

In fairness, Jose has probably been too busy buying and selling players of a team he’s not in charge of.

Portuguese football’s most renowned faces have been used and abused for the sake of a buck. With a few zeroes at the end no doubt.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Jose Mourinho might be experts in their fields – on the field – but acting isn’t for everyone.

Well, with a bit of polishing, Ronnie could probably do something. With a few more telecommunications companies in Israel.

The Real Madrid legend was brought in for a commercial with HOT as a superstar footballer bossing the dressing room. Fortunately, he’s a method actor.

It wasn’t absolutely I-want-to-be-sick horrendous and it was certainly better than Jose Mourinho’s stiff camera appearance.

The old Chelsea boss talks about the importance of training for a new app that he allegedly “helped create”.

If Ronaldo is Bill Murray in Lost in Translation, Jose is Rocky Balboa trying to leave boxing behind him and start a career in front of the camera.

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