The widely mocked Cristiano Ronaldo statue at the Madeira Airport got a bit of a makeover, just in time to celebrate his hat trick in Portugal's opening game of the World Cup.

The previous version, in case you somehow missed it or forgot how bad it was:

But some still aren't happy. As the BBC pointed out, there's a petition to bring back the old one even though Ronaldo's family reportedly asked for the statue to be fixed.

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