Mesut Ozil has lined up to defend his friend, Cristiano Ronaldo.
The German fantasist of Turkish origin has played and won together with the Portuguese legend at Real Madrid.
The relationship between them has been fantastic, while Ozil demands more respect for the best scorer in football history.
"I don't think anyone from the younger generation will be able to repeat his numbers. Everyone should show more respect to one of the greatest athletes in the history of sports... He will always be on another level.
He'll be 38 soon, so what's the surprise that he's no longer scoring 50 goals a season? Every football fan should be happy to have seen him play world class football for 20 years.
I really don't understand where all this constant negativity from the press about Cristiano is coming from... The media is just trying to get clicks.
Even pundits who no longer have a career just want to draw attention to his big name by trying to make him look bad," Ozil, who won the World Cup with Germany in 2014, wrote on Twitter.