Luis Suárez was booed regularly during Uruguay's final Olympics match and 1-0 defeat to Team GB at the Millennium Stadium, and the Liverpool striker went on the offensive post-match.
"I think they jeer me and they boo me because they must be scared of facing a player like me," he surmised in the mixed zone.
"They fear me, but that doesn't affect me. I'm just hurt because we lost and we are going home. I can take the abuse … but I think it was a total lack of respect from the crowd to boo when we were trying to sing our national anthem. I think those things should not happen."
A controversial figure since he rose to prominence at the 2010 World Cup, when he prevented a last-minute Ghana winner by handballing on the line, Suárez was last year banned eight matches and fined £40,000 after he was found guilty of racially abusing Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra.
Though the 26-year-old is one of the most gifted footballers in European football, he seems to generate animosity at whatever ground he plays at.
But why, if you do, do you boo Suárez?