The trajectory he forged Cristiano Ronaldo It has allowed him to rub shoulders with excellent footballers in the different teams he has passed through. Rio Ferdinandwith whom he shared a squad in his first stage at the Manchester Unitedrevealed some unpublished details of what the Portuguese was like as soon as he arrived at the Premier League team.
It is public knowledge that CR7 has a lot of self-love for everything he does. His professionalism and his ambition do not allow him to give up ground in any aspect and so much so that at 38 he continues to give everything to be able to remain in force.
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A rematch at United frustrated
Cristiano returned to Old Trafford for the 2021/22 season, but nothing was the same. He left through the back door and after several episodes of tension.
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Saudi Arabia, your new destination
The Portuguese star is displaying his talent at Al-Nassr in the Arab league. He has already scored several goals and every time his team plays he is all the rage in the world.
In fact, he has come from showing that he is still intact with his double with the Portugal team for the Qualifying for Euro 2024which he hopes to be able to play as long as it is “good” for the team, as he said days ago at a press conference.
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Rio Ferdinand and his anecdote with Cristiano Ronaldo
A few days after the Portuguese has converted a great free kick goal with his teamthe English defender recounted some situations that he used to live with the striker when he had arrived at the Manchester United. Together they shared the 6 seasons that the scorer spent before leaving for Real Madrid.
In a radio interview on the Kyle and Jackie O show, Ferdinand stressed that Cristiano was as competitive when he was young as he is now. Furthermore, he revealed that he and Quinton Fortune “we used to make fun of him”. This phrase aroused astonishment at how they had received the future world soccer star.
“We used to play table tennis a few times before training to warm up. I crushed him in every way. It was him and me, we were number one and two, like Federer and Nadal. Ronaldo was so competitive that he almost cried…”added the former footballer of the England National Team.
CR7 and Rio Ferdinand, in Manchester.
Coming from Sporting Lisbon, he arrived at the Red Devils in the 2003/04 season and became the most expensive transfer for a youth player in English football history at the time. Sir Alex Ferguson he gave him the ‘7’, despite the fact that he had asked for the ’28’, and the rest is history.
“He was much younger than us at the time and we could still intimidate him a little bit, but we were just trying to give him some resilience,” Ferdinand explained.
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Cristiano Ronaldo and the great goal he made from a free kick with Portugal
In Portugal’s victory over Liechtenstein 4-0 on the first date of Group J of Euro 2024 Qualifying, the former Real Madrid scored a double and with 197 games he also became the footballer with more international presences in the history of this sport. One more record for his countless track record.
The match was 2-0 until Cristiano Ronaldo’s first came at 51′. From a penalty, the current Al-Nassr striker increased the result. And at 63′ the best goal of the match was given: CR7 had a free kick in front of the goal inside the crescent of the area. He took a powerful shot to the goalkeeper’s left post and broke his hands: despite the fact that he touched the ball, he also entered with great power and put the final 4-0.
that was his cry number 120 with the Portugal National Team, of which 100 occurred in official competitions. In the run-up to his debut in the Euro 2024 Qualifiers, El Bicho acknowledged that he is still eager to play for Portugal despite the fact that he did not finish in the best way in the World Cup in Qatar.
“What we experience in the national team is very positive. It feels something special and positive. The intensity is very good, it’s different. I’m sure that the team will be prepared for whatever comes and that Portugal will be a team with more attack”, had said.
