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Wednesday, 22 June 2016
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CRISTIANO RONALDO threw a reporter’s microphone into a lake today in an angry exchange – but you would be wrong to think that it is just because he is frustrated at how Euro 2016 has panned out for him.
The misfiring Portugal forward launched a microphone belonging to CMTV, a station which Ronaldo has had a long and chequered past with.
Ronaldo once sued and won a case against the Portuguese television station on grounds of invasion of privacy, and has boycotted the station since 2014.
He even refused to answer questions from their journalists at a press conferences.
It had been claimed that Ronaldo was asked whether he had seen his rival Lionel Messi score a sensational free-kick last night to become Argentina's record goalscorer, but reports in his native Portugal now suggest that it was his long-standing feud with CMTV which was the reason for the angry exchange, in which he grabbed the reporter's microphone and threw it into the lake near Portugal's team hotel in Lyon.
Ronaldo has endured a frustrating Euro 2016 so far, in which he was marked out of the game against Iceland and then saw his penalty agonisingly hit the post against Austria.
Portugal take on Hungary tonight knowing that they must win to progress at the tournament in France. Should they finish second they will play Roy Hodgson's England in the Last 16 on Monday.
Saturday, 11 June 2016
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Cristiano Ronaldo has insisted he has been the best footballer in the world over the last 20 years.
The 31-year-old has been the standout star of his generation alongside Lionel Messi, winning league titles in England and Spain as well as the Champions League twice with Real Madrid and once with Manchester United.
The Portugal international has won three Ballon d'Or titles - two less than Messi - and he believes his performances over the years separate him from anyone else over the last two decades, maintaining he can compete at the top level for much longer.
"Where would I rate myself amongst the top players of the last twenty years? Thinking positively, then I believe with what I’ve achieved, I’m the best of the lot," Ronaldo told Italian magazine Undici.
"The best athletes always influence their sport, so I think I’ve had an important impact. I can’t say how much, but if you can run faster, jump higher than the rest, be consistently strong and agile, then you can make your talent as effective as it can be.
"I’ve worked hard to get to the highest level and I’ll continue doing it to stay where I am. I maintain the same attitude and dedication in every single training session and in every match.
"I look after myself so I can keep making history in football well into the future."
The 31-year-old has been the standout star of his generation alongside Lionel Messi, winning league titles in England and Spain as well as the Champions League twice with Real Madrid and once with Manchester United.
The Portugal international has won three Ballon d'Or titles - two less than Messi - and he believes his performances over the years separate him from anyone else over the last two decades, maintaining he can compete at the top level for much longer.
"The best athletes always influence their sport, so I think I’ve had an important impact. I can’t say how much, but if you can run faster, jump higher than the rest, be consistently strong and agile, then you can make your talent as effective as it can be.
"I’ve worked hard to get to the highest level and I’ll continue doing it to stay where I am. I maintain the same attitude and dedication in every single training session and in every match.
"I look after myself so I can keep making history in football well into the future."
Friday, 3 June 2016
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Cristiano Ronaldo may have earned some criticism for the way he celebrated Real Madrid’s Champions League final victory but few will complain about his latest gesture of goodwill.
After a muted display during the 120 minutes of regulation play against Atletico Madrid, the Portuguese forward scored the winning spot-kick in the penalty shoot-out and proceeded to celebrate in typically ostentatious fashion.
There is, however, a humbler side to Ronaldo and after his triumph in Milan, he made sure to spread the rewards around.
According to Pipi Estrada, the former Manchester United player donated his win bonus of €600,000 to good causes.
Ronaldo, who was named the world’s most charitable sportsperson last year, reportedly spoke to Jorge Mendes, his agent, before last Saturday’s final and asked him to donate the bonus of around £456,000 to a non-governmental organisation.
The 31-year-old has supported a number of charities throughout his career, including Unicef, World Vision and Save the Children.
After an earthquake in Nepal killed over 8,000 people last year, Ronaldo donated £5million to the latter to help their aid efforts in the country.
The Portugal international, who will captain his country at this summer's European Championships in France, missed his national side's 1-0 defeat to England at Wembley on Thursday night.
Chris Smalling's late goal earned Roy Hodgson's side an unconvincing victory over their Iberian counterparts, who were also without Pepe, the Real Madrid centre-back.
Ronaldo was absent after being given permission to take a pre-tournament holiday by Fernando Santos, the Portugal coach, and has spent his week holidaying on a yacht in Ibiza.
- 06:27:00
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Cristiano Ronaldo was photographed doing some cross training exercise in Ibiza, Spain on Friday, shortly after his Portugal side lost to England at Wembley Stadium on Thursday night.
The 31-year-old has been given time off after scoring the winning penalty in Saturday's Champions League final and the Real Madrid maestro will join up with his national team at the weekend.
But before doing so, the former Manchester United forward is clearly keeping in top physical form - even while on holiday - as he was pictured sprinting topless with two friends on a running track.
Before Ronaldo missed out on his country's 1-0 defeat to the Three Lions, his manager Fernando Santos spoke of looking forward to seeing how his team would get on without their talisman.
'All my players are important,' said Santos. 'Portugal is not a one-man team, I want to test my whole squad.
'Ronaldo said he played 4,000 minutes this season but when they booked this match, we didn't know he would be playing in the Champions League final.
'Of course he's very important, like he would be for any other team in the world, but this is a good opportunity to play without him.
'I hope he will play seven games in France but we need to know how to play without him.
'All my players were tired and they have to rest physically and mentally. I'm not worried about this, because we are having good preparation.'
Ronaldo scored 51 goals in 48 Real games in all competitions last season, and will now be hopeful of netting for Portugal as they take to Group F at Euro 2016.
In their pool, Portugal will face Iceland, Austria and Hungary, with their first game against the Nordic island nation on June 14 at Saint-Etienne's Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.
The 31-year-old has been given time off after scoring the winning penalty in Saturday's Champions League final and the Real Madrid maestro will join up with his national team at the weekend.
But before doing so, the former Manchester United forward is clearly keeping in top physical form - even while on holiday - as he was pictured sprinting topless with two friends on a running track.
'All my players are important,' said Santos. 'Portugal is not a one-man team, I want to test my whole squad.
'Ronaldo said he played 4,000 minutes this season but when they booked this match, we didn't know he would be playing in the Champions League final.
'Of course he's very important, like he would be for any other team in the world, but this is a good opportunity to play without him.
'All my players were tired and they have to rest physically and mentally. I'm not worried about this, because we are having good preparation.'
Ronaldo scored 51 goals in 48 Real games in all competitions last season, and will now be hopeful of netting for Portugal as they take to Group F at Euro 2016.
In their pool, Portugal will face Iceland, Austria and Hungary, with their first game against the Nordic island nation on June 14 at Saint-Etienne's Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.
Monday, 30 May 2016
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Cristiano Ronaldo said: ‘This season I was the No 1 in the team, again, for most minutes. I have more than 4,000. That means a lot to me. It means I am still good, I still feel good physically, mentally. I was the top scorer in this competition again (with 16 goals).
The three-time Ballon d’Or winner failed to hit the heights Real Madrid - who paraded the trophy at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday night - have become accustomed to during an attritional Champions League final against Atletico Madrid in the San Siro, but still had the final kick of the game.
Ronaldo was poor for much of the 120 minutes, missing a clear-cut headed chance as well as a one-on-one, but took responsibility of converting the match-winning penalty in the shootout and afterwards rejected suggestions that his age, 31, may be creeping up on him.
Ronaldo said: ‘This season I was the No 1 in the team, again, for most minutes. I have more than 4,000. That means a lot to me. It means I am still good, I still feel good physically, mentally. I was the top scorer in this competition again (with 16 goals).
‘If you ask me if I feel tired now, of course, I have a lot of minutes in the legs. But I am still there, I am always there. I showed the team I am there for the good moments and bad moments. This is what makes me feel proud.
‘My performance (in the final) is maybe not the best one but who played unbelievable? No one. So it’s tough, it’s the end of the season, you don’t have power in the legs that you have in the beginning of the season, but I did my best. I ran and we won. That is the most important.
‘To win my third Champions League is unbelievable.’
Ronaldo, who has two years left on his current contract, last week said Real would be making a ‘smart decision’ by offering him a new deal and made it clear he feels he has plenty more seasons in the tank.
Asked if he still has personal goals, he replied: ‘It is what it is, six years when I’m scoring more than 50 goals, but I am asking more. I am always in the top level. I just want to maintain. I still feel fresh and I want to carry on like that. I love to play for Real Madrid. I want to carry on.’
Ronaldo will take a six-day break to recharge before joining up with Portugal ahead of Euro 2016, so is scheduled to miss Thursday’s friendly against England.
He said his home nation would feel proud and happy of his club success as ‘the only Portuguese to win the Champions League three times’ but sounded a slightly sour note too.
‘Only the jealous don’t feel that,’ he said. ‘But I don’t care about that. I always keep the people who love me. So this Champions League is for them, the guys who support me all the time, my fans in Portugal and around the world.’
Ronaldo believes it is possible that Real can become the first team to retain the trophy in the Champions League era, but said future finals should be closer to the end of the league season.
There was a 14-day gap between Real’s final La Liga game and the encounter in Milan, which Ronaldo believes contributed to widespread cramp in extra-time. He said: ‘The break is a lot. I hope next year — or the coming years — they do it closer to the end of the league season.
‘As you see in the pitch everybody was tired and felt cramp in the legs. And it was very hot.
‘The penalties are always a lottery, you never know what is going to happen. But we showed we are the more experienced team.’ Ronaldo missed from the spot when Manchester United beat Chelsea on penalties in 2008 but had no doubts about stepping up again.
‘To be honest I was confident I would score,’ he said. ‘I saw (Zinedine) Zidane before the penalties and told him to put me as the last taker because I feel I am going to score the winning goal. This is what happened.’
The three-time Ballon d’Or winner failed to hit the heights Real Madrid - who paraded the trophy at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday night - have become accustomed to during an attritional Champions League final against Atletico Madrid in the San Siro, but still had the final kick of the game.
Ronaldo said: ‘This season I was the No 1 in the team, again, for most minutes. I have more than 4,000. That means a lot to me. It means I am still good, I still feel good physically, mentally. I was the top scorer in this competition again (with 16 goals).
‘If you ask me if I feel tired now, of course, I have a lot of minutes in the legs. But I am still there, I am always there. I showed the team I am there for the good moments and bad moments. This is what makes me feel proud.
‘My performance (in the final) is maybe not the best one but who played unbelievable? No one. So it’s tough, it’s the end of the season, you don’t have power in the legs that you have in the beginning of the season, but I did my best. I ran and we won. That is the most important.
‘To win my third Champions League is unbelievable.’
Ronaldo, who has two years left on his current contract, last week said Real would be making a ‘smart decision’ by offering him a new deal and made it clear he feels he has plenty more seasons in the tank.
Asked if he still has personal goals, he replied: ‘It is what it is, six years when I’m scoring more than 50 goals, but I am asking more. I am always in the top level. I just want to maintain. I still feel fresh and I want to carry on like that. I love to play for Real Madrid. I want to carry on.’
He said his home nation would feel proud and happy of his club success as ‘the only Portuguese to win the Champions League three times’ but sounded a slightly sour note too.
‘Only the jealous don’t feel that,’ he said. ‘But I don’t care about that. I always keep the people who love me. So this Champions League is for them, the guys who support me all the time, my fans in Portugal and around the world.’
Ronaldo believes it is possible that Real can become the first team to retain the trophy in the Champions League era, but said future finals should be closer to the end of the league season.
There was a 14-day gap between Real’s final La Liga game and the encounter in Milan, which Ronaldo believes contributed to widespread cramp in extra-time. He said: ‘The break is a lot. I hope next year — or the coming years — they do it closer to the end of the league season.
‘As you see in the pitch everybody was tired and felt cramp in the legs. And it was very hot.
‘To be honest I was confident I would score,’ he said. ‘I saw (Zinedine) Zidane before the penalties and told him to put me as the last taker because I feel I am going to score the winning goal. This is what happened.’
Thursday, 26 May 2016
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s form will be key in Milan. He scored his 17th goal of the 2013-14 competition when he tucked a penalty past Thibaut Courtois in the dying minutes of the final in Lisbon, becoming the competition’s record scorer in the process. With 16 goals in this season’s Champions League – more than any other player and as many as Atlético have scored in their 12 matches – Ronaldo can break his own record this weekend.
However, the 31-year-old is a doubt for the final, having sustained a knock in training this week. Given his mentality and physical stature, it’s unlikely Ronaldo will miss the last game of the campaign. “I am fine,” he said on Tuesday. “I had a little problem in training, a dead leg as they say here, but tomorrow or the next day I will be fine. It was a minor scare, a knock.”
Real Madrid have only won one of their last six competitive meetings with Diego Simeone’s battling side, and that was down to a late Javier Hernández goal at the Bernabéu against 10 men following Arda Turan’s sending off. Ronaldo has not always had the best goal return against Atlético – 15 goals in 24 competitive outings – but, with 51 goals this season, he remains their most likely matchwinner.
Ronaldo comes into the final in fine form, having scored nine goals in his last seven appearances in all competitions. His 8.17 rating is the fourth best in the Champions League this season, while an average of 8.1 shots per game in the competition is the the most by far – showing his unwavering confidence in his goalscoring ability.
Ronaldo comes into the final in fine form, having scored nine goals in his last seven appearances in all competitions. His 8.17 rating is the fourth best in the Champions League this season, while an average of 8.1 shots per game in the competition is the the most by far – showing his unwavering confidence in his goalscoring ability.
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Cristiano Ronaldo says he will be “100 per cent" for Saturday’s Uefa Champions League final as he attempts to fire Real Madrid to a record-extending 11th European Cup.
Ronaldo, 31, set alarm bells ringing on Tuesday when he ended training prematurely with a knock but was fit to train again the following day.
Although Ronaldo scored the final goal in Madrid’s 4-1 extra-time win over Atletico in the 2014 final in Lisbon, he has said he was far from his best due to a hamstring problem and is determined to put in a better performance at Milan’s San Siro on Saturday.
“Cristiano always appears in the games that matter. I’ll be at 100 per cent. On Saturday, I’ll be in better form than I was in Lisbon," Ronaldo told Spanish television channel La Sexta.
“In Lisbon, my hamstring was hurting me. It was pretty bad. It was terrible because you know that in certain moments you could give more but you can’t because your body doesn’t respond."
Ronaldo has scored, and been on the winning side, in both the Champions League finals he has played in, having also won in 2008 with Manchester United.
He is top scorer in this season’s tournament with 16 goals and is one strike away from equalling the record tally of 17 he set in 2013/14.
Madrid’s all-time top scorer also gave the club a lift before the final by declaring he wants to stay for the long term.
“Real Madrid would be making a smart decision if they offered me a new contract," he said.
Zinedine Zidane’s men are without defenders Raphael Varane and Alvaro Arbeloa for the game, while Atletico have a clean bill of health.
It is a far cry from the dishevelled state in which Diego Simeone’s team arrived at the 2014 final, when they struggled with fitness after a long season and suffered key injuries.
On their way to that Madrid showdown, Atletico won 1-0 at the San Siro. Real Madrid, on the other hand, have never won a competitive game at the stadium in 13 attempts.
Defender Diego Godin has said Atletico are in better shape than last time around, and thinks his side’s team ethic, instilled into them by Simeone, could prove key to winning their first European Cup.
“Our big secret is the effort the team puts in," Godin said. “The way the whole team works to help the defence is incredible.
“The forwards — Fernando Torres, Antoine Griezmann or Yannick Carrasco — are always with us, defending in our box.
“That shows how committed we are as a team, and how much we believe in our style of play."
Ronaldo said in an interview to be shown by the La Sexta TV station in Spain and quoted in The Sun: “He’s already signed, hasn’t he? I think it’s good. If it’s something United wanted I think it’s good.
“I hope Manchester United get back to being what they were because it’s an impressive club but in the last years they lacked an identity a bit.
“And it hurts me seeing United like that because it’s a club that I carry in my heart. I wish Mourinho can carry them back to the top."
The 31-year-old, though, has told all other clubs to “forget" about trying to sign him as he feels that he is already at the best club in the world.
He added: “Right now, yes I am happy and I want to stay at this club. I don’t see any other club that is better than Real Madrid. If you weigh things up there is no better club.
“So all other clubs can forget about me because Real Madrid is the best."
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