Cristiano Ronaldo, “in addition to being the best player in the world”, is “a person of great dimension”, said this Wednesday his compatriot and coach in the ranks of the Saudi Al Nassr, Luís Castro.
“In addition to being the best player in the world, (Cristiano) is a person of great dimension, who looks a lot at others and is very attentive to the particularities of the group in which he is,” Castro said in an interview with the Portuguese sports daily. Or Jogo.
Castro took the reins of the Saudi team last July and in Riyadh he found Cristiano “eager to conquer things again.”
Expectations for Cristiano Ronaldo
“There is a lot of ambition in him, that is normal in his day to day life. The human being exists in various aspects of life and Cristiano has always had the maximum ambition in all of them,” the coach stressed.
And he added: “I have only confirmed what I thought he was, a person who easily overcomes any bad streak he may have, because he has mental and physical aptitudes and a great understanding of the game. He has a natural ability to always react.”
In his interview with ‘O Jogo’, Luís Castro also referred to the difficult moment that the Portuguese star went through during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, marked by his problems with his team at the time, Manchester United, and the clashes with the former coach of Portugal, Fernando Santos.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Al-Nassr player
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“There is one thing that people should realize: we are all human beings, we are not machines and neither are idols. At certain moments people look at the protagonists and lose respect for human beings,” he commented.
Luís Castro, 62, left Botafogo last summer, when they were in first place in the Brazilian League, to sign for Al Nassr.
The Riyadh team currently occupies second place in the Saudi championship, seven points behind Al Hilal, coached by also Portuguese Jorge Jesus.
For his part, Cristiano tops the list of scorers in the Saudi Arabia League, with 20 to date, and even the list of assists, with 9.
2024-01-03 17:04:45
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