Cristiano Ronaldo misses playing in front of spectators. He also explains why he is proud that many children have him as a role model.
Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo from the Italian series champion Juventus Turin hopes that the spectatorless time in the football stadiums will soon be over.
“I’ll be honest: I think it’s boring to play in an empty stadium,” said Ronaldo at the Globe Soccer Awards, where he was named the best player of the 21st century. Nevertheless, the 35-year-old understands that the arenas currently have to remain empty due to the corona pandemic: “We, the players, respect the applicable hygiene measures. Health is the most important thing.”
CR7 reveals: “I love it when people boo Cristiano”
Playing in front of empty ranks is “strange”, the Portuguese added. Above all, he lacks a hostile mood towards him. “I love it when people boo Cristiano. For example, when I touch the ball and they boo. I hope that the rules can be changed in 2021 and that we can see stadiums full of people,” said Ronaldo.
Since March 2020, football matches have been taking place in Italy and at international level largely without spectators in order to slow down the spread of the corona virus.
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Cristiano Ronaldo: “It’s great when kids copy my haircut”
The fact that he is a role model for millions of children and young people around the world is a great honor for the five-time world footballer. “It’s great when you see that children want to be like you. When they copy my haircut, when they want to be like me. My son, for example, 10 years old, wants to look like me. Then I always say: ‘You have a long way to go to be like your father,’ said Ronaldo, explaining: “For example, when I see children in Dubai running and screaming ‘Siii’, it makes me happy.”
However, the Juve attacker is also quite strict with his son. “If he drinks Coca Cola or orange lemonade, I get angry. I also don’t like it when he eats french fries. To be honest, Junior has great potential. But talent isn’t everything, it takes hard work, I tell him often.”
Every now and then, Ronaldo admits, he also gives his son advice on how to organize his training: “I then tell him that he should bathe with ice water after training in order to regenerate more quickly. He then replies that the water is too cold for him and he doesn’t feel like it and I can understand him too, he’s only ten. “
Even with his son, Ronaldo cannot always curb his ambition. “I’m not going to urge him to become a footballer, it depends entirely on him. When I am asked if I want him to be a footballer, I say yes. But he can do whatever he wants, he can become a doctor or something else: I just want him to always think about being the best. “
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Ronaldo has been playing for Juventus since 2018, after having played for Real Madrid for nine years. He celebrated his international breakthrough at Manchester United, for which he was on the field from 2003 to 2009.
Couldn’t be happier with tonight’s award! As I’m about to celebrate my 20th year as a professional footballer, Globe Soccer Player Of The Century is a recognition that I receive with so much joy and pride!@Globe_Soccer #globesoccer pic.twitter.com/sAIl3V8ezz
– Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) December 27, 2020
In his career, the captain of the Portuguese national team set numerous personal records and records (the career statistics of Cristiano Ronaldo). His successes are also unparalleled at club level. He won seven national championships and won the Champions League five times. His current contract with the old lady runs until summer 2022.
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