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  • What I discussed with Ronaldo – Toni Kroos

    What I discussed with Ronaldo – Toni Kroos

    Germany midfielder Toni Kroos was happy to see former Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo on the weekend.

    The Juventus striker scored for Portugal, but ended on the losing team as Germany won their Euro 2020 group clash.

    “I played with Ronaldo for four seasons and I am not exaggerating when I say that I had the greatest successes with him and thanks to him,” Kroos said on the Einfach bad luppen Podcast.

    “We were neighbors in the locker room throughout that period and I was glad to see him. We haven’t seen each other for a long time, we haven’t played Juventus.

    “We spoke briefly about the game and the upcoming matches. I wish them the best of luck, I hope they qualify for the next round, just like us. In addition, I asked him how he was doing in Italy, since he has been there for three years.

    “After a game you don’t have all the time in the world. In the dressing room we exchange shirts. I liked seeing him again.”

  • Ronaldo ‘drink water’ push wipes $4B off Coca Cola’s market value

    Ronaldo ‘drink water’ push wipes $4B off Coca Cola’s market value

    Juventus ace Cristiano Ronaldo wiped $4 billion off Coca Cola’s market value after rejecting bottles of the soft drink at Portugal’s pre-match presser on Monday.

    Ronaldo removed the two bottles out of camera shot as he sat down for his Euros media conference before holding up his bottle of water and declaring ‘drink water’.

    The Sun reports Coca-Cola’s share price promptly dropped from $56.10 (£39.80) to $55.22 (£39.19).

    At one point during the day 1.6 per cent of the company’s value had been wiped off – although there was a late recovery, with the price back up to $55.44 (£39.38) at closing.

    Ronaldo, 36, has a famously strict diet and avoids sugary foods, eating clean up to six times a day to maintain his incredible physique while he ages.

    While still at Real Madrid, the club doctor said he had the body of a player ten years younger and could continue playing at the top level into his 40s.

    Ronaldo scored twice for Portugal in last night’s victory over Hungary in Budapest.

  • Chelsea fans expected me to be new Ronaldo – Havertz

    Chelsea fans expected me to be new Ronaldo – Havertz

    Chelsea star Kai Havertz admits he had to battle overblown expectations last season.

    Havertz – who finished the season by scoring the winning goal in the Champions League final – claims he was expected to hit the ground running in England upon arriving from Bayer Leverkusen.

    “People expect you to be the new Cristiano Ronaldo,” Havertz – who scored nine goals and recorded as many assists across all competitions for Chelsea – told Suddeutsche Zeitung.

    “But it won’t be that fast, everything is new and I really didn’t play my best football at the beginning.

    “I felt a completely different pressure than before in Leverkusen.”

    While Havertz says winning the Champions League has boosted his confidence, he admits it will count for little if Die Mannschaft fail to compete for international silverware this summer.

    “We’re with the national team, we have different processes and different goals here,” said Havertz.

    “Of course, this title gives me tailwind and a lot of self-confidence, but there’s no point in feeling like a Champions League winner if you screw up the European Championship afterwards.”

  • Euro 2020: Ronaldo breaks record in Portugal win

    Euro 2020: Ronaldo breaks record in Portugal win

    Cristiano Ronaldo became the top scorer in men’s European Championship history as Portugal beat Hungary in front of more than 60,000 fans in Budapest.

    Ronaldo converted an 87th-minute penalty for his 10th goal in the competition, overtaking France’s Michel Platini on nine goals.

    His 11th came only a few minutes later when he took the ball around goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi for Portugal’s third.

    Hungary had looked on course for an unlikely draw until they conceded three goals late on.

    The deadlock was broken in the 84th minute when Raphael Guerreiro’s shot with the outside of the foot took a massive deflection off defender Willi Orban to break Hungary’s brave resistance.

    The other Group F teams are World Cup holders France and former champions Germany and they meet in Munich in Tuesday’s late game.

  • Why Lionel Messi superior to Ronaldo

    Why Lionel Messi superior to Ronaldo

    AC Milan great Roberto Donadoni admits he’s a big fan of Barcelona star Leo Messi.

    Donadoni, the former AC Milan winger who is regarded as one of the greatest Italian players of all time, says he can’t compare players from different eras.

    “I don’t like making comparisons between [Diego] Maradona and [Lionel] Messi, or when they used to make comparisons between Diego or Pele,” Donadoni said in an interview with Ole.

    “The eras are different. I like Maradona and I like Messi. I like Messi a lot.

    However, with Messi and Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo playing in the same era, Donadoni felt that comparison was justified, before revealing which player he prefers.

    “Now, when they speak about Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo,” Donadoni went on, “in terms of characteristics, I like Messi more than Ronaldo because he is a different player technically.

    “When I watch a match, Messi impresses me more. Ronaldo scores a lot of goals, of course, but I believe that Messi makes the difference more on the pitch.

  • Ronaldo loved Benzema at Real Madrid – Mourinho

    Ronaldo loved Benzema at Real Madrid – Mourinho

    New Roma coach Jose Mourinho has paid tribute to Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema.

    Mourinho worked with Benzema during his time in charge of Real Madrid.

    He told The Sun: “The best compliment you can give Karim Benzema is that Cristiano Ronaldo was in love with him at Real Madrid.

    “Karim is probably the only number 9 I know who is not selfish in his game. His vision is amazing, the way he enjoys his football is to play with great freedom.

    “Karim will bring out the best of (France teammate Kylian) Mbappé, as he did in Madrid with Cristiano.”

  • I’m more motivated than ever for the Euros – Ronaldo

    I’m more motivated than ever for the Euros – Ronaldo

    Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo is beginning his fifth European Championship with unbridled enthusiasm.

    “I am at this Euros as if it were the first. I feel as motivated or more motivated than I did in 2004 at my first European Championship,” the 36-year-old told the Portuguese federation’s magazine ‘360’ on Thursday.

    “We are the defending champions and we are again among the contenders for the trophy.

    “There is no point in promising titles or making predictions. What I can promise is that we will go into every game to win,” the Portugal captain added.

    The defending champions begin their tournament against Hungary in Budapest on Tuesday.

    Four days later, Germany will be their opponents in Munich. Ronaldo’s side then face world champions France in Budapest on June 23 in their final Group F game.

    “These are the opponents we have been drawn to play against. We respect all the teams,” Ronaldo said of the tough group. “There are no easy games.”

    Along with former France international Michel Platini, Ronaldo is the top scorer in European Championship history with a total of nine goals.

    The Portuguese completed a final training session in Lisbon on Thursday before flying to their Euro base in Budapest.

  • How Ronaldo mental strength inspires me – Fernandes

    How Ronaldo mental strength inspires me – Fernandes

    Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes has spoken of how Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo is a career inspiration.

    The pair will line up together at this summer’s Euros, as Portugal defend their crown, with Ronaldo – who starred at United from 2003 to 2009 – captaining the Seleccao once again.

    Fernandes told the club website: “When Cristiano began to take his first steps in the national team, it was in the Euros in our home country [Euro 2004], so I was nine years old.

    “That year stays with everyone because we lost the final in Portugal, we saw him crying after the final, he was a young boy who was starting to shine and from there I started to watch him.

    “It wasn’t because he plays in my position because that wasn’t the case, but it was the way he worked every day, the mentality he had, the capacity he had to give 100 per cent in every game at a high level, for me it was like a motivation, like you always have to do better.

    “He was scoring goals every game, but game after game he was still trying to improve, get better.”

    And he added it’s Ronaldo’s resilience that he has shown throughout his career that Fernandes applies to his own game.

    He said: “My mentality comes a little bit from understanding what sort of player you want to be. Do you want to be that player who has a good season, and maybe goes up and down, up and down, or do you want to be the player who always wants to be at the top?

    “Okay, you will have bad games for sure, everyone has – Cristiano has had bad games, 100 per cent – but the point is, coming back from a bad game.

    “Coming back with the mentality that is, ‘okay I didn’t play well in that last game and I really need to do well in this one’.

    “The mentality to do better day after day is really important for me. I’m improving a lot because of this, and that was my biggest motivation.”

  • Jose Mourinho calls Ronaldo about Roma move

    Jose Mourinho calls Ronaldo about Roma move

    Incoming Roma coach Jose Mourinho has sensationally put in a direct call to Cristiano Ronaldo.

    Ronaldo is unsettled at Juventus and weighing up his future in Turin.

    With a year to run on his contract, Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes has been sounding out interested clubs across Europe, including former teams Manchester United and Real Madrid, along with PSG.

    La Stampa says Mourinho is also keen and called Ronaldo to quiz him about his plans. The new Roma coach wanted to know exactly Ronaldo’s current thoughts.

    Ronaldo has been informed he would not have to take pay-cut should he switch to Roma this summer.

    However for the moment, the Juve striker’s favoured option is a return to United, according to the Turin newspaper.

  • Ronaldo, Dybala hit 100 goals for Juventus

    Ronaldo, Dybala hit 100 goals for Juventus

    Cristiano Ronaldo’s 100th goal for Juventus in all competitions helped keep alive his side’s hopes of a top-four Serie A finish after a 3-1 win at an impressive Sassuolo on Wednesday.

    The Portugal captain has now set the record for scoring one hundred goals or more for three clubs and country.

    Ronaldo scored 118 goals for Manchester United, 450 for Real Madrid, 103 for Portugal.

    Paulo Dybala also reached a century of Juve goals, on Wednesday, with a fine dinked finish, to ensure they kept pace with their top-four rivals Atalanta, AC Milan and Napoli, who all won in the latest round of matches, with two games to play.

    The result was not easy to come by for Juve, with returning goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon saving an early penalty.

    But goals from Adrien Rabiot, Ronaldo and Dybala meant they stayed fifth, two points off the Champions League qualification places.

    Buffon, who announced this week that he is leaving the club at the end of the season, replaced Wojciech Szczesny in goal and immediately showed he has lost none of his ability as he brilliantly kept out Domenico Berardi’s spot-kick.

    The chances kept coming for the home side, and their profligacy proved costly as Rabiot drilled home the opener in the 28th minute, before Ronaldo reached another milestone just before the break with a cool finish from the edge of the area.

    Sassuolo continued to do everything but score, until Giacomo Raspadori finally beat Buffon just before the hour mark.

    Elsewhere on a busy night in Serie A, AC Milan thrashed Torino 7-0 to stay third and Atalanta cruised to a 2-0 win over Benevento, who remain deep in the relegation mire, to remain second.

    Spezia earned a vital point in a 2-2 draw at Sampdoria to move four points clear of Benevento in 18th, while Cagliari’s fine end-of-season form continued as they held Fiorentina to a 0-0 stalemate to move five points clear of the drop zone.