Cristiano Ronaldo is still currently. The now Nassr striker, in his career to reach 1,000 goals, is the great star of a Saudi league that tries to take off and arrive, based on millionaire signings, at the level of European leagues. The Portuguese striker has reviewed his moment, has talked about Mbappé and other current topics in an interview with Edu Aguirre in La Sexta.
“In Arabia very well, he is going to do two years and I am very liking the experience, I like living here, my family too. I have always had challenges in my life, since I went out at the 12 years of Madeira, I am not intimidated The big challenges, I like. I really like Cristiano Ronaldo about his current life in Al Nassr.
His mentality in Arabia: “I left young house, I saw countries, cultures … That’s why for me it was not difficult. I just need to be with my family, with my children and georgina. Have everything a family can have to be fine : Education, security, good schools, good house … a part of my life is football and if football is going well for my family too. “
On being the pioneer in Arabia: “When I made the decision to come I did not think that I was going to grow so fast, but I knew that in one or two years the league would be very top, as it is now. People do not know, think and speak too much . What speaks … just for those who are here you have to give value. “
His dedication: “I still wish to train and play games. Maybe a tad less than before, but it’s my passion, I like to do what I do. It costs me, but I go. Do you think I’m going to the gym every day every day wanting?
He misses Madridism: “It’s my house Spain, my children grew up there. It is where I was happier football, I will always have Madrid in my heart. I did very beautiful things and people do not forget I keep marking, my celebrations .. . Better than me. “
His departure from Madrid: “I wanted a different stage, my stage was closed. I wanted a different motivation. It did not wear out, it was something that I told the president, he accepted that he could leave. We were in a negotiation phase and did not behave so Well, I understand it because it always does so and I couldn’t go back because I gave my word to Juve and president wanted to back down. Many things together. “
Back to Bernabéu: “One day maybe. I do not rule out. I left a legacy there, a beautiful brand there. Maybe at the end of my career you can do something cool. People today values those duels with Barcelona, we lived A week with a tension by the clouds. healthy. “
Rivalry with Messi: “We shared 15 years the scenarios of the awards and we always got along. I remember that once I translated in English, it was funny. He always treated me well, he defended his club and his selection and I Mine.
Playing at Camp Nou: “I liked playing at Camp Nou, I came up, they whistled, I liked marking more than in the Bernabéu. A stage I was in Sporting and I could go to Barça, they wanted to hire myself. It didn’t happen, because They wanted to hire and take me the following year.
The best in history: “I am the best scorer, the most complete. The best in history? I think so, I didn’t see anyone better than me. I say it from the heart.”
Mbappé: “The front position complicates Mbappé, because he does not know how to play in my opinion … It is not that it does not know, it is not his position. If I were in Real Madrid I taught him to play from 9. Because I was not a striker. To finish off. He had a young man who loved Cristiano Ronaldo very much and was his idol.
Vinicius and the Golden Ball: “I was surprised, I think he had to win the Golden Ball. But I was not surprised because there is no credibility, the Champions won, marked the difference … it disappointed me for Vinicius, I deserved it. I felt what I felt Twice, it gives you helplessness, but then I understood it … and when you understand things you are not going to fights that you will not win. “
Bellingham: “He has a lot of tour, he reminds me of Zidane. Zidane was brilliant, it was beautiful. Bellingham is 21 years old, he has the whole future ahead, the kid will be a crack.”
His future: “I could leave the race today and I wouldn’t regret anything, but it would be a shame because I’m still very well, I keep making differences. I would let me say ‘fuck, I can continue to make a difference for a year or two more’, that’s why I live a lot in the present and I can’t think in the long term. ”
Ancelotti: “I really like Carlo, he is a spectacular person, a man of football, we won many things together. Real Madrid’s pressure is like this and is accustomed, when he does not earn in a club of that magnitude. 90% of the time It helps to have been a player, an uncle who has not been in a costume, in a grass … is very difficult.
Favorite coach: “No, I learned from everyone. Any less good? Some very bad. Uncles who have no fucking idea of football, who believe they are the last desert coca-cool. But I am used to it. But they are very bad, really”:
His day to day in Arabia: “I like to have breakfast with my wife, train well, eat, pick up my children to school, I accompany them to physical activities … rest, recover, I go out to dinner very occasionally.”
Being famous: “I am not to blame for being the most famous, the most often, people like Christian. It is not possible?
On whether football has changed: “I am very aware of many things and one of them is that. I train, recovery. I know that I changed many players their idea of seeing football. I have had 23, 24, 25 coaches in my career. And I have an idea of seeing football and life, of being Fit, different from the others No me I injure? They understood, I can’t do the same wear as a 21 -year -old girl. “
His method to take care of yourself: “I can not think of football, but my subconscious goes to football. I think of training and feed on rest, recovery. If I get tired three hours, I have to recover three hours.”
The challenge of the 1,000 goals: “People are heavy with the 1,000 goals. I am making many goals and people do not value my goals, they just say ‘I do not like that. I don’t like that. I don’t like things. Things have to go from A natural form. Live the Moment is more beautiful than thinking in the long term A moment that, however good or bad that people are going to talk about inventing things. “
Criticism: “What will change in my life the opinion of a journalist or a person who works in a magazine? With maturity you are increasingly settling and you don’t give interest to those people because it is not worth it. No I get into the brain, they are people who do not know me, who are envious. He loves me, fans, my family. “
How it manages to lose a game: “That anger is less than young, but it’s still there. Everything that happens in the field stays in the field. I can’t get with my football problems home. But at first it was very difficult, In Madrid there was a chance or a penalty and locked me in the room, with the light off, I was sick.
His competitiveness: “I was always very chopped, since childhood. My neighbors called me ‘El Cloro’. When I lost, I cried with rage. It was my way of being, my education growing. But little by little I mature. If my motivation is still It is because I have that bad residual host.
When I leave football: “I am preparing, I am preparing my future with companies, things that can motivate me, that can help society, young people … hotels, clinics, recovery companies. Do things that can happen to Time, to have fun The things that can Leaving you calm is to prolong the maximum of your career and that when you say it says ‘is that it did not give more’ and you are proud of you To this I live little.
Nadal’s withdrawal: “I don’t want to get to that time to say that my body did not give for more, but there is a moment that is metabolically normal. We are increasingly older and for an elite sport the age is very important. I took care of myself And my body now gives me what I gave him before. “
Being a coach: “No, I don’t want to. I want to do things that I don’t dominate and I want to learn. I played football all my life and I think being a coach is even more difficult. My personality I don’t think he adapts well to be a coach, I don’t need it. Being the owner of a club?
See football?: “Yes, it is my passion. Not every day, but I see Sporting, Manchester United, Real Madrid … I’m not a geek but I see it. My son Mateo likes Mbappé a lot.”