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0:00I'm not happy the way the old happen but
0:03in the same way we cannot control some
0:06points of our life sometimes but it's
0:08done already done and I repeat I'm still
0:11love Manchester United and I wish them
0:13the best right guys this is the first
0:16episode of my new series Rio Meets and
0:20there's nowhere else I wanted to start
0:21man than starting with one of my good
0:23old teammates Cristiano Ronaldo we
0:25wanted to go to the top and go out big
0:26from the start and we've done it that's
0:28why I've just landed in Portugal
0:30and he's invited me around to his house
0:32and we're going to get behind the scenes
0:33and get to know Cristiano just that
0:35little bit more than you have before.
0:38I'm looking forward to speaking to him
0:39about when he came to Man United, when
0:41he joined us as a little skinny, funny,
0:44funny teeth teenager and left as a
0:46Bondor winner. I'm looking forward to
0:48helping you guys understand what goes in
0:51to Ronaldo's life to make him the
0:53machine that he became from start to
0:56finish. Um, but you know what? We're
0:58almost there now. So listen, let's just
1:00get there. Let's get stuck in.
1:02Hey, how you doing? Or what? How are
1:06you?
1:06I'm good.
1:07How you doing? Good. Good. Looking good
1:09today. Looking strong.
1:11Sharp.
1:12All good.
1:13Nice. Good.
1:14Not bad.
1:16[Music]
1:21It's a pleasure for me to be with you.
1:24As I told you before, we had a great
1:26relationship. if we play together and
1:29for me now you are a a big star
1:34you liar.
1:35No, no, it's good.
1:36I'm looking forward to it, man. I didn't
1:38last night.
1:38Yeah.
1:40[Music]
1:44Listen, man. I'm here. There's United
1:46pictures all over the place. Me and you
1:48lifting trophies. I've got to speak to
1:50you about Manchester United. Now, let's
1:52go back. You went back to Man United. We
1:54spoke on the phone when you was going to
1:57going to go on sign at Man United when
1:58you was negotiating to come back and my
2:01wife wanted to kill me at 1:00 in the
2:03morning. You rang me. Well, what's going
2:04on? You can sort this out. You end up
2:06signing sign signing for United. Um,
2:09initially that must have been a
2:11beautiful thing for you because I
2:11remember on the phone you sounded so
2:13happy and then obviously it went a bit
2:15sour. Just give us a bit of insight and
2:18and do you feel you've been proven right
2:20in what you said in the interview you
2:21done when you first left?
2:23To prove that I'm right or wrong. This
2:25is not it's not my issues anymore. I say
2:28what I have to say and uh for me for me
2:30is done. But to be honest with you, what
2:32I wish for Manchester, it's what I wish
2:35for me. The best they can make again the
2:37best team they can. Um and I love that
2:41club. You know, I'm not I'm not that
2:43kind of guy that forgot the past. When
2:46I'm back there, uh I was very happy. I
2:50was one of the best scorers. I did I did
2:51unbelievable things with the club. My
2:54first season with 37
2:56I was the third best scoreer of the
2:58league. I scored all the group stage I
3:01scored every game. Even in the league I
3:04scored 17 goals awaiting goals. I did
3:07amazing. But as I told you Manchester
3:10they they need to rebuild
3:13everything in my opinion.
3:16the coach they say they cannot compete
3:20to win the league and Champions League.
3:22You cannot say if you are a Manchester
3:24United coach, you cannot say that you're
3:26not going to fight to win the the league
3:28or Champions League. You have to to be
3:32mentally say, listen, maybe we're not we
3:36don't have that potential, but I cannot
3:38say that
3:38we're going to try. You're going to try.
3:40You have to try.
3:41But maybe that was that was when we was
3:44there. That was the culture. Maybe the
3:46culture is different now, but it had to
3:47have a reset because the standards have
3:49gone down. The expectations have to come
3:51down.
3:51Yeah, exactly. Maybe this is why I say
3:53but this club needs you need time to
3:56rebuild.
3:57Uh because is is still one of the best
4:00clubs in the world, but they need to
4:02change and they they they understand
4:04that
4:06uh it's the only way. And this is why
4:08you show that they start to change again
4:11the the structure of the club,
4:13the president, the the the
4:15infrastructures and everything, the
4:17owners of the club.
4:18Yeah, they invested in the training.
4:19They're investing training. So I'm happy
4:21because
4:23I'm not happy the way they all happen.
4:27But in the same way, we cannot control
4:30some points of our life sometimes. But
4:32it's done already done. And I repeat,
4:34I'm still love Manchester United and I
4:36wish them the best.
4:38Where do you see the promise in the
4:39squad? Like you look at their squad now.
4:40You look at Ganacho like I'm not talking
4:42about players attacking players really
4:44and you see you probably look there
4:46first the Ganachos, the Rashfords, the
4:48Hilands. Where do you see the promise
4:50there?
4:50I believe I believe that the future will
4:52be bright bright. I believe but they
4:56don't depend only of the the talents.
4:59It's more than that. It's all club all
5:03not only players club everything as a
5:06unique united you know they have to
5:09rebuild from the bottom if not not they
5:12cannot compete it's it's will be
5:14possible they can do good things yes
5:16they can win carava or can win yeah but
5:20I mean champions league or Europa league
5:23or premier league
5:26difficult in my opinion and I wish that
5:28I'm wrong I
5:30But will be difficult.
5:32Do you think Rude? Obviously we know
5:33Rude. He's gone back there now.
5:34I think it will help a lot.
5:35Yeah. In which way? What do you mean
5:37now?
5:38If Tag listen rude maybe he can
5:43I think he can help a lot because he
5:45knows the club and the club should
5:48listen the guys who was there
5:50you or Roy Keane or Paul or Gary Neville
5:53whatever Sarah Alex Ferguson you cannot
5:57you cannot rebuild a club without
6:01knowledge
6:02not guys who work in office they
6:04understand oh I understand a lot of
6:06football because I see football in the
6:08television every day and I no this is
6:11not doesn't work like that
6:12the people who understand the football
6:14it was 99% is the people who was there
6:18in a dressing room who was player who is
6:20the most successful
6:22coaches in the world
6:24guardola for they was player before
6:27there was player there wasn't dressing
6:28room they understand they know to deal
6:31with the players
6:32it's the people who understand the
6:35things you understand that's
6:36true if You want to go Formula 1 now to
6:38be injured? You never You don't know.
6:40I don't know. You understand? Should be
6:43a guys who work that.
6:45It's like if you have electricity
6:46problems in your house, you don't call
6:48the plumber. You don't call.
6:49Exactly. I know. But I I was I in my
6:52computer I know how to change. No, this
6:54doesn't work like that.
6:54It's true. It's true.
6:55You understand what I mean? So I believe
6:57that Rude going to help because he was
6:59inside the club. He knows the club. He
7:01knows the fans. If the coach listen to
7:05him, I think they can improve a little
7:07bit to club.
7:08That takes me back to when you was a
7:10kid. You turned up at Man United and
7:13this isn't about it's about football,
7:15but it's about more about you. You turn
7:18up skinny freaking
7:23and uh the hair is crazy with spaghetti.
7:26Yeah, spaghetti hair. The teeth is all
7:28over the place. Right.
7:30And you're the entertainer. You come,
7:34you're doing skills. The people, they
7:36can't believe it. I remember Rude was
7:38the main man. Everybody coming after the
7:39saying Ronaldo, Ronaldo. After
7:42even he did couldn't believe it. Like
7:43everyone was like, "Wow." And he was all
7:45about stepover entertainment.
7:48And then fast forward five, six years,
7:50you leave, you go to Real Madrid, Golden
7:53Ball, face is fixed, good-looking, body
7:57amazing.
7:59and a killer in front of goal.
8:02Yeah, I learned that in Manchester
8:03United because the last years in
8:05Manchester United I was the best scorer
8:06in Champions League and in the league I
8:08was the best scorer too. So
8:0940 something goals
8:10the mindset is changed.
8:12How there?
8:13Yeah. But what what what made you
8:14change?
8:15Because I realized that the goals for
8:19our positions it's more important than
8:22stepovers which is is good. I
8:25know the show boots you remember
8:27Saturday.
8:28Oh, you used to love it.
8:29Yes, show boot is nice.
8:30You sit there and watch Sky and when the
8:32showboat segment come on, he used to go.
8:37Yes, it's it's chapters that you have in
8:39your life and you realize that things
8:42that you do, it doesn't worth it anymore
8:45or worth it less. And I start to realize
8:48that to win important things and win
8:51Champions League and golden balls and
8:53golden boots, you have to score goals
8:55and you have to perform in front of the
8:57net and to coming in the first page of
8:59paper. You have to score goals. If not,
9:02they don't put in the first page you cut
9:04the ball in in the line is the guys who
9:06score goals.
9:07Yeah. Just just on that point, yeah,
9:09you've played and and we're going a bit
9:10off topic here, but you you've played at
9:12loads of clubs at different the top
9:13level and obviously there's always been
9:15young players at all those clubs. What
9:18are the young players like interacting
9:20with you at these clubs? Have you got
9:21any good examples of players that come
9:23to you for advice or you can tell that
9:25they're watching you? Who who are those
9:26guys and what's it like?
9:27You know me very well. I'm not I don't
9:29lie. I see the best examples. I see
9:33Gary Neville, your example, Gixie, Roy
9:36Keane, what what I do. I check
9:39everything and I take from what you do
9:43best, what Gary do best and I make my
9:46own personality,
9:48my own style, my own profession.
9:51What was it about those guys? What did
9:52you take from me then?
9:55You are professional, good-looking, very
9:57far from that. No, but you always do it
10:00gym.
10:01You always strong center back, strong
10:03with the good muscles in a pitch, but
10:06outside you do it gym. I remember a lot.
10:08You had a tall guy, but strong guy, abs
10:12with the cleggy and everything. And of
10:15course the environment that we have in
10:17Manchester was good because everyone
10:19have his own ego but in the same time we
10:22put our ego inside the team and they
10:26know each other what they should do
10:28within a pitch to win stuff. It's not
10:30coincidence that we won everything
10:34because you know your work you vid root
10:36saha me gave Phil
10:39they know everyone know is rule in a
10:42team
10:43and this is for my opinion who change
10:46the football and the the trophies yes
10:51for example they win EOS if you see
10:53Spain the way they play you see everyone
10:56know his rules
10:57this is why they win it's not
10:58coincidence They beat everybody. You
11:01understand? They deserve. You have to
11:04They work as a team
11:05and the big teams, the teams who win
11:08more titles and Champions League, it's
11:10the team that players they know they
11:11rule.
11:12My opinion,
11:12they sacrifice their
11:14Exactly. Exactly.
11:16But back to the point about going from
11:17winger to a number nine and scoring
11:19loads of goals. It
11:21What did you have to change? What did
11:23you What did you Did So Ferguson give
11:25you any pointers? Did did maybe Vanistro
11:27or did somebody say to you you need to
11:29change this and like what did you have
11:31to work on that was different from being
11:32a winger to become the crazy goal
11:34scorer? I realize I realize that the
11:37environment that I have uh the players
11:40who I play with I learn I take something
11:42from all of them in my opinion
11:45and uh
11:46like who like what rude or
11:47everyone even from the defenders you
11:51take as I told you before you take piece
11:54of everybody the I mean the best ones
11:57the most professional and you build
11:59yourself you understand rude for me was
12:02to play with the
12:04for for me was the best
12:06ever in my opinion and I start to felt
12:09training with them the finishings that I
12:11start good with the left with the right
12:14when you sign you wasn't good with the
12:15left
12:16yeah but I improve
12:17I improve I wasn't in the contest that
12:20was good because everyone practice
12:22everyone practice and I was there and I
12:24start to felt that I'm good I start good
12:27with the left with the right start to
12:29score goals and your confidence coming
12:31up
12:32you understand and this is why where you
12:34start to felt that Christian okay you
12:36can do it step over but focus more in
12:39what you are good because you start to
12:41score goals and you are good to score
12:43goals
12:44so maintain that and for me it's the
12:46most smart way if you want longevity in
12:50a football that we all of us we start to
12:53lose things imagine in I level of
12:58football or tennis or formula one you
13:00start to lose things by the hey it's
13:02normal it's a normal process
13:04to adapt the things that you lost and
13:07the other things that you win to build
13:10as a player. I know I I'm not the same
13:13player that 10 years ago pips are is not
13:15the same players than 10 years. Of
13:16course, no, you are the same guy. You
13:18have more gray hair. You are more fat,
13:20for example, your gray hair. Why? Why?
13:22Why?
13:22You're not the same. Why? Why? Why? Why?
13:25He's having a good time.
13:27But you understand what I mean? You have
13:29to adapt. And if you want longevity in
13:32football, you have to adapt your things
13:36and uh not only other way in my opinion,
13:40you have to adapt.
13:41But you grew up out wide on the wings
13:43and you became a box. You great in the
13:45box. You've adapted your game to be
13:47great in the box now. And I watched the
13:48piece of movement you done in the game
13:50in the Euros
13:51against France.
13:52Oh, the movement. You know, the defender
13:54was looking there. You was there. The
13:56finish wasn't
13:57like we normally see. How did you learn
14:00to do that movement? Because it wasn't
14:01something you done as a kid in the box.
14:04You learn how who from? How do you teach
14:06yourself? How do
14:06you learn the players?
14:07Young people watching now who want to
14:08know how how do I teach myself? As I
14:11told you, for me it was a great move to
14:14change Portugal to Premier League with
14:1718 years old to work with Sir Alex
14:20Ferguson to work on that contest because
14:23all the players were average age like
14:25when I say average is like 25 above
14:30experience
14:30experience and I was like the little kid
14:32there. you treat me like to protect me
14:36and it was good and and my mindset had
14:39always been I want to be the best player
14:41in the world. It was the mindset even
14:43with 16 17 18 and I wasn't there say
14:46like look I have to take advantage of
14:48that I play with the best players in the
14:50world I have to learn with these guys
14:52and build myself and this is why I start
14:54to do this this this this and because
14:57I'm always want to learn you understand
14:59this is
15:00that's one thing I always say to people
15:01you was humble like that you would
15:02always ask questions
15:04exactly to take advantage from that from
15:06my future you understand and I think it
15:09was because of that to be honest The
15:11curioity to learn I think it's the main
15:14point if you want to be successful not
15:16only in football but in life you have to
15:19be a little bit curious.
15:21Yeah. Yeah.
15:21I think
15:22Chris let's talk about Real Madrid
15:24firstly. What do you think of their
15:25their season last year?
15:27Most of the people say ah they are lucky
15:29in a champions. No they are not lucky.
15:32They have their brain they are prepar
15:34they prepare for this kind of moments.
15:37Bernabel the stadiums they have a
15:39different aa. You understand?
15:40The energy is different.
15:41The energy is different. And when the
15:43big teams go there, they score one goal
15:4585 minutes, 90 minutes. The pressure is
15:49a lot for me. It's the best club ever in
15:52history of football. And I make story
15:54there. History there. I was
15:57trophies.
15:57I win trophies. I win everything there.
16:00I'm the the the the record of goals of
16:04the club. And for me it was a pleasure
16:06to play in Real Madrid for eight
16:08seasons, eight, nine seasons and to win
16:11four Champions leagues there and uh
16:14golden boots and everything I win there.
16:16So I love that that that place.
16:19How impressed were you with uh Jude
16:21Bellum coming to Real Madrid? Obviously
16:23you know that path and that journey and
16:25how difficult it can be. How how
16:26impressed have you been with him in his
16:28first year at Real Madrid?
16:29It's the same. It's the same. He's huge
16:31huge potential, huge talent. uh he go to
16:34the club that
16:37it's the environment was clean was good
16:40and uh he grow he grow like the other
16:43ones that Kamovinga like Rodrigo like
16:46Venios so it's good I think he's in a
16:49team that help him to be a top player
16:52and I believe too that you're going to
16:54be one of the best the next generation
16:58is the second year harder you went you
16:59scored I think 20 something goals in
17:01your first year and I think you scored
17:0250 in a second, right? That that's not
17:04normal.
17:04Let's see. The normal is in that way,
17:06but they always, you know, Mbappe go
17:10there now. How you say Madrid going to
17:12be better or going to be? We don't know.
17:15Let's see. Let's see. I think Madrid
17:18will will keep strong,
17:21but I don't know if they will be better
17:22than last year. I don't know. Let's see.
17:25Only gods know. But they have a
17:27fantastic team, fantastic players. Uh, I
17:31believe that they're going to be they're
17:33going to be one of the best teams in the
17:35world.
17:35Well, I want to talk about when you went
17:37there, but obviously you got Killian
17:39Mbappe going there now. Um, and we'll
17:41get on to him, but wait. So, it'd be
17:44similar for him. When you went there,
17:46what was the pressure like in the
17:47changing room? Because you had big I
17:49remember we spoke years ago and it was
17:50like you said there's a big Spanish
17:52contingent there. It's going to be
17:53difficult for me to get in.
17:55And I was the most expensive player
17:56ever.
17:57Yeah. How what was that like? It was
17:59pressure but in the same way I believe
18:01in myself. I say listen if I was the
18:03best player in the Premier League and I
18:05win the golden ball in Manchester United
18:08Champions League and this is the league.
18:10But
18:11I was I knew it that I will do it well.
18:14I knew it because as I told you I'm I
18:16believe in my my skills. I believe in my
18:19talent was difficult because it's a
18:21different country. the adaptation. I was
18:2324. We are still young. But in the same
18:27way, I was very, very, very positive.
18:29The best club in the world. I say I'm
18:31going to make history in this club like
18:34I did in Manchester United. It was a
18:36challenge for me. But as you know, I'm a
18:38I'm a challenge person. I like to show
18:41the people that they are wrong. You
18:43understand? Even
18:45uh with the age right now that we're
18:47going to speak later about that,
18:49I like to prove the opposite. what the
18:52people thinking so was a big challenge
18:53for me and I was very very very happy to
18:56play in Real Madrid in that period.
18:58What's what's what are going to be the
19:00problems and what does Kilan andb need
19:01to do
19:03going in there? I think you're going to
19:04do it well to be honest because the
19:07structure of the club it's it's nice
19:09it's good it's solid you understand and
19:12they have a great coach and the
19:13president who who are who are there many
19:16many years I think not going to be a big
19:19issue for him not going to be a big
19:20problem because he's his challenge is
19:22show everything what is capable to do it
19:25and I think you're going to do well to
19:27be honest because he's in my opinion he
19:29can be the next golden ball for the last
19:33the six years him probably
19:37Bellingham
19:40Lamin I think it's this new generation
19:42they have a lot of potential but
19:45let's see if they their head is clear
19:48and good and if they can deal with the
19:50pressure because Real Madrid is not PSG
19:53I can tell you
19:55there is different environment Spanish
19:58they are different but I believe that
20:01you're going to do it very well
20:02so you just mentioned in closer to the
20:04end of your career than you are at the
20:05start, but you're finished. They say
20:08that some people say, "Oh, he's finished
20:11my goals."
20:12They say whatever they want. But
20:13do you see all that? You do you listen
20:15to it? Do you hear it? Do you see it and
20:16use it as fuel
20:18sometimes? But real to be honest, I'm 39
20:21and in and half. I care less about
20:25what's because even when you do it good,
20:28they criticize you. But and criticize is
20:30part of your journey. You understand? So
20:33it's I don't care about that because I'm
20:36even even if I will win the EOS I will
20:40continue my anger will maintain the same
20:43you understand it doesn't matter for me
20:45if you win or if you lost I will stand
20:48up the next day and I will continue
20:50bro if I won the Euros at 39 years old
20:53bro the the cigar the feet would be up
20:57the the the whiskey I'll be doing it all
21:00man I don't understand how I can't and I
21:02played elite football. I just still
21:04can't. So, it surprises me. It astounds
21:06me sometimes when I hear you and you're
21:08getting up every day the same like that
21:10like you're 18 years old.
21:11It's It's hard to explain, but I like to
21:14make people happy too. You know, I have
21:16fans wherever world
21:19and I see them highs when they see me
21:23just, you know, when I score goals and
21:25they do it in the street every time and
21:27I walk them. Yes. I want I want to make
21:30them happy, you know, and I'm still
21:33I don't know when I'm going to finish.
21:34And another thing that I learned since
21:36you play more, you learn many many many
21:39things. And uh one things that I learned
21:41in a few years is like
21:43enjoy the moment. Enjoy the moment. V
21:46live the moment because you you don't
21:48know what's going to happen tomorrow.
21:50So I know that I'm still looking good. I
21:54mean feel
21:54not bad. Not bad.
21:56I look good, you know. I feel that I
22:00still can dribbling, still shooting,
22:01score goals, jumping. The day that I
22:04start to feel that I'm not produced
22:06nothing, listen, I pack my bags and I go
22:09away. But it's far from that because as
22:13I told you, I don't want to be cookie at
22:16I scored 16 goals this season. Now
22:18you're going to go 660.
22:21Wow.
22:21Now you're going to speak about five
22:23goals you don't score in. What's going
22:25on? What's the problem? I score under
22:28130. I score one
22:31I'm the most goal scorer in the world
22:34history.
22:36But I will I will put the level even I I
22:38will put the level even I my challenge
22:40is to be 1,000 goals.
22:43You're going to put to 1,000.
22:44I want to to reach 1,000 goals in
22:47know how old you going to be
22:48when you're playing still. 41.
22:50Well, I will try 41. I we don't know.
22:52Yeah.
22:53This is why I told you I want to leave
22:54the present. But if I'm not have
22:58injuries,
22:58yeah, that's good.
22:59This is for me it's the most important.
23:01I want that with one different all the
23:05goals that I score they have video. So I
23:07can't prove that it's
23:10you're master.
23:12They all have video.
23:14You're talking about this Stephano.
23:15You're talking about I respect all of
23:17them. They haven't got the
23:19my goals. All goals
23:21certifications. And if you want more
23:23goals, I I can bring from the training
23:25too. So no problem all the goals with
23:28video and I will prove to the people
23:30after they prefer this player or this or
23:33this is the best. I don't care about
23:34that. I remember when we were younger,
23:36it was in every phase of your life was
23:38competition in the change room arguing
23:41with Nani or with Anderson and the guys
23:43about one about a tomato or something
23:45like stupid and you used to go Rio and I
23:48used to go yeah and you go oh see I told
23:50you stupid but um and table tennis when
23:53I used to slap you a little bit
23:56but are you still competitive like that
23:58now every walk of your life?
23:59Yeah,
24:00I was in the Red Sea a couple days ago.
24:02I play everyday paddle and me and
24:05Cristiano Jr.
24:06Yeah,
24:06he get mad.
24:07Is it?
24:08We don't speak with me like for two
24:09days.
24:10It's the same as you. Remember when I
24:11say this is why I'm happy. This is why
24:13I'm happy. And even the small one,
24:14Mateo,
24:15they are pissed with a vein very always
24:18pissed. But I like this is show that
24:20they have personality.
24:21But serious my kids, they are like me
24:24and I don't teach them. They see by
24:27example
24:28because you know sometimes I when I lost
24:30I get angry or sometimes I'm cry depend
24:33of the moment
24:34and they are kind of the same. So even
24:36with my kids I compete even with the Jew
24:37I'm always want to win.
24:39So I don't give nothing for free
24:41and that takes me to your son now Chris
24:43Chris Junior.
24:44Yes.
24:44He wants to be a footballer.
24:45Yes. This generation is difficult for
24:47you to tell them something and uh let
24:52him them to do it. is difficult. Your
24:55kids, you felt that is really difficult.
24:57But always in my mind put you will see
25:00your daddy by example.
25:02They see me every day what I do
25:04in home in a training or in in a game.
25:08They say my daddy's work a lot every
25:10time. You understand?
25:12They see that they see that and uh but
25:16right in this moment Christian want to
25:18be football player but I not make a a
25:20big pressure. I make a little bit of
25:22pressure. He's 14 years old. How I'm
25:25going to do it? It's he have the
25:27pressure already
25:28to be son of Cristiano. Imagine if I
25:31make now in the middle of big lions
25:34right now. Let him let him do his
25:36mistakes. Let him do it his his things.
25:40But I hope so in the future he can be a
25:43professional player or if he's not be a
25:46player be another job. But I will always
25:49will support them because we cannot make
25:51a pressure in our sons because we are
25:53famous
25:54and because you've been able to give
25:55them a different life to what you had.
25:57Yeah. We we we both had we had humble
25:59upbringings when we were young. We've
26:00lived good lives now. Yeah. Because of
26:02football.
26:04Their lives are different. So how do you
26:05give them hunger? How do you give him
26:07the work ethic?
26:08By example. I think it's the only way I
26:10give good education to my kids but by
26:14example.
26:14So take me into the Euro 2024. when
26:18you're crying on the pitch. Now you've
26:20had time to reflect
26:22when you was in that in that tournament
26:24and you were crying.
26:27Um what was that like? Because you got
26:29some people saying ah why is he crying?
26:31Oh is his ego it's this is that. What
26:33what what is the reasons behind it? And
26:36how do you feel now about looking back?
26:37And the people who say that they are
26:38people stupid. They are people that that
26:40don't have a heart and they don't
26:42understand nothing. And it's much more
26:44easy to criticize that appreciate what
26:47what you really have. You know, we know
26:50the press how works. If you speak good,
26:52don't sell.
26:53You have to speak bad is normal. And if
26:55you speak about Cristiano, you're coming
26:57in the first page. It's normal because
26:59I'm the most
27:01follow guy in the world. It's not
27:02because only because of my pretty face
27:04but in everything you know why Christian
27:08is the number one follow in the world.
27:09Why? What do you think?
27:12Many things.
27:13There's goals,
27:14football,
27:14trophies,
27:15trophies,
27:16family way, lifestyle, everything
27:19because people say why they following
27:22because they in some way they like me,
27:25you understand? I think and they
27:27criticize all is going to exist and it's
27:29part of the business for me. This is is
27:31not a problem. Your question was in
27:34why you crying?
27:35Why you cry? For example, I speak last
27:37night about that when you have passion
27:39for what you're doing, you cannot be
27:42worried about how your feelings.
27:45If for example, I cry the day that I
27:49missed the penalty, which is I believe
27:51that Oblak did a fantastic save.
27:54Okay, but let's interpret that I missed
27:55the penalty. Yeah,
27:57when I cry, it's not because I cry
28:01because I felt that if I don't score
28:03that penalty and if Portugal will be
28:05eliminated, they going to world will
28:08collapse on me. Not because of that
28:10real. No,
28:11it's people they don't know. They don't
28:13know me. It's imagine
28:17that the last 27 penalties you score,
28:22you miss in that period. You feel like
28:26bad from yourself. You don't even
28:28thinking about that. The people who come
28:30to the stadium, your kids, your mom,
28:33your girlfriend, everyone. I felt sad
28:36because of that.
28:37You think I'm will thinking I I missed
28:40the penalty. But Portugal going to
28:42falling down on me. They're going to say
28:43we failed because Cristiano missed the I
28:45didn't even think about that. I swear to
28:47God I felt because I make pressure to
28:50myself. You know me
28:52since with 11 years old. I always make
28:54pressure to me. Cristiano, you are the
28:56best player in the world. In my mind,
28:58I'm always thinking in that way and I
29:01put a lot of pressure to myself. You
29:03have good sides when the things go good.
29:05Okay. But when the things go wrong, you
29:08feel that too because you make too much
29:10pressure to me. I make pressure to me.
29:12But I love that. I know to deal with
29:13that.
29:14But when I miss the penalty, I felt bad
29:17with myself, the fans, the family. Not
29:21because other stuff that people say that
29:23I is not that it's not
29:25I saw you looking into the crowd. Was it
29:27like your mom or your kids? Exactly.
29:28Because I know that gets me emotional in
29:30the world cup. I cried during national
29:32anthem. I heard my mom screaming and it
29:35all came like this moment. What a
29:36moment. And I cried.
29:37It's a special moment. It's the
29:39emotional pro moments
29:41when you saw your mom.
29:42Exactly. You have to express yourself.
29:43You cannot hiding this kind of stuff.
29:46For me, if you're hiding,
29:48you you you lie to yourself.
29:50You have to be yourself. Doesn't matter
29:52if the people like or not. You think I'm
29:55going to change now. Our Christian self
29:58is always will I'm going to change now.
30:00You think with nearly 40 years old, I'm
30:02going to change. Of course not. Oh, you
30:04like me or you don't like me. It's part
30:05of the life for me. It's not a problem.
30:08In the national team, it was like that.
30:11People say, "Ah, he's done. He's 39.
30:14He's getting old." You know why? because
30:15I didn't score the the goal.
30:18Yeah.
30:18And and the rest and the past
30:21in qualifiers you scored like 10 goals.
30:2310 goals
30:23in qualifiers.
30:24And before the EOS I scored two goals
30:26against Ireland.
30:27But this is part real even even if I
30:30will score in EOS not we will change
30:33what Cristiano are
30:34you understand people try to to hiding
30:37stuff and speak bad. Listen I don't
30:40score. No problem. Tomorrow I will play
30:43against the national team and I will try
30:45to score. If I don't score next game I
30:47will try to score. If I will be like
30:48that.
30:48Does that affect you? I see when when
30:51people are talking about I was doing a
30:53TV and I see people talking about
30:55Portugal. Why is why is Cristiano
30:57playing all the minutes? Why is he
30:58always he's on the pitch the whole time?
31:00Why doesn't the manager take him out?
31:02What do you feel or what's your opinion
31:04on stuff like that? Like I guess the
31:06critics always going to exist but the
31:08people forget one thing. They say
31:10Christina don't score goals. I scored
31:11two goals. I scored two goals. Imagine
31:15is that that rats if they miss one
31:17penalty during the game and will be the
31:19first shooting in a in a extra time. The
31:22penalties keep to be the first one. I
31:24scored two times.
31:25I was the first one to show that I miss
31:28but I will I'm not going to shy away.
31:32I'm going to be I'm going to be here.
31:34Even if I miss I will shoot.
31:36You understand? And I score two goals. A
31:38decision. Are you are you one is that
31:40what you're thinking about your
31:41teammates then you're thinking about I'm
31:43going to show you listen confidence to
31:44give you confidence
31:45I'm real I'm always will be like that
31:47I'm never going to shy away never
31:49never and you know me since
31:53young I'm not shy away
31:55I'm not that that scared ass that
31:58I have cramp I which is is I understand
32:02some people they don't want to shoot
32:04panel because they feel they don't feel
32:05confidence it's okay
32:07I respect that but Cristiano never will
32:10do that. Never. Even if I miss one time,
32:14I will shoot the second time. If I lose
32:16the second time, I will shoot the third
32:18time. I'm not afraid.
32:20But always the people take the most the
32:24the the the worst part. Not always the
32:27the good parts.
32:28If you ask me, you you want to score
32:31during the game. Yes. But doesn't
32:33happen. What I'm going to do? I'm going
32:35to cry. I'm gonna finish my career
32:37because some two rats criticize me. The
32:40world
32:41two rats
32:41the world love me.
32:43The fans love me. You understand? And
32:45this is my motivation to carry on to
32:47play football. People love me. Nobody
32:49going to take my shine away because
32:52to guys from television that nobody
32:53knows who is them, criticize me.
32:56What will you miss though, man? You're
32:57going to have to give up this game one
32:58day and I know you're you're the kind of
33:00a guy who wants to play to for another
33:01four or five years. Yeah. If you do
33:03that, you deserve it. But when you
33:06finally take your boots off for the last
33:08time, what what will be one of the
33:09couple of things that you go, you know
33:11what, I'm going to miss that. Like I I I
33:13miss when I go into a stadium on the big
33:15moments. I think that I'm not g I'm
33:18gonna miss I'm not gonna have the
33:21adrenaline to score a goal
33:24or to be in a bit to be nervous you know
33:26to be I think I'm going to miss that
33:28because other parts I'm you know I'm in
33:31a good control I have people around me I
33:32have good business who give good I have
33:36good things good incomes that but I
33:39think that football never going to exist
33:41more this is why I'm going a little bit
33:44further than football because with 40s
33:46you say
33:48I give everything
33:50you understand 40 or 41 or 40 doesn't
33:52matter
33:53you say I give my body for 25 years of
33:58football I cannot give more because you
34:00know the age don't allowed to go more
34:02further for example this is why I'm
34:05extend you understand my longevity and
34:08this is why I take care of myself of
34:10keep working because I know that two
34:12three years more I still can produce
34:14something good but after that I don't
34:17even want to think about that. This is
34:19why I told you let me thinking in the
34:21present I do with other part I prepare
34:24my business area which is going very
34:27very very well
34:29I will be miss I will miss probably I
34:32will be a little bit uh
34:34lost for
34:35lost but listen what I'm going to do you
34:38think I'm going to cry with all life
34:41that I have yeah maybe a little bit
34:43because I'm I become more sensitive but
34:45I will be a little bit like that But I
34:49have other things to worry another going
34:52to be another chapter of my life which
34:54is is a business part that I'm excited
34:58to
34:59and that will be a challenge for me and
35:01learn other areas that I really don't
35:03know be more involved in my business and
35:07I think will be will be good will be
35:09interesting and I I I will be prepared
35:11for that.
35:18It was good, man. He's It's He It's not
35:21even his first language, you know what I
35:22mean? So, he was just saying there he's
35:24like he finds it really difficult, but
35:26it's so easy. We got way more than we
35:28thought we was going to get. I got to be
35:29honest. So, um No, it was nice. He just
35:33he's comfortable in his skin. He's just
35:35he knows what he is. He knows who he is.
35:36I think we'll be back for a few more
35:38soon. Did you hear that?
35:40Did you hear it?
35:42Man's going to get He said he's going to
35:43get a,000 goals. He said that's
35:45the thing.
35:45He said he's going to get a,000 goals.
35:47Is he mad?
35:48But you can't bet against him. That's
35:50the thing. He says it. There's a glint
35:52in his eye, but I don't think there's
35:53many. But you can't really bet against
35:55him because physically he looks he takes
35:58so much care of himself. So it's like he
36:03could play for three or four more years
36:04easy.
36:07Listen, man. Take care. Nice to see you,
36:10man. All right. We'll see you soon.
36:11Yeah.
36:12[Music]

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