Cristiano Ronaldo is currently one of the most popular football players in the world. And they will stay for a long time. The Portuguese won everything in his career. And several times.
But there were times when Cristiano’s popularity was limited to Portugal. And the fans came to the matches with the participation of the striker, not from all over the world, but only from his native Madeira.
In 2002, Ronaldo began to take part in the foundation of Lisbon Sporting. At that time, the actress was only 17 years old. At the same time, Belarusian striker Vitaly Kutuzov joined the Portuguese team, which joined Sporting on loan from Italian Milan.
Kutuzov immediately developed a good relationship with Ronaldo. On the football field, the players understood each other very well. Kutuzov even scored from Cristiano’s passes.
And the players lived in a room on the base. And Kutuzov seriously influenced the formation of Ronaldo.
“I was a little older, so Cristiano didn’t hesitate to ask after the games: ‘Tell me, what did I do wrong? Maybe it was opened in the wrong place, it was given to the wrong place? – Kutuzov occasionally recalled in an interview with the “Championship”.
The Belarusian football player explained in detail his relationship with the future legend in an interview with Italian La Gazzetta dello Sport.
“Cristiano knew I was from Milan and asked me a thousand questions: Wearing the Rossoneri jersey in those days was the absolute pinnacle. He asked me about Maldini, Costacurta, Inzaghi and Sheva. About the Milanello sports center, which was the best in the world at the time. How the champions train, the physical He wanted to know how they were progressing as
In terms of physics, according to Kutuzov, Ronaldo really had a special passion. The Portuguese really wanted to create an ideal body for himself.
“He worked hard but not like a fanatic. He had above-average pampering, I’ve never seen anyone so passionate about it. He took off his shirt in the dressing room and stood in front of the mirror for a long time. He analyzed every inch of his body: shoulders, stomach, legs … And he spent a lot of time at the gym asking everyone how to gain weight. But he didn’t do it for the cover of magazines, he just wanted to be a better player.”
But Russian girls, about whom Kutuzov could also tell a lot, were not very interested in the young Cristiano at that time: “They did not talk about girls at all. He was only interested in football.”
Eight years later, Cristiano started a relationship with Russian model Irina Shayk.
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