Cristiano Ronaldo - Unhuman : The Story Behind The Legend - Documentary

over the years i've realized that ronaldo and messi saga has been glorified so much that people have started to be unfair to them some say we have to appreciate them both and i would say they're right but the thing is their careers are so exceptional that it's hard to truly grasp just how great they are they have given us years of entertainment always defying what we deem possible they deserve to have their story told not just by numbers not just by their greatest moments but all of it how did they come to be how is it possible to become christiano ronaldo he's in good shape that's typical absolutely brilliant and the story starts before he was even born in the late 1960s his father was part kev verdian had to serve mandatory military service he left to angola where he had to fight the locals demanding independence from portugal the conditions for the soldiers were awful they had no drinking water food supplies would often rot and they would be left to starve not to mention how they weren't prepared to face the diseases they would find in africa as many would die from malaria for 18 months you would live amongst death and suffering angola would eventually win the war his dad would return home to find a different portugal who had fallen into an economic pit as they used all the resources in a war there were no job openings and he was left to under the streets of madera wallowing in his own misery soon he would develop a drinking habit which would quickly turn into fully blown alcoholism over the next decade he would have three children with his wife dolores and will find a job as a gardener but also a side gig as a kit man for the local club anduringish the family would face a major crisis as the lurch got pregnant a fourth time they decided there was no way the family could afford to have another child as they were facing massive financial issues she would talk to her doctor about the possibility of having an abortion but he would disapprove the lord believed there was really no way of bringing this child into the world so she took matters into her own hands as she told it herself she would attempt to force an abortion by drinking as much south beer as she possibly could and going for runs only stopping when her body wasn't able to sustain the fatigue but she would fail and on the 5th of february of 1985 at 10 20 am in the city of san pedro in madeira a baby would be born they would name him cristiano ronaldo the lords would decide to keep and raise the baby as she believed that she failed to abort him because god had a great destiny awaiting her child despite making it into this world his life would be as green as the lord's anticipated they would struggle to make ends meet every month living in a tiny home with no electricity where cristiano shared a room with all of his three siblings on christmas he would receive no gifts so just like most portuguese kids ronald would take on the streets to play football with the local children despite being very gifted the other children would call him sure which would roughly translate to crybaby in english as he would get very frustrated whenever the other kids failed to play up to his standard seeing this his parents would take him to andhuringe there his love for football would flourish it got to the point where he would carry a ball wherever he went his dedication made it so his talent would be even more notable amongst other kids soon he would earn himself another nickname they would start calling him oblina or little v in english because he was very small compared to other kids but also very fast and less than three years after in 1995 national one of the biggest clubs from adera would sign him as their tales from this wonder kid from one of their scouts who had no trouble finding him as he was actually his godfather his time at nacional served to show the locals how amazing it really was it would be moved up the academy team to the point where he would end up playing with kids three years older than him and to further shock everyone he would still manage to be the captain of his team the worth would go around the island who up till then never even had a player good enough to be called up for the national team a kid had arrived and he was bound to conquer the world a local man who had strong connections with sparting would be introduced to ronaldo and he would be so impressed with his skills that he would immediately call out ellie preda who was a sporting cp scout asking him if ronaldo could get a tryout which it would allow but with one condition ronaldo had to come to lisbon later that day the 12 year old would talk to his mom and soon he would be leaving his humble roots to go fight for his dream he went into training knowing he was being tested in what might have been one of the first times ronaldo showed how well he performed under pressure it would perform so magnificently among the spartan academy players that the pro players who played in the pitch next where ronaldo was would move over so they could watch him play clearly leaving the club speechless he would be signed on the spot but this would lead him to make the most important decision of his life he would have to leave his family at 12 years old to go live by himself at sporting cp's academy and hope that one day it would make it being from rivera cristiano had a very thick accent which it would relentlessly get mocked for it would feel so depressed that it would eventually be sent back to madeira in his first year since the coaches believed he couldn't focus as long as he felt so down about it back in madeira his family would show him how much he meant to them telling him that he had to ignore people who wish to see him fail a young ronaldo realized that his potential could not be wasted the next year he would power to the eight and go back to sporting cp as eventually the other players would become like family to him being an 11 year old academy player for one of the biggest portuguese clubs might seem like a dream to many and it surely is but the conditions were still not the best the rooms were very small and ronaldo didn't like them so we would only go there to sleep spending his days either at the pitch training at school or roaming the streets of lisbon money was still tight in his early years there to the point where he and his friends had a habit of going to the local mcdonald's late at night and asking the employees for the leftover burgers they still had two of his most difficult years would come after he hit 14 years of age despite the environment he created for himself at the academy he still got bullied at school he tried to ignore them and remain calm but one day a teacher mocked him in front of his class for his accent this would make ronaldo furious would talk back but instead of realizing how out of pocket his statements were the teacher would double down and mock his family for being poor ronaldo snapped threw a share at the teacher and that same day he was expelled it would talk to his mom and another big decision would come from this conversation ronaldo would decide to leave school and focus full time on his football career this would put him under immense pressure it could not allow himself to fail he had to give it all and just like that something out of his control would come to nearly ruin his life at the age of 15 ronaldo was diagnosed with racing art syndrome this meant his art would race even when he was quiet how could he go through so much physical effort without compromising his life that same week ronaldo had to go through surgery take a second to imagine you are a 15 year old boy who just left his hometown and dropped out of school in search of his dream and now that single source of hope could be taken away from you and that first week would pass and fortunately this treatment would go by smoothly and just a few days after it would be back to training over these years ronaldo had proved his value so many times that he had progressed to the academy's rankings always playing with far older players than him this would lead him to being called up to the youth national teams many times getting a total of 18 goals over 34 appearances for the different tiers but as he turned 16 he would become illegible for playing professionally and sporting cp's coach at the time laszlo bolani would not let that opportunity be wasted ronaldo would become the first ever player to play for the under 16 17 18 b team and first team all in one season but his debut in the portuguese league would only come in 2002 a few months after he turned 17 in a match against moradians ronaldo would go all in getting the ball in the net for the first time just as the game started but it would be deemed offside it would test the keeper's reflexes once again later and before half time he would get the ball near the center circle dribble not one not two but every meridians player and then ship the ball over the keeper to get his first competitive goal that same game it would show how much he enjoyed scoring them as he got his second goal in the last minute of the match he would finish the season with the third highest goals per minute only behind the two main strikers which is understandable as he played as an attacking midfielder for sporting its performances would catch the high of many european clubs including manchester united who wanted to sign him and then loan him back to sporting so he could keep progressing but his faith would be truly decided on the 6th of august of 2003. sporting has built themselves a new stadium as partial prepared for the euro 2004 and for its inauguration they decided to invite over manchester united to play a friendly match against him it is hard to put into words what happened that day ronaldo was a man on a mission it would look simply unplayable an 18 year old was terrorizing the manchester united defense he would get his first assist by the 25th minute by half time it would be all the manchester united players talked about in the locker room the second half would be equally impressive before the match ended it would create the chance for the third sporting goal as they defeated manchester united three to one on the plane home manchester united players told tales of the portuguese wonderkid they had found begging sir alex to sign him and only six days later ronaldo would be arriving in manchester he was the first ever portuguese player to be signed by manchester united at 13 million pounds he was the most expensive teenager in english football history surpassing another portuguese teenager uguviano newcastle paid 8 million for as he was shown around the premises and dealt with the remaining bureaucracy ronaldo was asked to choose his shirt number it would choose the number 28 but then sir alex ferguson would personally speak to him and ask him to wear the number seven this was a sign of what was to come sir alex saw in ronaldo what the world would only witness a few years later ronaldo would not shy away from the pressure and he would follow george best eric cantona and more recently david beckham in the task of carrying the weight of the number 7 on his back only four days after signing contract with man united cristiano stepped into old trafford for his first match as a red devil 67 000 people sheared in the stands as on the 61st minute sir alex looked back onto the bench and asked ronaldo to get ready the 18 year old would come on exchange for nikki butt with dyed blonde streaks tape around both his ankles wearing silver r9 mercurial vapors as he shoot gum he stepped onto the pitch and another fairy tale would start cristiano absolutely destroyed the opposition with a seemingly never-ending skill set his feet seemed too fast for the human mind to process he was so confident that by stoppage time he would ask phil neville to step aside so he could take a free kick his confidence was surely never in question by the end of the match george best would call it undoubtedly the most exciting debut he had ever seen as his last few weeks seemed like a frenetic run from one meaningful day to another just four days after his debut for manchester united it would also have his debut for the portuguese national team in a one-nil win over kazakhstan in his first season he would get 40 appearances mostly coming from the bench as he would manage 4 goals and 9 assists it would also make his debut in the champions league against stuttgart as he would crash out of the competition in the last 16 in a treated two defeat against porto would go on to win the competition his last two matches would be the most notorious as he would score on both getting his first red card on the first of the two a league game against aston villa and winning his first trophy in a second as he scored the opening goal in the fa cup final as summer arrived it was time for another big challenge cristiano would be called up for the euro 2004 the first ever to be played in portugal imagine you are 19 years old and you are put on a bus that will drive across your homeland you look around and the other people in it are ballon d'or in champions league winners legends known all around the world you look out the window and there's thousands swarming the bus no matter how far from the stadium you might be euro 2004 was one of the most magical and memorable moments in portuguese football everyone came together to witness the golden generation power through the competition throughout that tournament portugal truly played with 12 men on the pitch ronaldo was no average young man he would not let himself fall under pressure from the first game he would come in from the bench and score portugal's only goal as they lost against greece then they would play russia and once again ronaldo came in late and assisted rory costa as he doubled portugal's lead in the last match of the group stage they would beat spain as ronaldo was part of the starting lineup just like that portugal were three matches away from possibly becoming european champions in their own turf the quarter-final match would start in the worst way possible as michael owen put england in front just three minutes into the match both teams would battle each other for 80 minutes only to be stopped by elder pustiga would come from the bench to equalize the game would go into extra time and the drama would not stop there hui carson would score 10 minutes before the end but portugal would not manage to hold that a lead as frank lampard would tie the match once again it was time to play the roulette the game would be decided on penalties david beckham would miss the first hui costa would miss as well and they were partial to the semi-finals where they would meet the netherlands this would be ronaldo's best match during the competition as portugal would win 2-1 with ronaldo scoring the first goal and then assisting the second leading portugal to their first ever major final at the age of 19. this would be a character building moment for cristiano with all the odds in favor of portugal they would go into the final and lose christian ronaldo's obsession with perfection would be obvious to everyone for the first time it would succumb in the center of the pitch not being able to contain himself he would start crying seeming immune to the constellation of his teammates in the press conference he would promise the portuguese people that he would make up for the disappointment his second season that united would follow the same route as his first with not much success trophy wise as they would only win the league cup but with many sparks of brilliance by cristiano the most iconic moment of this season would come as he met arsenal in the start of 2005. the game would start with patrick vader scoring after nine minutes giggs would equal eyes and bear camp would give arsenal the lead later on right before half time cristiano would get on a fight with tia hiyangri as he refused to give the ball back as it went out of bounds this would upset the arsenal fans would boo ronaldo for the rest of the match ronaldo famously once said that your love makes me strong but your hate makes me unstoppable and it would show what unstoppable ronaldo looked like immediately two goals in four minutes and just like that ronaldo would put man united in front incredible for a 19 year old and even more incredible as he there to celebrate his goal by telling the arsenal fans to stay quiet the next season would be a difficult one ronaldo would constantly get himself in trouble in the champions league he would travel to lisbon to play against sporting rivals benfica who wouldn't spare him of the usual taunting to make matters worse they would beat manchester united getting them knocked out of the champions league in the group stage for the first time in a decade this would upset ronaldo who would raise his middle finger to the fence as he got subbed off in a 67 minutes and would get a one-man span for his actions he would also be found in the center of unfounded rape allegations which would be dropped as the police found no evidence these are the same allegations which would follow him for over a decade it gets sent off in a manchester darby for kicking ex-united player andy cole it would also be the first time ronaldo and vanessa roy clash which was most likely not ronaldo's fault as vanessa roy was known for being problematic and envious of ronaldo as he seemed to have stolen his spotlight over the last few years you might wonder where all of this erratic behavior stemmed from and well if you look at the time frame of ronaldo's life there's clearly a dramatic event that directly preceded all of this the death of his father ronaldo has claimed to barely know him as i mentioned he was a heavy drinker and that would be his demise at just 52 years old as ears of liver damage would catch up to him ronaldo has said that he dreamt of one day having his father see him succeed it's hard to pinpoint the source of his desire to see this but most likely just hoped that he would be able to pull him away from the dark path he was following regardless it was too late and his life had to move on that summer ronaldo would get called up for the world cup for the first time ever portugal would easily top their group winning all matches as ronaldo got his first world cup goal against iran once again they would meet the netherlands this time in the last 16 this match will be forever known as the battle of nuremberg the match would instantly be notable for how violent the netherlands players were being with the first yellow card coming on the second minute it would all escalate as dutch defender khalif bularus would injure ronaldo would be escorted off the pitch this foul seemed intentionally excessive and the portuguese players would furiously clap back the match would be a never ending sequence of bookings with every foul being more horrific than the one that came before it by the end of the match there have been 16 bookings including four red cards both being all-time records in the competition if you think that the next round could not match the drama scene in the last 16 well you're wrong as portugal faced england for their quarter-final match rooney would eventually step on a ricardo value and ronaldo would be seen pleading with the referee to send off rooney to which he would concede seeing this rooney would get upset at his manchester united teammate and would confront him on the pitch before being sent off by this moment ronaldo was already public enemy number one in england and all became much worse when he was seen winking at the bench still portugal would win and move to the semi-finals where they would meet friends portugal would dominate the match having twice as many shots on target and having the edge in terms of ball possession but one moment would define the match as ricardo carvalho would sleep and end up fouling henry which will lead to a penalty that zidane would convert this becomes even harder to digest for the portuguese fans since in the first minutes of the match there arguably was a penalty that should have been awarded to portugal back in england ronaldo would feel overwhelmed by the hate he was receiving it would take a toll on him especially as alex ferguson would not come out to defend them this would lead to a drastic decision ronald would announce publicly that he wanted to leave manchester united for either real madrid or barcelona at this moment ferguson was forced to intervene he would have a private talk with ronaldo and he would decide to eventually stay soon it would be clear that this would be one of his best decisions right in his first season after the incident despite the boos despite the hate ronaldo would take his game to an all-new level notably showing up to the preseason much stronger than he used to be known for being the fast skillful scrawny kid he now looked muscular and rugged this season it would nearly double his previous goal scoring record it would win consecutive player of the month awards and despite all the drama his relationship with rooney would look better than ever on the pitch as the duel would lead united to a premier league title and show how capable this team was by making it all the way to the semi-finals of the champions league where they would lose to ac milan who were nearly unbeatable at the time and just like this we arrived at the 2007-2008 season it would improve on his form even further and by the end of 2007 he would have amassed 40 gold contributions in 50 games which would get him a second place in the ballon d'or only behind kaka but ronaldo was never want to be happy with second place for the rest of the season he would show us how hard he could push himself in january he would get his first hammer at trick against newcastle then he would score one of the most memorable free kicks the premier league has seen against sportsmouth in the champions league it would carry manchester united throughout the group stage getting five goals in the five matches he played as they went into the knockout stages he would score in the last 16 against lyon a goal which turned the tie around granting them access to the quarterfinals where they would destroy roma 3 nil on aggregate as ronaldo scored one more then they would meet barcelona who would become the only team ronaldo didn't score against still they would win on minimal margin as scholes got a single goal over the two legs the great players proved themselves in the biggest stages and so far ronaldo had failed but now it looked different he had ascended to a new form and he looked like a new player it was time for the champions league final and manchester united would face chelsea in the first ever final between two english teams it didn't take long for another to show he was there to win by the 26th minute he would tower over the defenders and get the first goal of the match with a magnificent adder man united would absolutely dominate the match chelsea would only keep afloat as they got saved by petra shea over and over again but against the flow of the match lampard would manage chelsea's only shot on target after two consecutive deflections and by pure luck they had tied the game they would manage to maintain the draw and a match will be decided on penalties despite his great performance throughout the match ronaldo would miss his penalty the tension would rise as john terry came to the spot to take his penalty knowing that if he scored chelsea would be champions of europe and then he slipped quite literally as they went into sudden death van der saar would save an elk's penalty and man united would be crowned champions of europe it took years of crafting his body evolving of developing the strongest mindset football has seen but ronaldo had ascended to champion of europe top scorer of the champions league being voted player of the match in the final domestically it would be equally as dominant leading men united to a second consecutive premier league title as he beat the all-time record for most goals in the premier league season with 31 despite missing three matches due to being banned after ed butting a player at the start of the season it would total 51 goal involvements in 49 matches across all competitions that year it would nearly win everything a player can possibly win including his first ballon d'or where he managed to get nearly 200 more points than second place lionel messi this would certainly not be the last time these two would fight for the title it was time for another portuguese assault at the euros this would be a very meaningful competition for ronaldo as it would be the first time he would captain the national team and the first time he would put on the number seven shirt for partial as luis figo had retired despite this the tournament would not go portugal's way as although they breezed to the group stage they would meet germany in the quarterfinals who have been known to always cause portugal trouble and as usual portugal would be knocked out in a three to two loss during these last few months real madrid would start a conversation with ronaldo men united fearful of losing their star player would take legal action trying to stop ronaldo from leaving at first there would be problems between the club and the player leading to fifa president seb platter to call it modernized slavery it would all end with ferguson convincing ronaldo to stay for one more year and ronaldo promising the fans that he had committed his heart and soul to retaining the champions league trophy unfortunately it would start the season poorly missing 11 games due to a fractured kneecap despite this as he returned he would look as powerful as ever getting two freaky goals in the same match for the first time in his career something he would manage to do three times over the next three years at the end of the year it would win the club world cup getting an assist in the final in the champions league they would once again look to be one of the strongest teams in europe first beating inter milan with ronaldo scoring the second goal then they would meet porto who would stun them in the first leg as they managed the two goal draw this draw would only be broken by ronaldo who in ludicrous fashion only six minutes into the match it would get the ball only about four meters in front of the center circle and with no second thoughts it would bang at top beans leaving elton with no chance by the end of the year this would be worth it the puskas award and will be forever remembered as one of the most insane goals ever witnessed in a champions league in the semi-finals they would blaze through arsenal with ronaldo scoring twice and they had arrived at the final the key moment a match against barcelona ronaldo and massey meet once again and this time there was no way of stopping him from leaving it would get signed by a world record fee of 94 million euros crushing zidane's eight-year-long record of 77 million that same year florentino parish would also spend huge amounts of money on kaka and benzema as he seemed to want to recreate the success of los galatikos his contract would make him the highest paid footballer in the world nearly doubling what he earned at manchester this contract would also be notable as real madrid define his release clause at 1 billion euros on the 6th of july of 2009 ronaldo would step onto the santiago bernabeu for the first time this would shatter the all-time record for biggest audience at a player's presentation set by diego armando maradona as 80 000 fans awaited cristiano ronaldo that day club legend alfredo di stefano would present ronaldo with the number nine shirts not the number seven as club legend an all-time top goalscorer hawul was still playing for real at the time soon after he would have his debut against deportivo de la coruna scoring his first goal from the penalty spot he would also score in his first four league games becoming the first ever player to do so for real madrid it would also score two free kicks in his debut for real madrid in the champions league his blazing start to the season would be stopped as he suffered an ankle injury leaving him out for seven weeks as he returned it would be time for the ballon d'or ceremony where messi would outperform him for the first time as ronaldo only managed second place despite ronaldo managing seven goals in six champions league matches riyal will be out of the competition in the last 16 round by the last game of the season rial and barcelona would have only one point difference but real would draw the last match collecting 96 points despite the second place finish this would have been enough to beat the record for most points in a season if it were not for barcelona managing 99 this way despite the great performances managing 39 goal involvements in 35 games ronaldo would end his first season with real madrid without winning any trophies try to competitive hard and try to win i'm like that you know i'm not i'm not i never change because i like i like this i like what i do two years had passed since the last international competition and it was time for the 2010 world cup it would be man of the match in all three matches of the group stage but once again portugal would be knocked out by spain in the first round would go on to win the competition raul had left real madrid at this point and naturally ronaldo would take on the number 7 shirt it would start the season on a roll getting 4 goals in a game for the first time in his career against racing santander it would also get 3 more hat tricks before the ballon d'or ceremony but he still would not make the podium despite getting 65 gold contributions in 59 games that year this was probably the best ever performance not to be rewarded with a spot on the podium that year real madrid got paired up with barcelona in both the champions league and the capital ray while also playing them for the league totaling out to four matches against barcelona in the same month ronaldo would score in the league game to tie the match then it would score the only goal in the final of the kappa del rey a magnificence towering adder in extra time to bring the trophy to madrid but it would fail to save real madrid as barcelona knocked them out of the champions league before going on to win the tournament before the end of the season he would score three more hat tricks including four goals against sevilla once again despite managing 92 points as ronaldo shattered the goal scoring record in the league becoming the first ever player to get 40 league goals royale would not win the league still ronaldo would become the first ever player to win the golden boot in two different leagues as 40 league goals seemed impossible to repeat ronaldo would manage 46 the following season and would finally manage to get real madrid to win the league getting 100 points and smashing the all-time record ronaldo would total out 60 goals in all competitions that season 10 of them in a champions league in which real got knocked out in the semi-finals once again as two goals from ronaldo weren't enough to save them against bayern this season would be most notable for ronaldo scoring the winning golden old classic when doing the iconic kalmakalma celebration in the euro 2012 portugal got drawn into the group of death including germany and the netherlands still they would make it through as ronaldo scored twice turning the game around against the dutch national team ronaldo would be man of the match against the susque republic as it scored the only goal of the match to get portugal onto the semi-finals where they would face spain it would be a very tight game ronaldo standing out as he got close to scoring on several occasions but no one would get the ball on the net and the game would go on to penalties it would all be over as bruno alves would hit the bar and spain would be on to the final leaving everyone feeling like portugal deserved more especially as portugal had beat them four nil in their previous friendly match it had been years of massive disappointments for ronaldo messi had taken the last tribal on doors and was bound to take the next as ronaldo kept losing inches away from glory the next season would be the start of a shift ronaldo would become a more deadlier more decisive version of himself in the start of the season it would score two goals to get real madrid the super cup as they faced barcelona then he would get his first champions league hat-trick against iax later on the year he would get a brace in el clasico becoming the first ever player to score in six consecutive el clasicos in 2013 he with captain real madrid for the first time and then also becoming the first ever non-spanish player to captain real madrid in el clasico for 60 years regardless of his performances he would fail to win la liga and would once again fail to go past the semi-finals in the champions league going down to dortmund despite scoring 12 goals that season seven of them in the six knockout matches he played the next season he would be joined by gareth bale would cost 100 million to real madrid beating ronaldo's transfer record this would begin the reign of bbc madrid's front three consisting of bail benzema and cristiano ronaldo would start the season with 32 goals in 22 matches the most memorable moments coming from an international playoff against sweden the media would take the opportunity to heavily market this match as a direct confrontation between ronaldo and ibrahimovic as both national teams were known to heavily rely on their star players in the first leg ronaldo would score the only goal giving the lead to partial but the second leg would prove to be much more eventful as the match should start very calm with a couple of notable moments but it would only truly ignite itself in the second half as with a beautiful true pass by moutinho followed by a great run by ronaldo it would make it one nil ibrahimovic didn't shy away from confrontation this time going on to score twice in four minutes first with a header and then with a free kick that went under the wall great moments come when great players are put under pressure to perform and that is just what happened that day ronaldo would follow zlatan's lead and get a second goal with the lightning fast run before getting his hat trick and securing partial spots at the world cup as the year came to an end it would total 86 goal contributions in 59 appearances truly undeniable he would once again manage to top out messi and win his second ballon d'or the rest of the season would be even more impressive as despite losing the league title to atletico madrid who managed just three more points internationally it would be one of his most memorable years it would immediately start well as he scored a hat-trick in the first champions league game of the season against kalatazarai then two goals against copenhagen and another two against juventus and to finish it all won each against bo juventus and copenhagen as he met them for the second time if he had not missed the game against galatasaray he could have become the first ever player to score in all matches of the group stage in the last 16 he would score four against chalk to total out at 13 goals this was already more than he had ever scored and only messi had ever managed more throughout an entire tournament despite ronaldo still being only in the last 16 round then despite missing one of the matches against dartmouth he would still manage to score against him as he went on to meet bayern in the semi-finals where he would score twice against them to become the first ever player to break the 15 goal mark in a season to which he would add another legendary celebration it was time for the final where they would meet atletico went victim to the league title this would be real madrid's 10th ever champions league locals called it lavessima their search for this trophy would become the stuff of legends it would be played in portugal at the stadium of light where perseus legend of zebu had had his funeral earlier that year a man who was one of ronaldo's favorite players and had been a mentor to him over the years with the national team the pressure was on and to make matters even worse for ronaldo he would get injured before the match everyone expected him to miss the match but ronaldo has made it a habit to be exceptional and to this moment he would say in life you do not win without sacrifices and you must take risks as he would go on to play the final through injury the game would start on the worst way possible as god dean gave atletico the lead the game would progress till the very last minute without a change to the scoresheet and as atletico fans prepared to start celebrating modric would step up to take a corner and the rest will never be forgotten [Applause] water yes sergio ramos unbelievable in the nick of time gary neville sergio ramos absolutely broke the spirit of atletico madrid players the extra time would be a massacre first marcelo then bale and then ronaldo with a penalty to end it all madrid were champions of europe as ronaldo finished the tournament with 17 goals by far the most ever scored by anyone in a single season despite only two players ever managing more than 12 ronaldo had managed to absolutely destroy those records that day ronaldo certainly made those ivy proud may the black panther never be forgotten as per usual it was time for the world cup this would be ronaldo's most underwhelming tournament as he forced himself to play in it despite suffering from two different injuries one of them would change his career forever massively hurting his pace and dribbling ability but the greats always manage to overcome whatever is put between them and their goals that tournament it was so poor physically that he had to quit practice twice in the days before the opening match where portugal would get destroyed four nil by germany it would then still manage to save portugal from a loss against the united states through a last-minute assist and then get them a late win as he scored in the final few minutes of their match against ghana but it would not be enough portugal will be knocked out of the tournament in goal difference in the next season ronaldo would maintain his form scoring both goals as real beat sevilla 2-0 in the uefa super cup and then going on to score 15 goals in the first eight matches in the league it would end the year by winning the club world cup before going on to winning is stirred ballon d'or the 2014-2015 season would be the least impressive of his last five at real madrid they would finish second in the league and would go out on the semi-finals as juventus beat them by a single goal despite ronaldo scoring two goals against them and managing to finish as top scorer of the tournament it would also score five goals in a match for the first time in his career as he even managed to score an eight-minute hat-trick against granada when it comes to goal scoring the season would be one of his most impressive as he would win the golden shoe once again and would beat his goal scoring record managing to score 61 goals that season being involved in 68 across the 53 matches he played keep in mind that by then it was already 30 years old that just should not be possible after this season zidane would take over and he would completely change our ronaldo played it would show him that with his age coming into play he would lose his explosiveness and that he had to switch to a more central role where he did not depend on his strength as much and where he could develop his deadliness in front of goal in summary zidane created a monster by the beginning of the 2015-2016 season ronaldo would get his 324th goal for real madrid becoming their all-time top scorer it had taken 16 seasons and 741 matches for a wall to achieve this mark it only took ronaldo a little more than 6 seasons and 310 matches to overtake him as he managed more than one goal per game played from the start of this champions league venture under zidane hon aldo would look virtually unbeatable as he managed to score 11 goals in the six group stage matches he played no player had ever managed to reach double figures in the group stage then it would score in both legs against roma but oddly enough their next game against underdogs wolfsburg would prove to be the most challenging the first leg would be a disaster with real losing 2 nil they needed a comeback on the second leg and of course one man had to put his foot forward and show everyone how to be truly decisive by the 17th minute of the second leg reynald went already scored twice first a tap-in and then a header from a corner they needed one more gold this time around ronald would be more patient and by the 77 minutes it would be worth it a free kick cristiano ronaldo beautiful beautiful something close to genius he's turned the tie around [Applause] this could have been his most legendary champions league campaign but he would once again suffer fitness issues missing out on the semi-final matches but it would come back in time for the final where once again they would face atletico de madrid this would be the opposite of the first final this time sergio hamos would score early and atletico madrid will get the equalizer later on but real wouldn't budge in the same way atletico did in 2014 the game would go all the way to the penalty shootout where ronaldo would save himself for last by the fourth penalty juan fran would miss to give reality advantage it was time for ronaldo to take on a penalty spot and as per usual in thug atletico's grave once again champions of europe it seemed like the perfect season but this was nowhere near its peak in the summer ronaldo would take on the euro 2016. no one gave much of a chance to portugal as they had one of their most underwhelming lineups in decades but someone once said when you have ronaldo you always have a chance the first two games would be so underwhelming as portugal only managed two draws against iceland and austria still portugal only depended on themselves to go through since as long as they beat hungary they would have a spot in the quarterfinals but the game would start horribly as portugal considered in the 19th minute it would take a while for partial to clap back as ronaldo assisted 90 to a goal in the 42nd minute but it wouldn't last long as hungary would score again just five minutes later the back and forth wouldn't stop as renault would level the game once more with a superb backhill goal once again the tie would only be kept for another five minutes as hungary got the lead again fernando santos would sub in charisma his longtime friend known for their connection the duo wouldn't disappoint with queersman's first touch on the ball he would cross it to ronaldo who would head it in to settle the score at a three-goal draw partial kept the third place and barely made it to the last 16. there portugal and croatia would prove themselves worthy opponents as the game went into extra time with no goals scored once again the duel would solve the game as ronaldo got a shot on target and kuerashma got the rebound to take portugal to the quarter-finals portugal still hadn't managed to win a single game over 90 minutes and poland would not be the case either lewandowski would score in the second minute but the game would end on a tie as eighteen-year-old renato sanchez would score the equalizer on penalties portugal would take the win and sri patricia saved blazikowski's effort before quarasmo would score to capitalize on that mistake partial were true to the semi-finals where they would finally win a game in regular time as ronaldo got a goal and an assist in under three minutes to kill the game twelve years later ronaldo had another shot at a euro final from an 18 year old kid and controllably crying on the pitch to a grown 32-year master of the game unfortunately the final would have a similarly catastrophic start as ronaldo would have to come out injured after just 25 minutes most players would let themselves crumble as they wallowed in their own misery but not ronaldo he rose and spent the entire match yelling commands from the sidelines like a true captain would by the 79th minute heather would be told to come in ronaldo would take it upon himself to motivate him before he walked onto the pitch ronaldo told him he knew he had it in him he knew he would score the winning goal ronaldo gave him the strength the energy he needed and that was vital and those are not my words but actually others as in extra time it will do just this not got much help oh it doesn't need any the help who rarely scores has scored maybe the biggest goal in the history of the portugal national team well i said that earlier and finally portugal has become european champions the greatest night of cristiano ronaldo's career which had the worst possible start showing the world that you should truly never give up no matter how unlikely your success might seem ronaldo would finish the tournament with the highest ever percentual goal contribution in a victorious run as he was involved in 66 of the goals scored over the tournament but still it would not win player of the tournament due to the injury picked up during the euro 2016 final it would miss the first three matches of the season including the european super cup this would be a wild card year in terms of his performances ronaldo would destroy the club world cup even becoming the first ever player to score in hat trick in the final but in the champions league it would be on some of his worst form ever despite scoring in the first two matches he would go on a six match dry streak all the way to the quarter finals messi would be on 11 goals already by then nine ahead of ronaldo it seemed impossible that he could reach him now that the competition was so hard but there is no such thing as impossible when it comes to cristiano ronaldo the next match it would face bayern munich and he would score twice to get the comeback for real madrid who started the game by conceding in the second leg it would prove to be even more deadly as he got a hat trick that's five goals in two matches against the unbeatable manuel neuer as he seemed to have an acquired taste for reaping world-class goalkeepers to shreds it would score another hat-trick as he faced atletico madrid and their start goalkeeper jan of luck soon it would be time for the final they would face juventus and ronaldo needed one goal to get on level with lionel messi between ronaldo and that achievement stood not only john luigi buffon one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but one of the greatest defensive formations of the decade as ronaldo came onto the pitch it would only need one touch to get his first goal this man was taking on the impossible and playing around with it as if the world meant nothing to him it would score one more goal before the end of the match to get his tally up to 12 goals one more than lionel messi and 10 of them coming in his last five matches against some of the biggest names in europe this would be the fifth consecutive season it would be the top scorer of the champions league to head to this perfect season it would also win la liga for the second time in the summer ronaldo would take part in the confederations cup but it would be a disaster as portugal would lose the first knockout match on penalties against chile and ronald would even leave the competition early as his twins had just been born it would take part in a memorable spanish super cup at the start of the season it would start from the bench being brought on later he would have a massive impact on a match it would quickly get his first goal but it would be called offside to which he would protest but not for long soon messi tied the match but ronaldo would instantly clap back with a magnificent run ending with a shot from outside the box it would celebrate the goal by iconically taking off his shirt and showing the name on the back to the barcelona supporters in the same fashion messi had done in the previous el clasico as per usual he would get a yellow card for it ronaldo seemed on fire as he would go on to nearly score two minutes after only being stopped as untity would shove him in a penalty box as the commentator shouted penalty the referee would somehow come to the conclusion that ronaldo simulated a foul and would give him his second yellow card followed by sending him off ronaldo would understandably be frustrated and would go on to push the referee just like that what could have been the perfect night was ruined by incompetent referees to make matters worse it would be banned for five games despite this ronald would maintain his form as he would once again look to do the impossible in the champions league as for him winning it three times in four years wasn't enough he would start the champions league with two goals against apoel then two goals against dortmund then one in each of the two matches against tottenham another two against apoel and he would end the group stage with another one against start moon to total out nine goals in six matches the first ever player to score in all of the group stage matches it would still not be enough for ronaldo would score three goals in the last 16 against psg including a puzzling penalty where he would hit the ground with such force that the ball would rise from it before he hit it before this ronaldo would also come to paris as he would receive his fifth ballon d'or in a special ceremony set on the eiffel tower this meant he had equaled messi as the player with the most awards the quarterfinals that year were some of the most important and memorable matches of ronaldo's career it would once again face juventus who had come to be some of his favorite opponents and he would show them just why in under three minutes ronaldo opened a scoresheet they were truly hopeless when facing him juventus were brave worthy opponents but ronaldo was their boogeyman by then juventus supporters were already contemplating whether or not they could have any hard feelings for such a great player and ronaldo would show them that they surely couldn't as in the 64th minute it would score the most iconic goal of his career after managing a magnificent run to catch the ball that seemed lost ronaldo passed a ball back to lukasz vasquez would shoot and as buffon zens deflected the ball towards cavahal it would cross it and he would perform the most technical perfect bicycle kick football has seen like an olympic gymnast ronaldo seemed to be in total control of his body as he celebrated juventus supporters would applaud him his genius was too evident to be overlooked later in the game even buffon would congratulate him jokingly asking him how old he was to which he would reply not too bad for a 33 year old huh the second leg would prove itself to be equally thrilling as manzo kich would inspire juventus to a comeback but before the end of the 90 minutes renault would salvage the ball as it towered over alexandru lukasz vazquez would be left in front of goal and benatia would have no chance but to follow him buffon had never made it to a champions league final and would lose his mind as he watched the opportunity once again be taken away from him which would lead him to be sent off after cursing out the referee cessna would take his place in the goal where he would not be able to stop renault would hammer it top bins in a 98 minutes to get rial onto the semi-finals this would be ronaldo's 11th consecutive game scoring in the champions league destroying vanni salhoy's previous record of nine consecutive games ronaldo would be heavily marked in the semi-finals as bayern knew what kind of form he was in because of this it would not manage to score against him still rial would barely edge the germans and make it once again to the champions league final the final would follow the same story as the semi-finals but a horrendous performance by liverpool goalkeeper lorish kardus would make it easy on real would take their third consecutive champions league something that had happened in 42 years ronald would once again be top scorer as he managed the second best tally ever seen only outdone by himself of 16 goals in that season this final would be marked as ronaldo would inked for the first time that this might have been his last ever match for real madrid amongst all the rumors he had brought upon himself he would go on to take part in the world cup 2018. the competition would start as portugal faced rival spain and that match would start in the best way possible as ronaldo would be fouled in a penalty box in the first play of the match evidently it would convert his chance putting portugal in front later on the match should be tied by diego costa and ronald would clap back with a goal from outside of the box that was made easier by de gea diego costa would be ronaldo's nemeziz that day as he would score once again to tie the match for a second time this time ronaldo wouldn't be able to respond quickly enough as spain would score once again through a powerful strike by nacho the key moment would come on the 88th minute as ronaldo would step in to take a free kick and as per usual reynaud would not disappoint it would curl it top pins to get to draw before full time this would be remembered as the best performance of the world cup as he would become the first ever to score a hat-trick against spain in the competition in the second match portugal would face morocco and beat them with a single goal by cristiano the last match would end on a tie and portugal would qualify to the last 16 where they would fall short and lose by one goal against uruguay after the world cup the rumors would be proven true as ronaldo would leave real madrid for a hundred and ten million euros the cheers from the juventus fans must have truly touched his heart as the 34 year old balondar winner would travel to italy to join them this meant he was the most expensive player ever over 30 years of age in italy's most expensive ever transfer in his first season his numbers would drop but he would certainly not disappoint scoring all of juventus champions league knockout stage goals the second most of every player in the competition despite only making it to the quarterfinals as much as it's right it was impossible to carry juventus his most iconic game would come in the last 16 round though as juventus lost the first leg by two goals against atletico madrid it seemed like they would finally beat cristiano ronaldo who was notably their nemesis just take into consideration that ever since simeone began to coach atletico madrid they have only gotten knocked out from the champions league by teams including cristiano ronaldo it had been four matches between them and ronaldo always took the lead not only that but they have never considered a hat trick to any other player than cristiano who had done it four different times and well as you probably already know this time it would be no different by the 27th minute a powerful jump would allow him to get his first goal after half time another other would give them the two nil lead as despite of lacking his hand on it it would be too late as it already had crossed the goal line as juventus needed a third ronaldo goal it would once again be the hat-trick hero scoring a penalty at the 86 minutes no emotion shown ronald would slam it past a block in his first year in italy would win best forward and best player in the league as he took home the super cup and league titles becoming the first ever player to win three out of the top five leagues in the summer ronaldo would take on an all-new challenge as portugal qualified for the final four of the nation's league first they would take on switzerland ronaldo would bring on the usual hat-trick to get partial onto the final as gonzalo gets scored the only goal ronald would climb to the stage to get partial second ever international trophy ronaldo would finish his top score of the competition and win best goal of the competition as every goal in the podium had been scored by himself that's the definition of dominance and just like that we arrive at the present year where ronaldo as a 35 year old is europe's top scorer so far with 25 goals in 25 matches having scored for 11 straight league games to tie the all-time record in the syria and managing to score and assist in every game from the 1st of december all the way up to the 16th of july despite the dipping form following the mid-season break by the end of the league season he would win it once more while also becoming the first ever yuva player to score 30 plus league goals since 1952 and becoming their all-time recordist for the most goals in a season with 37 despite once more getting knocked out early in the champions league despite an amazing performance against leon as he would once again finish the season as the only ever player to score in the champions league knockout stage ronaldo is an inspiration for everyone he doesn't shy away from responsibility takes what is deemed humanly possible and surpasses it is not just a legendary footballer not just a standard for excellence for any sportsman he is a legend in his own way some players are great dribblers some players are great goal scorers some understand the game's every detail but ronaldo did it all if we took on the task to design the prototype for the ideal footballer we would get cristiano ronaldo no matter how long i make this documentary it is nearly impossible to show you how absolutely mind-blowing his career is we are talking over 700 career goals that's nearly a hundred more than griezmann salah and bale put together nearly 100 of those were scored as he played for the national team having surpassed every european player ever on international goals that's three times as many international goals as diego armando maradona himself over his career he has amassed 42 goals past the quarter finals of the champions league that's even crazier when you put into perspective that second place lionel messi only managed 20 which would already be a crazy stats in itself that's 55 individual awards and 31 titles 14 of those are international titles from five champions leagues to two international trophies with portugal it scored more goals with only his head and left foot than ronaldinho managed at club level throughout the 17 years he played professionally we're talking about a 35 year old who's one of the biggest candidates to the ballon d'or he entered the wefa team of the season for the first time ever with players like kafu and nesta and nearly two decades later is still in it with players like kylian mbappe and alexander arnold that's unmatched longevity it doesn't matter if cristiano ronaldo is the greatest of all time or not what matters is that he inspired everyone who witnessed his career and taught them that the secret to being truly extraordinary is even within you and you just gotta gather all of your strength if you want to show it to the world [Music] you

Channel: Daily Dose Of Football

Views: 2,070,219

Keywords: cristiano ronaldo, ronaldo, cristiano, cr7, how good was cristiano ronaldo, cristiano ronaldo documentary, ronaldo documentary, real madrid, man utd, manchester united, sporting, documentary, cristiano ronaldo movie, cristiano ronaldo 1 hour, cristiano ronaldo skills, cristiano ronaldo 2020, cristiano ronaldo best moments, messi, ronaldo vs messi, cristiano ronaldo interview, juventus, cristiano ronaldo childhood, how to be like cristiano ronaldo, is cristiano ronaldo human, ddof

Id: 0XTy9NgSTYE

Length: 59min 26sec (3566 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 05 2020