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Cristiano Ronaldo - The Record Breaker

Bentley82 — Fri, 27 May 2011 00:15:05 GMT

Lethal in La Liga.

Unmatched across Europe.
Cristiano Ronaldo: the record breaker.

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Is Cristiano Ronaldo Superfly?

Bentley82 — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:51:01 GMT

Superfly leads. Superfly never doubts. Superfly attempts the impossible and makes it incredible. Cristiano Ronaldo has staked his claim. Is any player more Superfly?

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Seize Your Chance

Bentley82 — Thu, 27 May 2010 23:27:27 GMT

Chances don't come easy.

There are obstacles and doubts, nerves and injuries to overcome.

So, when you get the chance: seize it.

Be ruthless. Be brilliant. Be ready.

The Chance goes global from June 11th.

Be there.

Master your game with Nike Football+

DonJulio — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:52:34 GMT

Want exclusive access to the best players and coaches in the world? How about getting pro drills straight from the training grounds of Brazil, Barcelona and Juventus, direct to your iPhone? If football is everything to you, Nike Football+ is your essential training tool.

Nike Football+ brings you exclusive training programmes – Master Speed, Master Accuracy and Master Control – all designed to help turn you into a deadlier player.

Got what it takes to beat the fastest player on earth? Take the Master Speed: Cristiano Ronaldo Challenge and find out. Then continue to raise your game with challenges set by Torres and Fabregas in Master Control and Master Accuracy.

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Master your game with NikeFootball+

BLOG_AU — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:10:09 GMT

Nike Football+ is a killer combination of our premium boots, pro training programs and access to the world's top coaches and footballers. It's simple - buy the boot and you get a code. Enter the code to unlock Elite football training and a year of improvement.

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Inside the innovation: Day 1 – Mercurial

BLOG_AU — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:17:22 GMT

Held at a top-secret location, the Write History event exclusively unveiled the newest chapter in Mercurial history before a select congregation of the world’s media.

Revealing the latest in lightweight boot design and innovation, Cristiano Ronaldo arrived to showcase the Mercurial Superfly II’s adaptive stud technology and groundbreaking design.

The Portuguese speed demon also displayed himself pushing the new Mercurials to their limits in the Ronaldo Speed test, available as part of Master Speed.

Feel up to the challenge? The complete speed package will be available on April 1st.

Ronaldo rewrites history

BLOG_AU — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:05:53 GMT

Didn’t take him long.

After just four games in the white of Madrid, Cristiano has stamped his name in the club’s record books. Last night he became the first player ever to score in all of his first four games for the club.

Who knows what he’ll do in the next 34.

Business as usual

BLOG_AU — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:26:56 GMT

When all eyes are on you, what do you do?

If you’re Cristiano Ronaldo, you do what you’ve always done.

Just 27 minutes into his European debut, he fired in a trademark free kick. Then added another in the second half.

Same again next time?

T-90 Ascente Testing – Man Utd

BLOG_AU — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:10:07 GMT

Date: 05.02.09
Location: Carrington
Weather conditions: Very cold and windy. Conditions ranged between cloudy, snowing and sunny. Temperature range 0-1C without wind chill. Well below freezing with wind chill. 0-20 mph winds throughout.
Pitch conditions: Good, short grass.
Players and staff: Full first team, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Scholes, Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Darren Fletcher, Wes Brown, Edwin Van der Sar, Ben Foster, Rafael da Silva, Tomasz Kuszczak.

Tester’s notes:

Freezing cold. And more snow. Balls topped off to 12.5psi.

Team session: 15-mins shots on goal from 20 yards. 8 vs. 2 one-touch keep-ball drill. Fast, one-touch session.

Shooting session: Players hammer the ball, Rooney hits hardest – like a sledgehammer: “Feels nice to strike. Especially when you strike it true.” More finishing drills. Shooting from 3 different spots. Players love shooting with it. All-around accuracy improvements.

Sometimes it’s what you can’t see that makes him faster

BLOG_AU — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:30:11 GMT

Speed scores goals. Two steps ahead of your opponent can mean the difference between scoring a goal and losing the ball. The Mercurial Vapor has been delivering on that promise for years. That's why the Vapor is the boot of choice for CR7.

And now Ronaldo has a new secret weapon, the Mercurial Blade. The new pinnacle in shin guard technology, the Blade features an ultra-thin carbon fibre composite shell designed to withstand the demands of the game at an elite level. Nike's lightest ever elite guard. Two steps ahead will now be four steps ahead. Defenders beware.

The History of Speed – Mercurial Vapor I

BLOG_AU — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:55:49 GMT

The original Mercurial caused the kind of stir a shark makes in a fish pond. And with its standard-bearer R9 still ruling the world four years later, the new Mercurial Vapor was the most highly anticipated boot ever to emerge from the Nike Lab – in time for the showpiece event of 2002.

With the world’s attention turned towards Korea and Japan, Terry Gilliam’s Cage Tournament ad offered the first glimpse of Ronaldo’s long-awaited new weapon – and sent chills down the spines of defenders who knew they were about to meet their match.

Never mind the eye-catching haircut – the gaze of the fans never shifted from R9’s feet as he laid down the tournament performance of his career. Eight goals in seven matches. A brace in the biggest final of all. And a record-breaking fifth world title brought safely back to Brazil. There was never any doubt whose name would come out of the envelope when the 2002 World Player of the Year was announced.

While the appreciation of R9’s fans was still echoing around the globe, a certain Cristiano Ronaldo was quietly building a reputation to match that of his Brazilian namesake. He pulled on his own pair of Mercurial Vapors to thump home his first ever Man Utd goal, laying down the warning that giving him a free kick on the edge of the box is like chalking up a free United goal on the scoreboard. It didn’t take long for opposition defences to sit up and take note.

The History of Speed – Mercurial Mark One

BLOG_AU — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:43:28 GMT

When our designers at Nike HQ first decided to pour their energy into developing the lightest boot in the world, there was only ever going to be one candidate to wear it. Brazil's Ronaldo - the original "Phenomenon." Winner of consecutive World Player of the Year awards in 1996 and 1997. Winner of the 1997 Ballon d'Or for Europe's best player. Owner of a trophy cabinet so full of the game's highest honours that it creaked under the strain of silverware. R9 was about to lend his talent, his vision and - most of all - his mind-blowing speed to developing the fastest boot of his generation.

Fast forward a few months, and the anticipation of the finished boot is too much even for the man himself. The official launch is still weeks away, but Ronaldo emerges from the lab with the very first Mercurial disguised as a Tiempo boot, wreaking havoc on Serie A defences before his opponents even know what hit them. As if that would have made a difference.

On French soil just a few weeks later, R9 uses the biggest stage in the world to announce the Mercurial’s official arrival. A ball drops 20 yards out. A foot flashes. The net bulges. And the marriage of the world's greatest players and the world's fastest boots has begun.

Ronaldo wins 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year

BLOG_AU — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:22:17 GMT

He's adored by his fans and loathed by his adversaries. He's even silently worshipped by the haters who wish they could have him on their team. Love him or hate him, Cristiano Ronaldo has been voted 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year.

The love makes him strong. The hate makes him unstoppable.

Cristiano Ronaldo Wins 2008 Ballon d'Or

BLOG_AU — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:00:59 GMT

96 Journalists from around the world voted and, love him or hate him,

CR7 is the man to beat.