Ronaldo’s Rebirth
31 August 2009
All hands on deck and all eyes on one man. Every football fan in the world had a thought to Cristiano Ronaldo’s Spanish debut, and it would be understandable for even the consensus world player of the year to be a bit nervous. But if you tuned in for failure, you don’t know this coolest of competitors.
In the 35th minute, with the eyes of the world upon him, Ronaldo stepped to the penalty spot. A deep breadth, a swipe of a sleeve to catch the sweat from his face. Then no hesitation. A bullet barely caught on camera whizzed across the grass and passed the outstretched arms of a goal keeper who ...
My expectations are greater than yours
10 July 2009
With Manchester conquered, it’s on to Madrid.
Now the world’s most expensive player has been unveiled before an 80,000-strong crowd, it’s on to business.
For every single screaming fan in the Bernabeu, that means just one thing - snatching the title from Barcelona.
Th ...
Relentless We March
18 May 2009
Always one more. One more point needed, one more result to nail, one more title earned in sweat. And then one more final to own, one more stage to dominate, one more cup to lift.
What's one more to a reigning champion? Everything.
CR7 in a league of his own
07 May 2009
How good?
A 40 yard free kick – again. Clinical finishing under pressure – again. Elite opposition taken down – again.
That's how good.
Superfly’s Super Debut
13 March 2009
A Premier League hat-trick in his brand new Mercurial Vapor IVs. A World-first Mercurial SL strike on the biggest of European nights. And now a soaring header in his very first competitive match wearing the new Mercurial Superfly boots. With a hat trick of debut goals in the last three incar ...
CR7 gets Wired for Speed
13 March 2009
One sight that will send a chill down the spines of Europe’s best defenders – the world’s best player getting to grips with the world’s lightest boot.
Cristiano Ronaldo debuts the Mercurial Superfly as Man Utd look to reach the Quarter Finals of Europe’s elite ...