Ronaldo received a special award for being the top scorer in the Champions League, while legendary goalkeeper Buffon received a special award from the President of the European Football Association “UEFA” for the year 2024.
The duo Ronaldo and Buffon recalled the legendary “scissor kick” goal scored by the “Madeira Rocket” while playing for Real Madrid against the “Spider” when he was the goalkeeper of Juventus “the Old Lady”.
Ronaldo scored an amazing scissors kick against Buffon during the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals for the 2017-2018 season. Even the Juventus Arena crowd showed a strange reaction that will go down in history, as they stood up and applauded for a long time in tribute to the Don for the amazing goal. The player went to them and apologized for scoring in that way.
The host of the ceremony asked Ronaldo about this goal during the draw, so he looked at Buffon and said to him, “I apologize to you,” and the spider replied, “He apologized to me in the last match between Real Madrid and Juventus,” amidst everyone’s laughter and the two stars confirming their respect for each other.
The veteran Ronaldo (39 years old) made everyone in the hall laugh with another statement in which he compared the Champions League to “ketchup”! When asked about his favorite title among his 5 titles, he said, “It is difficult to choose one, but we always prefer the first title, it always has a special character, it was with Manchester United and I scored in the final and missed a penalty kick as well.”
“I have to mention the first title with Real Madrid as well, it was in Lisbon in 2014 in front of the Portuguese fans, it was a special title because Real Madrid had been under pressure to win the Champions League for years, I was the most expensive player in the world at the time and everyone was asking me ‘when are you going to win the Champions League, when are you going to win the Champions League?’ I felt that pressure and we all did. But as you know, the Champions League and the goals are like ketchup, as soon as you open the bottle it pours out immediately,” Ronaldo said.
Source: Agencies
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2024-08-30 13:16:16
