World Soccer Presents - Rise of Ronaldo (2022)

MANCHESTERUNITED

Cr an onaldo

Thewinger:

CristianoRonaldowasvotedthebestwinger

intheworldbyhisfellowplayersinWorld

Soccer’s “Pro’sPro”seriesinJune 2007

ThePortuguese

starletwasjudged

bestbyhispeers...

IKERCASILLAS

(RealMadrid)

“CristianoRonaldo

[ManchesterUnited]

hasitall:speed,dribbling

skills,he’sa greatpasser

andhescoresgoals.”

CESCFABREGAS

(Arsenal)

“CristianoRonaldo’s

dribblingisgreat

andheinvitesfouls.”

RICARDOCARVALHO

(Chelsea)

“Withhispace,Cristiano

Ronaldoiscapable

ofpassinganyone.”

XABIALONSO

(Liverpool)

“CristianoRonaldopasses

playerswithease,invites

foulsandcreatesspace

forhisteam-mates.”

GABRIELHEINZE

(ManchesterUnited)

“CristianoRonaldo

isina greatpatchof

formright now. He

candribblearound

hisownshadow.”

FREDERICKANOUTE

(Sevilla)

“CristianoRonaldo

isuniqueontheball

andcandribblewith

bothfeet.Heforces

defenderstomake

a lotofmistakes.”

MIKEL ARTETA

(Ever ton)

“CristianoRonaldois

thebestat themoment;

itisalmostimpossible

foranopponentto

stophimfairly.”

YOANNGOURCUFF

(Milan)

“Mancini[Roma]is

excellentatprovoking

defenders,making

themthinktheycan

dispossesshim,then

manoeuvringtheball

outoftheirreach.”

OWENHARGREAVES

(Bayern Munich)

“ZeRoberto[Santos]is

oneofthemosttalented

playersI’veever seen.

He’sanexpert at making

spacetoputina cross.”

LUCIO

(Bayern Munich)

“CristianoRonaldo

shouldbeBrazilian.

Hehasmoretricksthan

anyonecoulddreamup

• hefliesdownthewing.”

CLAUDIOPIZARRO

(Bayern Munich)

“IlikeArjenRobben

[Chelsea].Hehasa simple

philosophy:givemea duel

witha full-backandlet’s

seewhoisthestrongest.”

GAELGIVET

(Monaco)

“LudovicGiuly[Barcelona]

isa constantmenacefor

a full-back.Whetheryou

staytightordropoffhim,

hehastheexplosivepace,

touchandinventiveness

toembarrassyou.”

ZLATAN

IBRAHIMOVIC

(Internazionale)

“CristianoRonaldo

isthebest of thebunch

atthemoment.I’mlike

mostfans.I’mexcited

byplayerswhodothe

unexpectedandplay

thegamewithflair

anddaring.”

PAULETA

(Paris Saint-Germain)

“Besideshisincredible

balanceandquick feet,

whatI likeaboutFranck

Ribery[Marseille]ishis

unselfishness.Wingers

cansometimesplayto

thegallery butRibery

isa properteamman.”

THEVOTES

9 CristianoRonaldo

1 LudovicGiuly, Mancini,

FranckRibery, Arjen

Robben,ZeRoberto

WHATTHEYSAID

CONSISTENCY

“It’sthekeytohis

outstandingseason.

Gamein,gameout,

hehasbeenplaying

ata consistentlyhigh

standard.He’smorein

chargeofhisemotions

onthe pitchandhas

gainedineffectiveness

asa makerofchances

andasa goalscorer.”

TOTAL PACKAGE

“Everythingisthere

inonespecialbody

andmind:the

fantasy, creativity,

speed,shooting,

heading,physique

andathleticism.

What’smore,

alltheseassets

arein harmony.

Thatmakeshim

incrediblyspecial.”

PERSONALITY

“Mentally, he is extremelydurable,

muchmore thanheisusuallygiven

creditfor.He’sendureda lotofcriticism

inthe mediabuthehasn’tletitaffect

him.Infact,he’scomeouttheother

sidesomuchstronger. He haslethis

football speakupfor him.Hehas

theforceofcharactertostayat

thetopfor thenextten years.”

TECHNIQUE

“Neverinallmy

timeinfootballhaveI

seensomeonewithhis

extraordinary technical

ability, andI’ve worked

withZidane,Raul,Figo

andRonaldo.Someofthe

feats he achieveswitha

ballleavemespeechless.

Hehasgiftswhichare

giventoonly a chosen

few.He’sunique.”