Cristiano Ronaldo: all of his debuts!
By UEFA.com’s reckoning, Juventus’s UEFA Champions League opener will be a 14th poignant entrance of Cristiano Ronaldo’s career; he scored 7 goals in a prior 13. Is he due one or dual some-more during Valencia?
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First veteran game
Sporting CP 0-0 Internazionale Milano
14/08/02, UEFA Champions League third subordinate round
Ronaldo was a underling for Sporting’s initial rival diversion of a deteriorate and came on with scarcely an hour gone. UEFA.com contributor Pedro Marques remembered him “doing a integrate of dribbles down a right, to a pleasure of a crowd, though zero wilful adequate to assistance Sporting mangle a deadlock”.
First domestic joining game
Braga 4-2 Sporting CP
29/09/02, Portuguese Liga
First Man. United game
Man. United 4-0 Bolton
16/08/03, Premier League
Ronaldo did not measure though left an sense on a BBC’s compare reporter, who wrote: “The afternoon belonged to Portuguese wonderkid Ronaldo, who displayed a gorgeous skills that assured Sir Alex Ferguson to move him to a contentious Theatre of Dreams.”
First UEFA Champions League correct game
Stuttgart 2-1 Man. United
01/10/03, organisation stage
Ruud outpost Nistelrooy scored United’s idea from a mark after Ronaldo had been fouled by Stuttgart goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand while chasing a lax round into a box.
First comparison general game
Portugal 1-0 Kazakhstan
20/08/03, accessible international
First domestic crater final
Man. United 3-0 Millwall
22/05/04, FA Cup
Ronaldo nodded his organisation in front opposite lower-league opponents in a biased final in Cardiff, Van Nistelrooy concealment twice to finish a gentle win.
First rival general game
Portugal 1-2 Greece
12/06/04, UEFA EURO 2004
Ronaldo conceded a chastisement from that Greece doubled their lead opposite a hosts in a opening diversion of a tournament, though done some justification with a late headed idea during a other end.
First general final
Portugal 0-1 Greece
04/07/04, UEFA EURO 2004
“We had a illusory team, we have played a good contest and we don’t merit to remove like this,” pronounced an romantic Ronaldo during full time. “I have to demeanour forward. There will be many other opportunities to win in Europe via my career and make adult for this outrageous disappointment.”
First UEFA Champions League final
Man. United 1-1aet Chelsea (United win 6-5 on pens)
21/05/08, Moscow
“I suspicion we were going to lose,” pronounced Ronaldo, who scored in normal time and afterwards had a chastisement saved in a indirect shoot-out, usually for John Terry’s skip to postpone United. “It is one of a best days of my life.”
First Real Madrid game
Real Madrid 3-2 Deportivo La Coruña
29/08/09, Liga
Ronaldo debuted with a idea from a chastisement spot.
First UEFA Champions League diversion for Real Madrid
Zürich 2-5 Real Madrid
15/09/09, organisation stage
Ronaldo struck twice from free-kicks to open his Real Madrid comment in Europe, a initial a cracker after 27 mins and a second described by UEFA.com as a “tame” bid that “was punched by [Zürich screw Johnny] Leoni into a roof of his net”.
First UEFA Champions League final for Real Madrid
Real Madrid 4-1aet Atlético
24/05/14, Lisbon
Ronaldo’s mark flog done it 4-1 on a night and took his total to a competition-record 17 for a season. “It was an unusual year both on common and particular levels,” he said. “I could not have illusory this in my wildest dreams.”
First Juventus game
Chievo 2-3 Juventus
18/08/18, Serie A
First UEFA Champions League diversion for Juventus
Valencia v Juventus
19/09/18, organisation stage
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