Ruud outpost Nistelrooy called Cristiano Ronaldo’s beyond flog opposite Juventus “out of this world” as he congratulated a Real Madrid male on taking his record by scoring in a tenth uninterrupted UEFA Champions League game.
Van Nistelrooy played alongside Ronaldo during Manchester United (2003-06) and Real Madrid (2009-10), and talked about his aged team-mate as he answered fans’ Twitter questions in a tuk-tuk in Pnomh Penh, Cambodia, as partial of a 2018 UEFA Champions League Trophy Tour, presented by Heineken.
What did we make of Cristiano Ronaldo’s bicycle flog as he pennyless your record for goals in unbroken #UCL games?
Ruud outpost Nistelrooy: It was a large diversion – a quarter-final. Having scored 9 uninterrupted goals in a competition, to measure your tenth in a diversion like that in a approach he did … Both goals were unequivocally good, generally a bicycle flog that was only out of this world. The tallness he kicked it during was unbelievable.
🗣︔Out of this world!” That’s a @RvN1776 outcome on former teammate @Cristiano‘s over-head kick… and him holding their common #UCL goals record outright🇰🇭âš½ #sharethetrophy #UCLTrophyTour pic.twitter.com/e3iYsxNA0m
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April 6, 2018
What are your memories of him as a team-mate?
Van Nistelrooy: He came as a immature kid though he knew what he wanted to become, and he also pronounced it: ‘I wish to be a best actor in a world.’ At a commencement we think: ‘OK, he’s a immature lad – keep dreaming.’ But a work-rate and talent he’s mixing has finished him grasp his goals, and he’s still going strong. It’s fantastic.
What was a toughest counterclaim we ever came adult against?
Van Nistelrooy:Â I remember a Champions League diversion opposite AC Milan, where a behind 4 was Cafu, Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Nesta and Jaap Stam. It was unfit to get through.
Who would we embody in your dream 5-a-side team?
Van Nistelrooy: In goal, Edwin outpost der Sar. For Man. Utd and Holland he was extraordinary for a prolonged duration of time – he was on a tip of his game. Jaap Stam, one of a strongest, quickest, assertive centre-backs we played opposite – also good on a ball, too.
Then Andrés Iniesta: a approach he plays is illusory to watch, all is with technique and vision. He’s finished it for 10-15 years, too. we have dual some-more and that has to be a dual who are winning universe football over a final 10 years, destroying each record in football that was there. It’s Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. we consider that’s a flattering decent team.