Quinton Fortune explained the change that Cristiano Ronaldo made that meant it was “all over” for his opponents.
Ronaldo arrived as a teenager from Sporting Lisbon and while he made an impact from his very first appearance, it took several years before he became a rival to Lionel Messi as the best player in the world.
While he began as a winger, his best goalscoring returns came once he adapted into a central area, and speaking to gaminggadgets.de, Fortune explained that once he focused on his goals and assists above everything else, he was impossible to resist.
He said: “You couldn’t mark him in training. There was no marking him. Ronnie when he arrived, used to take pride in taking the p--s out of people, beating people. He’d beat you, you’d come back, and he’d beat you again.
“He was just a kid and he just wanted to show everyone how good he was. It frustrated other players who wanted the ball to come in, and for him to cross it as that’s what a winger is supposed to do. But he would think, look at me, I’m beating this right back three or four times, I’m killing him.
“But then he realised through time and training, I need to get this ball in quicker, I need to score goals. Once he put it all together, goodness me, it was all over. Whoever came up against him, he was going to beat you. He could run with the ball, he could make a cross, he could score – left or right foot.
“The environment that he came into was relentless every day, pushing each other. It was perfect for him. Then put him with the boss; it’s all over.”
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