Cristiano Ronaldo loving Champions League reunion with Sporting Lisbon
It appears that Cristiano Ronaldo loving CL gathering with Sporting Lisbon. Ronaldo, who scored the clear penalty in May’s last shoot-out win over Atletico Madrid, came back to club football taking after an injury lay-off when he scored in the 5-2 whipping of Osasuna on Saturday.
The Portugal skipper netted in a 1-0 win and a 2-1 triumph over Sporting while he was with Manchester United, yet has yet to face them in a Real shirt.
Ronaldo moved from his family home in Madeira to Sporting’s Institute at 12 years old and burned through one season in the first team, scoring five objectives in 30 appearances before moving to Old Trafford in 2003.
Cristiano Ronaldo loving Champions League reunion with Sporting Lisbon
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Cristiano Ronaldo loving Champions League get-together with his Childhood club was evident when he said: “It’s an extraordinary match, it’s an exceptional group,” he told. “To play Sporting again is a benefit for me.”
“I needed to draw Sporting again in light of the fact that I think they have a decent team, they have a decent mentor (Jorge Jesus), and it will be another unique minute in my life.”
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No Club has held the Champions League title since the opposition was patched up in 1992 however Ronaldo said Real, who have lifted the trophy a record 11 times, were fit for evading the pattern.
Ronaldo expressed his excitement for the Sporting Lisbon reunion by saying, “It’s an extraordinary test, and I think at Real we have an opportunity to win it once more,” the three-time Ballon d’Or victor included. “We know it’s an exceptionally troublesome competition…but we think positive, that it’s conceivable to win it once more.”
Ronaldo played 65 minutes against Osasuna, his first exhibition since injuring his knee in Portugal’s Euro 2016 final win over France in July, and is required to begin against Sporting at the Bernabeu.
Sporting is top of the Primeira Liga in the wake of winning their fourth back to back round of the season on Saturday, facilitating to a 3-0 triumph over Moreirense.