In his new biography book called Rise of the Winner, the steps, Cristiano Ronaldo talked about his progress in the game, but did not forget the rivalry he had with City at Manchester United and how important was Pellegrini in his first months at Madrid.
about City:
"One of my biggest regrets it was that I did not have the chance to play against Manchester City with United, but at the level City is right now. When I was there (at United), they were are the start of the new project, the new owners just came in and there were changing a lot. People said that with Liverpool, Chelsea or Arsenal we had the difficult games, but with City was different, it did not matter if they were second or 16th, we always had a difficult game. The rivarly was like at Benfica - Sporting or Real - Atletico. It was very difficul to play them, they always caused us a lot of headaches. Now they are a huge club, they have one of the best youth systems in the world and as in Madrid or Barcelona, the best players in the world. I think Manchester should be proud that instead of one, they have two teams that perform at the highest level and dominated the league in the past 7 or 8 years. I hope United will win the title, of course, I played there, I have a lot of memories, but as I said, I am glad City reached a level that can make Man U fight to become better."
about Pellegrini:
"My first few months at Real were a bit difficult. Our owner just changed a lot from the team, while Barcelona were the champions of Europe at at some level that everybody said that they were better than Milan from 1989. I had problems scoring, I was playing a different position and don Manuel (Pellegrini) took me after one training session in his office and said: Listen, you need to play more relax, you are the best in the world, you just need time. After that, the next game he put me on a free role behind Benzema and I scored 4 times. He loved to play total football, If we conceided 3, he wanted us to score 6. Everyone was attacking in our team, he said that was the only way to defeat Barcelona. Almost worked that first season, we finished second, but the board decided to change the direction and brought Jose (Mourinho). I was sure when City contacted him, that they will win the title. It was just a matter of time. He was one of the best managers I ever worked with".
source: Football Fanzone & Ronaldo's new book.
Hate to say it, but Tranny is starting to look more and more like a top lad.
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