Ronaldo boasts before facing Liverpool in Champions League final
By David Gate
Cristiano Ronaldo is making some big boasts before Real Madrid face Liverpool in the Champions League final in Kiev, Ukraine on Saturday.
Boasting & Cristiano Ronaldo are as natural as bread & butter or Batman & Robin or Jurgen Klopp & hugs. So it is no surprise that the Portuguese star is blowing his own trumpet ahead of facing Liverpool in the European Cup final on Saturday.
Even though his now getting on (in football terms) at the age of 33, he claims he has the ‘biological age of 23’. Yeah, I don’t know what that means either.
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I’m guessing he is saying that he has the body of a man ten years his junior. But which 23-year-old. I was a pretty average 23-year-old male and if he has the same body as me then Trent Alexander-Arnold is going to have the easiest day of his life.
Is he comparing his fitness now to when he was 23? Because that is patently false. He is more ripped and toned and highly sharpened but he does not have the electric pace of his younger self. He is still no slouch – and can hurt you in numerous ways – but nobody in the Liverpool camp is worried about Ronaldo’s speed.
He then goes on to claim he can play until he 41-years-old. I don’t know why he picked 41 and not 40 or 42. Perhaps it’s a Bible reference. Psalm 41 says ““A vile disease has afflicted him; he will never get up from the place where he lies.”
He could of course be trying to recreate the career of fellow ex-United player Teddy Sheringham who played until he was 41. I’m guessing he won’t be trotting out for Portsmouth or Colchester United though.
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Ronaldo is the top scorer in this season’s Champions League while Liverpool are the top scoring team. The game should be a barnstormer but every Red in the world would bite your hand off for a lousy, spawny one-nil win right now.