Santos reveals Cristiano Ronaldo's street training

Both mothers and fathers influence from a very young age in crossing the street well to avoid accidents. Look first to one side, then the other, and watch for the traffic light. First, the little ones will cross hand in hand, then, they will do it alone and finally, They could take advantage of those teachings to end up training at a zebra crossing.

That happened to Dolores Aveiro, mother of Cristiano Ronaldo, who saw how his son used this part of the public road to improve his physique when he was just a teenager. The one who revealed it was Fernando Santos, the Portuguese coach, in an interview on TV1. The coach was asked about Cristiano Ronaldo and what it means to be the 7th of Portugal and Juventus and he was full of praise before telling this anecdote.

“Cristiano is represented by ambition, desire, determination, humility, work and the realization of dreams. He defines it very well. He shows throughout his life that the dream can come true. That a boy like him In Funchal he can be a great footballer, but sitting around waiting for the dream to come true will not work. The dream comes true when at 14 or 15 you cross the street with leg weights when the traffic light is amber to pass faster than cars and gain muscle mass. I think that represents Cristiano Ronaldo well, “said the Portuguese coach.

Even more difficult for Portugal

Portugal reaches the European Championship as the current champion of the continental tournament and has been framed in the group of death to try to repeat the title. An even bigger challenge for Cristiano and his family.

Those of Santos are in the same group as two favorites, France and Germany, and with a Hungary that has already complicated them in the past. Portugal already prevailed in 2016 passing in third place and now, they will try to send one of the other two to that position and get a first that, a priori, will give them more favorable pairings. The call is full of stars with Cristiano at the head as well as Bruno Fernandes or Bernardo Silva among many others that makes him appear on the list of candidates for the title.