Portuguese international footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for Manchester United, admitted on Wednesday that he saw the loss of his son in April as “the worst moment of his life” since his father’s disappearance in 2005.
“When we have a child, we expect everything to be normal. We went through hard times, we didn’t understand what was happening to us and it was hard to understand what was going on at a certain point in our lives,” said the captain of the Portuguese national team, whose first part of the interview for a British television channel was released today.
On April 18, the attacker announced “with the deepest sadness” on social networks the death of one of the twins he was expecting with his wife Georgina Rodríguez, but emphasized “some hope and happiness” with the birth of Bella Esmeralda .
“I tried to explain to my family and closest friends that I never thought I was happy and sad at the same time. It’s hard to explain whether you’re crying or smiling because you don’t know how to react or what to do. “I don’t know the word to describe it. What I felt, but it was a crazy feeling. Anyway, I’m glad we have Bella.”
Cristiano Ronaldo had “a difficult process” when it came to “telling the truth” to the remaining four children, and confided “a nice conversation” with the eldest, Cristianinho, 12 years old, with whom he “cried together”, but believes this accident would make him “better father”.
“The ashes are with me, just like my father’s. I want to keep them for the rest of my life and I keep them for myself. I made a chapel at home. I keep my son and my father. Do I speak to them” Yes, often. They help me be a better person and a better person and they are by my side,” he shared with English journalist Piers Morgan during the conversation.
In a broken voice, the Madeiran spoke out about Angel’s death for the first time, contrasting this intimate record with controversial comments about his relationship with managers, the technical team and former England teammates at Manchester United, which were mediated in excerpts from the interview published since Sunday.
“It’s very hard to play after that. I had the support of the family and Georgina Rodríguez told me to go, because it would help me and I would forget about this situation a little bit. It’s hard, but at the same time you don’t .” I didn’t think too much about it and the training was good at that. But football moves very fast and there is never time to stop between games, training and selection,” he recalled.
Cristiano Ronaldo returned to work only two days after announcing his death, a few hours after the defeat of the ‘red devils’ in Liverpool (4-0), in the 30th round of the English league, in a match marked by the tribute of the fans ‘reds’.
“I never expected it. I received letters from the royal family. It really surprised me. I have a lot of respect for the British community for the way they treated me at that time. It was spectacular,” wrote the winner of five Gold Ballen (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017), assuring “to be okay for now” when faced with the possibility of having more children.
The second part of the interview with the captain of the Portuguese national team will be released today, starting at 8 p.m., after the break in club competitions for the 2022 World Cup, which will take place from Sunday to December 18 in Qatar, with the participation of Portugal.
“It was time to say something. As I have said many times, the fans are the most important thing in football. We play for them, they are always on my side and I feel that all the time. If I like them walking down the street, they come to me. come with me and appreciate what I did and do for football”, justified ‘CR7’, whose difficult start to the 2022/23 season in Manchester netted three goals in 16 games, 10 of them as a starter, totaling 1,050 minutes.
Source: DN
