“Cristiano is a man of great human size”

cristiano ronaldo, “in addition to being the best player in the world,” he is “a person of large size”, said this Wednesday by his compatriot and coach in the ranks of Saudi Al Nassr, Luís Castro.

“In addition to being the best player in the world, (Cristiano) is a man of great size, who look a lot at others and he is very attentive to the particularities of the group he belongs to,” Castro said in an interview with Portuguese sports newspaper O Jogo.

Castro took the reins of the Saudi team in July and in Riyadh he found Cristiano “eager to conquer things again.”

“He has a lot of ambition, That’s normal in your everyday life. People exist in different aspects of life and Cristiano always has the highest ambition of them all,” the coach stressed.

And he added: “Only I confirmed what I was thinking, someone who easily overcomes any bad streak he may have, because he has mental and physical ability and a good understanding of the game. “He has a natural ability to always react.”

In his interview with ‘O Jogo’, Luís Castro also referred to the difficult moment that the Portuguese star went through in Qatar World Cup 2022, marked by his problems with his then team, Manchester United, and crosses with Portugal’s former coach, Fernando Santos.

“There’s one thing people have to realize: We are all human, We are not machines and neither are we idols. At some point people look at opponents and lose respect for people,” he commented.

Luís Castro, 62, left Botafogo last summer, when they were in first place in the Brazilian League, to sign for Al Nassr.

The box of Riyadh currently occupying second place of the Saudi championship, seven points behind Al Hilal, also coached by Portuguese Jorge Jesus.

In its part, christian He leads the list of scorers in the Saudi Arabia League, with 20 so far, and even the list of assists, with 9.