Cristiano Ronaldo and the question: is there a farewell for one of the last world stars through cold cooking? Not for now! Sheriff stays in town, soccer star Ronaldo (37) was in the Manchester United squad against Sheriff Tiraspol in the Europa League on Thursday.
United manager Erik ten Hag (52) did not use Cristiano Ronaldo in the last Premier League home game against Tottenham Hotspur (2-0). CR7 had fled the Old Trafford stadium in anger. “I think we have said everything and answered all the questions,” ten Hag said at a press conference before the match against Moldova in Carrington on Tuesday, “he wasn’t there for a game, he is now part of the team again.”
Ronaldo came out of the cold kitchen first …
The only question is: how much longer? Similar to Real Madrid in 2018, world star Ronaldo is also threatened with goodbye to Manchester United due to the cold cuisine. The portal Fussballdaten.de names a selection from the last 25 years, shows data from Diego Maradona († 2020), Monsieur Le Zidane (50) and Co.
“Diego Maradonanow 37 years old, and around him the mists of his past glory “, comments the actor Philipp Moog (” Derrick “) on the scenes of the documentary by Jean-Christophe Rosé Maradona, the golden boy (2006), in which the veteran star, twice banned by FIFA for doping and cocaine abuse, entered the stadium in July 1997 to ecstatic applause and accompanied by fireworks La Bombonera of his regular club Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires. An almost mystical scenario! But: in August 1997, cocaine was found by Maradona. The 2-1 win over historic rivals River Plate on 25 October 1997 was his last game as a professional. In his second era at Boca Juniors, “El Diego” only played 30 games (7 goals) in 2 years.
Companion and two-time opponent of Maradona in a World Cup final Lothar Herbert Matthaus (61). The idol of Bayern Monaco and Inter Milan decided in March 2000 to join the New York Metro Stars in the United States. Matthew’s legendary inaugural press conference (“Let’s look ahead and not behind!”) in March 2000 in New York is a piece of true football satire. Unfortunately, so did the last season of the world and European champions. Lothar has only provided one assist in 15 MLS games.
Only 1 goal left
“The brutal end of the football gods” was the title of BILD on January 10, 2007 for the surprising double goodbye to Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima (46), who had to leave Real Madrid through the cold kitchen together with a certain David Robert Joseph Beckham (47). Rightly, as unfortunately the numbers show: in 2006/2007, “The Phenomenon” played only 7 La Liga matches (1 goal). The return to Italy, where the Brazilian lived his most successful period at Inter, that is, behind Milan (including the winner of the UEFA Cup in 1998), at Milan, was not a liberating blow. Multiple injuries, including a broken tibia, left fellow 2002 world champion for 28 games.
He lived a completely unworthy end: Monsieur Le Zidane. Zinedine Zidane (50). With a header against Marco Materazzi and the red in the 2006 World Cup final against Italy in Berlin, Zidane’s world career ended in scandal. The stark opposite of Zidane’s departure from Real Madrid in 2005/2006: 20 goals in 29 league games.
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