Cristiano explains to Rio Ferdinand his biggest challenge in football… and it’s HUGE!
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00:00I see when people are talking about, I was doing the TV and I see people talking about
00:07Portugal. Why is Cristiano playing all the minutes? Why is he always on the pitch the
00:12whole time? Why doesn't the manager take him out? What do you feel or what's your opinion
00:16on stuff like that?
00:18I guess the critics always going to exist. But people forget one thing. They say Cristiano
00:22don't score goals. I scored two goals. I scored two goals. I was the first one to show that
00:28I miss, but I'm not going to shy away. I'm going to be here. Even if I miss, I will shoot.
00:37You understand? And I scored two goals. A decision.
00:41Is that what you're thinking about your teammates then? You're thinking about, I'm going to
00:44show you, listen, confidence. Give you confidence.
00:46I'm real. I'm always going to be like that. I'm never going to shy away. Never. Never.
00:51You know me, since young, I'm not shy away. I'm not that scared. I have cramp. Which is
01:01this, I understand. Some people, they don't want to shoot penalty because they don't feel
01:06confidence. It's okay. I respect that. But Cristiano never will do that. Never. Even
01:13if I miss one time, I will shoot the second time. If I lose the second time, I will shoot
01:18the third time. I'm not afraid. But always the people take the most, the worst part.
01:27Not always the good part. If you ask me, do you want to score during the game? Yes, but
01:33it doesn't happen. What I'm going to do? I'm going to cry. The fans love me. You understand?
01:38And this is my motivation to carry on to play football. People love me. Nobody is going
01:42to take my shine away because... It's crazy though, man.
01:46It's crazy. I just sit there and think, just relax now, man. Just chill. And you send me
01:51messages sometimes on the text, yeah? We're both watching the same game in different parts
01:55of the world and you go, what's that? Look at that. Or I could score more. And I'm like,
02:01bro, relax. You've done it all. You've done everything. But you've got like an insatiable
02:05desire and obsession to just keep on proving people wrong, like you said, or breaking the rules.
02:12In this period, the last few years, I prove not to the people who are careless. I don't
02:20care about what the people say. It's more to show my kids. They are my inspiration.
02:26Because they are young, they see everything. And of course, it's myself first. I mean,
02:32I still love to play football. For example, this year I scored more than 16 goals with
02:3839 and a half.
02:40But you're finished, they say. Some people say, oh, he's finished, but he's got no more goals.
02:48They say whatever they want.
02:49Do you see all that? Do you listen to it? Do you hear it? Do you see it and use it as fuel?
02:54Sometimes, but it's real. To be honest, I'm 39 and a half. I care less about what's...
03:02Because even when you do it good, they criticize you. And criticize is part of your journey,
03:08you understand? So, it's... I don't care about that. Because even if I will win the Euros,
03:15I will continue. My anger will maintain the same. You understand? It doesn't matter for
03:20me if you win or if you lost. I will stand up the next day and I will continue.
03:26Bro, if I won the Euros at 39 years old, bro, the cigar, the feet would be up. The whiskey...
03:34I won't be doing it all, man. And I don't understand how I can't... And I played elite football.
03:39I just still can't... So, it surprises me and it astounds me sometimes when I hear you
03:43and you're getting up every day the same like that, like you're 18 years old.
03:47It's hard to explain, but I like to make people happy too. You know, I have fans wherever the world...
03:55And I see them highs when they see me. Just, you know, when I score goals and they do it in the street
04:02every time. And I want them... Yes. I want to make them happy, you know? And I'm still...
04:09I don't know when I'm going to finish. If you ask me, of course, I'm closer to finish than...
04:14I have... Let's talk about finish. Let's talk about this because I like this.
04:17Talking about the longevity and the rest of your career. And another thing that I learned since
04:24you play more, you learn many, many, many things. And one thing that I learned in a few years is like
04:30enjoy the moment. Enjoy the moment. Live the moment because you don't know what's going to
04:36happen tomorrow. So, I know that I'm still looking good. I mean... Not bad, not bad.
04:44I look good, you know? I feel that I still can dribbling, still shooting, score goals, jumping.
04:51The day that I start to feel that I'm not produce nothing, listen, I pack my bags and I go away. But
04:58it's far from that because, as I told you, I don't want to be cocky. I scored 16 goals this season.
05:06Now you're going to... 60 goals. 6-0. Wow. Now you're going to speak about five goals you don't
05:11score in Euros. What's going on? What's the problem? I scored 130. I'm the most
05:19goal scorer in the world history. But I will put the level even high. I will put the level even high.
05:26Soon I will do it 900 and after I will beat 1,000. I don't want to see. Yes. You're going to put to
05:321,000? I want to reach 1,000 goals. Fucking hell. How old are you going to be then when you're
05:37playing still? Well, I will try 41. We don't know. This is why I told you I want to live the present.
05:44But if I don't have injuries, this is for me the most important. I want that. I want that. For me,
05:52the best mark that I can have in football is to reach first 900 goals. After, my challenge is to
06:03beat 1,000 goals with one difference. All the goals that I score, they have video. So I can't
06:11prove that it's... You're a bastard. You're a bastard. They all have video. You're talking
06:18about De Stefano, you're talking about... Listen, I respect all of them. My goals,
06:23all goals... Certifications. And if you want more goals, I can bring from the training too.
06:30So no problem. All the goals with video and I will prove to the people after. They prefer this
06:36player or this or this is the best. I don't care about that. I remember when we were younger,
06:39it was in every phase of your life was competition. In the changing room, arguing with Nani or with
06:45Anderson and the guys about a tomato or something like that, stupid. And you used to go,
06:50Rio. And I used to go, yeah. And you used to go, oh, see, I told you, it's stupid.
06:55Mongo, whatever. And table tennis, when I used to slap you a little bit.
07:00But are you still competitive like that now, every walk of your life?
07:04I was in the Red Sea a couple of days ago. I play everyday paddle, ask him. And me and
07:10Cristiano Junior, you get mad. Is it? We don't speak with me like for two days.
07:15The same as you. This is why I'm happy. This is why I'm happy. And even the small one, Mateu,
07:21they are pissed with the vain, very always pissed. But I like, this is show that they have
07:25personality. But serious, my kids, they are like me and I don't teach them. They see by example,
07:33because, you know, sometimes when I lost, I get angry or sometimes I'm cry, depend of the moment
07:39and they are kind of the same. So even with my kids, I compete, even with the gym,
07:43I'm always want to win. So I don't give nothing for free.
07:46You remember when Nani used to cry? He used to slap him.
07:54Nani, yeah.
07:54Oh, he used to cry, man. Anderson, flipping hell. But no, it was good times.
08:08Yeah.