The expertise is infectious at Actual Madrid, in all sports activities. When NBA star Luka Doncic was a 16-year-old, he met the GOAT Cristiano Ronaldo at a membership Christmas dinner.
“I all the time watched Actual Madrid, all the time preferred Actual Madrid,” Doncic advised B/R Soccer again in 2020.
“Ronaldo got here right here once I was 13. That was seven years in the past. We might do like Christmas dinner with all people – soccer participant, basketball gamers. I used to be sitting with him on the desk.
“I used to be like 16 once I met him and I used to be so nervous. I could not even discuss so I did not ask something.
“One factor I wished to, you recognize, all the time was to drive one in all his vehicles. He has so many vehicles. Superb automobile assortment. I like vehicles.”
Ronaldo remains to be crushing it for Al Nassr and the Portuguese nationwide staff at 39, however he should have been round his 30s when he met Doncic for the selfie. 5-time Champions League winner and Actual Madrid legend Marcelo additionally appeared within the iconic photograph.
In the course of the 2015-16 season, Ronaldo grew to become Actual Madrid’s prime goalscorer of all time en route to 2 extra Ballon d’Or awards. He now has 5. In 2018, he and Doncic made Actual Madrid the primary membership to win the Champions League and Euro League in the identical season.
And Doncic, now 25, is engaged on his first NBA MVP this season.
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