Cristiano Ronaldo moves the crowd, it is difficult to remain indifferent to him, but the captain of the national team will still remember well when he was whistled loudly in the Estadio da Luz, back in 2007, when he was in Man. United, when he went there to play a Champions League match. Yesterday it was different. He clapped a lot when he entered the field to warm up, and he applauded just as much when he was substituted in the 85th minute. Some whistles still reverberate, it’s true, but the applause was more intense and drowned out the boos.
The Portuguese player thanked him. A different situation than that of Anderson Talisca: the Brazilian started his adventure outside Brazil playing for Benfica, he also received applause, but heard many whistles. The Red fans will not forget some of the gestures that the player made, in Luz, when he played against the Eagles there for Besiktas.
In a game that drew around 16,000 spectators to the field, there was a bit of everything and even some pitch invasions. At half-time, before the second half, a fan was wearing a man’s jersey. United tried their luck and got a selfie with Ronaldo. At the end of the game, several youngsters ran inside the four lines to try their luck with the Benfica players.
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