Real Madrid forward, Vinicius Jr, has spoken about his admiration for Cristiano Ronaldo
The Brazilian spoke after helping his club beat Manchester City 3-2 in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League Round-of-32 clash on Tuesday.
Manchester City will travel to Spain for the second ĺeg next week.
The Brazil international sees Ronaldo as his idol and would wish to attain some of his achievements in football.
Vinicius Jr had an outstanding performance against City on Tuesday night. He said his motivation was the banner displayed by Manchester City fans mocking him over the 2024 Ballon d'Or saga.
The Brazilian attacker was involved in Brahim Diaz goal in 86th minute and also assisted Jude Bellingham's winner (90+2′).
The attacker was named the Player of the Match by UEFA for his contributions to his team's victory.
After the game, the 24-year-old Brazil international Ronaldo, who is a legend in the Champions League and Los Blancos.
He revealed that he had a good relationship with the 40-year-old Portugal international and five-time Ballon d'Or winner.
Vinicius, who was outstanding for Real Madrid in the Champions League final last season, spoke about his desire to lead the club to title wins like Ronaldo did between 2009 and 2018.
"Cristiano Ronaldo is my idol. I talk a lot to him. Hopefully I can win as much titles as he did at Real Madrid," Vinicius said (via Madrid Xtra's X handle).
We reported that Cristiano Ronaldo, who now laces his boots for Al Nassr in the Saudi Pro League, is Los Blancos' record goalscorer with 450 goals and 131 assists in 438 matches.
Ronaldo, who recently turned 40 years of age and still going strong, won 16 trophies in nine seasons at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Vinicius Jr, meanwhile, has already won 14 trophies with the Spanish capital city club since 2018.
He has scored 101 goals and contributed 84 assists in 295 appearances for the club.
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