Madrid: Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo has looked back on a successful 2017 in an interview with Spanish sports paper, ‘Diario AS’.
Speaking after a year in which Madrid won a La Liga and Champions League double and he was awarded his fifth Ballon d’Or, Ronaldo said 2017 had been ‘an incredible year on a lot of levels’.
“It’s a tremendous feeling to look back and look at what I have achieved, having started off kicking a ball around the streets of Madeira.” Ronaldo said after wishing his fans a happy 2018. The year 2017 ended with him scoring 57 goals in all competitions.
“I was blessed with talent and I have worked really hard to make the most of it,” asserted the Portuguese captain, who nevertheless said that his success was down to the help of ‘a lot of people who have helped me professionally’.
The year 2017 also had its downsides for the player, who has so far only scored four goals in the 2017-18 La Liga campaign and has been linked to a move away from Real Madrid amid the controversy of the ongoing case against him for tax avoidance. However, Ronaldo preferred not to discuss those issues.
“I want to dedicate this moment to my family, who are always there in the good moments and the bad, and to my friends, without forgetting those who believed in me when I was just a kid full of dreams,” he commented.
Indo-Asian News Service
