[article / Observer Network Zhang Zhaodong]

"it amused me that no one dared to stand up and eat the junk food that had been laid out."

Soon after returning to Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo, who has always been self-disciplined to almost strict, has begun to let his teammates "eat inside". Manchester United goalkeeper Avram Grant has revealed that when Cristiano Ronaldo came back, his teammates who used to have dessert before and after the game stopped touching these things.

According to British sports radio "talkSPORT" reported on September 13, Manchester United substitute goalkeeper Lee Grant (Lee Grant) in an interview that day, talking about Ronaldo's debut since returning to Manchester United.

Manchester United played Newcastle in the fourth round of the Premier League at 22:00 Beijing time. Cristiano Ronaldo once again wore the Red Devils No. 7 shirt after 12 years and set foot at Old Trafford.

Despite losing his youth, the 36-year-old Ronaldo dominated the game, scoring twice to help United beat Newcastle at 4:1 and make his debut after his return to Manchester United.

He showed great courage in his debut, but teammate Avram Grant said before the game that Cristiano Ronaldo said he was very nervous about returning to Manchester United. Instead of singing initiation songs with his teammates in accordance with Manchester United tradition, he stood up and gave a pre-match speech to his teammates, stressing how "absolutely ecstatic" he was to be back at Manchester United.

"he reiterated that after the game and it was really interesting. As players we all know, it does show that he really wants to come back here. " Grant said.

Grant also mentioned the impact of Cristiano Ronaldo's return on other Manchester United players, citing a particular example of eating.

Lee Grant

"the team is at the hotel on Friday night, and everyone knows that after dinner, you will eat something to deceive yourself (cheat stuff), such as apple pastry, egg tarts, brownies and so on." Grant said, "now I'm telling you, no player touched Apple Inc cake and cream cake, no player went to eat brownie, everyone sat down, and one young man asked me, 'what's on Cristiano's plate?'"

"none of the players dared to stand up and eat the junk food that had been laid out, which made me laugh." Grant smiled.

When asked what was on Ronaldo's plate, Grant said: "there are only a few pieces of food on his plate, including quinoa, avocados and a few boiled egg." "obviously, this is the cleanest and healthiest plate you can imagine," Grant sighed. "

Finally, Grant joked, "listen, this guy is in great shape." He is now in the second best physical fitness in the club, second only to me. "

Ronaldo celebrates with his teammates

Cristiano Ronaldo's strict self-discipline is well known all over the world. Keep a body fat rate of 7% all the year round, which makes him called "robot" by fans.The existence of horrors such as "muscle man" and so on.

During the 2018 World Cup, the topic of Cristiano Ronaldo's "33-year-old but 23-year-old body" was swept on the screen.

Even during the offseason, Ronaldo works out at home for 3-4 hours a day. He even converted the living room into a gym, and Ronaldo played sports with his children even at home watching TV with them.

Cristiano Ronaldo is not only self-disciplined in training, but also extremely self-disciplined in diet. Cristiano Ronaldo's teammate Patrice Evra once said to Cristiano Ronaldo after training in the team: "come to my house after training, my treat." Teammates readily agree. As a result, it was boiled chicken breast in white water, not to mention wine, not even juice.

During Euro 2020, Cristiano Ronaldo removed the cola in front of him at a pre-match press conference, then held up the mineral water and signaled himself to drink it. This action directly wiped nearly $4 billion off Coca-Cola Company's market value.

Foreign sports media "TMZ" pointed out that one of the reasons Ronaldo did this was that he hoped to set an example and remind his children not to eat too many potato chips and drink too many carbonated drinks.