What Cristiano Ronaldo did after 2008 Champions League final win revealed by cousin

In the Champions League final of 2008, Manchester United beat Chelsea in Moscow, in dramatic fashion when the tie went to penalties. Cristiano Ronaldo’s 26^th minute goal was cancelled out by Frank Lampard and the tie was forced to extra-time and then the final went down to spot kicks. United won after John Terry's infamous slip. According to his cousin, Nuno Viveiros, who lived with Ronaldo for five years in Manchester, the five-time Ballon d'Or winner trained as soon as he got back to England. "I lived with Cristiano in Manchester for five years, an unforgettable experience," Viveiros told Tuttosport . "The night when the team won the Champions League in 2008. Do you remember the final of Moscow with Chelsea that ended on penalties? "Terry slides into the right post of the goal and at the end Van der Sar saves Anelka’s shot. "Do you know what Cristiano did when we got back to Manchester that night? He went to train. "He went to train after becoming a champion. European Champion at the age of twenty-three, he is like that, he’s a real son of Madeira."

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