So here’s the story that… here’s the unforgettable story about Cristiano Ronaldo and Charles Schroggel and the meal that has changed his life forever that I’ve heard from a friend of mine. So when Ronaldo was 12, he was forced to leave his family in Madeira because they were in an impoverished situation so he left to make money for them. So he came to the spotting Lisbon Academy so instead of a laminar story about how a legend of football was born in there, it just… it just… Ronaldo struggles and because he was bullied for his slim body and his accent. People always call him the crybaby and his family also couldn’t afford for him to buy food because his mother was a cook and his father was used to be a world hero but now he struggled to combat alcoholism. And Ronaldo’s physicality was so low that even the doctor wouldn’t think that he could pass the test to the academy but… And he always had to search for food every day and there was this time three… there was three staff of the spotting Lisbon members that recognized him in the McDonald’s and seeing him starving for food so they offered him food to make him feel full and… They realized he turned so for about three months they keep giving him free food so he can reach his full potential. So Ronaldo responds to this kind of a legendary. He keeps training and training every day until his feet bled.
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So here's the unforgettable story about Cristiano Ronaldo and Charles Schroggel and the meal that changed his life forever, which I heard from a friend of mine. When Ronaldo was 12, he was forced to leave his family in Madeira because they were in an impoverished situation, so he left to make money for them. He came to the Sporting Lisbon Academy, and instead of a glamorous story about how a football legend was born there, it was about Ronaldo's struggles. He was bullied for his slim body and his accent. People always called him a crybaby, and his family couldn't afford to buy food because his mother was a cook and his father used to be a war hero but struggled with alcoholism. Ronaldo's physicality was so low that even the doctor doubted he could pass the test to enter the academy. He always had to search for food every day, and there was a time when three staff members from Sporting Lisbon recognized him in McDonald's, seeing him starving. They offered him food to make him feel full. They realized he was struggling, so for about three months, they kept giving him free food so he could reach his full potential. Ronaldo responded to this kindness in a legendary way. He kept training every day until his feet bled.
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