November 2003: the first goal
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The audience of Old Trafford has discovered in recent months the young player, disembarked from Sporting Lisbon and announced as a future phenomenon.
He has already been able to admire his technical ease and his shattering acceleration.
The first goal of the young wolf with blond locks does not take long to arrive.
On November 1, against Portsmouth, Ronaldo opened his counter with a direct strike from a free kick, taking advantage of an error of assessment by goalkeeper Shaka Hislop.
The future CR7 will score 118 goals in 292 total appearances for the Red Devils.
May 2004: the first title
The Madeira child won the first of his nine titles in England in his first season in Manchester.
The Red Devils save an average campaign by winning the FA Cup and Ronaldo multiplies the leg passes and other wheels in the final against the surprise guest, Millwall (2nd division).
The prodigy with the golden shoes pays especially the luxury, at 19 years old, to open the scoring by catapulting with the head, a center of Gary Neville at the back of the net.
Dutch striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy will add a brace to Alex Ferguson's men's demonstration (3-0).
March 2008: the record for Best swept away
This year is really the year of the consecration for the future fivefold golden ball.
The Portuguese striker will first cross off the shelves an old record, that of a club legend, the Northern Irishman George Best (32 goals in 1967-68).
On March 19, Manchester United received Bolton at Old Trafford and Ronaldo offered himself a brace bringing his total to 33 achievements in all competitions.
Record beaten.
He will end the season with 42 goals on the clock, 31 in the Premier League (European golden shoe), 3 in the FA Cup and 8 in the Champions League (top scorer).
Two center-forwards, Denis Law and Ruud Van Nistelrooy, have scored more goals in one season with the red tunic.
May 2008: the first coronation in the Champions League
If CR7 has lifted the big-eared cup four times with Real Madrid (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018), it is with the Mancuniens that he won it for the first time, against Chelsea at the end of 'a crazy evening on May 21, 2008 in Moscow. Untouchable, the Portuguese striker opens the scoring in the middle of the first period by taking a header from a Wes Brown cross. Frank Lampard equalized at the end of the first period, then neither team managed to break away until an inevitable penalty shootout that almost ended in a nightmare for the former nugget of Sporting Lisbon. Elected man of the match, Ronaldo saw his attempt rejected by Czech Blues goalkeeper Petr Cech. But John Terry and Nicolas Anelka, also missing theirs, relieve the Red Devils. Moved to tears,the Portuguese star collapses to the ground.
2009: Lionel Messi advantage
Before the rivalry between the Portuguese and the Argentine genius does not reach the summits in La Liga, the two watches of football clash in the C1 final on May 27, 2009. The spotlight is on them.
But at the Olympic stadium in Rome, the Red Devils do not resist FC Barcelona, superior, guided by one of the former darlings of Camp Nou turned coach, Pep Guardiola.
The Catalans win (2-0) thanks to goals from Samuel Eto'o and the inevitable Messi.
CR7 and its partners are stripped of their title of King of Europe.