Ronaldo prevented his mother from attending important games
Cristiano Ronaldo, the Manchester United forward, has explained why he has prevented his mother Dolores from attending major matches.
When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team face Newcastle at Old Trafford next week, the 36-year-old is ready for his second Red Devils debut.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner’s mother, however, is unlikely to attend the Theatre of Dreams, as Ronaldo has stated that it is for her own good.
Dolores, 66, gets too frightened watching him play, according to the former Real Madrid and Juventus attacker.
He claims that his mother is so nervous in the stands that she has passed out twice inside the stadium, one of which broke her teeth.
“She’s not allowed to watch big games now,” Ronaldo told Daily Mail columnist Piers Morgan.
“I tell them, ‘Listen, I don’t have a father any longer.’ Because I don’t want to lose my mother, you won’t be watching the quarter-finals, semi-finals, or finals.”
“She gets so nervous, I don’t understand why,” he told Morgan in an earlier interview. She is no longer permitted to watch major sporting events.
“I arrange for people to stay with her, and she takes walks around the neighborhood. In the stadium, she passed out twice. She’s jittery.”
Ronaldo also talked about how his mother is the family’s matriarch, and how he owes his great career to her.
“My mother is the pillar of the family, and all I have now is because she has always supported me,” he added.
“She worked tirelessly to provide the best for her children, particularly for me, the family’s youngest member.
“She went through a lot to give me this chance. I recall telling my mother when I was 12 that I wanted to go to Lisbon and play for Sporting Lisbon’s young team.
‘Son, if it’s genuinely what you want, I’m not going to cut your legs and stop you,’ she added. You are free to leave. It will be difficult for me to abandon you, but I must depart. ‘Follow your dreams,’ she says.
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