Can you imagine exchanging jerseys with Ronaldo in the Champions League, but giving this precious jersey to someone else? A few days ago, former Palmeiras midfielder and current Blumenau coach Correa talked about his personal experience in an interview with ESPN.
The incident happened in the 2007/2008 Champions League season. At the time, Correa was playing for Dynamo Kyiv in Ukraine. The team entered the Champions League group stage, with Manchester United, Roma and Portugal's Sporting Lisbon in the same group.
In the Ukrainian match against the Red Devils, Correa started wearing the No. 7 jersey, and Manchester United won 4-2 away, with Ronaldo scoring two goals. In the interview, Correa described the scene and why he gave away the Portuguese star's historic jersey.
Correa said: "I exchanged jerseys with Cristiano Ronaldo during the away game in Kiev. A few days later, at the request of the jersey manager at the time, I gave the jersey away and kept Nani's jersey."
"To this day, my wife will still nag me about this because of that jersey. You can imagine the value of the shirt now. It can be seen that I really didn’t realize its weight and significance at the time. In the end, I only kept the photo as a souvenir.”
What’s interesting is that that year, Ronaldo’s Manchester United finally won the Champions League, while Dynamo Kyiv was last in the group stage and failed to score any points.
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