The talent is infectious at Real Madrid, in all sports. When NBA star Luka Doncic was a 16-year-old, he met the GOAT Cristiano Ronaldo at a club Christmas dinner.
“I always watched Real Madrid, always liked Real Madrid,” Doncic told B/R Football back in 2020.
“Ronaldo came here when I was 13. That was seven years ago. We’d do like Christmas dinner with everybody – soccer player, basketball players. I was sitting with him at the table.
“I was like 16 when I met him and I was so nervous. I couldn’t even talk so I didn’t ask anything.
“One thing I wanted to, you know, always was to drive one of his cars. He has so many cars. Amazing car collection. I love cars.”
Ronaldo is still crushing it for Al Nassr and the Portuguese national team at 39, but he must have been around his 30s when he met Doncic for the selfie. 5-time Champions League winner and Real Madrid legend Marcelo also appeared in the iconic photo.
During the 2015-16 season, Ronaldo became Real Madrid’s top goalscorer of all time en route to two more Ballon d’Or awards. He now has five. In 2018, he and Doncic made Real Madrid the first club to win the Champions League and Euro League in the same season.
And Doncic, now 25, is working on his first NBA MVP this season.
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