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#1 Versus Manchester United (UEFA Champions League, 2013)
In his first appearance against the Red Devils since the then-record breaking move to Real Madrid, he inevitably had a say, especially after the visitors raced to a lead early on. And it took just 30 minutes for Ronaldo to do it, gambolling to a barely believable height to meet Di Maria’s inch-perfect cross and smack it into the back of the net for an equaliser.
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His leap was recorded to be as high as 78cm, with Ronaldo’s ankles reaching the height of Patrice Evra’s shoulders. It also sent scientists back to the drawing board and understand the physics he just defied. But his former gaffer Sir Alex Ferguson perfectly summed it all up.
“I said to Evra at half-time ‘why didn’t you challenge him?’, but then I saw the replays and it was then when I thought - what was I talking about'”
We’ll just leave it here.
