A Little Chat With my favourite footballer - Cristiano Ronaldo

In an exclusive interview with the Brazilian magazine Placar, Cristiano Ronaldo reveals his desire to rack up more titles and prizes and also his dream of scoring a goal dribbling past several adversaries.

You've won the Champions League, the Club World Cup, Golden Boot and been voted the world's best. So what now, relax a bit?

I don't like to relax (giggle). I'm young, I have along road ahead and I want to be embedded in football history. I think I'm already in football history but I want to write more pages and for this reason I need to go after more titles. Thank god I'm at a club which can give me guarantees that we can win everything we go after.

The fight with Messi for the world's number one must be tough. Do you watch his games?

Yes, not just because of him, but because of Barcelona, which is a big club. Without a doubt he is a big player, fantastic, but I don't like comparisons.

You scored 42 goals last season, many beautiful ones. Which goal would you like to score before ending your career?

From one goal to the other. Cross the whole field dribbling the other 10 adversaries.

I've also scored some beautiful goals while training that I'd like to repeat in matches, dribbling four players and scoring for example.

You have many admirers but also many people who root against you, not so?

I like it (laughs). I like when they boo me. Not that it gives me strength, but it does not bother me, not even a bit. When I enter the field all I center on is the match and I forget all that's around me.

But I know that many love me and hope that i always play well. It's like coach Carlos Queiroz says, we don't play only for ourselves but our family, our friends and all who like us.

Do you feel more pressured playing for the national squad than for Manchester United? Is it different?

It is different. I spend all year with the same players at the club, we are used to each other, meanwhile at the national team it's more difficult.

But before, even with little time to train, the Portuguese squad got better results. What's gone wrong?

There was a very radical change in the national team, the coach changed, some players, and we are going through a rough patch. Due to these circumstances we find ourselves unable to repeat the good results of the last few years.

But success doesn't come in straight lines and Portugal will change it's course. It does not even enter my mind the possibility of missing the 2010 World Cup.

If we get it together and create a good environment, we will classify.

Do you stay in touch with Felipao? Why do you think he did badly at Chelsea?

Mister Felipao is, in the first place, a friend of mine, a trainer who helped me a lot and who I'd like to  train with again because I improved with him in all aspects.

When he came here people liked him a lot, but a trainer's life is complicated. If the results don't go well he pays.

The world of football is like this, but he doesn't lose any value cause of this. He's a world champion, this says it all.

Rafael and Fabio da Silva, your colleagues at Manchester, say that you love to boast that it was because of you that they are at the club. Is this true?

That's just a joke. They are both incredible lads, very well mannered and have great talent.

I did make the call to them as requested by Sir Alex Ferguson, because of the language and to explain to them what exactly Manchester United represented.

It wasn't to convince them...well, actually it was for this reason as well.

Were you surprised by their first season?

Yes, I think they've already left their mark. It's not easy, at such a young age, to arrive at a club like Manchester United and play the way they play—very well.

I arrived here very young as well and I know how complicated it is.

But I can't forget Rodrigo Possebon and Anderson, of course.

All the Brazilians here are spectacular people.