Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo broke down in tears while talking about his father Jose Dinis Aveiro during an interview with English journalist Piers Morgan.
Morgan showed Ronaldo a video of his father - who died in 2005 - where he talked about how proud he was because of his son’s achievements. Ronaldo claimed he had never seen the video and became extremely emotional.
“I never saw the video. I never saw that video. Unbelievable. To be the number one and he doesn’t see anything. He doesn’t see me receive awards,” Ronaldo said.
When Morgan said that Aveiro was never able to see how great Ronaldo became, the footballer responded - “Never. My family see, my mum, my brothers, even my old son, but my father, he didn’t see nothing, and it was... he died young.”
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The Portugal captain's father passed away on the eve of Manchester United’s UEFA Champions League encounter against Villarreal in 2005. Manager Alex Ferguson had allowed Ronaldo to miss the match in order to be with his father in the hospital.
