CRISTIANO RONALDO ENGLISH INTERVIEW TO CNN INTERNATIONAL(24/02/2010)

London, England (CNN) -- The pressure of playing for Real Madrid is greater than playing for Manchester United but Cristiano Ronaldo says he has settled into life at his new club.
The Portuguese forward's first season in Spain since his world record $130-million move from England has been disrupted by injury. But Ronaldo has thrived on the pitch, scoring 20 goals in 19 appearances.
"It's always complicated when you come from a different league, different football, but I feel very comfortable. The team play nice and they help me a lot," Ronaldo told CNN.
But the 25-year-old, a former world and European footballer of the year, admitted that the pressure of being a Real Madrid player was more intense than anything he had experienced at Old Trafford.
"Here in Spain, the club have more pressure," he said. "There are many people, more journalists, a lot of pressure."
"But it's not a problem. I played six years for Manchester and you have to be calm all the time, you have to do what you do, to work and to train hard. I don't care about the pressure. I've always played with pressure and for me it is another challenge."
Portugal, who reached the semifinals of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, struggled to qualify for this year's finals in South Africa, beating Bosnia and Herzegovina in a playoff to book their place.
Ronaldo failed to score in Portugal's qualifying campaign and he admitted it had been a difficult year for Portugal. But he said the team was stronger than its recent form suggested and said he was "keeping his goals for the World Cup."
"This is the moment. We have to work and I'm really confident and I look forward to scoring goals at the world Cup," he said.

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[hurricanemalka]

his accent is hot!!

[mercenary120]

i speak 5 languages and from my personal experience there is no shame on ot speaking perfectly in your secondary language. Besides messi has lived in barcelona for over 10 years and cant even speak catalan or english. FYI a retard.

[mrazbaby746]

@hurricanemalka hes fucking sexy all together haha. <3 I LOVE CRISTIANO RONALDO and REAL MADRID :D

[glitterliciousbabe]

he says "manchester" like the little boy in the inbetweeners movie! awwwww :')

[ceauvama]

@mercenary120 it's because he doesn't feels the necessity of learn english or catalan. He lives in spain mate and he speaks spanish

[tamifollows]

@GirlFatima hes not gay! he's a player who gets random women pregnant. MESSI IS WAY BETTER

[Chiva17]

@girlfatima guys are just jealous of him because they know that they'll never be as SUCCESSFUL as him :) so that crushes their ego.

[agamins]

He speaks english '-'

Well... Very well...

[GirlFatima]

Cristiano Ronaldo<3!

[GirlFatima]

I can't understand how can he be gay???? It's just jealus people who says this shit! He is so good at football and good looking guy!

[hoseb87]

im a man and i aint gay . but i do like him and he is a good looken dude. hmmm i wonder if thats arrogance or confidence that he feeds the camera. probly pops a few pill before interviews. either way hes awsome.

[SassyChicks1401]

not a problem and haters to the left please...!!