EDWIN VAN DER SAR: 'After training, Cristiano would work a lot on his free kicks and say to me: 'Edwin, can you go in goal?' I would tell him that I was old and that he should use the goalkeepers from the youth teams, but he would insist because he wanted his goals to go through me. I would provoke him by saying things like, 'You're not going to score against me, Ronnie. You know that. You'd better ask the backup goalies. It's better for your confidence. He'd immediately say, 'No, no. You have to go in goal. You have to go in goal.' Cristiano is a really great guy. The image many people have of him doesn't reflect his true personality

EDWIN VAN DER SAR: 'After training, Cristiano would work a lot on his free kicks and say to me: 'Edwin, can you go in goal?' I would tell him that I was old and that he should use the goalkeepers from the youth teams, but he would insist because he wanted his goals to go through me. I would provoke him by saying things like, 'You're not going to score against me, Ronnie. You know that. You'd better ask the backup goalies. It's better for your confidence. He'd immediately say, 'No, no. You have to go in goal. You have to go in goal.' Cristiano is a really great guy. The image many people have of him doesn't reflect his true personality