Inside Cristiano Ronaldo's adorable gesture to girlfriend Georgina on her birthday

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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have secured their legacies as two of football’s greatest-ever players. But when it comes to free-kicks, the superstar duo cannot claim to have the same level of dominance.A statistical ranking of the top goalscorers from direct free-kicks has revealed that neither of football’s global icons have made it into the top three, although Ronaldo and Messi are as close as ever in terms of their contributions.Ronaldo has scored just one direct free-kick from his last 90 attempts, dating back to the 2017-18 season when he was at Real Madrid.Barcelona legend Messi, now at Paris Saint-Germain, has been more prolific with a dead ball situation, scoring eight times since the start of the 2019-20 campaign.Seven-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi, 34, can hang his hat on the half-century of free kicks he has whipped over the wall in his illustrious career.

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Cristiano Ronaldo’s stunning £17million car collection in a tour of his luxury mansion.The Manchester United star’s partner Georgina Rodriguez recently launched a new Netflix docuseries titled ‘I am Georgina’, in which cameras were given access to film around the couple’s £5million Madrid pad.Their huge garage appeared in various snippets across the show, where mood lighting, car company logs and glossy flooring made for every motorist’s dream.Perfectly lined up were the five-time Ballon d’Or winner’s spectacular array of some of the greatest and rarest cars around, which were enough to make your average supercar collector gawk.On one end was Ronaldo’s Bugatti Chiron worth £2.15million, with the 260mph car having been bought back in 2017 alongside some promos he did for the company.Next to that was his £500,000 Ferrari 599 GTO followed by a £750,000 McLaren Senna, one of only 500 models, which the Portugal captain bought in 2019.Continuing the line-up round the garage was his Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe bought in 2008 during his first stint at United, and a £330,000 Rolls-Royce Cullinan.Which one of Cristiano Ronaldo's cars is your favourite? Let us know in the comments section.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox - don't miss a thing.It only takes a matter of seconds.Simply type your email address into the box at the top of this article and hit 'subscribe'.And that's it, job done.

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Cristiano Ronaldo will stop at nothing to make his girlfriend’s birthday as memorable as possible. For Georgina Rodriguez’s 28th birthday, the legendary athlete arranged for a themed laser show on the tallest building in the world: Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. The building was lit up with images of the Spanish actress in her Netflix show I Am Georgina, which was released on the same day.

Juventus signing Dusan Vlahovic is set to move into Cristiano Ronaldo's old Turin mansion, according to reports in Italy.Juventus fought off interest from Arsenal to sign Vlahovic from Serie A rivals Fiorentina for £62million during the January transfer window. Turin, where the Old Lady are based, is 400km from the star's former club in Florence in the Tuscany region of Italy.While it comes as no surprise that Vlahovic is looking to move closer to his new employers, his choice of property has turned heads.Italian outlet Tuttosport have claimed the 22-year-old forward is set to move into the gorgeous home that Ronaldo lived in with his family during his own time at Juventus.

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Cristiano Ronaldo and his girlfriend Georgina Rodríguez have became one of the most famous couples to date, and the pair's love story is undeniably adorable. Manchester United ace Cristiano, 36, and model Georgina, 28, continue to keep fans up to date with incredible family life on social media, and they recently took to Instagram to document their lavish getaway to Dubai. While on holiday, Cristiano proved he was the ultimate romantic as he splashed out on a laser show that beamed pictures of Georgina onto Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, to mark her 28th birthday.

“En el paraíso,” Georgina Rodriguez captioned the Instagram Gallery she posted on Monday (Jan. 31). The photos showed Georgina, 28, living her best life along with her family, boyfriend Cristiano Ronaldo, and their children: Cristiano Jr., 11, Alana Martina, 4, and 4-year-old twins, Eva Maria and Mateo. In the first pic, the I Am Georgina star wore a blue bikini while sipping out of a coconut. Other pictures include: Alana, Eva, and Mateo snuggled up against her belly while they are all in the resort’s pool; a shot of Cristiano Jr. leading his younger sisters and brother; Cristiano playing with his young children; and a gorgeous shot of the Dubai sunset.

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Manchester United shouldn't have rushed to re-sign Cristiano Ronaldo, says former midfielder Kleberson.The Portuguese made a high-profile return to Old Trafford in the summer from Juventus.But since the £12.8 million transfer, the 36-year-old has endured a challenging season.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer got the boot in November and the Red Devils have failed to mount a title push.Ronaldo has bagged 14 in all competitions and is the club's top goalscorer this term. But ex-United and Brazil international Kleberson reckons his former club might have dropped a clanger bringing him back.“To be honest, the Ronaldo experiment has been a bit of a failure so far - especially because of the level of player he is and how of late he has impacted the team," he said."When you look at the things he can bring to the club and what he brings to the fans, it’s not been amazing.“The current United team haven’t played well together of late."It’s a tough time for Ronaldo to have returned to the club.

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