Football
Dermot Corrigan, Madrid correspondent 7y

Ronaldo wishes 1996 solo strike had been for Real Madrid, not Barcelona

Former Brazil star Ronaldo has told Movistar + he regrets he was playing for Barcelona rather than Real Madrid when he scored a famous solo goal against SD Compostela in 1996.

Ronaldo, then 20, picked up possession in his own half and dribbled past almost the entire Compostela team before scoring.

"It was a lovely goal, but the truth is I would have preferred to score it with Real Madrid," he told Movistar +.

"The only pity is that I was not at Madrid when I scored it."

Ronaldo had joined Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven but spent just a year at the Camp Nou, scoring 34 goals in 37 games, before moving to Inter Milan in 1997.

He signed for Madrid in 2002, playing for them for five seasons, but later suffered injury problems.

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