Cristiano Ronaldo and His Tough Childhood: "My Mother Would Go to Bed Hungry so I Could Eat at Night"

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Cristiano Ronaldo has recalled that his childhood in Madeira was marked by the efforts of a family with few resources. He grew up in Funchal with his siblings, in a house where money was scarce. Football appeared as an escape, but also as a responsibility for a child who saw how much his parents sacrificed. "My mother would go to bed hungry so that I could eat at night," he explained when talking about Dolores Aveiro. The phrase sums up a period…