Ireland played Portugal on Thursday evening and drew the game nil all at the Aviva Stadium, one young fan Addison Whelan who played for the Shelbourne under-13’s explained how she got onto the pitch and what the 36 year old Manchester United star said to her.
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“First of all, I jumped over the barrier,” then I sprinted onto the pitch but there were security guards running behind me and two coming from the other corner. I just sprinted.
“When I saw the other two, I ran towards the halfway line so I could swerve around them. They caught me and I was just screaming Ronaldo’s name.
“He turned around and he saw me and he was telling them to leave me. He came over to me. I was in shock and I was crying and I said ‘can I have your jersey please? I’m a big, huge fan.’ He was saying ‘are you okay?’
“When my dad saw him taking off the shirt, his face was in shock. I was like ‘oh my god, this is my dream and it’s finally coming true.’