18/09/2025
🚨 Cristiano Ronaldo’s Last EVER Season in the UEFA Champions League was Truly Special… 🐐🥺💔⚽
It wasn’t special because of the number of goals he scored, but because of the impact he had and the clutch performances he delivered with a struggling, mediocre Manchester United team.
At 36 years of age, Cristiano Ronaldo single-handedly carried Manchester United into the Champions League knockouts. Without him, they wouldn’t have even made it out of the group. 🐐🔥
Cristiano Ronaldo in the 2021/22 UCL Group Stage:
⚽️ vs Villarreal (90+5’ winner at Old Trafford)
⚽️⚽️ vs Atalanta (incredible comeback at Old Trafford)
⚽️ vs Atalanta (90+1’ equalizer in Bergamo)
⚽️ vs Villarreal (opening goal away from home)
⚽️ vs Young Boys (in the opener)
✅ Scored in every single UCL group stage match he played
✅ 5 goals in the last 3 group games
✅ Match-winner in 3 of United’s 4 victories
✅ Finished the group stage with 6 goals in 5 games
He was the reason United topped the group, despite constant chaos under Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Ralf Rangnick.
To put it in perspective:
🐐 No other player has scored more match-winning goals in Champions League history (Ronaldo: 42).
🐐 He remains the all-time top scorer in the UCL with 140 goals.
🐐 He’s also the only player to score in 11 consecutive UCL appearances (2017–2018).
Since that 2021/22 campaign, Manchester United haven’t returned to the Champions League Knockouts. 🥲
Cristiano Ronaldo has hinted he will not return to European football, with Al Nassr set to be the final chapter of his career before retirement. 💔🥺
It truly was a legendary farewell to the competition where he built his greatest legacy. 👏🐐