Ghanaian Footballer Recounts How He Almost Collapsed After Receiving Cristiano Ronaldo’s Gift

• Emmanuel Gyasi has revealed that he almost fainted when he received a special gift from Cristiano Ronaldo
• The Spezia forward reckons the emotional moment the five-time Ballon d'Or winner surprised him with his jersey
• Gyasi met Cristiano Ronaldo when Spezia crossed swords with Juventus in the Italian Serie A last season

Black Stars and Spezia forward Emmanuel Gyasi has disclosed that he almost collapsed when he received a jersey from Cristiano Ronaldo.

Gyasi met the Portuguese captain when Spezia crossed swords with Juventus in the Italian Serie A last season.

After exchanging pleasantries in the first fixture, the Ghanaian winger made a nice impression on Ronaldo who decided to gift him his jersey in the return fixture.

In an interview with Corriere dello Sport, Gyasi opened up on the emotional moment he first met Ronaldo, adding he was star-struck to the point that he almost fainted.

Gyasi said, quoted by FootballGhana:

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“I still get chills. When I met him in Spezia-Juventus I found the courage to go and say hello and I said: 'Cristiano, you are an example for me and for everyone'. He replied: 'Keep working and cultivating your dreams'.

At the return match, in Turin, he came to look for me to give me his shirt. At that moment I almost fainted,” Emmanuel Gyasi said.

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Gyasi had previously met Ronaldo when Spezia crossed swords with Juventus in the Italian Serie A but the Italian-born Ghana international is relishing another of such moments with the Portuguese.

The 28-year-old has previously disclosed he idolizes the former Real Madrid icon and with Ghana pitted against Ronaldo's Portugal at the 2022 Mundial, he might just have a second opportunity to meet Cristiano.

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Ghanaian Forward Scores Last-Gasp Winner for Spezia Against Venezia in Serie A

Sports Brief earlier reported that Black Stars forward Emmanuel Gyasi scored a 94th-minute winner to give Spezia a 1-0 win over Venezia in the Serie A on Saturday.

The Ghanaian international pounced on a loose ball to tap home the only goal of the game after a pair of Venezia defensive errors deep into stoppages.

The 28-year-old started and played the entirety of the game but his celebrations after the last-gasp winning goal saw him get into the books of the referee.