When someone mentions Ronaldo’s greatest performances, there are a few that immediately spring to mind.
The World Cup final in 2002, the UEFA Cup-winning masterclass for Inter Milan in 1998, the eviscerating hat-trick for Barcelona against Valencia in 1996, the three-goal display against Manchester United for Real Madrid in 2003 that earned him a standing ovation from the Old Trafford faithful.
But go back to the first half of the 1994 season in Brazil and Ronaldo, for those eagle-eyed few who were watching from Europe, put on a play in two acts that, through a combination of resilience and brilliance, hinted at the phenomenon that he was to become in the subsequent years across the pond.
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