{"id":291008,"date":"2023-09-17T21:34:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T21:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=291008"},"modified":"2023-09-17T21:34:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T21:34:18","slug":"louis-rees-zammit-explains-cristiano-ronaldo-celebration-against-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/louis-rees-zammit-explains-cristiano-ronaldo-celebration-against-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Rees-Zammit explains Cristiano Ronaldo celebration against Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wales star Louis Rees-Zammit kept his promise to friends and fellow Manchester United fans with a Cristiano Ronaldo-style celebration against Portugal.<\/p>\n
Rees-Zammit\u2019s second try at the Rugby World Cup was followed by him impersonating Portugal international and former United player Ronaldo\u2019s so-called \u2018Siuuu\u2019 move where he jumps and turns in the air, his back to the crowd when landing.<\/p>\n
\u201cRonaldo is my favourite player,\u201d Rees-Zammit said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wear his boxers and I dress like him. And I thought \u2018why not do his celebration as well\u2019?<\/p>\n
\u201cA few of my mates back home wanted me to do it. They are massive football fans, and obviously we don\u2019t play Portugal very often.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSo I said if I scored I would do it for them. But I don\u2019t want to talk about the Man United result (a 3-1 home defeat to Brighton).\u201d<\/p>\n
Wales\u2019 attention now turns to a pivotal Pool C clash against Australia in Lyon next weekend.<\/p>\n
They headed back to their Versailles training base from the French Riviera on Sunday following successive bonus-point victories over Fiji and Portugal.<\/p>\n
Those results have put them in sight of a fourth successive World Cup quarter-final appearance, with the Wallabies game being followed by Georgia in Nantes 13 days later.<\/p>\n
Rees-Zammit added: \u201cThat is 10 points, and we are absolutely buzzing about that.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t our greatest game again, but we know we have got a lot to learn. Going up against Australia we\u2019ve got to step up a gear again.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhen you don\u2019t get perfect wins there is always a lot to improve on. That\u2019s great.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need that progress, and we have eight days until the next game, so we will have a good training week and hopefully be ready for Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n