Gong posing together with his signed Al Nassr No 7 jersey (L) and posing for an image with world famend footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo exterior the Al Nassr Soccer Membership on Oct 20, 2024. — Instagram/@van_authentic
Cristiano Ronaldo’s followers once more proved their admiration for the soccer star as one among them cycled 13,000 kilometres for seven months from China to Saudi Arabia to fulfill the Al-Nassr participant.
The 24-year-old, Gong, began his journey from the province of Anhui on March 18, this yr and met Ronaldo in entrance of the Al Nassr Soccer Membership on October 20, South China Morning Submit reported.
Gong first went north to Beijing earlier than going all the best way to the west. From Xinjiang, he made his method to Kazakhstan and crossed six different international locations, together with Georgia, Iran, and Qatar, to succeed in Riyadh, the place Ronaldo is at the moment primarily based, in accordance with WION.
The famous person’s superfan got here up with the concept of biking all the best way to Riyadh after CR7 cancelled his journey to China in February because of an harm.
In his journey, Gong carried with him two energy banks, a tent, cooking utensils, clothes and different necessities.
Gong’s seven-month journey was not with out hurdles as he confronted language obstacles in international locations he travelled to, consuming in international locations the place costs had been excessive to swimsuit his pocket was a problem and lastly, the exhaustion that comes with biking for such a very long time.
However he nonetheless made it out and tackled these obstacles by consuming simply bread in locations the place the costs had been excessive and speaking with individuals utilizing translation software program.
Gong says that whereas he was in Armenia in August, he caught a excessive fever and collapsed on the street however he obtained free remedy for his sickness on the hospital.
When the fan reached Riyadh on October 10, he couldn’t meet Ronaldo instantly as a substitute he needed to anticipate just a few days because the participant was in Europe.
The Al Nassr workers had promised him a one-minute fan assembly and he even bought to see Ronaldo in motion stay for the primary time after a fan supplied Gong tickets to the Al Nassr vs Al Shabab match.
Gong reveals that when he lastly met with Ronaldo after such a tenuous journey, CR7 shook his hand and hugged him as effectively.
He additionally signed an Al Nassr No 7 jersey and a banner with Gong’s associates’ names on it and a quote written on it.
