0:00 I have 100 hours to meet Ronaldo and he's right behind me. But meeting Ronaldo is almost impossible. He's the most famous man on the entire planet and there's elite security protecting him at all times. I've already managed to meet Lionel Messi, but now I'm on my biggest ever mission. To meet the greatest goal scorer of all time. Cristiano. The timer has started and we're here in Riyadh for a massive boxing fight. Ronaldo loves fighting, so I think he might be here. Let's go find him. But not only does Ronaldo come to watch every boxing fight in Saudi Arabia, his favourite fighter Canelo Alvarez is fighting tonight and Ronaldo promised him that he would be here. I think the fact he's promised Canelo he'll be here means he'll be here. And I think we have a chance. The first stage of my
0:46 plan to meet Ronaldo tonight was waiting at the VIP entrance where I'd seen Cristiano Ronaldo enter before But Ronaldo isn't the only person I want to meet in this video, and the first of my targets, heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua had just arrived, who sits next to Ronaldo at every fight. This just shows this is where the super famous come in, so if Cristiano's coming in anywhere, it's right here, and we'll get him. And once Anthony Joshua's interview was over, I said hello to him. Can I get a photo of him? Okay, let's hope Ronaldo doesn't pie us like that. So after technically meeting AJ, I continued to wait at the VIP entrance, but But with an hour until the big fight, there was no sign of Ronaldo yet, so I moved on to stage 2 and headed towards the boxing ring, and withstood just metres from his son, Cristiano Jr, But with no sign of Ronaldo here either, I made
1:36 my way to my seat for the first fight of the evening and spotted a legendary footballer. So with footballers arriving, I knew Ronaldo would be here soon. I sat back and enjoyed the boxing until I was handed a new pass, and the area it unlocked was backstage, where Ronaldo would be walking out from alongside Canelo. With my new pass on, I headed backstage and was stood just me metres away from the fighters. But as I was waiting patiently, I got some terrible news. And that was because Canelo was making his way out. As Canelo made his way towards me, I
2:21 checked to see if Ronaldo was alongside him. And despite being just metres away, Ronaldo wasn't there. My next plan to meet Ronaldo was to head to Al Nasser's training ground and for the first time on my mission, I saw Ronaldo in real life. If he stops, we've done it. Okay, time for our second chance. We are at Cristiano Ronaldo's training and we're gonna sit right here and wait until he either arrives or leaves. We're not too sure on times, so we've given ourselves lots of time. I'm just gonna sit here for hours. I hope I don't burn alive. So with my chair set up in the perfect spot, I made sure to wave at every single car, hoping someone would invite me in. You see, this tactic worked for my friend Cristin before, who after waiting outside the training ground was invited in and even got a
3:10 photo with Cristiano Ronaldo. Even if we don't get in, I do think there's a chance he stops when he comes out. But it was difficult to tell which car Ronaldo was inside, so I moved my chair closer to the entrance, which allowed me to see directly into the player's car park. And as more cars kept arriving, I remained hopeful. I could be anyone. And as I carried on waiting, this subscriber showed me a photo on his phone of him meeting Cristiano Jr. We're in the right place. But after four hours, I was about to be asked to move further away from the entrance. Some cars are coming out, that's why. And with Al Nasser's training now over, more cars began to leave the training ground. But luckily, I could still see into the players' car park. And the first car to leave was Al Nasser's sporting director and Real Madrid legend Fernando Hierro, who I spotted at the boxing last
3:59 night, but sadly, he didn't stop. Gone. There's only one man we're here for. Will he stop? Does he ever stop? Sometimes we can't meet Otavio. Otavio? Mane? That's Ronaldo. Sadio Mane, yeah, yeah. Yeah? So Sadio Mane always stops? Yeah, yeah. And luckily for me, Otavio and Mane were two players I still needed to meet. But as more footballers left the training ground without stopping, I was starting to think my mission would be unsuccessful. But then Otavio's van started driving towards me. And thanks to this child, he stopped on the side of the road. which meant I was about to meet another of my targets. They are coming from England. Do you mind signing my shirt man? Thank you so much. We're trying to...
4:45 Here please, here. Yeah, we're trying to meet you and we're trying to meet Cristiano. Do you think he'll stop his car? I don't know. We have 100 hours? I don't know. Thank you man. See ya. One Portuguese player down, one more to go. And after successfully meeting Otavio, I tried to get more players to stop, but one by one they all drove past me. That's Talisca. That was Talisca. Is Cristiano still there? We'll get him. And I was about to see him for myself as I took up my phone and zoomed into the car park to see Cristiano Ronaldo in the distance. But as I carried on filming, I watched him quickly make his way towards his car. He's literally in this car. He is literally in this car. Cristiano Ronaldo. If he stops, we've done it. And just like that, Ronaldo's car
5:32 started driving towards me. Oh man, please. Cristiano, please. No, we chase him! We chase him! And he's gone into the night! That close! We go again. We go again. But even after being unsuccessful at trying to meet Ronaldo outside training, I went back day after day to no success. But I still had one last tactic to try and meet Ronaldo at an Al Nasser match. And I was about to meet someone who could make it happen. We're at Al Nasser and we have VIP tickets worth thousands of pounds and we're here to find one man. We're going to go for it tonight. We're going to do everything we can to get him the whole game. Let's go. Once I made my way into the stadium, I took a seat and got comfortable. But
6:18 Ronaldo was now arriving to the stadium, which I spotted on the screen in front of me. So with Ronaldo now inside the stadium, I headed pitchside to get into the best position to try and meet him as he came out of the tunnel. And as players started emerging from the tunnel, it wasn't long before I spotted Ronaldo, but unsurprisingly, he ran straight out without stopping. So with Ronaldo now out in the pitch training, I paused my mission to say hello to some subscribers, which attracted the attention of Al Nasser TV. How are you? Can you bring me to meet Ronaldo? Can I in the door? Yes, of course. And I didn't take long to mention my mission. We have 100 hours to meet Cristiano Ronaldo, and we are in the 98th hour, so we need to meet him
7:07 tonight or we fail and there's no video. So it's a last chance, so if you can get us in the tunnel afterwards, a fist bump. If you put me in the right position, he might give me a fist bump. I will try my best. Thank you so much. I hope so, thank you. No, thank you so much. So with one potential route that Ronaldo secured, I made my way to my seat and was approached by another subscriber who made a crazy promise. If Al Nasser wins. And after showing me photos of the players, it started to feel real. It all comes down to this. We need a win more than ever before.
8:01 So we needed that. 2-0, it's happening. Half time, it's 2-0. This is going good. We need the scoreline to stay the same. We're going to meet loads of players at the end and Ronaldo's going to cap it off. We're getting this done. It's happening. Can we come with you? Thanks boys. See you soon. It's happening. It's happening. But then, something ridiculous happened. These young lads approached me who I took a photo with earlier and said something crazy. You're gonna make me see Ronaldo. How are you gonna do it? I called my dad. He said he's gonna help. Let's pause it right here. Just like me, you're probably wondering who this young boy's dad is. Well, not only does he know Cristiano personally, but he also owns the stadium Almas are playing. So if anyone could bring me to
8:50 meet Cristiano, it was him. But of course, I didn't know that yet. Thank you. Time for the second half. And we have a new lead. We have two leads now. I think it could happen. So with my heart broken, I thought my chances of meeting Cristiano Ronaldo were over, until I was introduced to this man. who was the guardian of the young subscriber I met earlier. Oh really? Oh
9:40 wow! Thank you so much. Yes, 100%. Thank you, man. Lovely to meet you. Thank you for helping me. He is the hero of this video. Thank you so much. You're a legend. One of our subscribers coming in clutch. Cancel the flight home baby! We're meeting Cristiano! But while my path to meet Cristiano Ronaldo was now secured, after their defeat, it unfortunately wouldn't be tomorrow, meaning my 100 hour window was over. But join me 127 days later, ready for one of the biggest days of my life. We're back at Al Nasser, all these months later, right beside the players with the best seats in the house. We've been told that tonight is the night we meet Cristiano Ronaldo. And despite Cristiano Ronaldo not being in the Al Nasser squad tonight,
10:28 that wasn't going to stop me. Because he's not playing tonight, we've been told when we meet him, it's going to be in his family box, which is just up there. So we're keeping an eye out to make sure he comes. This has taken months and it's happening tonight. If you're a subscriber to this channel, you know that I've met lots of players, but this is different. I can feel the butterflies. This is the most famous man on the planet. If you're curious how good these seats are, this is the bench. I was about to take full advantage of this by saying hello to Sadio Mane. Hello, Sadio. Nice to meet you. So just like that, I'd now met another of my targets from this video. But
11:19 now it was almost time for kickoff, which meant Ronaldo would be arriving soon. And with the game underway, it's time to tell you about my craziest giveaway ever. Thanks to my friends at FootMob, let me tell you how you can win this But just as I was telling you about the giveaway, Alnasser opened the scoring. I didn't see who scored but I know just where to check. I refreshed the footmob app and within seconds I could see that it was Abdelrahman Garib who was now on a 7.2 rating. But while I was enjoying the game watching players like João Felix up close, I was constantly checking to see when Ronaldo would arrive. And he was missing an incredible game as Al Nasser were now winning 2-0 and their players' footmob ratings were improving. Garib also got an assist. He's on a
12:06 rating of 8.2 already. Footmob is my favourite football app. I've ultimately used it for years to track all the players in all the games I care about. I highly recommend it. Now, let me tell you how you can enter the giveaway to win this signed Ronaldo shirt. Sign up to FootMob using the link in the description in a pinned comment and use code JOHN And you'll have a chance at winning this. But with the game now over 30 minutes in and Ronaldo's still not at the stadium, it seemed like my chances of meeting him tonight were slipping away. But there were still lots of other players for me to meet. And once the referee blew the halftime whistle, I took my chance to meet another of my targets. Kingsley Coman. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. There's another one off the list. But even though I was happy to have met Koeman, there was still one man I
12:52 needed to meet. I'm sick of looking. I'm going to have to check if he's here or not. We're going to have to find him in his box. Let's see if he's there. This is the Ronaldo family box. I told you I'd come and see for myself. There's no Ronaldo's here today. I guess we're just going to have to get him tomorrow. But unfortunately for me, it wasn't tomorrow or even the next two days either. But the day did finally come. Tonight, I'm meeting Ronaldo. Let's go. And my plan to meet Ronaldo was to wait beside this fence, which is right next to where Cristiano walks into the stadium for every game. And it didn't take long for the Al Nasser bus to arrive. He's on that bus, and I'm going to pray he gives me a high five. But while Ronaldo wasn't the first player off the bus, I did manage to meet one of his teammates,
13:39 which proved it would be possible to meet Cristiano, if he decided to stop for me. One by one, Ronaldo's teammates made their way off the bus, with most of them stopping to say hello to me, even Sadio Mane again. And Kingsley coming too. But just as it was all going so well, this security guard came over and told me to stop greeting the players. Just as another of my targets, Joel Felix was approaching. But then, thankfully for me, he quickly moved on. Just as Cristiano Ronaldo was making his way towards me. Oh my word, that is Cristiano Ronaldo. And now was the moment I'd waited so long for. My word. Cristiano, lovely to meet you. We just met Cristiano Ronaldo. We just did it.
14:27 And if you enjoyed this video, go and watch this video where I tried to meet Messi.
