Rooney reveals message he sent to Ferdinand after Ronaldo’s bicycle strike

Ronaldo scores with an overhead kick against Juventus [Photo: Courtesy]

Former Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney has suggested that he contacted his former teammate at United and England Rio Ferdinand about Cristiano Ronaldo’s overhead strike against Juventus in the Champions League first leg of the quarter-finals in Turin.

The Real Madrid talisman left everyone at the stadium including his own boss Zidane in astonishment when he produced a moment of magic on Tuesday night.

Ronaldo's strike drew comparisons with Rooney's against Manchester City in 2011 [Photo: Courtesy]

The Portugal skipper’s strike drew comparisons with Rooney’s against Manchester City back in 2011 but Ferdinand thinks Ronaldo’s was the better goal.

He was quoted by The Mirror after the match saying, "His one was off his shin pad but the occasion and where he is, to score this goal,"

"He turns up every time he is asked to deliver on the big stage, he delivers.

"In his relentless pursuit of greatness, he produces an absolute moment of brilliance.

Ronaldo celebrates his wonder strike [Photo: Courtesy]

"This lit up this studio, imagine what it did for people around the world to see one of the greatest, if not the greatest player on the planet, to produce a moment like this against Juventus, the magnitude of the game, the occasion.

"The athleticism, look how high he is off the floor, it is a joke."

Ferdinand thinks Ronaldo's was the better goal [Photo: Courtesy]

Ferdinand defended his thoughts with a tweet the following morning.

The tweet read: "Don’t be comparing @cristiano overhead kick to @waynerooney’s vs Man City which came of his shin... Morning Wazza!!"

Ronney believes his own is better than Ronaldo's [Photo: Courtesy]

However, Rooney who was at the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship draw at St Georges’s Park said that he texted Ferdinand to explain to him why his own was better than Ronaldo’s.

"I text Rio and I think it's actually a harder technique to do it off your shins.

"So I'll go with my own."