Cristiano Ronaldo was making millions of dollars with his football contracts, sponsorship deals and of course, his YouTube ventures but crazy earnings took a major hit when the Al-Nassr captain lost a million dollars in the field he has dominated for years. Ronaldo took part in a penalty shooting contest organised by American YouTube sensation Mr. Beast. Up against him for Mr. Beast’s subscriber, Khalid who happens to be Ronaldo’s number 1 fan. The Portuguese captain shockingly ended up losing the shootout.

Ronaldo delighted more in Content than Football

Cristiano Ronaldo is slowly and gradually making shift to the next chapter of his life. While he is still ruling the football field, he is not shying away from making a splash in the digital world when he can. the Portuguese footballer has put his best foot forward on YouTube too but in the digital space, Ronaldo has a slightly different approach. Ronaldo seems to be adopting the mantra of ‘Keeping friends close and enemies closer. instead of going all guns blazing against his competitors like he does on the football field, Ronaldo is partnering with the biggest competitor on the internet. when it comes to YouTube the competition doesn’t get bugger with American YouTuber than Mr. Beast. While Ronaldo who has over 70 million subscribers still aspires to surpass Mr. Beast’s record of 334 million subscribers. He decided to invite the American YouTuber on his channel to start a healthy and competitive relationship and Mr. Beast returned the favor by featuring Ronaldo on his own channel

How did Ronaldo React

Ronaldo who doesn’t like losing but here he was seen embracing his new role as a digital content creator. rather than looking it as a competition, it was a platform for Ronaldo to grow his subscriber base because the only way Ronaldo would take a loss at the chin is if there was a bigger prize to be one.