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Watch footage from Sporting Lisbons friendly clash against Manchester United in 2003, where a young Cristiano Ronaldo caught the eye of Sir Alex Ferguson. Ronaldo gave United defenders a torrid time in the August 2003 friendly, which marked the opening of the Estadio Jose Alvalade in the Portuguese capital as Sporting swapped their home kit for their away kit in the second half. Just five days later, the 18-year-old was a United player in a £12.2m deal. The game that made Ronaldo The 2003 friendly that set Cristiano Ronaldo on the path to superstardom. Sporting won the game 3-1, and the Real Madrid forward, who spent six fruitful years at Old Trafford under Ferguson, has described the night as perfect. Ronaldo takes on Nicky Butt in the 2003 friendly Ronaldo, who has won the Ballon dOr three times since, said: The first game that I played against Manchester United was an unbelievable game. It was the perfect night, the perfect night.After the game some of my team-mates said: Listen, youre going to go to Manchester, trust me! Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. Sir Alex Ferguson was there, and [they said] he wants to speak with you. I go to the dressing room, he introduced me to the players.Watch the footage, courtesy of MUTV, in the video above - Watch #CR7Live on Wednesday at 1pm on SkySports.com, Sky Sports Facebook page and on the Soccer AM You Tube Channel. Also See: The game that made Ronaldo Ronaldo unlikely to retire at Real Premier League video Live on Sky Josh Jackson Super Bowl Jersey . I cant pinpoint a date, but I do remember a player from my youth. Brian Downing was with the Chicago White Sox at a time when I listened to every game I possibly could on the radio. That particular season the late great Harry Caray was calling the White Sox games. Blake Martinez Super Bowl Jersey . Brad Jacobs and his Sault Ste. 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His injury allowed Blaine Gabbert to start the first two exhibition games against the Texans and Broncos while he competes against Kaepernick for the starting job under first-year coach Chip Kelly.You know you got to get used to that cannon, man, 49ers receiver Bruce Ellington said. It was good. Kap, his arm was still strong. Hes still throwing it in the right places.Jimmie Ward, who covered Ellington in practice, said Kaepernick connected with Ellington on a route to the corner during seven-on-seven drills.It was a great throw, Ward said. Kap was making some good throws today.Kaepernick resumed throwing on the side during joint practices with the Broncos at their Englewood, Colorado, headquarters last week. He had an extensive throwing session with Ellington running routes on the field before the 49ers 31-24 victory Saturday.At the start of training camp, Kaepernick and Gabbert split first-team practice reps.Kaepernick spent the majority of the offseason program recovering from surgeries on his left shoulder, right hand and left knee and was not cleared to resume throwing until minicamp in early June. He participated in his first full-team sessions at the start of traiining camp July 31.ddddddddddddWe dont want to throw him back out there and then have a setback right now, Kelly said. So, as we said before, from what we understand its not a long-term thing.With Kaepernick sidelined, Gabbert completed 10 of 19 passes for 132 yards with a touchdown throw in two preseason games. He played three series against both Houston and Denver.In addition to Kaepernicks absence, the 49ers lost quarterback Thaddeus Lewis for the season when he tore an anterior cruciate ligament during the preseason opener. They signed former Vikings first-round pick Christian Ponder on Aug. 16 and he made his San Francisco debut four days later against the defending Super Bowl champions.Ponder led two late scoring drives, running for a 22-yard touchdown and finding receiver Dres Anderson on a 30-yard touchdown pass with 6:27 to go, which was the games decisive score. Ponder completed seven of eight throws for 86 yards.Game notes The 49ers said LB Nick Bellore suffered a knee sprain in Denver that will not require surgery. A time frame for his return is unknown. ... RB Shaun Draughn practiced in a blue non-contact jersey Monday after being held out of the game in Denver. ... Ellington returned to practice Monday after missing the Broncos game with an ankle sprain.---Online:AP NFL websites: http://pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '