"The Portugal team are not afraid of anybody, not France, not Spain not England. England are not only Rooney - David Beckham is such a wonderful player, Michael Owen is a wonderful player too. Rooney is a young guy who is catching the eye but we are not afraid of Wayne Rooney."
"We have to respect them, it will be very difficult and it should be a wonderful match. England played very well against Croatia and we have to study them and see what we have to do against them."
Thursday night's match should see Ronaldo up against Gary Neville and Ashley Cole.
And Ronaldo can't wait: "They are both very tough opponents, they both have great experience and I must respect them - the whole defence is very good. It's always difficult when you play against wonderful players from the strong clubs but I want to win this personal duel, I always want to win my personal challenges."