Ronaldo reunites with coma patient

Joe Wright

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Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo enjoyed an emotional reunion with Polish fan David Pawlaczyc at the team's Warsaw hotel on Wednesday.

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David hit the headlines in 2014 when he was roused from a coma after listening to a replay of Ronaldo scoring a goal.

The youngster, who had been knocked off his bike by a car in August 2013, awoke after a specialist suggested playing a recording of the moment when Ronaldo netted his third goal for Portugal in a World Cup playoff against Sweden

He was then invited by the forward to a Champions League game at the Santiago Bernabeu in 2014, where he watched the match from a VIP box.

Madrid posted a photograph on Wednesday of Ronaldo and David, along with his family, who had driven six hours to visit the team's hotel in Warsaw.

Ronaldo, whose side face Legia in a Champions League clash, signed merchandise after posing for pictures.

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Joe is a Senior Editor at Sporting News. He was previously a sub editor and writer for Goal.com before spending six years as part of the Stats Perform editorial news service, covering major global sports including football, tennis, boxing, NBA, rugby union and athletics. Joe has reported live on some of the biggest games in football, including two UEFA Champions League finals, Euro 2016, the Confederations Cup 2017 and the 2018 World Cup final at the end of a month in Russia.