Kylian Mbappe and Cristiano Ronaldo will lead their teams out for a mouthwatering quarter-final between France and Portugal at Euro 2024 on Friday night. 

It will be a moment that Mbappe could only have dreamt about as a child as he faces the man he once idolised.

Growing up in Bondy in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, Mbappe reserved two of his bedroom walls for posters of Ronaldo. There was no doubting whose footsteps he wanted to follow.

It wasn't long before he got to meet his hero after receiving tickets from his parents to see Ronaldo in action for Real Madrid when they played Marseille at the Stade Velodrome in the Champions League.

He arrived two hours ahead of kick-off to ensure he didn't miss a second of Ronaldo's warm-up, and then proceeded to watch the Portuguese superstar take centre stage as he scored twice in a 3-1 Madrid win.