Cristiano Ronaldo - v1

Vlom

Previously known as Mehssi
Just stumbled upon this on goal so I don't know how reliable it is but still : "The 30-year-old has missed his last 51 attempts from dead ball situations but will continue to remain first choice taker".
Holy shit.

It's true, it has been relayed by As and Marca too, he clearly lost his modjo for free kicks, but no one will dear tell him to leave them to someone else, which is ok for us I guess ^^
 

Kerrybai

New member
Just stumbled upon this on goal so I don't know how reliable it is but still : "The 30-year-old has missed his last 51 attempts from dead ball situations but will continue to remain first choice taker".
Holy shit.

He is impressive with penalties I'll give you that, but Its a bit misleading that most stats do not count the 2 he misssed in shootouts ( CL Semi and CL final )

I would take someone like Rickie Lambert over him for penalties, he had 34/34 at Southampton.
 

MaxY

Devil May Cry
I kinda can't believe how he used to be a God at free kicks. I remember the opposing team and goalkeepers freaking trembling when Ronaldo steps up to the free kick,even if it's 40 meters away from goal. Nowadays his freekicks are a joke,he's just embarrassing himself. Like in the world cup when he hit a 1 man wall and it was freaking Lahm lol.
 

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
I kinda can't believe how he used to be a God at free kicks. I remember the opposing team and goalkeepers freaking trembling when Ronaldo steps up to the free kick,even if it's 40 meters away from goal. Nowadays his freekicks are a joke,he's just embarrassing himself. Like in the world cup when he hit a 1 man wall and it was freaking Lahm lol.

Cristiano was never special at FKs. One stunner in dozens of attempts is not good enough to be classified as 'Great' which he for some reason was.

You're bound to get one right when you take so many. And he would rather go down than play a pass when someone else is through, to get that FK he can try to score from with his silly stance.
 

dakt

Active member
So "the best player in history", this is how you play against Bilbao:
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:coffee:
 

khaled_a_d

Senior Member
Speaking of FKs, I really miss Juninho. Probably the best FK specialist I've ever seen.

There are plenty of FK specialists we have witnessed .Pierre van Hooijdonk ,Siniša Mihajlović was no joke either
Currently Hakan Çalhanoğlu is the one rising start in that department even with the such a tough name to pronounce
 

MaxY

Devil May Cry
RM has so many better free kick takers than Ronaldo is. Well when you miss 51 free kicks in a row,pretty much everyone is better than you. Bale, James, Ramos,heck anyone would score 1 out of 51.. Bale and Ramos are pretty good at free kicks imo.
 

Blaugrana Bull

HiiiPoWeR
Cristiano should really let someone else take them. As should Leo with the penalties.
Look at Xabi Alonso e.g. Already scored 2 this season for Bayern. Could have had some goals in the past seasons for Real.
 

Caps

Member
I was talking with an ex ref friend of mine, and he said theres a common opinion shared by many; penalties should be taken by the person fouled.
 

Kerrybai

New member
November 2014
Messi 7 goals - Ronaldo 20 goals

March 2015
Messi 30 goals - Ronaldo 30 goals

So is Ronaldo still going to get 50? would be crazy if they both hit 50!

Seriously how the hell has it turned around so much? Most people in here were saying it was more likely Ronaldo hit 60 than not hit 50, no it's 30 each, amazing.
 

raskolnikov

Well-known member
I was talking with an ex ref friend of mine, and he said theres a common opinion shared by many; penalties should be taken by the person fouled.
old football superstition says: never take a penalty when you are the one fouled!
 
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linetty

Guest
I was talking with an ex ref friend of mine, and he said theres a common opinion shared by many; penalties should be taken by the person fouled.
No rule is needed in this case. The best executor should take it it or the one that feels he's able to take the responsibility on his shoulder in the particular moment.
 

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