Cristiano Ronaldo (178 Viewers)

Hust

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Ronaldo: 'I was a little tense...'

By Football Italia staff




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Cristiano Ronaldo admits he “was a little tense” at failing to break his Juventus duck, but relished his brace to beat Sassuolo.
The Ballon d’Or winner took 28 attempts and 320 minutes to find a way through in Serie A and ended up scoring twice in 15 minutes in today’s 2-1 victory.
“I’m very happy, we started well. Sassuolo defend well, but we put in an intense performance and deserved to win.
“I really wanted to score these first goals and I’m happy to have found the net,” Ronaldo told Sky Sport Italia.
He could easily have had four and missed a couple of very good opportunities from close range.
“This is football. The important thing is that the team wins. Obviously, I was a little tense with all the talk after my move from Real Madrid and not scoring, so there were a lot of expectations, but I thank my teammates for supporting me throughout.
“I knew that I was working well and it was only a matter of time. I am adapting well to Italian football.
“The Champions League is my favourite tournament. It’s a very difficult group, we know that we can do well and Juve must focus on being the best.”
 

X Æ A-12

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Hasn't this always been a side of his game? Even in his prolific seasons at Madrid I think he missed a shitloads of seemingly easy chances and shot freekicks from 40+ yards
 

Mike-e-y

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The thing that makes him the GOAT is the amount of chances he gets for himself. After 4 games last year Higuain probably had about 12 chances. Ronaldo has had 31!

As he sharpens up that conversion rate will improve and he’s going to be unreal again
 

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The thing that makes him the GOAT is the amount of chances he gets for himself. After 4 games last year Higuain probably had about 12 chances. Ronaldo has had 31!

As he sharpens up that conversion rate will improve and he’s going to be unreal again
True, he doesn't score GOAT level goals from being a finesse finisher ala Dybala but from sheer will and insane physicality
 

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