At the beginning of 2016/17 season nearly everybody said that he is finished and will leave Real Madrid for MLS. Then at January/February he hit his top form like every year and scored 5 goals against Bayern, hattrick against Atletico, Brace against Juve in CL Knock out matches and nearly in every la liga match 1-2 goals to win the La Liga title. Last season he scored Hattrick against Atletico, 2 goals against Ajax and was our best player in the return leg against them. Also rescued us against Inter and Torino. He was in beast mode at the end of last season but we saw that he cant do it all by himself due to age so we need give him the players to explode again. Look at Real now, they have become a joke without Ronaldo. His nearly 70 CL goals were the reason why they won 4 times in 5 years the CL. And still people call him FLOP, invisible, trash if doesnt score 2 goals per match here but dont note that he get created only 1 chance in every match. He is 35 years old, Juve needs to utilize his strenghts and not expect him to find new strenghts.
For me,
the expectations always high with the supposed, the best player in the world.
now I lowered my expectations this season into just contribute positively to the game, goal assist, scoring every 2 - 3 matches just a goal it's fine.
the problem Ronaldo movement is very slow and this will not help to attack other teams, his shooting is very weak on the goal, that goalkeepers catch it at ease,
and i see him, get rid of ball frequently to nearest mate instead of creating something ....his contribution to our attack is very low compared to last season
CR7 in heavy decline and this is clear from the beginning of the season ....just the results are hiding this ...and surprisingly the one we wanted to get rid off, Higgy
doing what we wanted CR7 to do... Higgy holds the ball well, opens up the play, threat the goalkeeper, assist, score .....
Hope like you said it's temporary and his performance will escalate, but I have my doubts.
Also, he said it by himself, indirectly, the man want to play the important matches, this means, he can't play regularly his age reflects on him ....
and this is the same with Messi, he said himself, that he can't play 90 min now, he can start from the bench .....
I think Sarri should do the same, bench CR7 and let him play in the important matches and let's find the new CR7 like Nedved said....
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Really my only beef with Ronaldo right now was his absurd comments about only caring in the important games. hugely unprofessional imo the club and fans deserve better than that kind of shit from him. even if you dont feel it you should still lie in that instance
my friend, it's not he is unprofessional, he sends a message to Sarri that he can't play all matches because of his age ....and better we find solution before everything look very bad later .... the best way, Higgy & Dybala starters and CR7 come from the bench ....during top matches CR7 starts and nothing wrong with htis
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The amount of times ive heard Ronaldo was finished and not a top player anymore since he hit hes 30s when he goes through a small patch of bad form only for him to make them look very stupid come the end of the season and still people are quick jump straight to that conclusion and dont learn.
this is the best player in the world, the expectations are always higher ...
I don't expect one game beast performance in comparison to 10 weak ones ....
till now, we are doing well in attack surprisingly because of the two we wanted to get rid off , Dybala & Higgy ...check back all the previous matches and CR7 is not
doing what justifies him as the best in the world ...that is why the conclusions .... BUT hope we manage this problem ...then say thank you and goodbye at the end of the season ...