With 25 goals, Ronaldo equalled Omar Sivori's record for the number of goals in a season at Juve dating back to 1961.
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There's a big difference between "great free-kick taker" and "scorer of great free-kicks", I don't think a lot of people differentiate, and fame plays a part.
Ronaldo's career conversation rate is just over 6%. His Juve conversation rate is now just over 2%, which is obviously abysmal. He knows that, and it was clearly playing on his mind.
For reference, the average of all direct free-kicks that are scored is around 5%. Better free-kick takers convert 10% or more. At one point Pjanic had a conversion rate close to 20%.
Ronaldo's career conversation rate is just over 6%. His Juve conversation rate is now just over 2%, which is obviously abysmal. He knows that, and it was clearly playing on his mind.
For reference, the average of all direct free-kicks that are scored is around 5%. Better free-kick takers convert 10% or more. At one point Pjanic had a conversion rate close to 20%.
Ronaldo scored 23 FKs in 5 seasons for madrid (32 in total) and some games he scored 2 in one match plus he scored a good number at united too.
He was good at FKs in hes prime no one is saying he was the best but the last few years have tagged him with this "worst freekick taker ever" tag Just because he became bad at them since 2014 dont mean he is a poor FK taker in general.
Who are some of the best FK takers in football history? I would also wonder how many of the FKs that Ronaldo has taken over the years that some others wouldnt have even attempted due to the distance from the goal. Is there anywhere online that lists the distance of players FKs and their success rates at those distances? Without a doubt Ronaldos FKs have been legendarily bad since joining Juventus, hopefully that starts to change for the better.
Can you tell us in these 5 seasons how many fk did he take? Because at Juve we have wasted a lot of FK since Ronaldo’s arrival. Pjanic and Dybala are much better fk takers than him.
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Ronaldo: 'I really needed that free kick'
Cristiano Ronaldo admits he had ‘really needed’ to score his first direct free kick in a Juventus jersey at the 43rd attempt, as they beat Torino 4-1.
CR7 had 43 attempts in all competition over the last two seasons, but they were either saved, off target or into the defensive wall.
“I really needed that free kick goal so I could get some confidence back,” confessed Ronaldo to Sky Sport Italia.
“We knew it would be a difficult game, but we worked hard, won and are now putting pressure on Lazio. We achieved the objective today.”
Paulo Dybala and Matthijs de Ligt were booked and will therefore be suspended against Milan.
“It doesn’t matter who scores goals, as long as the team wins. We’re all in good shape and will try to win against Milan too, which is another difficult match.”
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Ronaldo: 'I really needed that free kick'
Cristiano Ronaldo admits he had ‘really needed’ to score his first direct free kick in a Juventus jersey at the 43rd attempt, as they beat Torino 4-1.
CR7 had 43 attempts in all competition over the last two seasons, but they were either saved, off target or into the defensive wall.
“I really needed that free kick goal so I could get some confidence back,” confessed Ronaldo to Sky Sport Italia.
“We knew it would be a difficult game, but we worked hard, won and are now putting pressure on Lazio. We achieved the objective today.”
Paulo Dybala and Matthijs de Ligt were booked and will therefore be suspended against Milan.
“It doesn’t matter who scores goals, as long as the team wins. We’re all in good shape and will try to win against Milan too, which is another difficult match.”
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