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Arrival Cristiano Ronaldo ke Manchester United like the side of the coin. CR7 is still so sharp, but still shows its weakness: lazy to defend.
Ronaldo returned to Manchester United this summer. The performance of the 36-year-old player is still worthy of thumbs up in the matter of breaking into the opponent’s goal.
From 6 appearances so far, Ronaldo has scored 5 goals for MU in all competitions. He scored three in the Premier League, and two in the Champions League.
However, Ronaldo’s sharpness was not followed by MU’s okay results. From the last five matches, the team Ole Gunnar Solskjaer just won twice, lost two, and drew once.
Final, Manchester United Everton drew 1-1 at Old Trafford, on matchday 7 Premier League, Saturday (2/10/2021). In that match, Cristiano Ronaldo substituted by Solskjaer, and only played in the 57th minute, replacing Edinson Cavani.
There are highlights regarding Ronaldo’s style of play. Former Dutch coach Danny Blind said Ronaldo was still lazy to help his opponent’s defense.
Whoscored noted, one of Ronaldo’s weaknesses is a matter of survival. Statistics show that the owner of 5 Ballon d’Or has not made any tackles in the Premier League at all.
“Ronaldo really needs to play an active role. It’s like ‘take your time’. You also see other players looking at you like, ‘how do we finish it?’ Blind, who has coached the Dutch national team, told Sportnieuws.
“Normally, strikers run from centre-back to centre-back. This causes a lot of miscommunication. Now, they don’t play in the pattern they know. When the ball is deflected, you see Paul Pogba telling them to put all the pressure on them.”
“Cristiano Ronaldo don’t do that. He’s not like that. He only thinks about the goal and hopes someone else will get the ball.”
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