This is how Pirlo values ​​Cristiano Ronaldo’s mistake in free kicks

Sergio Escario
Barcelona
Editor

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16 goals in 18 matches of Serie
A and 23 targets in 27 matches in all competitions. This season’s numbers from Cristiano
Ronaldo, at 36 years of age, they are a real outrage.

The Portuguese does not tire of marking and is being the sustenance of a Juventus that is not dominating as it did in previous years in the Football and that he will have to come back in the round of the last 16 of the Champions
League before him Porto, after falling in Do Dragao (2-1) last Wednesday.

0/11 direct free kicks

But, one more year, the Portuguese continue to resist direct free kicks, one of his great specialties during his years in the Premier
League or during its beginnings in the Real
Madrid. Between Serie
A Y Champions, Cristiano he has thrown a total of eleven direct free hits this season, without winning the goal award in any of them.

Asked about this poor statistic at a press conference, his technician Andrea
Pirlo He said that the ‘Vecchia Signora’ needs to “score more goals from direct free kicks” but defended the Portuguese, who assured that “he is training daily” to improve his execution.

“He’s doing much better.”

“It is true that we would need to score more goals from direct free kicks. Sometimes these details can be decisive when it comes to winning games, especially when you face teams that close. Ronaldo is training daily, he is trying to improve his execution and lately he is doing much better in this regard, “said the Italian coach before receiving this Monday the Crotone (Juventus Stadium, 8:45 p.m.) in the match that closes matchday 23 of the A league.

“He is calmer, and I am sure that in the short term he will score more goals from direct free kicks,” he concluded Pirlo.

This is the classification of the Italian Serie A.

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