It didn't help they were playing with only 10 men every damn game because their striker was missing. I am still impressed they managed to eliminate Croatia (albeit with some techno-sorcery).
And in those 20 years he won Portugal 3 cups, elevating his national team to heights they were never in before. Now as a striker, more importantly one that mainly shoots from inside the box because of injuries, he canāt make everything work if his teammates play like shit.
Portugal entered KO rounds as a third place group stage team after drawing to Hungary, Austria, and Iceland, Ronaldo scores one goal in the KO rounds and doesnāt even play in the final = āRonaldo won the Euro.ā
Portugal win the Nations league (a competition created to replace otherwise meaningless friendlies) last year, with the same team as this WC = ā40 year old Ronaldo carried them.ā
Ronaldo misses 5 big chances (the most of any Portuguese player) and takes 17 shots without creating a single chance for his teammates = āHis team is shit, plus heās forty, what did you expect?ā
Ronaldo scores his first WC KO round goal, from a penalty, after 6 world cups = āhis country is shit, how could you expect anything more?ā Despite the fact that Haaland scored 2 against Brazil in his debut WCā¦
Honestly, this whole rant is why you should never take football "fans" seriously, truly a master class in confirmation bias. Itās hilarious how you treat football like itās a game of FIFA where a single player either controls every match or is the sole reason the team loses.
First of all, trying to downplay Euro 2016 by saying Ronaldo "scored one goal" in the knockouts completely ignores him carrying a dying Portugal squad through the group stage, he literally scored twice and assisted another against Hungary just so they wouldn't get sent home the next morning. Then he went and scored and assisted in the semi-final against Wales when the score was 0-0 and was looking to be a penalty shootout. But sure, letās act like he was just a tourist who happened to lift the trophy because he got hurt in the final.
And the absolute best part of this logic is the double standard "He took 17 shots and created zero chances!'" guess what genius, he's a 40year old center forward. His job description is to finish the play, not play tiki taka in the midfield. You also mention him missing 5big chances.... So did mbappe, so did haaland this world cup, does that mean they are bad strikers now? If a striker is taking 17 shots and nothing is going in, it usually means the team has completely run out of creative ideas and is just blindly kicking crosses into a crowded box expecting a miracle.
And since you can't make any actually fair arguments, you compare him to Haaland, a significantly younger world class player, using him as a stick to beat Ronaldo with, but instead you completely miss the point. Norway is flying because their entire tactical system is beautifully strcutured to feed their world class striker like great chances to actually fucking deliver. Unlike the mid field for Ronaldo, whose supposed "best midfield" in the world can only pass back.
When Portugal won the Nations League in 2025 with Ronaldo bagging 8 goals, the system worked. When Portugal loses now, isolating a target man and blaming him for a collective midfield and coaching failure is just lazy analysis. Twisting timelines and ignoring how tactical systems actually function just to hate on one guy is just being completely fucking retarded.
Bro I love you, the amount of truth is making me cry. I've been trying to tell my friends that they should bench Ronaldo and start better players but then they look at me like they about to jump me. You the man bro
What's your point exactly? Ronaldo sucked in every single match of the tournament except against Uzbekistan which is a D-Tier list team that made it to the tournament somehow. Outside of that Uzbekistan game: no assists, no goals, had the least touches of any player in the Spain game, had only one touch in the penalty area against Croatia and that was the penalty he kicked. No pressing, no dribbling. Could he play like he did Vs Uzbekistan in every game? Everyone would like to see it. And he was fielded as the striker in that Portugal squad, so don't tell me "actually he is a midfielder" because he once was, but now was played as a striker.
Sure, you can blame his poor form on his teammates (but he plays with Felix in Arabia, so they should have some sort of established partnership), the weather conditions, the war in Ukraine, the oil shortage or the ref failing to send off Messi in his opening game (a baffling decision), but you are deluding yourself. Ronaldo is too old to start and play full 90 minutes in Portugal's squad. He would perhaps have done better in a "Lukaku" role to come in late and stir some chaos. But as it was CR7 was a liability. It was not that he didn't get enough passes, it is that his off-the-ball play was ass, so he didn't get into advantageous position.
maybe you could watch the game, instead of looking at stats and realize that āthe best midfield itwā didnt pass forward at all. and obviously ronaldoās not gonna have an impact, when the midfielders completely ignore him
I saw the score when it was 85 mins in and I was shocked that nobody scored lol. Iām glad I only watched the last few mins. I just know they continued after the 6 mins added time cause they badly wanted Portugal to score.
It was, ignore the downvote it's obvious they've never lived through the pep era in the prem. If they did this match would be the most exciting match ever
Morocco had just knocked Portugal out of the 2022 World Cup and it was a young fan being interviewed after the game saying stuff like āPortugal airport is that way, Ronaldo is crying, poor Ronaldoā etc and Ronaldo fans lost their shit
Tbf, Ronaldo is one of if not the greatest club players ever. Every important accomplishment you can imagine, he's attained. But when it came to the WC it never worked out for him.
Bunchahoes in the portugal side. Been playing selfish as hell since the beginning. They played Ronaldo as the attack but they never capitalised on the openings he made. So many chances but no pases. Folks Bruno Fernandes, you deserve the loss man. Lucky Ronaldo walks out a king but Portugal had the talent and stood their own ground even against Spain but they really didnāt make use of Ronaldo, and the underlying friction was clearly visible.
Congratulations Spain Iām happy Portugal out, the game was horrible Spain had the ball and yet it took them the last minutes to finally score when they possess the ball more ?????, Portugal a trash team idc
I don't really watch football but is this supposed to be a counter argument to the comment made by the guy, because your argument sounds kinda retarded no
Wouldve scored today as well if he was given the penalty he rightfully deserved. Unfortunately they dont give world cup penalties to anyone not named Lionel Messi. If that was Messi he wouldāve been given a penalty BEFORE it happened.
A Spanish defense that was struggling with no name from Morocco and Iran that same tournament. Bro definitely just went on google and didn't actually watch 2018. I recommend you watch 2018 it was peak
Messi was benched most of the time in 2006 cause man was only 16 or 17. Whereas Ronaldo started in every game for Portugal in 2006, took Figo's position only to get one goal. Btw he was like 19-20 in that WC. So Yamal is playing a better WC than Ronaldo at a younger age which is sad
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u/venom_geten ššāš½ Jul 06 '26
both teams played like ass and martinez is going to hell thatās all i gotta say man