Everyone here can watch this too and define their own definition of playmker. If anyone watches this and say Ronaldo is not a playmaker, that person doesn't know what a play maker is. Gurunlocker, this is my last mention.
continue watching basketball cos you know next to nothing about football ..ans the worst part is that you re washing your dirty linens outside
Obviously you know nothing about football.... One thing is sure, Messi will break the Ronaldo champions league record, he is very close. Yes, Ronaldo played as LW in his Man Utd days and early Madrid days (When Raul was there).
But he changed is game play and focused on goal scoring alone.... Ronaldo is not a play maker, please don't say that outside o, you will sound dumb if you say so.
Play is build around a playmaker..... In Portugal, Bernardo Silva is the play maker, In Mancity, Silva and De bruyne and the King of playmakers is Messi.
Ronaldo is just a goalscorer, nothing more!!!
Messi as a play maker will feed the team, feed himself, his type of assist is not the type of X-BOX, he will dribble, entertain and destroy.... Someone like that is outscoring your Ronaldo waiting to be fed inside the box.
Nawao Messi has all these but was beaten twice after 3 goal lead against Liverpool and Roma, something that would never happen with Ronaldo even if he plays for Enyimba.. Real nawao for Messi fanboys
Every year Ronaldo is not good, he is finished that is how the guy keeps pulling in surprises.
Many year ago when this guy was bamboozling players, I told a friend his gonna end up a point man while messi gonna end up a playmaker.
It already happening. Give him a clear chance and u will regret it. Right now Ronaldo needs a playmaker to feed him with the ball to perform his magic.
At his age he needs to watch his game to avoid unnecessary injuries, so don't expect to see him bamboozling players like before. Juventus have to find a way to get the best out of him.
As for messi, he will slowly focus his game as a playmaker, cause if he continue playing at the same pace he is now. Him an injuries will be very good friends. That why baca need to sign mabappe or Neymar to reduce his work.
So guys take a chill pill, Ronaldo is worth 20 Hazard
obembet: Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus should have been a better combination - at least most thought so.
Juventus suffered their first Serie A defeat this season after losing 3-1 to Lazio last night, which left them two points behind rivals Inter.
Ronaldo scored the opener but the goal was not enough to secure the victory. And in the game before, when Juventus only got a 2-2 draw with Sassuolo, Ronaldo merely had any contribution aside from a penalty goal, as well as blocked an effort from Paulo Dybala.
The old Lady signed him in order to clinch the Champions League trophy but now they seemingly couldn't defend the Scudetto ... so what's wrong?
One week before, Ronaldo picked up his MVP trophy at the Serie A awards.
Meanwhile, his old rival Lionel Messi was at the Ballon d'Or ceremony, which Ronaldo had chosen not to attend, claiming his record sixth award.
"The competition between me and Messi is over? No, it is just starting," said Ronaldo in a post-award interview.
However, the chances of the 34-year-old leveling Messi next year look slim, unless he can redress what has been an underwhelming start to the season by his own other-worldly standards.
Ronaldo has managed eight goals in 17 appearances for Juventus this campaign while registering just one assist.
For any normal footballer this sort of output would be cause for celebration, however for the Portuguese international it represents one of his worst starts to a season in a decade.
In hindsight, there were perhaps some warning signs last that foreshadowed this downturn in form.
He managed just two goal contributions in his final eight Serie A games last campaign, while a tired-looking Ronaldo could not prevent his side from Champions League elimination by Ajax in the quarter-finals.
He still popped up with some moments of brilliance of course.
A hat trick against Atletico Madrid to overturn a first-leg deficit of two goals was particularly outrageous, but in general Ronaldo's performances in the second half of the season were far removed from the dizzying 450 goals in 438 games that he registered at Real Madrid.
It was this eight years of dominance at Santiago Bernabeu that convinced Juventus to splash around €100m on the then 33-year-old. The Old Lady even gave him a four-year-deal, and why wouldn't they?
Despite his advancing years, Ronaldo had shown no signs of slowing down. He looked fitter and faster than most players in the world and scored 44 goals in as many games during his final season with Los Blancos.
Flash forward a year-and-a-half and the Serie A questions must surely be questioning their decision - even if it is only slightly.
The €31m-a-year salary that Ronaldo allegedly receives is a staggering three times more than any other player in the league and simply put, CR7 is not currently justifying his astronomical wage.
The forward has managed 10 fewer goals than top scorer Ciro Immobile this season, while four others scored more including Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez.
Ronaldo is similarly lacking in assists, sitting well outside the top ten, which begs the question: what is he offering to the Old Lady this campaign?
One thing that he has and always will offer is commercial value.
A Financial Times report recently revealed the full extent of Ronaldo's financial power by finding that the club's product and licensing revenue increased by €16m after he joined.
Juventus signed 520,000 shirts in the 24 hours that followed the announcement of his arrival, while his social media influence has also seen the club's Instagram following skyrocket from 10m to 34.4m.
Ronaldo's signing was always therefore going to be more about just his performances on the field, but taking his footballing displays in isolation this season - something does seem wrong.
Perhaps he does not get on with Maurizio Sarri, who attracted the ire of the forward after having the audacity to substitute him when he wasn't play very well in a series of football matches last month.
Perhaps age is finally catching up with the once untouchable freak of nature.
Or perhaps he just does not fit the system and his side needs to redeploy out-and-out wingers to get the best out of one of the best finishers the world's ever seen.
Whatever is wrong, Juventus will want it sorted out as soon as possible. 34.4m Instagram followers and a bunch of shirt sales will be little consolation if Antonio Conte's Inter can end their stranglehold on the Serie A title this season
ZZ22: Nawao Messi has all these but was beaten twice after 3 goal lead against Liverpool and Roma, something that would never happen with Ronaldo even if he plays for Enyimba.. Real nawao for Messi fanboys
Ajax will never dump Messi out of UCL ...
Xavi, Iniesta, Neymar, Suarez, busquet can never beat Messi to world best,... Just like Modric did to Penaldo
Go to google, it's a better way to explain since you don't understand my explanation..... Ronaldo is not a play maker, just a scorer and a great poacher.
A play maker does not stay inside the box to be fed or wait for square play so as to nod. You should understand now.
i dont know of any striker that is a playmaker, strikers wait for passes, which is the new role ronaldo has taken because of his age... watch his man united days... he play rw, dribbled scored free kicks, had assists... dude came to la liga and beat messi to the highest la liga hatricks, even though messi already played 5 years bmagead of him.. messi just passed him yesterday after he left a year ago, you guys are just bitter, how about recognizing the great work this man has done, instead you're here lying to yourself
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Bringing Sarri as a Juventus Coach is the effects from day one.. I know Ronaldo will struggle under Sarri coaching phylosophy
Messi plays under one of the worst coaches in a big team and hes still killing it . Let's all admit it, ronaldo is limited. If hes not scoring goals hes useless. Messi brings more to the game/team than just scoring goals
Yes, is that extraordinary performances that I want from him not ordinary striker.
At 35??! Come now, it's not that easy...
Ronaldo has done it all starting from Portugal to Man United, down to Spain... If he wants to be doing less playmaking, and more box striking, he has earned that full right.
Astark: what juventus needs now is a playmaker, someone that can supply goals so that ronaldo can take all the glory.
that's why messi is the most under rated player ever
He create goals as a playmaker He score goals as a forward He dribbles and entertain He passes and assists
He's everything
How's Messi underrated. He was voted six times, highest paid in his club, papers talk about him yet you said he's underrated. Whatelse should we do again. We go kill ourselves?
Ronaldo has done it all starting from Portugal to Man United, down to Spain... If he wants to be doing less playmaking, and more box striking, he has earned that full right.
You are right though thanks for drawing my attention to that.
Honestly, I don't understand the point you were trying to make.
Without him, same team has been collecting Seria A title back to back and even play CL final two times within the space of three years.
How many chances has he created and how many assists has he created too?
If he is not the problem, he is part of it.
which same team, i never wanted to reply you but it's just seem obvious i did, which same team, Mattia De Sciglio hasn't played this season so cuadrado is playing, Lichtsteiner left nd was not properly replaced, C. Marchisio left nd was not properly replaced, K. Asamoah left nd was not replaced, what are you guys saying why was higuain loaned out to Milan if he was good, why was Costa benching dybala through out that season. What is wrong with some of you guys self. Hatred is eating you all up, hatred.
Isn't he among the top ten scorers so far this season??!... I felt he has earned his place among prolific strikers this season. Correct me if I'm wrong sir.
Lols
He DNT perform against top teams .... Only Norwich, Watford etc
IgweBUIKE1: continue watching basketball cos you know next to nothing about football ..ans the worst part is that you re washing your dirty linens outside
LOL. Your hatred for ronaldo Don blind una eye. Giggs is a playmaker LM but Ronaldo RM is not a playmaker that create more chances more, assist and more skillfullthan Giggs is not a playmaker. I was expecting him to add Roy Keane to his list. Messi fan boys that thinks ronaldo played as a striker in man u. You guys no go kill person.
IgweBUIKE1: continue watching basketball cos you know next to nothing about football ..ans the worst part is that you re washing your dirty linens outside
LOL. Your hatred for ronaldo Don blind una eye. Giggs is a playmaker LM but Ronaldo RM that created more chances, assists, and more skillfull than Giggs is not a playmaker. I was expecting him to add Roy Keane to his list. Messi fan boys that think ronaldo played as a striker in man u. You guys no go kill person.
qualityovenbake: Nothing is wrong with Juventus. They just had their first loss in any competition this season. They are doing well, the season is still long.
Juventus Statistics this season.
Serie A: Played 15 matches, Won 11, Draw 3, Loss 1.
Champions League: Played 5 matches, Won 4, Draw 1.
Barcelona statistics this season
La liga: Played 15 matches, Won 11, Draw 1, Loss 3.
Champions league: Played 5 matches, Won 3, Draw 2, Loss 0.
Liverpool statistics this season
Premiership: Played 16 matches, Won 15, Draw 1, Loss 0.
Champions League: Played 5, Won 3, Draw 1, Loss 1.
Bayern Munich statistics this season
Bundesliga: Played 14 matches, Won 7, Draw 4, Loss 3.
Champions League: played 5 matches, Won 5, Draw 0, Loss 0
PSG statistics this season
Ligue 1: Played 15 matches, Won 12, Draw 0, Loss 3.
Champions league: Played 5 matches, Win 4, Draw 1, Loss 0.
Man City statistics this season
Premiership: Played 16 matches, Won 10, Draw 2, Loss 4
Champions League: Played 5 matches, Won 3, Draw 2, loss 0
Juventus and Liverpool are having a wonderful season. Though Liverpool are yet to qualify for the knock out stages of the champions league. Juventus statistics are better than Messi Barca
u forgot that barca re 1st on d table and Juventus is 2nd. Foolishness
OPTIMUSPRIME08: when you start to watch ball. The last season before Ronaldo came which players left juve How can a team replace cancelo with Danilo, carry cuadrado come right back, someone that has no businesses at that position, khedira and matuidi are juve best midfielder, higuain that could not make a good starting eleven at Chelsea, what exactly is Juventus playing with aside pjanic, Ronaldo and de light, bonnuci don lose form, dybala that cant make Argentina first eleven, one should be realistic. See even sarri that Chelsea fans gave testimony as he left them. Juve problems is not Ronaldo and if you no sabi watch ball then STH UP!
u can say anything and still make sense but if u mention Dybala, u re simply mad. Dybala has been Juventus best player even b4 Ronaldo joined
mystical109: u can say anything and still make sense but if u mention Dybala, u re simply mad. Dybala has been Juventus best player even b4 Ronaldo joined
dybala best season was 2017 were he scored 22 goals in seria A after many seasons CR7 scored 21 in his first season. tell your father you argued with a mad man online. Fool!!
wunmi590: [s]Appointing sarri as Juventus coach was gbe greatest mistake for Juventus, not because I am a Ronaldo fan, but because the coach tactics is not good for the present crop of players in Juventus.
He has players at his disposal, he just uses players that are not completely fit and changing players ontine too, he has problem. [/s]
Penaldo is the problem, em no see penalty score again. Juve is not real madrid
obembet: Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus should have been a better combination - at least most thought so.
Juventus suffered their first Serie A defeat this season after losing 3-1 to Lazio last night, which left them two points behind rivals Inter.
Ronaldo scored the opener but the goal was not enough to secure the victory. And in the game before, when Juventus only got a 2-2 draw with Sassuolo, Ronaldo merely had any contribution aside from a penalty goal, as well as blocked an effort from Paulo Dybala.
The old Lady signed him in order to clinch the Champions League trophy but now they seemingly couldn't defend the Scudetto ... so what's wrong?
One week before, Ronaldo picked up his MVP trophy at the Serie A awards.
Meanwhile, his old rival Lionel Messi was at the Ballon d'Or ceremony, which Ronaldo had chosen not to attend, claiming his record sixth award.
"The competition between me and Messi is over? No, it is just starting," said Ronaldo in a post-award interview.
However, the chances of the 34-year-old leveling Messi next year look slim, unless he can redress what has been an underwhelming start to the season by his own other-worldly standards.
Ronaldo has managed eight goals in 17 appearances for Juventus this campaign while registering just one assist.
For any normal footballer this sort of output would be cause for celebration, however for the Portuguese international it represents one of his worst starts to a season in a decade.
In hindsight, there were perhaps some warning signs last that foreshadowed this downturn in form.
He managed just two goal contributions in his final eight Serie A games last campaign, while a tired-looking Ronaldo could not prevent his side from Champions League elimination by Ajax in the quarter-finals.
He still popped up with some moments of brilliance of course.
A hat trick against Atletico Madrid to overturn a first-leg deficit of two goals was particularly outrageous, but in general Ronaldo's performances in the second half of the season were far removed from the dizzying 450 goals in 438 games that he registered at Real Madrid.
It was this eight years of dominance at Santiago Bernabeu that convinced Juventus to splash around €100m on the then 33-year-old. The Old Lady even gave him a four-year-deal, and why wouldn't they?
Despite his advancing years, Ronaldo had shown no signs of slowing down. He looked fitter and faster than most players in the world and scored 44 goals in as many games during his final season with Los Blancos.
Flash forward a year-and-a-half and the Serie A questions must surely be questioning their decision - even if it is only slightly.
The €31m-a-year salary that Ronaldo allegedly receives is a staggering three times more than any other player in the league and simply put, CR7 is not currently justifying his astronomical wage.
The forward has managed 10 fewer goals than top scorer Ciro Immobile this season, while four others scored more including Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez.
Ronaldo is similarly lacking in assists, sitting well outside the top ten, which begs the question: what is he offering to the Old Lady this campaign?
One thing that he has and always will offer is commercial value.
A Financial Times report recently revealed the full extent of Ronaldo's financial power by finding that the club's product and licensing revenue increased by €16m after he joined.
Juventus signed 520,000 shirts in the 24 hours that followed the announcement of his arrival, while his social media influence has also seen the club's Instagram following skyrocket from 10m to 34.4m.
Ronaldo's signing was always therefore going to be more about just his performances on the field, but taking his footballing displays in isolation this season - something does seem wrong.
Perhaps he does not get on with Maurizio Sarri, who attracted the ire of the forward after having the audacity to substitute him when he wasn't play very well in a series of football matches last month.
Perhaps age is finally catching up with the once untouchable freak of nature.
Or perhaps he just does not fit the system and his side needs to redeploy out-and-out wingers to get the best out of one of the best finishers the world's ever seen.
Whatever is wrong, Juventus will want it sorted out as soon as possible. 34.4m Instagram followers and a bunch of shirt sales will be little consolation if Antonio Conte's Inter can end their stranglehold on the Serie A title this season
[No his struggling did not start today, check his league goals from 2017 till date, you will understand what I'm saying.quote author=obembet post=84738832]
Keep Calm guys, Everyone face hard times in Life, Cr7 the GOAT (second) will surely Rise.�⚽
Bringing Sarri as a Juventus Coach is the effects from day one.. I know Ronaldo will struggle under Sarri coaching phylosophy[/quote]
OPTIMUSPRIME08: [s]when you start to watch ball. The last season before Ronaldo came which players left juve How can a team replace cancelo with Danilo, carry cuadrado come right back, someone that has no businesses at that position, khedira and matuidi are juve best midfielder, huguain that could not make a good starting eleven at Chelsea, someone that Mario benched all through, what exactly is Juventus playing with aside pjanic, Ronaldo and de light, bonnuci don lose form, dybala that cant make Argentina first eleven and someone who Costa benched well under allegri that juve even wanted to sell at all cost, one should be realistic. See even sarri that Chelsea fans gave testimony as he left them. Juve problems is not Ronaldo and if you no sabi watch ball then STH UP[/s]!
Ronaldo ay juve is like Messi at Argentina. At Portugal would gladly be under Ronaldo's shadow and will play to make him a target man but at juve everyone is a match winner so they overlook his importance
HarunaWest: Juventus had no business sacking allegri..and even when they did,It shud have been an ancelloti or Conte and not sarri....Ronaldo can only thrive under a manager that believes in free flowing counter attacking football..Possession and playing defence minded doesn't work for him... Barcelona's philosophy has always been possession based for a long time now. That's why Messi will keep thriving there, its like possession football was made for Messi. Nevertheless both of them have really tried for football mehn, since 2004.. These chaps have been entertaining us.
Sarri is not the problem, but age and dip in form.
Ronaldo goal against Lazio yesterday, was his usual trade mark Tap-in goal as Usual.
Ronaldo looks tired and confused in this Juvi-Sarri team set up, he haven't scored any Screamer since the beginning of this Season.
Higuan is a Locuratious attacker, he don't pass to Ronaldo, even when Ronaldo is in a better position in the eighteen yard box to score a goal, The M-U-M-U Higuan prefer kicking the ball into the Stands than passing to Ronaldo.
My Advice to Ronaldo, It time you move to CHINA or MLS next season.
Smh
So after Higuian had suffered to get the ball, he will then give to tapnaldo to tap in shey?
?
that's why messi is the most under rated player ever