Football Thread

[Cristiano viejo]

interesting page, i was searching for something like that yesterday but couldnt find it. CR7 rate was lower some months ago, but seems that he increased it. Also surprised by CR7 assist, amazing number tbf

True but his final of season the last year in Champions (5 goals to Bayern, 3 to Atlético and 2 to Juve) + this current season (for the moment 15 goals in 10 games, breaking a lot of records) has made he is on par with Messi right now.

[Sebastianus Rex]

The "alma mater" wasn't even top 5 for his team in touches and passes last night (probably broke the record for dives though) but SR was proven right because he scored a penalty and celebrated like a gay magazine model.

https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/12...adrid-Juventus

Since Penaldo fans like stats so much, there are other stats other than goals that show his contribution.
I'm sorry but our eyes don't lie. He is a great goal scorer, he is a very determined character, he has endured at the top more than most but ability-wise he is not Messi, he is not Ronaldo, he is not Zidane or Ronaldinho, fuck, he is not even prime Figo. It's as simple as that.

The man played alone as a striker and you expect him to be in the top 5 fot touches and passes ? Is that your idea of football, the guy who makes more touches and passes is the best ?!

Except for Bale action at the beggining, all danger that RM created on that match came out of Ronaldo, he made the move and shot followed by the badly disallowed goal to Isco, he passed a trough ball to Isco who missed in front of Buffon, missed an header close to finish, assisted Vasquez for the penalty and took the penalty with great class, too bad you missed the match.

[QUOTE]

Sorry but these are pure speculations and of course Real Madrid without CR7 already had won a few Champions, eh?

RM reaches the 8th consecutive CL semi-final, that coincides with CR7 arrival to Madrid (except for the first season with Pellegrini, they got eliminated in the 1/16 vs Lyon, still Ronaldo scored the only RM goal on that tie), before that RM passed many years being eliminated on the 1/16 or 1/4 of the CL.

Seriously, you take Ramos and Ronaldo out of that team and you will see...

[Cristiano viejo]

RM reaches the 8th consecutive CL semi-final, that coincides with CR7 arrival to Madrid (except for the first season with Pellegrini, they got eliminated in the 1/16 vs Lyon, still Ronaldo scored the only RM goal on that tie), before that RM passed many years being eliminated on the 1/16 or 1/4 of the CL.

Obviously that was an anomaly.

Seriously, you take Ramos and Ronaldo out of that team and you will see...

Remember our conversation some years ago when Mourinho left Real Madrid and you said Real Madrid would go into depression, and I told you that would not happen since we had Casillas and Cr7... and indeed that did not happen: we won Champions League and Copa del Rey

[nightrider+]

The man played alone as a striker and you expect him to be in the top 5 fot touches and passes ? Is that your idea of football, the guy who makes more touches and passes is the best ?!

My idea of the best is someone who doesn't constantly expect the ball in the final fourth of the pitch and goes missing when it doesn't get there. Something like this:



Players that were always there to take the ball when their team mates didn't know what to do with it were always considered the greatest. Penaldo fanboys are rewriting football though it seems.

[Cristiano viejo]

My idea of the best is someone who doesn't constantly expect the ball in the final fourth of the pitch and goes missing when it doesn't get there. Something like this:

Players that were always there to take the ball when their team mates didn't know what to do with it were always considered the greatest. Penaldo fanboys are rewriting football though it seems.

Cool story but Cruyff only was able to win one sad Spanish Liga in his five years for Barcelona

[nightrider+]

Cool story but Cruyff only was able to win one sad Spanish Liga in his five years for Barcelona

Equal to CR's 2 in 10.

[Cristiano viejo]

Equal to CR's 2 in 10.

In 9. And 3 Champions League (I hope 4).
With the difference that Cr7 focuses on Champions League and Cruyff did it in Liga

[nightrider+]

In 9. And 3 Champions League (I hope 4).

Cruyff didn't have the luxury to play in the Champions league (/cup) without being a champion. He won 3 with Ajax btw.

[Cristiano viejo]

Cruyff didn't have the luxury to play in the Champions league (/cup) without being a champion.

More in my favour. As I have pointed in my post (I edited it and perhaps you have not seen it), CR7 focuses on Champions League while Cruyff focused on Liga since la Liga was his first goal to can play Champions League, and even so he failed.

[nightrider+]

More in my favour. As I have pointed in my post (I edited it and perhaps you have not seen it), CR7 focuses on Champions League while Cruyff focused on Liga since la Liga was his first goal to can play Champions League, and even so he failed.

Yes, good for you being Barcelona's bitch for the past 10 years so CR can chase golden balls.