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Originally Posted by Oliver_Kahn
Nah, we play shit and defensive football (against big teams). But since we don't have a solid goalkeeper, we'll concede goals and since we don't have a good striker we won't score on the counterattacks = FAILURE.
No Figo and no Rui Costa. I don't trust Ronaldo to lead this team tbh.. The Rule was right when he said that Ronaldo choked on the last 2 tournaments and he has been far from impressive for the NT, the likes of Nani and Quaresma have played better lately.
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Agreed.
IMO, the season Ronaldo has just had is the worst thing that could have happened to him from an international point of view. And here's why.
Everyone is going to be expecting him to be the player of the tournament. EVERYONE. From fans, to his team-mates, to the opposition. Portugal have had a history of relying too much on a form player. Figo or Rui Costa for the best part of a decade, and now Ronaldo. If Ronaldo had just finished an average season for United he's be coming in under far less pressure. He could have kept a low profile and hoped teams keyed their defenses to cope with Queresma and Simao and Deco, which would have allowed him to fly under the radar and possibly cause devastation.
Ronaldo performs brilliantly when the pressure is off and he can use his tricks and find space and get his shots in. But when the pressure his on, his track record speaks for itself, very poor.
As for the five captain thing, that's ridiculous. Ollie, who are the other 4 captains along with Ronaldo?