Soccer: From the 2005 U-20 World Cup
Chapter 641

Cristiano Ronaldo Frozen Out, The Galactic Battleship's Hidden Worries Emerge?

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Contrary to the outside world's fixed impression that Cristiano Ronaldo could only finish chances and had no dribbling ability, before his major injury forced him to transform his style, Cristiano Ronaldo could actually dribble and control the ball, and his technique at his feet was fairly good.

Cristiano Ronaldo during this period also had a nickname: Golden-Wing Ronaldo.

But on the wing attack, he could not dominate the way Messi did, and his success rate in one-on-one duels and beating defenders was not particularly high.

In the previous match, Cristiano Ronaldo had been almost completely shut down by Barcelona's fullback Abidal, barely winning any of their one-on-one contests.

Wing attack players in Messi's era could hardly avoid being compared to Messi.

Just as midfielders of the same era could hardly avoid being compared to Lin Feng.

Compared to the absurdly powerful Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, who also played on the wing attack, was completely overshadowed.

Especially when the two played in the same match, the contrast became particularly obvious.

Whenever Messi got the ball, Real Madrid's defense line became alarmed, and every defensive player had no choice but to stay on high alert.

But when it was Real Madrid's turn to attack and Cristiano Ronaldo had the ball, Barcelona only needed to send one fullback to mark him. Not only could he create no threat, but his hesitation on the ball would even ruin scoring chances created by other Real Madrid players.

So it was no wonder the outside world criticized him like that. Even his teammates were gossiping about him behind his back.

The intensity of El Clásico in Spain was completely different from the previous warm-up matches. If he still clung to the way he played at Manchester United and treated Barcelona like a warm-up opponent, then naturally he

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