🚨 Toni Kroos on Ronaldo’s performance against Congo
“I understand the huge pressure Cristiano was under after Messi’s incredible performance against Algeria. This is the World Cup, not a friendly everyone expected him to deliver, but he simply wasn’t at his best against Congo today. He looked tense, forcing shots, creating absolutely nothing, and holding the ball too long instead of trusting his teammates, he was a bit too selfish.
What I still don’t understand is why Roberto left him on for the full match. He created zero chances, yet the coach subbed off Vitinha, Bernardo, Nuno Mendes and other key players the team really needed, while keeping Ronaldo until the final minutes. It felt like he was scared to take him off, just because Messi had scored a hat-trick and he desperately wanted Ronaldo to get a goal. That’s ridiculous.
If they really want to win the World Cup, they shouldn't be building the team around Ronaldo anymore. He has little or nothing left to offer them at this level. This squad has more than enough young, elite stars who are in their prime they are the ones who should be the focal point of the project, not a 41-year-old Ronaldo.
Ronaldo is a fantastic player, but he’s a system player who needs the team to create the platform for him. Messi, on the other hand, carries the team and makes average players look like superstars.
Football is not just about individual glory; it’s about the collective. Cristiano should relax, trust his teammates more, and stop chasing Messi’s shadow. There are still important matches left he will definitely score, I have no doubt.
Messi is a true phenomenon, the kind we’ve rarely seen. The more you try to compete with him, the higher he raises the bar.”
@dme_363 He did his almost best cause even Madrid's Legend "Casillas" collected 3 goal from Messi on his Barcelona's debut🤣🤣🤣🤣.
The guy did extremely well.
"It's true that Messi committed a foul. But if Messi should have been shown a red card, then Ronaldo should have received a two-game ban in that match as well cause the dude was wrestling
@tsushima077 Hahaha 😂 bro to be frank it's a foul but not red card. If Messi' foul should had been red card than Ronaldo should had received a two games ban from this game, but it is what it is🤣🤣🤣
@Grandsoncr7 Arda Guler is good but stop over hyping him because he wasn't at his best. In fact he didn't even do anything extra to start comparing him with Lamine. Stop comparing both of them when it comes to football; because Arda Guler can't even WALK better than Lamine