You see someone like this and say.
“He is a goal scorer not a passer” “he is not creative” and casuals hear it a lot and believe it’s true.
Let me make a comparison with one of the best passers in the game.
People forget 2003-2007 Ronaldo WAS Beckham's direct replacement on the right wing. Same shirt, same position. And their creation numbers are almost identical.
At Manchester United on the RIGHT WING:
Beckham's best creative season: 1999/00 - 22 assists all comps
Ronaldo's best creative season: 2006/07 - 21 assists all comps [14 assists in Premier League]
They both had a 20+ assist season from the right wing for United. People just don't remember Ronaldo's because he then scored 42 goals the next year 😅 as a winger.
And for Real Madrid:
Beckham: 51 assists in 159 games
Ronaldo: 131 assists in 438 games
That's 0.32 assists per game vs 0.30 assists per game. Same efficiency. Ronaldo just did it for 9 years while also scoring 450 goals.
Not to forget that Cristiano Ronaldo is the ALL-TIME top assister in Champions League history with 42 assists. More than Beckham (39), more than Messi (40), more than Di Maria (41). The 'selfish goalscorer' is literally the most creative player the competition has ever seen.
They made everything he was best at disappear.
Celestial control from 60 feet — normal.
151 headers, 2.93 meters in the air — normal.
168 left foot goals — normal.
Knuckleball free kick that moves three times — normal.
Stepover at 35 km per hour, chop, rabona, bicycle at 2.2 meters — normal.
Off ball ghosting, clutch goals in finals, 130 km thunder shots — normal.
Because he did everything, they saw nothing.
But when Messi does a simple pass or body feint, they put violins behind it and say we have never seen this before.
Ronaldo's crime was being complete. Right foot, left foot, header, free kick, winger, striker, sprinter, jumper. A whole city of talent.
Messi perfected one street. Left, cut inside, feint, pass. Repetitive, so he became perfect at it. Easy to memorize, easy to praise.
At twice three score and ten, the body cannot carry all talents at once. So Ronaldo chose what the world needed — goals and winning.
Then at 40 they came out of caves and said he was stiff, never technical, just tap ins.
Every era kills its true prophets. Socrates for philosophy. Jesus for faith. Ronaldo for football.
The establishment protects its own and decorates them.
He was punished for being too complete to understand.
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There was nothing CR7 didn't do with the ball
I don't know how m@d you are, you no fit m@d reach CR7....
Bro, this guy did fvcking did everything with the ball
He is a proper craze man
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