@SpydiiYT@KyleStephen77@paulhi55@TheAthleticFC Look every team has their weaknesses and strengths. Portugal has three players who excel in tight spaces and playmaking. Yet this is how they play. Ronaldo as a target man works well when they actually push foward. But when every pass goes sideways there's nothing he can do.
@c2cruz1@Jayknightfr@barryswtchemdwn@bdor_msico94019@Sriash99@baracenler Lol what created chances? There were barely any. If there were a lot and Ronaldo missed or was absent in them then sure go ahead and criticize him. But there's literally nothing going on the midfield to generate any sort of attack.
@SpydiiYT@KyleStephen77@paulhi55@TheAthleticFC The midfield kept passing backwards the entire game so Congo just kept their positioning set and solid without ever having to step up and work. For a team with this midfield that is disgraceful. Martinez needs to be talked about not Ronaldo, especially at this volume...
@SpydiiYT@KyleStephen77@paulhi55@TheAthleticFC This is how it was the entire game. The only chances were created in the last 15 mins and they weren't of any quality to completely blame the striker. And I get that they want to drag the defenders out but if there's no pressure moving towards goal then why would the Congo move?
@Jayknightfr@c2cruz1@barryswtchemdwn@bdor_msico94019@Sriash99@baracenler I don't get how u guys can blame the striker for this. There's literally no one in the center for anything to be created. How do you break a low block without trying to penetrate it? All the focus on Ronaldo makes everyone skip over all the glaring issues.
@siickem92@ochocinco He's right nobodies in a position to advance the ball and when he has Bruno and co next to him why should he be one dropping back. Even if he drops back where can he play it. Terrible tactics
@Real1_balogun I don't see how the striker gets the blame here. Amazing wingbacks and midfielders but the center is completely empty. If they really want to win they'll play though the center and have Nuno wide to stretch the defense. Bruno needs to put pressure and play up and aggressive
@SpydiiYT@KyleStephen77@paulhi55@TheAthleticFC Can someone please tell me what they want Cristiano to do when this is their set up? His role today was to be a striker and that's exactly what he did. But the midfield? Those are the young hungry players u talk about and just look at the center...
@totalf0otball They need to play centrally. Concenciao helped because he actually forced the defense to step up and defend him which created space. I think Bruno should lead the midfield and mendes and cancelo should look to attack from wings to add width. Force the defense to actually defend
@Wolfieee_7@AJ121_football@R7notagain Vitinha and neves can sit behind Bruno a bit to cover when needed. But tactics today were ridiculous. They need to play centrally and force the other team to take the ball instead of passing around all game. Otherwise the opponents defense just stays set and solid all game
@DonZcentral@drdamilare9 He had them set up like this the whole match it's really not a huge dilemma. Bruno up top behind Ronaldo and vitinha and Neves behind him would've been much better. Let Nuno and cancelo play as advanced wingbacks. Once he makes those adjustments then ppl can question Ronaldo
@Dat_Messi_Guy@big_macarthur@ESPNFC Just look at this midfield. Best midfielders itw but ofc Ronaldo has to drop back and do eveything. Hes playing his role as striker but what about eveyone else? They drew because of shitty tactics, not Ronaldo
@big_macarthur@ESPNFC Pundits have always just hate farmed Ronaldo especially espn fc. I remeber when they were debating if his bike against juve was even a good goal lmfao 😂
@NaveZerep@sammysmartwizch@Hiimdaisy3@BronGotGame Forcing it lol nobody's talking about Messi here. When this is the midfield there's nothing anybody can do. Especially when Ronaldo's playing as a target man
@SolarSailor4@DailyMail I don't care if they criticize him when it's deserved but focusing on him today when the midfield was terrible and the tactics were awful is laughable
@youngvallen123 I think there's a bunch of other factors. Even if Ronaldo didn't play the midfield would still be wide open and nothing would've have really changed. The tactics are terrible and the team plays so wide there's no strength in this midfield. Until they fix that nothing will change