I said his input wasn't as limited as somebody like Gomez so they are bad examples it was just a way of me saying just reeling of goal stats just proves that he scored goals not that he had a good game.
It's possible to have a bad game while scoring. I'm not disagreeing with that.
But for me he consistently doesn't show that same level of dominance in the big games. Of course he will be tightly marked he is a great player that is what tends to happen to them. It is his job to get himself involved.
No it's not. It's the job of the manager to compensate for the tight marking by adjusting the formation, or moving Ronaldo to another location from where he can do damage. He had a specific role to perform, he can't just waltz off and do his own thing.
The last 10 minutes of the match in Dortmund he came away from the left wing and started popping up all over the pitch and guess what Real almost scored twice he was content to stay out there and there was little attempt by him to get involved, also for me it was a one on one job against Dortmund and he did not get the better of his fullback once all night. Whenever Dortmund counter attacked their right winger was right there. The most impressive thing Ronaldo did was get there to tap in Higuain's pass..
There were spells where Real had the better of Dortmund, yes. However it was not attack where they were found wanting. The defense was absolutely shocking, and I cannot recall a team that has gone through to the finals after condeding 4 goals in the semi finals. Watch the game again, it was not a 1 on 1. Pizkzkek stayed back all night, and either the holding midfielder or the winger would rotate to keep a tab on him.
Can you honestly tell me he played well against us or Dortmund in any one of the four games?.
He was good against us in the Bernabau, poor at Old Trafford until the send off. He was decent in spurts against Dortmund. Not brilliant or very good, but he didn't go missing.
Dortmund are not so unbeatable they are a great team but lets not make them out to be Barca 08-10 if Real had finished their early chances then we would be having a different conversation. I just see it as he struggles in these tight games to really make things happen when he is not scoring. I don't understand how you can consistently blame players worst than Ronaldo for his inability to shine in these games. You look to your best player's to make things happen. If Barca win we are looking at how Iniesta, Messi or Xavi performed not Pedro or Sanchez.
If Real had better defenders than Pepe and Ramos, they would probably be in the finals now. But that's beside the point. Are you telling me that Xavi, Iniesta, or Messi would have performed better in his situation? Because I watched them against Milan, PSG and Bayern. I don't think they would have. In fact, I don't think any player in place of Ronaldo, could have done better. Balu mentions Ribery and Robben. Their brilliance this season is because of the system they work in.
For me he pulled a no-show in four champions league knockout ties. He is too talented for that to happen four times in one campaign. He has splayed one good game against Dortmund out of four this season. But he was devastating against Galatassary in both legs.
I don't think he was no where to be found in the knockout ties. Without his goals Real wouldn't have got to the semifinals.
Is his goal to be behind Messi his whole career? So basically Messi didn't do well so it's okay for Ronaldo not to then come December people will be talking about how many goals Ronaldo scored and why that should make him the Ballon d'or. The problem for Ronaldo is Messi is clearly the better player of the two of them. If they swapped teams Barca would suffer alot more with Ronaldo Real would have less of a drop off. The way teams mark Messi and the space Barca play in Ronaldo wouldn't be able to handle that. The way we played them is how teams have played Barca for the last 4-5 years.
The reason why I brought Messi up was to show you what impossible standards you have. Messi is the better player. Should he have done more against Chelsea, Bayern and Inter? Let's look at Xavi and Iniesta. Shouldn't they have done more when the chips were down against world class sides? I have not seen one word against either player in their respective threads, after being drubbed by Bayern. So if they aren't being held up to these standards, why is Ronaldo the one to blame for his team's inability to reach the finals?
Outside his goals he doesn't contribute enough in big games. He is not the first great player to be tightly marked and he won't be the last. He will score goals because he is an outstanding goalscorer but when the tie needs more than that he won't contribute. When your attack is broken and you can't get the ball into the final third look to Ozil and Di Maria before you look at Ronaldo that for me is ridiculous. Goals don't just pop up your team has to break down the opposition's defence in someway Ronaldo is at the end of those chances but when you are not getting those chances I would like the second best player in the world to be more involved in making something happen than he has been this season.
He's a wide forward. A winger/striker hybrid. He's never been a playmaker. He facilitates the attack, he carries the ball forward and he finishes moves off. Castigizing him for not being able to thread passes through a crowded defense is as futile as criticizing Iniesta for his lack of scoring in the biggest games this season.
Sorry for the long reply.
