UEFA Euro 2012 - Semi-finals - ** spoilers **
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It's Ronaldo though, there is no team. There is only Ronaldo. That's why they're out. He is detrimental to team football and gets too much credit imo
It's not that surprising though.
Throughout the whole tournament virtually every freekick that Portugal got within 30yrds of goal was Ronaldo's cue to step up and try to be the hero, if he had just dinked the ball into the box once or twice to give his team mates a chance at scoring they might be through to the final now. I've lost count how many free kicks in promising positions he blazed over the bar or hit into the wall yesterday, the rest of his team were only there to feed off any rebounds.
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They're out because of Ronaldo?
I think you'll find they were still in because of Ronaldo.
I think you'll find they were still in because of Ronaldo.
Hardly. One good performance and one decent performance doesn't mask the utter shower of **** he showed in the rest of the tournament. His waste, appalling decision making, poor shooting and greed cost them quite big this tournament.
Yeah it's uncomfortable listening to the media morons tbh. I was watching him quite closely as I was genuinely interested in his contribution to the team. He had one pretty good game, but even in that game he must have had 12 shots, 6 of which were just utterly absurd choices, almost parodying himself, and he only gets a 'pretty good' from me as he scored twice, he did so much to harm the team it almost cancels out the goals.
I'd agree.
I don't think he's been Portugal's best player in any one of their games. He made some bizzare decisions re; shooting. The BBC were (correctly) pointing out how poor Almeida's decision making was and how poor his shots were, but yet fawning over Ronaldo who was (imho) equally as wasteful and his decision making equally as poor.
I thought he was very good to start with, I'd have opted for Nani or Moutinho who I thought was fantastic, Veloso also showed his class.
Saying that, I knew exactly how good these players were pre tournament so it wasn't a huge surprise to see them play so well
Saying that, I knew exactly how good these players were pre tournament so it wasn't a huge surprise to see them play so well
Pretty much nailed on the head there. He wasnt that good for majority of the tournament...and his greed is unbelievable when it comes to free kicks.
Hime missing out on taking his penalties had me in stitches, they showed his face at one point after Spain had won and you could see him cursing away lol.
Yep, i also thought Postiga was decent until he got injured.
+1 I can't stand Pepe he's a disgrace the way he acts and he really gets my blood boiling
