Everyone knows that Cristiano Ronaldo has trained himself to become one of the most lethal free kick artist in the game today. You can see kids trying to mimic his actions in his trade mark wide stance before approaching the ball straight on with tiny steps, then finally dipping the ball over the wall and into the goal with blistering pace. His first bullet was highly anticipated by the Madridistas he entertains for a living nowadays. However the new CR9 struggled from set piece situations threw out the preseason, hitting shots agonizingly wide and off target.
Ronaldo was under a lot of pressure. He was and still is expected to be for Madrid as he was for the Red Devils if not more. Even one of the greatest players in the world finds a transition like this difficult Goal scoring is purely about confidence. You'll never meet a world class striker with confidence issues. If they are struggling with confidence issues, you won't see them scoring goals. It's more important than technique or getting into goal scoring positions. People have grown impatient waiting for these wondershots to reappear. I even heard of those doubting their return to existance, claiming he'll never be the same. That is nothing but nonsense. I sat back patiently (sometimes) and waited for the first freekick to sink. I knew as soon as Ronaldo put the first one away. There would be a monkey, no, a gorilla off his back. It's all mental. As soon as one realizes they still got it, confidence begins to grow again. I preached many times. As soon as the first one falls, the rest will come flowing right in. In Ronaldo's case, what better time to bag your first freekick with your new club in the Champions League open away in Switzerland? He opened the scoring from a freekick and even added another freekick, though poor effort on the goalkeepers part, in the 89th. Madrid won 5-2 over FC Zurich. I hate to say I told you so, but a little confidence is all that a player of CR9's caliber needs, a very small spark to put his set pieces in motion.
Now having written this, with the way the good Lord loves to play with my luck, the Portuguese international will go on a freekick drought. I'm only playing. Now that Ronaldo has his form back on freekicks, he will be level headed over the dead ball and even more eager to score from set plays.
Viva el futbol y Hala Madrid
Bobinho
Ronaldo was under a lot of pressure. He was and still is expected to be for Madrid as he was for the Red Devils if not more. Even one of the greatest players in the world finds a transition like this difficult Goal scoring is purely about confidence. You'll never meet a world class striker with confidence issues. If they are struggling with confidence issues, you won't see them scoring goals. It's more important than technique or getting into goal scoring positions. People have grown impatient waiting for these wondershots to reappear. I even heard of those doubting their return to existance, claiming he'll never be the same. That is nothing but nonsense. I sat back patiently (sometimes) and waited for the first freekick to sink. I knew as soon as Ronaldo put the first one away. There would be a monkey, no, a gorilla off his back. It's all mental. As soon as one realizes they still got it, confidence begins to grow again. I preached many times. As soon as the first one falls, the rest will come flowing right in. In Ronaldo's case, what better time to bag your first freekick with your new club in the Champions League open away in Switzerland? He opened the scoring from a freekick and even added another freekick, though poor effort on the goalkeepers part, in the 89th. Madrid won 5-2 over FC Zurich. I hate to say I told you so, but a little confidence is all that a player of CR9's caliber needs, a very small spark to put his set pieces in motion.
Now having written this, with the way the good Lord loves to play with my luck, the Portuguese international will go on a freekick drought. I'm only playing. Now that Ronaldo has his form back on freekicks, he will be level headed over the dead ball and even more eager to score from set plays.
Viva el futbol y Hala Madrid
Bobinho
Heyy Bobby, gd 2 ave uz bck!!
ReplyDeleteErmm bout Ronaldo well dnt lyk him, so dnt reli tlk much bought him, but his free- kicks need 2 start goin in, he wastes so many, nd its not lyk ppl culd get on the end of em lyk say Guti's, wen he missed dem get go sky high or wide, owever for Real's sake i hope dey do start goin in..
also load of us on the offside ave signed up for the champions league fantasy fing, nd r in a league, dnt supposed uz signed up?
bout him
ReplyDeleteoh btw its zizou ere from the offside, dunno y its sayin zi-zou
ReplyDeleteI've been out of action for quite some time. It's nice to be back. I do agree with you though. Ronaldo does need some work. But I'm just bankin now that he has this first freekick off his chest, that he will be more confident now from dead ball situations in the future. And I'm not in the fantasy league or anything. I would join but I have a lot on my plate already. This is my new blog along with my partnership with one of my best friends Guelinho. He supports Barca nad I obviously support Madrid. It's hard to imagine we're even friends ya? So hopefully it will put an interesting spin on things.
ReplyDeletewell i guess its different if ur not from Madrid or Barcelona,( im guessin ur not lolz), must b kwl tho wen the 2 meet, i did notice dat the top had changed 2 1 touch football, didn't relise it was a new blog, shuld b fun readin both ur articles den.
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