While watching the Portugal vs Switzerland match last night, towards the end the announcer presented an interesting statistic.
After a free kick won by Portugal, when Cristiano Ronaldo was on the ball, he said that in the last 50+ free kicks he had scored only 1 goal.
At that moment I thought it was a terrifying (for soccer) figure, not in a positive way of course!
I find it hard to believe that such a career has been so humiliated by his insistence on still playing soccer. Is it worth it?
As a person who loves soccer, I cannot accept that a high career is dragged down for the sake of not giving up the green fields.
And when there are dozens of other soccer-related jobs that can be done!
It is not realistic to think that he needs money based on the figures he earns! And even if he needs money, he can earn it as a commentator, as a coach, as a match analyst.
Even the way he acted when he came out of the game in the last South Korea match in the group is an attempt to destroy his career. Let's say he doesn't see what millions of people see when they watch him, do those around him not see it either? His wife, friend, friend or manager...! Don't they see it too, don't they warn him?
For a once legendary figure to move away from the player side of football and, if he loves it so much, to move to the other side of football should be at the peak of his career.
Otherwise, as happened last night and the game before, as happened in the Manu games, as happened in the Manu matches, as happened in his dismissal from Manu, etc., the processes of trampling on his career will continue.
As a football lover who loves Ronaldo, I tell you that from now on, no matter what team or country he goes to, I will not watch any match with Cristiano Ronaldo to remember a career at its peak! Including the Qatar World Cup!
Considering that Ramos, who replaced Ronaldo last night, was the first player to score a hattrick in the World Cup and considering that Portugal beat Switzerland 6 - 1, I think that there is no chance for Ronaldo to be a starter in Portugal's remaining games and that his chances of getting minutes as a late substitute are diminishing...
And it's repulsive to imagine him taking the ball when Portugal wins a free kick close to the goal. End your already finished career, Ronaldo!
A saying comes to mind that describes Ronaldo's situation: what one does to oneself, seven nations can't do together!
