Cristiano Ronaldo EURO 2016.
The most overrated campaign of all time.
(THREAD)
The most overrated campaign of all time.
(THREAD)
In EURO 2016, Ronaldo had an allright perfomance with one of the best teams in the Tournament. He wasn't among the best players of that EURO, and wasn't even the best player in his team. He didn't carry them at all, and now I will show you why.
This was the Portugal team compared to France. A really solid team, one of the best in that tournament. Portugal winning isn't any surprise, specially when you see teams Portugal played against:
Portugal's path to Euro 2016:
๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland
๐ฆ๐น Austria
๐ญ๐บ Hungary
๐ญ๐ท Croatia (Ranked #18 in 2016)
๐ต๐ฑ Poland
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Wales
๐ซ๐ท France (Ranked #25 in 2016)
That Portugal team was better than all these teams bar France. And they even managed to beat France without Ronaldo.
๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland
๐ฆ๐น Austria
๐ญ๐บ Hungary
๐ญ๐ท Croatia (Ranked #18 in 2016)
๐ต๐ฑ Poland
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Wales
๐ซ๐ท France (Ranked #25 in 2016)
That Portugal team was better than all these teams bar France. And they even managed to beat France without Ronaldo.
Ronaldo played 7 games. 0 goals and 0 assists in 5 of them. Troughout the tournament, Ronaldo received 10 big chances, scoring only 3.
๐ต๐น Portugal team stats:
Goals: Ronaldo (3), Nani (3)
Pen Misses: Ronaldo (1), Nani (0)
Games with G/A: Ronaldo (2), Nani (4)
He was outperformed by his own teammate. Pepe, Quaresma and Renato Sanches were also better than him.
Goals: Ronaldo (3), Nani (3)
Pen Misses: Ronaldo (1), Nani (0)
Games with G/A: Ronaldo (2), Nani (4)
He was outperformed by his own teammate. Pepe, Quaresma and Renato Sanches were also better than him.
EURO 2016 Stats:
Most Goals: ๐ซ๐ท Griezmann (6)
Most Assists: ๐ง๐ช Hazard (4)
Most Big chances created: ๐ง๐ช De Bruyne (5)
Most Big chances missed: ๐ต๐นCristiano Ronaldo (5)
Most total shots per game: ๐ต๐น Cristiano Ronaldo (6.4)
Most freekicks missed: ๐ต๐น Cristiano Ronaldo (0/12)
Most Goals: ๐ซ๐ท Griezmann (6)
Most Assists: ๐ง๐ช Hazard (4)
Most Big chances created: ๐ง๐ช De Bruyne (5)
Most Big chances missed: ๐ต๐นCristiano Ronaldo (5)
Most total shots per game: ๐ต๐น Cristiano Ronaldo (6.4)
Most freekicks missed: ๐ต๐น Cristiano Ronaldo (0/12)
Now let's look at Ronaldo's perfomances. They are embarrasing.
โข Ronaldo vs Iceland ๐ฎ๐ธ
He dropped a stinker, every time he touched the ball he lost it. He missed an incredible big chance where he just had to tap it in and a free header in the last minutes.
He dropped a stinker, every time he touched the ball he lost it. He missed an incredible big chance where he just had to tap it in and a free header in the last minutes.
โข Ronaldo vs Austria ๐ฆ๐น
Antoher stinker, He missed 2 Big chances and 1 crucial penalty in the 80th minute.
Antoher stinker, He missed 2 Big chances and 1 crucial penalty in the 80th minute.
โข Ronaldo vs Croatia ๐ญ๐ท
Round of 16.
Literally did nothing in the whole match, he had a chance on a plate in the 120th minute and he missed it, but he was lucky quaresma was there to score.
Round of 16.
Literally did nothing in the whole match, he had a chance on a plate in the 120th minute and he missed it, but he was lucky quaresma was there to score.
โข Ronaldo vs Poland ๐ต๐ฑ
Quarter finals.
4 incredible big chances missed, another stinker.
Quarter finals.
4 incredible big chances missed, another stinker.
They reached the final against France, Ronaldo got injured and Portugal won it. We will never know if, with Ronaldo on the pitch, Portugal would have lost like they did in 2004.
As I said it was a good perfomance, but he wasn't the best in the Tournament, he didn't carry Portugal by him self. And that Portugal team winning it isn't as crazy as poeple make it out to be. Specailly with the rivals they faced.
I didn't add his game vs Hungary and Wales because he scored. But his performances were just as bad. Against France he got injured so I also didn't make a comp on that, but during the time he was on the pitch he did nothing either.
I want to point out something.
โข Ronaldo had 2 dribbles in the whole campaign.
โข Most football apps/websites say ronaldo missed 5 or 6 big chances. But I watched the games and I think there are 10.
โข Portugal didn't win a single group stage game and they still went trough.
โข Ronaldo had 2 dribbles in the whole campaign.
โข Most football apps/websites say ronaldo missed 5 or 6 big chances. But I watched the games and I think there are 10.
โข Portugal didn't win a single group stage game and they still went trough.
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