Er 1 goal? Is that the running the swimming or the cycling?
Cristiano Ronaldo - performances 2017/18
- Thread starter SirAF
- Start date
-
In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
Er 1 goal? Is that the running the swimming or the cycling?
Were they as over exaggerative of the pass to ronaldo? It was such an easy knockdown and shocking defending all round.
As far as I remember they were, that it was a great pick out by Kroos and Ronaldo made it better by completing the move. He made it look easy, and I think he deserves credit for it.
It looked easy because it was. That same play happens almost every game where someone’s chasing a goal in injury time. Ball to the back post, isolate your best header of the ball against a smaller full back and head it back across goal. Dejan Lovren could have done what ronaldo did. The moment was exhilarating, but the play was so simple. It was atrocious defending.
Agree to disagree then. Yes it was poor defending but I thought it was great play by Ronaldo.
Exactly.
Ronaldo missed the target 2 minutes earlier doing the exact same thing at the other side of the goal.
He came alive when the pressure was at its greatest.
If he wins the CL this season it'll be his 5th. He'll equal the number of CLs won than Bayern, Barca and Liverpool and 2 more than us and Inter. Absolutely ridiculous.
I guess I can’t make the distinction between great and expected.
That's one of the reasons I thought it was great too. He missed an opportunity at the back post just before that then on his next chance he sets up the penalty. He kept calm and didn't lose his cool, which is why I thought it was great.
Lol fair enough if you think it was nothing great and the minimum he should have done. I thought it was great due to other things other than the fact it was a knockdown, see above.
Another ridiculous stat.
This deserve the famous green smilie.
TBF some of the great things he does are also expected.
It's an easy knockdown for someone that can jump that high. It's not an easy knockdown for anyone else.
It's like he's contractually given just enough of Real Madrid's UCL goals to claim ownership.
Haaah! 
Reminded me of every «evil corp» owner from TV shows, ranging from Entourage to Billions.
Reminded me of every «evil corp» owner from TV shows, ranging from Entourage to Billions.While the Ronaldo jump was quite obnoxious, the Juve defender should've done more. The same with Carvajal for Juve's 2nd goal.
Last edited:
Messi would tremble in his boots.
Look at that calmness and trust in his abilities ...completely unphased.
Un-fecking-real.
Liverpool haven't won the CL fives times. They've won the European cup...which is a completely different beast.
Wrong thread @VancouverUtdFan
He's matured into a fantastic leader, no doubt the early influences at us helped to shape this.
It makes it so much sweater that he put that in with how Juve acted messing up the ground. You can see the influence of Fergie on him there. No nonsense, doesn't care about the Buffon incident, doesn't get emotional. He knows there's a task in hand and he does it.
I adore Ronaldo fully in that video. He remained calm and focused. Very admirable. Didn't let Juve's antics get to him.
That Messi comment of yours is so small-time though.
Also, that video of comparing Messi/Ronaldo reactions is so misleading. Catches 2-3 second segments of Messi looking down, but 10 long seconds of Ronaldo.
I'm all for Ronaldo appreciating but there's no need to try and shit on Messi in this thread. It's what sparks needless debates.
I'm praying to the soccer gods, the new and the old that Ronnie is going to blow away Pool like none of their performances in the CL ever really mattered.
Average over these two games plus the home game vs Juve. Worked hard, missed crucial chances. That's about it. Certainly not been 'clutch' in these performances and he could have rued his miss badly if Bayern did what they should have done and scored a third (and fourth).
Funny how things could still go while Real looked huge favorites after the first leg vs Juve and Ronaldo looked 100% the next Balon d'Or winner after Messi exit. Now IF he loses the final (which is very possible with this Real), Balon D'or is Salah's, unless either he or Messi play a huge world cup.
Funny how things could still go while Real looked huge favorites after the first leg vs Juve and Ronaldo looked 100% the next Balon d'Or winner after Messi exit. Now IF he loses the final (which is very possible with this Real), Balon D'or is Salah's, unless either he or Messi play a huge world cup.
Will bag a brace in the final and no one will remember.
He didn't score in either leg.
Please make up for it vs Liverpool.
Please make up for it vs Liverpool.
It's Ronaldo, he'll step up in the final.
Your stage is ready, you know what to do in Kiev.
A hat-trick in the final please.
The only way that can be topped is if he pulls off his shirt after scoring his third and reveals the united badge underneath, and points to sir Alex in the crowd.
After winning the game, he can do the "5 times la" to Liverpool fans.
Think he did very well in the first game, were he got a goal wrongly disallowed, but Benzema has finally scored so we couldn't really lose after that. Now that we're through you can bet he's going to prepare to give his best at the final.
He should have got more chances than he did, so many missed passes that would put him 1 on 1 with the keeper throughout both games. In the first half Marcelo had a simple pullback when he had an open goal but the ball never got there either... he needs to bury that huge chance he had though, that was terrible and it was at a crucial point of the game.
Besides all of that it's very nice to see him put in some work defensively, Madrid fans will love that.
Hopefully he manages to get his scoring boots on for the final
Besides all of that it's very nice to see him put in some work defensively, Madrid fans will love that.
Hopefully he manages to get his scoring boots on for the final
I am a big fan of his clutch style, but he just didn't show up in 180 minutes.
Hummels and Sule are like the slowest two center backs you are ever gonna meet in a CL semifinal (you can't count Federico Fazio because he's a joke). He should have really impacted the game more and his miss was criminal at a crucial point of the match. I can understand him not going into dribbles against fast players because his dribbling style is not a good fit against those opponents, but I just wanted to see more today against this opponent without a defensive centre mid.
I will not criticise his defensive effort in this match, that was top notch.
Hummels and Sule are like the slowest two center backs you are ever gonna meet in a CL semifinal (you can't count Federico Fazio because he's a joke). He should have really impacted the game more and his miss was criminal at a crucial point of the match. I can understand him not going into dribbles against fast players because his dribbling style is not a good fit against those opponents, but I just wanted to see more today against this opponent without a defensive centre mid.
I will not criticise his defensive effort in this match, that was top notch.