All posts tagged "Cristiano Ronaldo"

  • MOTD: Poland 1-1 Portugal (3-5 pens)

    Portugal haven’t exactly been on fire at the European Championships this summer. Still, they’ve managed to wriggle their way into the semi-finals of the tournament with a quarterfinal victory over Poland on penalties.  The only record Portugal...

    • Posted June 30, 2016
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  • Ronaldo hungry for Euro success ahead of Iceland matchup

    Embed from Getty Images Cristiano Ronaldo has suffered numerous international heartbreaks with Portugal in the past. Will Euro 2016 be any different for A Selecção? For all of Cristiano Ronaldo’s glorious triumphs, and there are plenty, his lack...

    • Posted June 11, 2016
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  • Messi wins round eight in Ballon d’Or battle with Ronaldo

    Esteemed football tactics writer Jonathan Wilson poses an astute theory on the various “styles” of football and how they differ across the planet.  Every country, he suggests, has its own clear strengths and recognizes them but doesn’t...

    • Posted January 11, 2016
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  • Ronaldo’s eyelids: Sparking transfer rumors for ten years

    There is a certain way to wink with maximum effect and swagger; just a gentle bat of the eye, so the subject(s) of your trickery can’t tell if you have actually winked or not. Cristiano Ronaldo has...

    • Posted November 5, 2015
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  • Five highlights to keep you satisfied over the international break

    For all the international break can offer, it’s just not the same as some nice old club football. You know nothing must be happening when Jose Mourinho decides to sink into the background, though pictures of him...

    • Posted October 15, 2015
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  • Karim Benzema embracing role as Cristiano Ronaldo’s understudy

    No one will soon outshine Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi. Not the record breakers, poster boys and unparalleled legends; not the men who have split the FIFA Ballon D’Or award for the past seven years; especially not...

    • Posted August 3, 2015
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  • Are knuckling free-kicks a fad?

    It’s free kicks like his mesmerizing effort against Eibar that help make Cristiano Ronaldo so famous. Back up three yards into “the stance.” Deep breath. Puff up chest. Then unleash in incredible effort feared not only for...

    • Posted April 30, 2015
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  • Tables turned on Messi as Barcelona dip

    Let’s imagine, for the sake of example, that Lionel Messi were playing at, say, Norwich City, while Cristiano Ronaldo remains at Real Madrid. No matter who is the “better” player, Ronaldo would score more, would he not?...

    • Posted January 7, 2015
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  • MOTD: Liverpool 0-3 Real Madrid

    Anfield has been the backyard playground of so many greats down the years. Robbie Fowler, Ian Rush, and more recently, Steven Gerrard. And while Gerrard was on the pitch at Anfield tonight, as captain of Liverpool, it...

    • Posted October 22, 2014
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  • Where will Ronaldo and Messi be in 5 years?

    Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are arguably the best two players the world has ever seen. Certainly, as their careers begin to wane, it is up for debate whether they matched those careers of namely Diego Maradona...

    • Posted October 13, 2014
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