Why Spanish Football expert believes Cristiano Ronaldo has passed his peak?
Spanish Football expert Guillem Balague feels Cristiano Ronaldo has passed his peak, as a result he has struggled to influence big games this season.
The Portuguese was subject of jeers and whistles from the some section of Real Madrid fans, during Zidane’s side 7-1 win over Celta Vigo over the weekend.
Balague revealed that some fans booed him due his comments about rest of Real Madrid squad, after he appeared to criticize his teammates following their 1-0 loss in Madrid Derby, while others were not happy with his misplaced pass to Dani Carvajal in the first half against Celta Vigo.
Why Spanish Football expert believes Cristiano Ronaldo has passed his peak?
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“Real Madrid did not play badly nor great in the first half against Celta Vigo, as if they found it hard to mentally switch on when they know they are playing for nothing in the league.
“The second half was a completely different story. Again, a game that should be celebrated by everybody has various points of discussion, including Cristiano Ronaldo putting his hand to his ear after scoring Real’s second goal.
“The reason was he had been whistled by the fans before when he gave the wrong pass to Dani Carvajal. Historically, being whistled is something that motivates him and you can see the reaction to that.
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Not just with the goal, but he kept going on and we know that with him, scoring is the most important thing. So by doing that you could see how happy he was, even though it mattered little for the result.”
“And that gesture to the fans is proof again that he will never be universally loved at Real Madrid. There is division in terms of why some people whistled him: some say it was due to the pass, or was it because he said after the Atletico Madrid defeat a couple of badly timed home truths that we all know about?
“Firstly, that if everybody was as good as him, Madrid would be top. And secondly, that he prefers to play with the top players. There is nothing wrong with that, only that if you have just been beaten by Atletico, perhaps he should not have said that as if taking away from his own responsibility.
“Now he has passed Telmo Zarra as the second-best goalscorer in La Liga. He can score in any way possible and as I keep saying, only Jimmy Greaves and Gerd Muller are ahead of him in terms of goals scored in the main European leagues.”