Ronaldo miss vs Nigeria

The chance looks better because of the movement before it than because of the finish itself. Ronaldo is still creating separation and arriving in the right zone, which is why people keep expecting him to score even now.
 
The pass and the run are doing a lot of the work here, and that is why the miss is so noticeable. If Portugal keep producing those situations, they will still fancy him to convert more often than not.
 
A fair reading is that the chance exists because of the quality of the movement and the ball, not because the finish is simple, and that is why the reaction is split so hard. But then you get the usual internet cycle where people either defend him like hes untouchable or pile on like hes never been allowed to miss before and it all gets very tedious very quickly because the same people who say hes done will be screaming when he scores next week and then pretending they never doubted him and its always the same circus with this bloke
 
People are acting like this is some unbelievable disaster when really its just one missed chance and the whole point is that he is still getting there in the first place and that matters, the movement matters, the timing matters, the fact that defenders still have to track him matters, but the internet cannot handle nuance so it becomes unc this and washed that and its honestly embarrassing how fast people switch from praise to mockery over a single clip and if he scores the next one they will all pretend they were never chatting nonsense anyway
 
ronny misses one and the entire internet turns into forensic accountants of finishing its actually hilarious because half these lads couldnt trap a bag of cement but theyll be on here like theyve cracked the code on elite movement and positioning absolute madness
 
It is a miss, but the build-up and run are still encouraging. Both things can be true.
 
its mad how every ronaldo clip turns into the same debate and nobody can just say he missed without acting like the end of civilisation has arrived or like hes still 23 and untouchable the guy is still getting in good areas and thats the bit people keep ignoring
 
People need to stop using one missed chance to dunk on Ronaldo like it proves anything because the bigger issue is that he is still being judged against versions of himself from years ago and that will make almost anyone look worse than they are now, but even then you can see he is still moving well and still making the sort of runs that create danger, the problem is the finish did not come off and now every clown online is acting like that means he should be retired tomorrow and its just the same recycled rubbish every time he appears on a screen and honestly the obsession with him is more exhausting than the miss itself because some of you clearly care more about the agenda than the actual football
 
I think the key takeaway is that he is still arriving in dangerous areas and still drawing attention from defenders, which is not nothing. The miss is ugly on the clip, but the broader picture is more complicated than people want to admit tbh
 
It is fair to say he should score chances like that more often, but it is also fair to say the movement and delivery created a proper opportunity. The online reaction is doing the usual thing where one moment becomes a whole narrative.
 
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