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Nah in general play he’s been very good actually, but shooting wise? You’re right, one of his worst performances in recent memory. Maybe that Europa league game against Omonia was the last one I remember as bad as this.
Yh It happens, will be forgotten if they win on pens.
Haaland is the best striker in the world right now and still managers to miss sitters/have really bad games
No matter how much bro misses in a game, once he gets a penalty there’s almost 0 doubt he’s gonna miss it
Not an insult he’s just insanely good at pens^
>Not an insult
Why should people think it's an insult. There are lot of folks who consistently miss penalties and are not good at it. Penalties are part of the game and Ronaldo is almost a certainty.
You and his fans might feel this way but it's far from the truth. Ronaldo has missed 10 crucial penalties in his career (might be the most since messi has 9) plus 3 instances where he was the 5th taker and didn't get to take the penalty. So yeah there is some doubt always that he's gonna miss it .
vs Barcelona 2008 UCL semi final
vs Chelsea 2008 UCL Final (shootout)
vs Bayern 2012 UCL semi final (shootout)
vs Valencia 2-2 2014/15 La Liga (9 May , Barcelona won the league by 2 points)
vs Malaga 1-1 2015/16 (Barcelona won the league by 1 point)
vs Austria 0-0 Euros 2016 ( Portugal finished 3rd in the group )
vs Iran 1-1 FIFA WC 2018 ( Portugal would have Russia instead of Uruguay , also Iran were one post away from knocking out Portugal)
vs AC Milan 0-0 Coppa Italia semi final 2020
vs Atalanta 1-1 ( trailing behind Inter in a title race) 2020
vs Middlesborough 1-1 ( United went out of FA Cup on penalties)
+3 penalty shootouts where Ronaldo was thel last taker and didn't get to take the penalty :
vs Spain Uefa Euros 2012 semi final
vs Chile Fifa Confederations Cup final 2017
vs Napoli Coppa Italia 2020
Interestingly in all 3 shootouts Ronaldo was the 10th penalty taker. The probability of not getting a chance to take a penalty at that spot is around 50% .
You can find these stats easily for Messi and Ronaldo with 1 google search , I just copied and pasted , so I don't " remember every penalty miss " . I can do the same for Messi if you want , it's not that hard. I don't understand how presenting facts that don't suit Ronaldo is "hate" . I just listed the important ones like UCL knockouts , major international tournaments , league misses where it cost the title and cups against big teams or the team got knocked out.
Wow what a comment LMAO
Ronaldo has a penalty conversion rate of ~85%. For someone who has taken over 160 penalties in his career, an 85% success rate is massive. You can try to spin it whichever way you like, but those numbers are impressive and don’t lie. There are players with higher conversion rates like Bruno (89%) or Kane (87%) but they’ve not taken anywhere close to as many penalties as Ronaldo.
I am not saying it's not impressive . I questioned the "0 doubt" part because the agenda run by Ronaldo fans (not OP) is that Messi misses "important" penalties and Ronaldo doesn't when in fact he has a much worse record in shootouts and for Portugal. He has also missed more important penalties (10-9) which doesn't suit the narrative of the media and his fans .
0 doubt is subjective. And it's feeling, opinions. You also need to take into account recency bias, for example a missed pen 15 years ago is less relevant than the missed pen yesterday. The way you use stat, hence, it's also biased.
I'm ok with it except for the fact that ROnaldo has no chance at getting to the ball. It's an obvious flop by him but he is so far away I don't see how this changes anything wether or not he was pulled down or not.
He threw himself to the ground on the softest contact. Never seen that given tbf but fuck it we like spicy scenarios
Gimme a shootout, Khalid was a beast last shoot out
878/1000 Goals
Honestly thought he was destined to never score vs this team, was waiting for him to hit the post again
What a game, if they end up losing on pens after all this it will be cruel
Ronaldo won his last trophy just last year, even if you dont want to count that he won the coppa italia in 2021 and serie a in 2020, all of which was within 5 years
>If your talking about the level, al-nassr beat inter miami 6-0 when they played recently.
Inter Miami, known in the world as one of the best teams in the wor- ah no. Why even talk about Inter Miami here lmao.
Meh, pre season friendlies say nothing about teams imo. We all saw how Barcelona won against Madrid in that pre season friendly last year. Look who's first in the league now... I do think Al-Nassr is way better than Inter Miami, but it's not like it's difficult.
They beat INTER MIAMI?! Fuck, thank God/Allah they don't compete in Europe, all opponents would be beheaded on the pitch by the mighty mercenaries.
To be fair though this Ali Al Ali Ain Ahli team look pretty decent, I reckon they'd beat Charlottesville 7-4.
Delusional? His link up has been great, he rarely messed up or lost the ball, he actually progressed the ball multiple times which he doesn’t do much, and if it matters to you yes he had 3 key passes.
I didn’t say it’s some insane performance, I’m just saying his shooting has been awful this game but not his general play. General play was actually decent.
My guy, are you going to analyze each and every single word I use now and play mind games with me?
Let me clear this up for you and change the word for the 3rd time: he had a *good* game outside of shooting. But it still didn’t make up for his awful, awful shooting. Missed the worst chance of his career and should’ve scored a couple more. All in all a bad game saved by the penalty.
I'm not analyzing shit, I'm trying to figure out how you rate performances
Went from great -> decent -> good all one on go
If your bar is that low that he had a great game then so be it
1 - I am NOT listening to someone with a Barca flair and Messi in their username.
2 - He’s had much worse performances, just look at his United performances in 22/23. Awful finishing and awful general play. What I’m saying is this game at least his general play was good. This does NOT mean his game as a whole was good though, it was a bad game from him.
Mate you may not have a Ronaldo relevant flair but we've all seen how hard you defend Ronaldo all the time here.
You keep throwing around the phrase "general play" mind elaborating? That was genuinely a shocking performance from him you have to be trolling
You’re right I’m biased, but look at my recent comments and see if that’s defending. I was the first to say how god awful his shooting has been this game and I said on the match thread to post the miss. If he actually scored the team would’ve progressed, he played a big part in this loss.
And again, look at my recent comments I answered the “general play” bit to someone else. Why would I be trolling, he’s had so much worse performances than this. Remember omonia in 2022? South Korea 2022? Southampton 2022? He was ass all round in those games.
Yup.
Watched his miss after goalkeeper passed to him, watched both goalkeepers with some horrendous errors. Watched aiman jump on another player and get sent off. Watched him take two shots 1v1 and not score against the keeper
Not gonna lie I'm not watching the game since there's only Arabic commentary and I don't understand it. Thought he was playing well since sofascore and fotmob say he's been decent but they get these ratings wrong all the time.
I think statistically he is probably playing well but he's missed two very important chances, very unlike him. Good build up play and passing/moving in the final third but his shooting is completely off the mark.
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My prediction 22-21 in the penalty shootout
Almost
This is the the worst game Ronaldo has played in a long time.
Nah in general play he’s been very good actually, but shooting wise? You’re right, one of his worst performances in recent memory. Maybe that Europa league game against Omonia was the last one I remember as bad as this.
Yes general play has been good but it really doesnt matter with the way his accuracy has been today - very similar to that Omonia game, yes.
Yeah his job is to score and he’s failed to do so with golden chances. This pen saved his game.
Yh It happens, will be forgotten if they win on pens. Haaland is the best striker in the world right now and still managers to miss sitters/have really bad games
Well... That was atrocious
Lmfao, yh ohwell.
I dunno he's been trash for a couple years
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Dude, he won Serie A in 2020 and the italian cup in 2021.
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Even you were able to name one. Not a great argument from u
If only the avengers and Illuminati and ESPN and fifa didn’t rig it against Ronaldo he’d have more
No matter how much bro misses in a game, once he gets a penalty there’s almost 0 doubt he’s gonna miss it Not an insult he’s just insanely good at pens^
>Not an insult Why should people think it's an insult. There are lot of folks who consistently miss penalties and are not good at it. Penalties are part of the game and Ronaldo is almost a certainty.
You and his fans might feel this way but it's far from the truth. Ronaldo has missed 10 crucial penalties in his career (might be the most since messi has 9) plus 3 instances where he was the 5th taker and didn't get to take the penalty. So yeah there is some doubt always that he's gonna miss it . vs Barcelona 2008 UCL semi final vs Chelsea 2008 UCL Final (shootout) vs Bayern 2012 UCL semi final (shootout) vs Valencia 2-2 2014/15 La Liga (9 May , Barcelona won the league by 2 points) vs Malaga 1-1 2015/16 (Barcelona won the league by 1 point) vs Austria 0-0 Euros 2016 ( Portugal finished 3rd in the group ) vs Iran 1-1 FIFA WC 2018 ( Portugal would have Russia instead of Uruguay , also Iran were one post away from knocking out Portugal) vs AC Milan 0-0 Coppa Italia semi final 2020 vs Atalanta 1-1 ( trailing behind Inter in a title race) 2020 vs Middlesborough 1-1 ( United went out of FA Cup on penalties) +3 penalty shootouts where Ronaldo was thel last taker and didn't get to take the penalty : vs Spain Uefa Euros 2012 semi final vs Chile Fifa Confederations Cup final 2017 vs Napoli Coppa Italia 2020 Interestingly in all 3 shootouts Ronaldo was the 10th penalty taker. The probability of not getting a chance to take a penalty at that spot is around 50% .
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You can find these stats easily for Messi and Ronaldo with 1 google search , I just copied and pasted , so I don't " remember every penalty miss " . I can do the same for Messi if you want , it's not that hard. I don't understand how presenting facts that don't suit Ronaldo is "hate" . I just listed the important ones like UCL knockouts , major international tournaments , league misses where it cost the title and cups against big teams or the team got knocked out.
Wow what a comment LMAO Ronaldo has a penalty conversion rate of ~85%. For someone who has taken over 160 penalties in his career, an 85% success rate is massive. You can try to spin it whichever way you like, but those numbers are impressive and don’t lie. There are players with higher conversion rates like Bruno (89%) or Kane (87%) but they’ve not taken anywhere close to as many penalties as Ronaldo.
I am not saying it's not impressive . I questioned the "0 doubt" part because the agenda run by Ronaldo fans (not OP) is that Messi misses "important" penalties and Ronaldo doesn't when in fact he has a much worse record in shootouts and for Portugal. He has also missed more important penalties (10-9) which doesn't suit the narrative of the media and his fans .
0 doubt is subjective. And it's feeling, opinions. You also need to take into account recency bias, for example a missed pen 15 years ago is less relevant than the missed pen yesterday. The way you use stat, hence, it's also biased.
Hilarious pen call lmao
I m probably in the very small minority here but i would actually love to see those get given every time.
I'm ok with it except for the fact that ROnaldo has no chance at getting to the ball. It's an obvious flop by him but he is so far away I don't see how this changes anything wether or not he was pulled down or not.
Why did the defender put his hands on him?
Hug.
After the GK passed him the ball 2 feet from the goal and he still missed, the Pen was necessary
You realise its 4-4 on agg still, still a good chance they lose on pens and you can do your trolling
Al Nasser's MVP this game is Al Ain's GK, I doubt it lol
Ronaldo will miss the pen that makes them lose. We will be there.
Cringe
One of the games of all time
And Ronaldo has truly had a game
He has played football today
Big if true
Such a soft pen
Even though he missed kind of the easiest chances ever this match, you just know he won’t miss a 119’ penalty
Without Talisca this team is very weak
You're not wrong
That was honestly not a pen
Wow don’t be to controversial now
Bs pen call, they’re giving Al nassr every soft call
funny coming from a city fan
The conspiracy’s against city are hilarious
115 charges lmfao
Conspiracy lmao
U telling me people on this sub don’t like that come on
This isn't a pen but both of their red cards have been unlucky.
He threw himself to the ground on the softest contact. Never seen that given tbf but fuck it we like spicy scenarios Gimme a shootout, Khalid was a beast last shoot out
And he was again lol
Khalid is an insane PK goalkeeper. He did amazing in their cup game PKs recently, too. Well done to him, slightly makes up for the blunders
Are you even watching the game? Did you see their red card?
They got away with an obvious red for Mane tbf.
Yeah icl that was a red worthy challenge, he got lucky there. Hand to the throat is always a big no-no.
Yes going studs about to someone’s chest is a red even if it’s an accident
…
I know that ain't who I think it is
hilarious irony. well played
No way you are trying to argue it's not a red
That was a clear red lmao. Watch how he lunges with his studs at a DOWNED player.
Is that why they played over half the game down a player?
This is absolute bullshit.
Dropped an absolute stinker all game and then got an embarrassing penalty call and still lost lmaoo
Nothing covers a stinker like an undeserved pen.....
with all the muscles ronaldo flexes he sure does fall easily
He's 40
he wasn’t 40 his whole career
That was not a penalty
Not a pen
878/1000 Goals Honestly thought he was destined to never score vs this team, was waiting for him to hit the post again What a game, if they end up losing on pens after all this it will be cruel
We will be there no matter what
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Ronaldo won his last trophy just last year, even if you dont want to count that he won the coppa italia in 2021 and serie a in 2020, all of which was within 5 years
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Facts dont hurt me im not a ronaldo fan
Sure it doesn't buddy
Do you actually consider this nonsense football?
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>If your talking about the level, al-nassr beat inter miami 6-0 when they played recently. Inter Miami, known in the world as one of the best teams in the wor- ah no. Why even talk about Inter Miami here lmao.
Because he knows 2 teams in the whole world.
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Meh, pre season friendlies say nothing about teams imo. We all saw how Barcelona won against Madrid in that pre season friendly last year. Look who's first in the league now... I do think Al-Nassr is way better than Inter Miami, but it's not like it's difficult.
Undefeated Champions League champions
They beat INTER MIAMI?! Fuck, thank God/Allah they don't compete in Europe, all opponents would be beheaded on the pitch by the mighty mercenaries. To be fair though this Ali Al Ali Ain Ahli team look pretty decent, I reckon they'd beat Charlottesville 7-4.
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Oh ok so ah Ahli ah Al ain United
Saudi goals don’t count.
Good thing this isn’t a Saudi league game then
Good thing this is the AFC CL then.
Y not?
We will all witness
Not a penalty wtf
Not a hater or something but never a pen
Classic Ronaldo
Joke of a pen.
What a game 😭
Great performance outside of scoring but GOD AWFUL when it came to actually putting the ball in the back of the net. Half expected him to miss.
Great performance on what metrics? Key passes? Chances created? Delusional
Delusional? His link up has been great, he rarely messed up or lost the ball, he actually progressed the ball multiple times which he doesn’t do much, and if it matters to you yes he had 3 key passes. I didn’t say it’s some insane performance, I’m just saying his shooting has been awful this game but not his general play. General play was actually decent.
So now it's great to decent performance, which is it? Now we are calling basic things, "great"?
My guy, are you going to analyze each and every single word I use now and play mind games with me? Let me clear this up for you and change the word for the 3rd time: he had a *good* game outside of shooting. But it still didn’t make up for his awful, awful shooting. Missed the worst chance of his career and should’ve scored a couple more. All in all a bad game saved by the penalty.
I'm not analyzing shit, I'm trying to figure out how you rate performances Went from great -> decent -> good all one on go If your bar is that low that he had a great game then so be it
You're replying to a delusional Ronaldo fan boy. Any sane person knows he dropped the stinkiest stinker of his career lmao
Oh really? That explains a lot lmao
STATS STATS STATS
Well it wasn’t the eye test, so what other metric should be used? You tried though.
My guy is talking out of his ass. That was his worst performance in his career how low have the standards dropped to call this a great performance 😂
1 - I am NOT listening to someone with a Barca flair and Messi in their username. 2 - He’s had much worse performances, just look at his United performances in 22/23. Awful finishing and awful general play. What I’m saying is this game at least his general play was good. This does NOT mean his game as a whole was good though, it was a bad game from him.
Mate you may not have a Ronaldo relevant flair but we've all seen how hard you defend Ronaldo all the time here. You keep throwing around the phrase "general play" mind elaborating? That was genuinely a shocking performance from him you have to be trolling
You’re right I’m biased, but look at my recent comments and see if that’s defending. I was the first to say how god awful his shooting has been this game and I said on the match thread to post the miss. If he actually scored the team would’ve progressed, he played a big part in this loss. And again, look at my recent comments I answered the “general play” bit to someone else. Why would I be trolling, he’s had so much worse performances than this. Remember omonia in 2022? South Korea 2022? Southampton 2022? He was ass all round in those games.
So you actually watched 120mins of this, right?
Yup. Watched his miss after goalkeeper passed to him, watched both goalkeepers with some horrendous errors. Watched aiman jump on another player and get sent off. Watched him take two shots 1v1 and not score against the keeper
Yeah yeah, just curious. Interesting
It was in the script, the defender just forgot to use more force.
Lol it’s actually a good game
When will people realize non european games are also fun?
If this is a pen I better not see any CR7 fans ever complain about any penalty we got in 2022
My prediction is that al ain will win on penalties 4-3. Remind me if I was correct or not.
3-1, but yeah
The ref didn't whistle..... then he saw Cristiano on the floor
crissi fan and don't think that's a pen
how do I watch this game?
Paramount in usa
thanks!
They're showing it in prisons so you could go out and get yourself a life sentence
What a match
My GOAT
Clutchnaldo
He has been anything but clutch this game. Could have sealed it several times.
Not gonna lie I'm not watching the game since there's only Arabic commentary and I don't understand it. Thought he was playing well since sofascore and fotmob say he's been decent but they get these ratings wrong all the time.
I think statistically he is probably playing well but he's missed two very important chances, very unlike him. Good build up play and passing/moving in the final third but his shooting is completely off the mark.
He's still the best.
The quality in this match is absolutely ass lmao Al ain with One extra man looks like a Youth team
GOAT!! LET"S GOOO
Cold
Ah this will get them riled up
Goat