Cristiano Ronaldo Individual Report - Euro 2016

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PORTUGAL VS WALESINDIVIDUAL REPORTCRISTIANO RONALDO


WWW.VIDEOBSERVER.COMANALYSIS BY MAURO SARAIVA

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BackgroundCristiano Ronaldo, a 31 years old Forward, playing currently at Real Madrid FC, Spain. He’s one of the best players in the world, and need no introduction when it comes to talk about top players. In this semi-final match against Wales, equalyzed the total goals in the European Championships, with Michel Platini – 9 goals so far.This season played 48 games, scoring 51 goals and 15 assists.



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Defensive BehaviorRonaldo doesn’t have many responsibilities in the defensive process.He usually plays beside Nani and tries to cut communication between the defenders and the back wingers. As Wales was playing with 3 defenders, his presence was crucial.Ronaldo didn’t pressure the defense, waiting for the ball to get to the wing and then close the space.

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Defensive Stats

Defensively, Ronaldo was trying to close the spaces and not to pressure the ball. This reveals the importance of not only looking at the numbers, but try to understand what the player really did.Ronaldo, as well as Nani, worked a lot defensively, essencially, closing spaces.

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Defensive Set PlayRonaldo is a great header, so he plays an important role in both defensive and offensive set plays.Usually he sets position in the center of the danger zone. Against Wales, Portugal marked 1-on-1 and left him in the zone to attack the ball.

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Offensive BehaviorRonaldo showed up a lot coming from the wing to the center, in order to create numeric advantage and combine with the full backs and midfielders. This placed him far from the goal, but helped to create the superiority Portugal needed in this game.He also played from both sides, changing with Nani.

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Offensive Behavior

Crosses from the forwards – Ronaldo creates the space in the first post to attack the ball.

Crosses from the midfielders – Ronaldo shows up in the back of the defense to surprise them.

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Offensive Behavior - Transition

In the offensive transition Ronaldo tries two things:-Shows up in the back of the defense for the through ball and unbalance the defense

-If he’s in the middle, he creates space in his back, by making an exterior diagonal

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Offensive Stats - PassesAs stated earlier, Ronaldo played a lot with the midfielders and the full back. Being placed more to the left, João Mário and Raphael Guerreiro are the ones how solicited him the most. 17 of 19 passes were short and 75% of the passes were to the side or upfront.

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Offensive Stats – Shots and Assist

Ronaldo didn’t have many chances to score due to the close marking of Ashley Wiliams and Collins. They made him come outside the box to try the long shot and be successfull.

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Offensive Set Plays - Corners

Ronaldo attacks the ball on the second post.

He is most of the time, the target man.

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Offensive Set Plays – Free Kicks

Ronaldo is the Direct Free Kick taker. He tried twice and got really close on the first.

Indirect Free Kick – Portugal only had 2 Indirect Free Kicks, and Ronaldo was the target man, attacking preferentially the second post.

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Goal 1-0

Struggling to score within an offensive organization, it was with a corner that e scored the first Portugal´s goal.

A clever movement, going upfront and them in the back of the defender, got him alone for the header.

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Goal 2-0

The positioning for the second ball, was crucial again.

Ronaldo set himself in front of the area for the cross.

This left him alone, and with the pass in the back of the defense, Nani touched for the final score.

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Cristiano Ronaldo Individual Report - Euro 2016