Sergey Shevchenko - about the difficult segment of Cristiano and his possible departure from Juventus.

Ronaldo has been criticized so harshly for the first time during his game at Juventus. Previously, thanks to the general scale of his personality, he managed to avoid attacks from fans and the press.. Rather, on the contrary, Cristiano appeared to be a victim of team weakness: he dragged the team, scoring in the Champions League, but the partners did not match, flying from Ajax with Lyon.

Now it's the other way around. Ronaldo became the anti-hero of the two-legged confrontation with Porto. His name was not among the authors of Juve's four goals, but he turned away from the ball when Sergio Oliveira took the decisive free kick. Moreover, recently Cristiano again failed to cope with the role of a wall participant and did not jump in a match with Parma - we are talking about Brugman's goal. It is surprising that for the Portuguese this became a difficulty, because he himself beat the wall countless times and had to realize the importance of such a seemingly elementary thing.

Much more indicative, however, is the current statistics of Cristiano: he did not score in matches with Genoa, Parma and Fiorentina. Here you can add the game with Atalanta, which Ronaldo missed due to excessive workload in the games for the Portuguese national team.. Total - four rounds without goals in the decisive segment of the season, when Juventus is forced to fight for a place in the Champions League. So-so result for Serie A top scorer.

Of course, the benefits of a football player are not always reflected in statistics, but there is an indicative point here too - estimates from La Gazzetta dello Sport. Against Fiorentina with Parma, Cristiano was voted the worst player in the Juventus squad, getting a low 5 points. Alas, such failures are not uncommon.. As many as seven times during the championship, Ronaldo earned " There were, of course, other things, “eights” from “Gadzetta” and doubles on the scoreboard, but we're talking about an extra-class striker who earns 31 million euros a year.. The requirements for him are always outrageous.. The question is being asked more and more often: does the Portuguese really need Juventus Isn't Allegri right when he advised Agnelli to get rid of the main star?

If we talk about claims to the game of Ronaldo, then first of all it is his selfishness, which translates into a desire to score on his own. Cristiano does not seem to notice partners, playing his football. In the matches of the Italian championship of the current season, he has only two assists on his account, but in shots he leads by an impressive margin not only in his team, but also among all Serie A players: Ronaldo - 144 shots on goal, Insigne - 121, Belotti - 94. If CR7 is playing, he is incredibly dangerous for any opponent, but if he got up on the wrong foot, then the team's attacks become predictable.

Ronalducentrism has another side effect: when Cristiano is not on the field, Juventus players get lost and do not know what to do.. The " The result of four matches without Ronaldo was sad results: Crotone, Verona and Benevento - draws 1: 1, Atalanta - defeat 0: 1. Against Crotone, Turin only twice hit the target, against Atalanta - only once.

Analysis of Ronaldo's direct free-kicks from Instat: point - shot on target, cross - past or on the wall. picture above). Previously, Cristiano had an alternative in the person of Pjanic and Dybala, but now that Miralem was sold, and Paulo was injured for a long time, the Portuguese was left alone with an element that is not given to him at all. As a result, Juventus has never scored with direct free kicks this season, although it had 26 attempts - exactly 20 of them on Ronaldo's account. Only four times he at least hit the target, the rest of the attempts - into the wall or by. Why it was impossible to take these blows away from Cristiano? Literally, any other player would have done just as well.. Is top star status more important than practical necessity

Finally, Cristiano himself has been noticeably nervous lately.. An example is the match with Genoa, which Juventus won with a score of 3: 1. Ronaldo, however, missed a few chances, which made him unhappy and immediately after the final whistle threw his shirt on the lawn, which reminded him of his demarche with the captain's armband in the match for the Portuguese national team.. This gesture was not appreciated by the fans, who were already dissatisfied with the main star after the departure from Porto..

Without a doubt, Ronaldo remains the most important player for Juventus. With all the reservations, he skillfully realizes his chances, he scores most often in Serie A (six goals) and gains the best Whoscored average rating among all Italian football players (7.65).

Another question is that the team with him did not reach a new level, and Cristiano himself is not getting younger. Even such an athlete at the age of 36 finds it difficult to keep fit during the whole season.. I remember his unsuccessful stretch in Real Madrid-2017/18, when he scored only three goals in the first round in La Liga. The difference is that then it played out for the spring part, but now, on the contrary, it disappoints at the key part of the season. Motivation problems started? You can, after all, put the question differently: was Juventus a disappointment for Ronaldo The fight for victory in the Champions League did not work out, internal successes quickly became boring, and now they have come to naught..

Ronaldo and Juventus' relationship is likely to come to an end.

Italian media are increasingly reporting that in Turin they decided to return Allegri, who is skeptical about Cristiano.. Against this background, the transfer of the Portuguese to PSG or return to Manchester United looks much more realistic.. The idea with Ronaldo, who will win the Champions League for Juve, turned out to be a utopia, although the player himself did everything in his power for two and a half years to make it come true.

Author: Sergey Shevchenko.