That's what makes me so suspicious. Physical factors aside, in terms of genius and inventiveness, I think Ronaldo is unquestionably better than Cristiano. That's why I say that Ronaldo was more of a player. But as Cristiano matured due to his intelligence and maturity, he understood the "stone path" and added to his exceptional technical quality (I'm not saying he isn't, he is but in another way and less exuberant) he managed to understand the game better than Ronaldo, he discovered 2 combined talents (power of concentration and goal vision) which is why he has excellent goal averages. From there, I came to the conclusion that CR7 was more attacking than Ronaldo. Ronaldo more player. CR7 more attacking. So I don't know who was better. If I had 2 players and only one of them could start, I would depend on the rest of the players on my team to start one. Proof of what I'm talking about is that every football genius like Pelé, Cruyff, Maradona, Zico, Baggio, Beckenbauer, Ronaldinho and Messi himself managed to show up for football from an early age, even physically fragile (always with less physical complexion) with propriety and marking his place among the starters even without having the slightest notion and experience of moving the game. That's why many of these geniuses scored goals using what they always repeated in childhood (ball control, accuracy in kicking and running).
Cristiano, on the other hand, despite being very talented (yes, he is) could not establish himself as such among the starters because, let's face it, he didn't exactly have this ball control to run with the ball or even the goal-scoring and creative spirit of the geniuses mentioned above. So, as he matured, he discovered a talent that perhaps only one or the other managed to have, the power of concentration and reading the game to always find a position to finish and put the ball in the goal. That's why there are even players who are visibly technically weak and who, due to this unhealthy hunger for goals due to their feline hunting instinct (concentration), manage to succeed in football like Gerd Müller, Inzaghi, Higuaín, Bierhoff, Jardel and a few others... Rivellino and Edu Américo said this about Pelé on the Green Card that the admirable thing about Negão was not only his talent with the ball itself, but what really impressed them, according to them, was what the viewer and the normal player could not see, the fact that Pelé always he is hungry on the pitch to finish and predict the play as well in advance as he had guessed. The Argentines called Pelé "Pantera" because of his obstinacy and aggressive restlessness for the goal. So, Cristiano has this talent even like Romário himself. They manage to have such a relentless focus on finding the goal that Ronaldo himself lacked. I mean, he had, given his goal average (after all, skill for skill's sake does not confer goals but vision of goals) but not the same amount as CR7 and Romário. This difference between them is noticeable despite CR7 being a pointer of origin and R9 a striker by trade. That's why I disagree with people who say that CR7 is just training and repetition. It is not. All these geniuses absurdly trained their fundamentals even if indirectly not because they wanted to be the best many times but combined with their natural talent for idolizing the ball and the sport, their talents and inaccuracies remained to be perfected. Since they were children, they played so much ball that they naturally became stars, helped by their innate talent. Messi himself, according to his father, as a child would go everywhere with a ball in his hands, from school to family birthday parties to play with the ball. See what Baggio said "When I was little, I played football every day from morning until night. You train, play, train. So when a situation happens, you've lived it a thousand times before. There's something about understanding the tendency of a action. But there is also work, effort and training. When I approached the goal, I had the impression that time slowed down because I was sure of what I had to do. I was very lucid. Well, not always, obviously. Because there are also opponents and obstacles but I went there with a very clear idea of what to do" he told Só Foot.
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