Saturday, June 18, 2016

Penalty miss exposes Ronaldo's set-piece obsession (Reuters)

Ronaldo et le Portugal n'y arrivent pas/Photo prise le 18 juin 2016/REUTERS/Darren Staples

One question stands out after Portugal's 0-0 draw with Austria on Saturday -- does Cristiano Ronaldo have to take every single free kick and penalty? If Portugal were to at least contemplate an alternative, they might not be ruing yet another failure to translate their dominance into three points. The headlines will tell how Ronaldo missed a penalty late in the game on his record-breaking 128th appearance for his country, striking his effort against the post, but the two free kicks which he took, and wasted, were also significant.


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