I just found out ronaldo is somehow on 45 goals this year, after a terrible year for him last year do you think he is one of the best players in the world or should I accept he is finished?

  • alexovicc@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’m a huge Ronaldo fan myself, but no, he is not one of the best right now. Same goes for Messi, Suarez, Cavani and other players who are doing well in minor leagues, there’s a reason those players don’t play in Europe anymore.

    That being said, his performance is still one of the best we’ve ever seen from a 38 (soon 39) year old player, objectively. Also to all the people saying about Saudi League being “terrible”, yeah it’s not the top 5 leagues, but it’s definately much better in terms of quality, tactics and defending right now than all the other leagues players typically go to “retire” (MLS, South America, China etc). The league is not as bad as people try to pretend it is, there are at least 30 players that used to play in the top leagues some months ago. Let’s not pretend that Mahrez, Benzema or Bono became terrible players overnight. Plus Ronaldo is also proving himself consistently in the Asian CL and the Euro Qualifiers.

    Long story short, is he one of the best? Nope. Is his performance still very decent for his age, for both club and country? Absolutely. There’s a reason he’s gonna be a starter in the Euros and he 100% deserves that spot.

    • inviernoruso@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      You’re telling the Saudi league is more competitive than brasileirao or liga argentina. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

      • alexovicc@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        The defending on south american leagues is laughable. In Saudi League at least they have some sense of positioning and tactics.

        • inviernoruso@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Uruguay and Paraguay are historically known for their defensive strategies and the only thing Saudis are known are for violating human rights and overpaying players for a league no one is watching.

    • Substantial_Ad9267@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Why do you say Saudí is above them?

      Only watch the South American out of the bunch, but according to Opta Saudi is below Brazilian, MLS, Argentinian and the Mexican league

      So not Even a good retiring league quality wise (not that it matters, retiring league is still retiring league)

    • Good_March_3033@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      There’s a reason he’s gonna be a starter in the Euros and he 100% deserves that spot.

      We’ll see when the real games start, against teams like France, England, Germany, Spain, etc 😏

    • goku7770@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      There’s a reason he’s gonna be a starter in the Euros

      My wild guess is that the manager received a very big cheque.