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England legend John Barnes don yarn say Cristiano Ronaldo attitude fit cause wahala for Portugal for World Cup knockout stage. According to Barnes, di situation na accident wey dey wait to happen. For di same talk, Barnes praise Lionel Messi, saying how di Argentina captain humble nature dey unite im teammates, unlike Ronaldo wey dey create tension when tings no go im way.
Ronaldo performance for 2026 World Cup dey raise many question after group stage finish. Di Portuguese star score two goals against Uzbekistan and tell di world say im don come back. But for di oda two matches, im no show anything special, even though Portugal manage to reach round of 16. For di last match against Colombia, im disappoint again, and one former teammate for Manchester United—and World Cup Golden Boot winner—explain exactly where CR7 dey fall short.
Diego Forlan, wey be di former teammate, talk for ESPN show “La casa del Kun” say: “Speaking as a forward, di problem be say Cristiano dey for centre—dat na just who he be. He play as a ‘9’ and stay dere to capitalize on scoring opportunities because he no longer come out to get di ball, but dat end up limiting Portugal.” Forlan add say: “Na di classic situation where we go say, ‘I stay here because I close to di goal to score,’ but you no realize say you dey hurt your team because both centre backs stay dere—you no move. Di centre backs stay put; one use you as reference point and di oda become redundant. Nobody fit get to you because you start closing off dat space.”
Di Uruguayan striker advice to Cristiano clear: change mindset to help Portugal. “If he move a little to di sides, di odas fit enter and im fit make a play. Dat where Portugal dey falter because dem no end up exploiting di space—everything end up for one side, wey actually be bottleneck. I no go say na problem; na about making am understand. Tell am: ‘Move, get out dere—you go make something happen.’”
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