Former Manchester United striker Diego Forlan don come out blunt about Cristiano Ronaldo, saying di legendary forward dey hinder Portugal World Cup ambition. According to Forlan, despite Ronaldo leading Portugal to knockout stage, im performance don raise plenty questions among pundits and old colleagues.
Forlan wey win World Cup Golden Boot for 2010, yarn on ESPN show “La casa del Kun” say CR7 dey play as number nine and stay for centre, but dis style dey limit Portugal. He explain say Ronaldo no dey come out to collect ball, so im just dey wait for scoring chance. But di problem be say both centre backs dey stay on am, one dey mark am, di other dey redundant, and space don close.
Di Uruguayan striker say Ronaldo need to change im mindset to help Portugal. He advise am to move to di sides so dat others fit enter and make play. Forlan tok say Portugal dey suffer because dem no dey exploit space; everything dey end for one side, wey be bottleneck. He no call am problem, but say dem need to make Ronaldo understand: ‘Move, get out there—you go make something happen.’
Cristiano Ronaldo score two goals against Uzbekistan for group stage and shout say im ‘back,’ but for di oda two matches—especially against Colombia—im disappoint. Portugal still advance to round of 16, but questions dey fly about Ronaldo impact.
