Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals as Portugal defeated Wales 2-0 in their Euro 2016 semifinal match. Ronaldo equaled Michel Platini's record of 9 career goals in the European Championships. Defensively, Ronaldo focused on closing down space rather than directly pressuring opponents. Offensively, he looked to create scoring opportunities both from the wing and in the center of the pitch, playing a key role in Portugal's transition and set piece attacks.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Individual Report - Euro 2016
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SEMI-FINALS
PORTUGAL VS WALES
INDIVIDUAL REPORT
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INITIAL SYSTEM 1-4-4-2
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MVP 04
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Tactical System
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Cristiano Ronaldo
Background
Cristiano Ronaldo, a 31 years old Forward, playing currently at Real Madrid FC,
Spain.
He’s one of the best players in the world, and need no introduction when it comes to
talk about top players. In this semi-final match against Wales, equalyzed the total
goals in the European Championships, with Michel Platini – 9 goals so far.
This season played 48 games, scoring 51 goals and 15 assists.
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Defensive Behavior
Ronaldo doesn’t have many responsibilities in the
defensive process.
He usually plays beside Nani and tries to cut
communication between the defenders and the back
wingers.
As Wales was playing with 3 defenders, his presence was
crucial.
Ronaldo didn’t pressure the defense, waiting for the ball to
get to the wing and then close the space.
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Defensive Stats
Defensively, Ronaldo was trying to close the spaces and not to pressure the ball.
This reveals the importance of not only looking at the numbers, but try to understand what the player
really did.
Ronaldo, as well as Nani, worked a lot defensively, essencially, closing spaces.
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Defensive Set Play
Ronaldo is a great header, so he plays an important role
in both defensive and offensive set plays.
Usually he sets position in the center of the danger zone.
Against Wales, Portugal marked 1-on-1 and left him in
the zone to attack the ball.
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Offensive Behavior
Ronaldo showed up a lot coming from the wing to the
center, in order to create numeric advantage and
combine with the full backs and midfielders.
This placed him far from the goal, but helped to create
the superiority Portugal needed in this game.
He also played from both sides, changing with Nani.
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Offensive Behavior
Crosses from the forwards – Ronaldo creates the space
in the first post to attack the ball.
Crosses from the midfielders – Ronaldo shows up in the
back of the defense to surprise them.
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Offensive Behavior - Transition
In the offensive transition Ronaldo tries two things:
-Shows up in the back of the defense for the through ball
and unbalance the defense
-If he’s in the middle, he creates space in his back, by
making an exterior diagonal
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Offensive Stats - Passes
As stated earlier, Ronaldo played a lot with the midfielders and
the full back. Being placed more to the left, João Mário and
Raphael Guerreiro are the ones how solicited him the most.
17 of 19 passes were short and 75% of the passes were to the
side or upfront.
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Offensive Stats – Shots and Assist
Ronaldo didn’t have many chances to score due to the
close marking of Ashley Wiliams and Collins.
They made him come outside the box to try the long shot
and be successfull.
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Offensive Set Plays - Corners
Ronaldo attacks the ball on the second post.
He is most of the time, the target man.
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Offensive Set Plays – Free Kicks
Ronaldo is the Direct Free Kick taker. He tried twice and
got really close on the first.
Indirect Free Kick – Portugal only had 2 Indirect Free
Kicks, and Ronaldo was the target man, attacking
preferentially the second post.
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Goal 1-0
Struggling to score within an offensive organization, it
was with a corner that e scored the first Portugal´s goal.
A clever movement, going upfront and them in the back
of the defender, got him alone for the header.
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Goal 2-0
The positioning for the second ball, was crucial again.
Ronaldo set himself in front of the area for the cross.
This left him alone, and with the pass in the back of the
defense, Nani touched for the final score.
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