📸 A team-mate’s look says it all: when will Ronaldo finally stop? | OneFootball

Even at 41(!), Cristiano Ronaldo still has a built-in guarantee of goals. 

He proved that both at the Nations League Final Four last summer and in the recently concluded season – even if “only” in the Saudi Pro League.

One skill that Ronaldo has honestly been lacking for years, however, is scoring from free kicks. Of course, every now and then CR7 does smash a proper rocket into the top corner. But given the sheer volume, that is hardly surprising.

His conversion rate, on the other hand, is dreadful. Clips also keep going viral online showing Ronaldo setting up a free kick in his trademark style, only to then blast the attempt either into the wall or into the night sky of some random city. 

That exact kind of scene now played out in Portugal’s friendly against Chile. With the score at 0-0, Ronaldo stepped up in the 43rd minute – and, unsurprisingly, hit the ball straight into the Chilean wall.

His teammate Bruno Fernandes, ironically a superb free-kick taker himself, seemed to have seen it coming. Or maybe he was just wiping the sweat off his face...

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