It hurts Wim Kieft to see Cristiano Ronaldo at the moment. According to the analyst cum columnist of The Telegraph the Portuguese is no longer a shadow of what he was during his heyday, while eternal rival Lionel Messi, in his opinion, does manage to recover from a sporting trough. This is due to the fact that the Argentinian is a lot more versatile in nature, according to Kieft.
The former striker saw Ronaldo struggle against both the Czech Republic and Spain in the past international period. “In his prime it did not happen to Ronaldo that he got a beating in the eye and nose like on Saturday with Portugal against the Czech Republic. He is not feeling well and that became clear again against Spain. It can be explained, but so see you don’t like him. Ronaldo is forcing. He barely scores, feels doubt in himself and those around him and takes his situation at Manchester United with his reserve role to Portugal. It must all be a strange sensation for him be,” Kieft writes.
Messi, who has been mirrored to Ronaldo for years, was also not in the best shape last year. However, Kieft sees the seven-time Ballon d’Or blossom again in his second season with Paris Saint-Germain, and knows how to clearly name the difference with Ronaldo. “Where Ronaldo is fully focused on goals, Messi can drop back from the striker and act as a playmaker in the build-up and by giving assists. He will always score goals. He is two and a half years younger than Ronaldo, by the way,” Kieft said. as a side note.
Though the columnist “refuses to write off Ronaldo,” the tone of his advice to the 191-time international feels bleak. “After the World Cup, he will have to make that decision to stop at Portugal himself. Then leave for America and play football at a club there. I am afraid that his boundless ambition will not allow him. However, the end is inevitable,” he said. it sounds.
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