Cristiano Ronaldo: A Superstar In Wrong Team?

Christ the Redeemer

World’s greatest footballer that day was reduced to a despondent, depressed, hapless, spectator. The Germans handed over to them a 4-0 drubbing. During the match Cristiano Ronaldo was rendered ineffective by the Germans, and also thanks to Pepe for showing his true colors again when he head butted Thomas Mueller to be shown red card. The final score line of 0-4 against the Portuguese was hard to believe, for they started magnificently, attacking the German goal post repeatedly but without success. The course of the game changed when Germans were handed a penalty for obstructing Mario Goetz wrongfully in the Portuguese D region. Thomas Muller the architect of the win took full advantage and scored the first goal for Germany. He went on to score 2 more goals to complete a hat-trick. If that was not enough, the problem child of the Portuguese team, Pepe head butted Thomas Mueller and was sent off, reducing the Portuguese team to 10 players, which I think costed them dearly.

Pepe sees red

Portuguese star player and the world’s greatest footballer Cristiano Ronaldo was absolutely nowhere to be seen, when his other counterparts in Nani, Pepe hogged the lime light though not for all good reasons. Ronaldo hardly got any chance to showcase his skills for he rarely got hold of the ball, and when he got, he faltered. The Germans took full advantage of his no show and attacked the depleted Portuguese line up repeatedly earning 4 goals. Ronaldo looking lost, gasping for breath made a very sorry picture; couldn’t believe if he was the same flamboyant, versatile Ronaldo the world knows. To add to his and teams woes was a serious injury to Hugo Almeda and Fabio Coentrao. My prophesies came good for this match and had predicted a win for the Germans. I might be bias here for they are one of my favorite team. Since the days of Carl Heinz Rummunige, Juergen Klinsmann, Rudi Vohler, Lothar Matthias I have been their fan, and love their kind of aggressive European football. For me they stand a good chance to win this world cup. To their advantage, they still have strikers like Klose, Podolski, Shweinstigger who are yet to play. Their line up look formidable and ominous for the opponents. If they play well as a team, there would be no one to stop them except god and fate.

The Portuguese with this loss are down but not out I think, and they would make a telling comeback. They have a task cut out for them and if they have to succeed a maverick known as Cristiano Ronaldo has to click and come good, apt support from his team mates would also matter big time. There are even murmurs of he not fully fit and his knee is still a worry. Hope that’s not the case and he play’s. It’s always a joy to watch him; those aggressive run ups, dribbling past many a players his football skills is a treat for the fans; that makes him one of the most sought after player in international football.

There are many instances when the teams laden with superstars, talented players fail to justify their talent and look pedestrian in the match. Either they suffer injuries, or fail to hit the target in spite of repeated attempts or luck eludes them. I would simply sum it saying “One bad day at the office”. I think Ronaldo and the team had one bad day at the office and they need not worry, for form may be short-lived but class is everlasting. They will bounce back.

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Christ the redeemer

The Orange is on a winning spree. They continued from where they left against Spain, beating the Aussies 3-2 in a hard fought match which tilted the momentum either way, before the Dutch sealed the match with the third goal. To be frank I had already assumed Dutch beating the Aussies convincingly, but I was surprised to see the Aussies play like champions. They attacked the Dutch goal at will and scared the living daylights out of the Dutch team. Body language of the Dutch coach Luis Van Gaal said it all. A smile appeared on his face only when the Dutch took the lead in the fag end of the match. The contributors to this win were the superstars Arjen Robben an old war horse and the reliable RVP. The third goal was scored by an unknown entity, as of now, Memphis Depay.

Dutch too hot to handle for the Kangaroos

The Aussies surprised everyone and shocked the Orange supporters when they scored immediately after Arjen Robben had scored. Tim Cahill the veteran was the culprit for the Dutch. There was not a single dull moment during the match as both the teams were lightning fast in the field, the kind of football spectators like to see. To me the Aussies were unknown entity till yesterday (my bad), but looking at the way they played, I am sure in future they will be mentioned with lot of respect. The never say die attitude seen in the cricketers down under was to be seen in the Aussie football team as well. Unfortunately having lost to Chile few days earlier ended their chances in 2014 WC, though I think they will be proud of themselves having played good quality football throughout.

The Orange on the other hand are going from strength to strength and asserting their presence; compelling the football pundits to consider them, as well, as one of the teams who can win 2014 world cup. The good thing about them is they are peaking at the right time and playing as a team, rather than individual brilliance. I think that is what separates them from other teams having superstars. The trio of Wesley Schneider, RVP and Arjen Roben reminds me of their yesteryear's stars Marco Van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkard. They as a group have had scored many goals in the past and were a force to reckon. The current trio is no different and is a potent force in the Dutch team. The strikers are aptly supported by their strong defense line up comprising of Nigel de Jong, Daryl Janmaat, Daley Blind and Bruno Martins. Having won both their matches they have almost confirmed their place in the 2^nd round, and their form is a warning to other teams. Orange is in vogue and they want to paint the town red, oh no, Orange.

 

The shock exit of Spain from this world cup is a bad news to many a fans including me, What went wrong when the team had all the superstars would surely be probed and a post mortem of their performance would be carried out. Their 0-2 loss to Chile was the final nail in their coffin. RIP



Spain out of the 2014 WC
 

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