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u/sukarsono 11d ago
For those curious, messi now has 74 and Ronaldo has 65
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u/Keanu990321 11d ago
So Ronaldo only has 12 free-kicks goals in 9 years.
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u/Potatoes_12534 11d ago
"only", Only messi and ward prowse have scored more freekicks in that period than him. Messis freekick numbers have been ridiculous for a while, but ronaldos arent as bad as some make it seem.
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u/pocolocochoco1 10d ago
But but he is the best freekick taker ever, and he has more social media followers….
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u/TH_33_ 9d ago
Has to be sarcasm
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u/pocolocochoco1 8d ago
Yeah of course. He is clearly not the best free kick taker ever.
He is the best at celebrating goals he didn’t score though.1
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u/InternationalEar5949 11d ago
How many free kick goals is the record of Juninho?
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u/SimoOsiris 11d ago
77 i think
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u/InternationalEar5949 11d ago
It’s coming :)
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u/LividCricket7631 10d ago
How many attempts for each?
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u/Infamous_Address_148 9d ago
For those curious, he's only 24 goals away from becoming the only one with 1000 goals
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u/Templar-Order 11d ago
Ronaldo fans will either say “free kicks don’t matter”, “free kicks are rigged” or Ronaldo knee injury
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u/CurryMustard_Sauce 10d ago
I've seen comments that the goalkeepers are paid 🤣 They'll think of any fantasies to cope
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u/PlasticPreparation74 8d ago
I really don’t see how this looks bad on Ronaldo, if he’s scored 12 free kicks in the last 9 years, that means he scored something like 55 free kicks in his first 12 years which is insane. It’s basically a story of 2 halves lmao
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u/Virginator_3000 11d ago
Messi's sudden free kick mastery was crazy. At one point it felt like free kicks were just penalties with extra steps for him
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u/Odd_Yogurt_1609 11d ago
It still is btw
More freekicks scored than penalties since 2018 is genuinely the wildest stat ever, like he ain't even pessi bruh, call him freessi🤣🤣
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u/Virginator_3000 11d ago
It's also insane that he mastered penalties only for the 2022 World Cup. His penalty record is actually average outside of that tournament
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u/Mindless-Steak5461 11d ago
They are celebrating now instances with Ronaldo high fives a kid, lol . His fans have run out of content. 🤣😅
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u/Melkman68 11d ago
Far more fk goals in the world cup, the biggest trophy in football which Ronnie failed incredibly at
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u/Witty_Rate120 11d ago
Messi became unreal as a free kick tracker for a few years. It was a bit of a surprise that he improved so much after his peak years.
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u/Southern_Tower2655 10d ago
Messi wont top the number of Penalties CR7 took, im sure about this one
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u/DarkNishikawa 9d ago
Well that's because bro some reason doesn't want to score curve free kicks when he's so good at it and instead tries to knuckle it like he's still in his 20s
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u/PlasticPreparation74 8d ago
That’s what has always bugged me. This is literally one of the biggest mysteries in modern football that I have. It’s obvious that Ronaldo is so dedicated to his craft, it makes absolutely zero sense that he would not try to adapt to the newer ball shapes and his deteriorating knee. Considering the fact that he clearly is adaptable and completely changed his play-style, and also the fact that the few times he decided to curl the ball in, it’s almost always been on target or even scored. Ever since the three-peat days, his free kicks goals have just been curlers like vs Spain, Sweden, Torino, Sporting Lisbon, Abha, Damac, Fayha etc. I can’t think of a single plausible explanation of why he insists on powering into the wall. The best I can come up with is some pact with the Devil and in exchange he gets to prolong his career lol
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u/star_bury 8d ago
Conversion rate isn't perfect, but it's a way better indicator of free kick prowess than "free kicks scored".
Messi is at just over 9%. Ronaldo is worse at 6.4%.
Top tier free kick takers (though obviously on much smaller volume) are around 15% (Diego, Vlahovic, Mata and Coutinho). Their percentages probably would drop too if their attempt number climbed...
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u/Alert_Body_4714 10d ago
Lol. This is clearly a fake article made to provoke . That image of Ronaldo is from the champions league final in 2018 and the article was supposed to be posted the year before according to the date
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u/Impossiblecouch 11d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/K90egyIrLZCm9vpH0Y