Shot Analysis of Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo

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Published: November 15, 2016

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Cristiano Ronaldo: a man whose powers are on the wane, who has struggled for form this season and who, despite signing a new long-term contract with Real Madrid recently, is increasingly looking like age is catching up with him.

Or so the popular narrative of the early part of this season would have people believe, especially when Los Blancos went on a four-game winless streak with Ronaldo scoring only once in that period.

But the truth is somewhat different: a misfiring forward in a team that has struggled for consistency within its playing style this season, yes, but only by his own absurdly high standards. This misfiring Ronaldo still has more goals in La Liga this season than all but five players, three of them being Luis Suarez, Leo Messi and Antoine Griezmann. He still has seven goals in 12 games in all competitions, and seven in three for his national side Portugal.

Ronaldo has also suggested, per Marca, that his newest deal—which runs to 2021—will not be his last, and that he'll still be producing the goods five years down the line. He's confident as ever, so where is the reduced output coming from? Is it his own dipped form, or a team aspect? Is it wayward finishing, or the quality of shooting positions he's attempting to score from? And how can he rectify it?

          

Number crunching

Basics first.

Ronaldo scored 51 in all competitions last season, at an average rate of one every 84.2 minutes. So far this term, his return of seven strikes yields one every 148.3 minutes, so his production has slowed by around 75 per cent—but a simple run of a goal per game for the next three or four games, more than manageable for the No. 7, would drastically reduce that minutes-per-goal strike rate.

Perhaps the biggest indicator lies in the type of goal Ronaldo would usually score.



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