Ronaldo, the older he gets, the more ugly…

Very ugly ball of Ronaldo

At the first MU “term”, at Real Madrid or Juventus, Ronaldo sometimes left many unsightly images such as entering a bad ball, reacting without fair-play. But perhaps rarely has he been “bad” as much as he is now.

When reunited with Man United, Ronaldo’s on-field loss of emotional control appeared more often. The smashing mobile phone of an autistic fan during the 0-1 loss to Everton is just the latest example.

Before that, in Manchester United’s 0-5 defeat to Liverpool in October, Ronaldo rushed to knock out Curtis Jones and then kicked repeatedly in the stomach of the opponent. Lucky for him when this bad play situation, he escaped the red card.

The next time is against Newcastle in December 2021. In a match for the ball, the Portuguese star jumped in and kicked the opponent’s body. In this situation, Ronaldo is clearly farther from the ball than the Newcastle player, so it is difficult to convince him that he is just accidental or greedy.

In the end, Ronaldo still escaped the red card. In the Manchester derby, when he lost heavily, Ronaldo had a retaliation phase described by Trevor Sinclair as “cowardly” aimed at De Bruyne’s foot. This situation took place at the end of the game, right on the touchline, so there was no danger for the home team’s defense.

However, he still aimed to kick the opponent’s copper pipe. Fortunately, De Bruyne did not break his leg and fortunately Ronaldo continued to be free of red cards.

Interspersed with the ball phase at MU, in September 2021, he also made a bad name with the opponent’s slap. In the World Cup qualifying match against the Republic of Ireland, when Portugal was awarded a penalty, while Cristiano Ronaldo was placing the ball, defender Dara O’Shea stood to one side.

De Bruyne was lucky not to break his leg after this kick

O’Shea didn’t mean to attack him either. But for some reason, Ronaldo immediately punched O’Shea in the mouth with his hand. After this phase, Ronaldo missed the penalty kick and was even more mocked because “that’s the price to pay for an ugly act”.

In fact, his out-of-control scenes happened many times. In the 2014/15 season, he retaliated against Cordoba from behind after he drowned during a challenge for the ball. Then in the Juventus shirt, he also used to run into the opponent’s face.

But never before has Ronaldo had so many inappropriate behavior situations, with 5 times since the beginning of this season. Perhaps Manchester United’s poor results are taking a toll on his psyche. And as a result, the image of Cristiano Ronaldo has become much worse.