COMMENT: Former Real Madrid star Paco Buyo feels
Cristiano's temper helps make him the player he is,
but the tantrums could cost his team dear
Jan 27, 2015 12:39:00
By Ben Hayward in Madrid
Less than two weeks after winning
his third Ballon d'Or, Cristiano
Ronaldo was back in the news for
all the wrong reasons. Sent off for
lashing out at Edimar in Real
Madrid's 2-1 win over Cordoba on Saturday, the Portuguese
now awaits his punishment.
Spain's Competition Committee will announce its verdict on
Wednesday, with the 29-year-old forward set to be banned for
anything between two and four fixtures in La Liga.
"I apologise to everyone and especially to Edimar for my rash
action in today's game," Ronaldo tweeted later on Saturday.
But his action appeared anything but impulsive, as his tweet
had suggested. Moments earlier he had swung a punch at
Cordoba defender Jose Angel Crespo following a corner and
after kicking out at Edimar, he also slapped the Brazilian in the
face before aiming - and missing - at Crespo once more. He
then caressed the Club World Cup badge on his shirt in a
contemptuous gesture to deride the home fans as he left the
pitch. Thirty years old in just over a week, it was hardly the
behaviour of a mature man.
"It was ugly, a very bad foul and what followed wasn't nice to
see," former Madrid goalkeeper Paco Buyo told Goal. "He was
being provoked and he lost it. These things happen often in
football."
And they have happened too often to Ronaldo. The Portuguese
has now been sent off nine times in his club career and was
banned for three matches in 2013-14 for clashing with Athletic
Bilbao's Carlos Gurpegi.
"It can happen that, when things aren't going his way, he loses
it," Buyo added. "He is provoked and he reacts. It is part of his
competitive make-up, but because it's Cristiano, everything is
magnified."
That competitive nature has seen Ronaldo become one of the
game's greatest-ever players and his pursuit of perfection has
given him an arrogance, an unwavering belief, a mental edge
to dare to be brilliant. And usually, he remains in control.
Exceptions, though, can prove costly.
Spain's press have reported over the last few days that both
Barcelona and Atletico players hope Ronaldo is given a
lengthy ban, with Catalan daily El Mundo Deportivo even
calling for a 12-game suspension for the Portuguese forward.
But Buyo, who represented Spain and played in goal for
Madrid between 1986 and 1997, believes a two-game ban will
suffice.
"We have seen worse things punished with two-game bans.
Valencia's Rodrigo, for example, was out for two games after a
worse aggression [against Rayo Vallecano in the Copa del Rey.Ronaldo was also dismissed in the final of the Copa del Rey as
Madrid lost to Atletico at the end of the 2012-13 season under
Jose Mourinho and Buyo says the Portuguese is provoked
constantly.
"There is always provocation. His red card in that final came
after a bad foul by Gabi. At Cordoba he was kicked and
provoked all afternoon and that is not always punished or
even mentioned."
However, the world's best attacking players are always going
to be subjected to such tactics and at almost 30, Ronaldo
should be able to cope with the provocation.
"It's difficult because sometimes we are subjected to
provocation," Neymar said on Monday. "It happened to
[Zinedine] Zidane and it has happened to me. You have to
work with your mind [to rise above it]."
On February 5, as Ronaldo turns 30, Neymar celebrates his
23rd birthday, yet the Portuguese would do well to take the
Brazilian's advice on board.
"The club need to protect him," Buyo added. "He is their
biggest star, so they need to get behind him and support him."
But Madrid should also be telling Cristiano in no uncertain
terms that his actions on the pitch on Saturday were totally
unacceptable. And whatever ban he does receive on
Wednesday, he can surely have few complaints
Source: goal.com
last year]."
Cristiano's temper helps make him the player he is,
but the tantrums could cost his team dear
Jan 27, 2015 12:39:00
By Ben Hayward in Madrid
Less than two weeks after winning
his third Ballon d'Or, Cristiano
Ronaldo was back in the news for
all the wrong reasons. Sent off for
lashing out at Edimar in Real
Madrid's 2-1 win over Cordoba on Saturday, the Portuguese
now awaits his punishment.
Spain's Competition Committee will announce its verdict on
Wednesday, with the 29-year-old forward set to be banned for
anything between two and four fixtures in La Liga.
"I apologise to everyone and especially to Edimar for my rash
action in today's game," Ronaldo tweeted later on Saturday.
But his action appeared anything but impulsive, as his tweet
had suggested. Moments earlier he had swung a punch at
Cordoba defender Jose Angel Crespo following a corner and
after kicking out at Edimar, he also slapped the Brazilian in the
face before aiming - and missing - at Crespo once more. He
then caressed the Club World Cup badge on his shirt in a
contemptuous gesture to deride the home fans as he left the
pitch. Thirty years old in just over a week, it was hardly the
behaviour of a mature man.
"It was ugly, a very bad foul and what followed wasn't nice to
see," former Madrid goalkeeper Paco Buyo told Goal. "He was
being provoked and he lost it. These things happen often in
football."
And they have happened too often to Ronaldo. The Portuguese
has now been sent off nine times in his club career and was
banned for three matches in 2013-14 for clashing with Athletic
Bilbao's Carlos Gurpegi.
"It can happen that, when things aren't going his way, he loses
it," Buyo added. "He is provoked and he reacts. It is part of his
competitive make-up, but because it's Cristiano, everything is
magnified."
That competitive nature has seen Ronaldo become one of the
game's greatest-ever players and his pursuit of perfection has
given him an arrogance, an unwavering belief, a mental edge
to dare to be brilliant. And usually, he remains in control.
Exceptions, though, can prove costly.
Spain's press have reported over the last few days that both
Barcelona and Atletico players hope Ronaldo is given a
lengthy ban, with Catalan daily El Mundo Deportivo even
calling for a 12-game suspension for the Portuguese forward.
But Buyo, who represented Spain and played in goal for
Madrid between 1986 and 1997, believes a two-game ban will
suffice.
"We have seen worse things punished with two-game bans.
Valencia's Rodrigo, for example, was out for two games after a
worse aggression [against Rayo Vallecano in the Copa del Rey.Ronaldo was also dismissed in the final of the Copa del Rey as
Madrid lost to Atletico at the end of the 2012-13 season under
Jose Mourinho and Buyo says the Portuguese is provoked
constantly.
"There is always provocation. His red card in that final came
after a bad foul by Gabi. At Cordoba he was kicked and
provoked all afternoon and that is not always punished or
even mentioned."
However, the world's best attacking players are always going
to be subjected to such tactics and at almost 30, Ronaldo
should be able to cope with the provocation.
"It's difficult because sometimes we are subjected to
provocation," Neymar said on Monday. "It happened to
[Zinedine] Zidane and it has happened to me. You have to
work with your mind [to rise above it]."
On February 5, as Ronaldo turns 30, Neymar celebrates his
23rd birthday, yet the Portuguese would do well to take the
Brazilian's advice on board.
"The club need to protect him," Buyo added. "He is their
biggest star, so they need to get behind him and support him."
But Madrid should also be telling Cristiano in no uncertain
terms that his actions on the pitch on Saturday were totally
unacceptable. And whatever ban he does receive on
Wednesday, he can surely have few complaints
Source: goal.com
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