Damien Delaney
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You think you'd throw him into Man City's team there and I know Simeone has done well.
Would he have had the same effect as a dominant Bayern Munich
uh right winger because in their league they obviously are so dominant in the premier league Man City still have to work so hard for their for their victories and I know Simeone has come in and done brilliant but I think a lot of teams probably just went not sure so we're going to spend that amount of money but Bayern have just got an absolute gem on their hands now and he has developed into like wow world-class yeah frightening um the big obvious name I omitted there was Ronaldo
No, really struggled for rhythm.
And I think the physicality, the athleticism of the Congo team really, really hurt.
Not really hurt them, but really stifled them.
They were really, really quick in the press.
Congo, they turned the ball over and they just drive forward.
That's what I'm saying.
These African teams have just brought this kind of carefree, win the ball back, go forward.
We have to run forward, pass forward as quickly as possible.
And like I said, both centre-backs, in the Senegal team and in the Congo team, real powerful guys, quite comfortable in open spaces, quite comfortable being left 1v1.
But look, this Ronaldo problem has been around for a long, long time.
Cristiano Ronaldo needs to play, talking about Lice playing in a dominant team.
When this Portugal team play Minnows in Europe and they can dominate the ball, Cristiano Ronaldo can just hang around the penalty spot and they'll work the chances.
When you get to the top level, you can't carry any passengers.
You just can't.
And Ronaldo, unfortunately, is a passenger.
Out of possession and in possession as well because he doesn't offer much.
So you're essentially expecting nine outfield players to do the work of ten and create chances for him.