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Ronaldo answers his critics?
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“Was Ronaldo calling out Barry directly there?”
Max and Barry discuss Ronaldo’s latest performance in a 5-0 win against Uzbekistan with Mark Langdon and Lars Sivertsen and question whether Portugal’s record scorer has finally answered his many critics in the media, Barry included.
Barry points out Ronaldo took a lot of credit for a free kick he didn’t score and praises Portugal and Aston Villa’s set piece coach Austin MacPhee for routines such as that scored by Nuno Mendes in the first half. Mark mentions that Ronaldo is starting to have plenty of critics at home in Portugal and that they are most likely the target of his defiance. Lars comments that the mysterious unbanning of Ronaldo for these first two World Cup matches meant that he could score in front of a packed US stadium and therefore FIFA got exactly what they wanted with that decision.
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