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pundits on Ronaldo’s World Cup problem

pundits on Ronaldo’s World Cup problem

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4 min readUpdated: Jun 18, 2026 09:29 AM IST Thierry Henry was precise. Analysing Portugal’s performance on FOX, the former Arsenal striker and 1998 World Cup winner with France broke down a second-half passage of play involving Francisco Conceição and Bruno Fernandes to explain what Ronaldo is doing wrong. “One thing that’s important — the team needs to score, it’s not you who needs to score,” Henry said. “Look here. Portugal has the ball, Conceição is going to receive the ball. If Ronaldo makes that run in the opposite direction of the ball, he forces the defender to make a decision. But because he wants to score, he goes in Bruno Fernandes’ path. If he went to that small area, the defender would have to follow him, and then it would be an easy tap-in for Bruno Fernandes. But because he wants to score, he crosses the path of the back pass — you see the two players and it becomes easier for the defence to intercept. The team needs to score, not you. Did …

Thierry Henry on Portugal’s Ronaldo-sized issue: ‘Team needs to score, not you’ | Football News

Thierry Henry on Portugal’s Ronaldo-sized issue: ‘Team needs to score, not you’ | Football News

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3 min readJun 18, 2026 06:40 AM IST Cristiano Ronaldo has earned critique for the way he played in Portugal’s first game of the FIFA World Cup 2026. Ronaldo endured a lacklustre day in the park at the Houston Stadium as the game against Congo ended in a 1-1 draw with Joao Neves’s 6th minute goal getting cancelled out by Yoane Wisse’s strike in the first half. Ronaldo, as the tip of the spear for Portugal’s attack, could not do much, despite playing for most of the game. In fact, there was a point (in the 68th minute) when Francisco Conceicao cut back to Ronaldo, and the forward hit his shot wide off the near post. The moment was criticised for Ronaldo taking a shot when behind him Bruno Fernandes was in a better position to score. French football legend Thierry Henry has explained why Portugal have a Ronaldo-sized problem, even though the former Arsenal striker avoided directly criticising Ronaldo, one of the greatest footballers in history. “One thing that’s important, people, please at home, …

How PSG gave the city of Henry & Mbappe a football club they can be proud of

How PSG gave the city of Henry & Mbappe a football club they can be proud of

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The city of love, of numerous museums and art houses, of the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower, was poor for a footballing monument. France as a nation excelled, stacked World Cups and European Championship, produced artistic footballers as the artists and writers that made Paris their spiritual and literal home. Among Europe’s top five, French clubs have been the least successful, collecting a grand sum of three Champions League trophies. Paris or Monaco, Lille or Marseille did not inspire the awe of Milan or Madrid, Manchester or Munich, Amsterdam or Liverpool. Its congested banlieues raised great footballers, among them Thierry Henry and N’golo Kante; Kylian Mbappe and William Saliba helm the new wave of talent, but not a club that conquered Europe. But by retaining their European crown, a feat only managed by Real Madrid in the Champions League era, PSG have furnished Paris a footballing identity it never owned. Across different eras, numerous clubs had blossomed and withered in the city — most notably Racing Club de France, for whom turned up the French …

Champions League | ‘And then Yamal arrives..’ : World Cup winner Thierry Henry hails Lamine Yamal amid comparisons with Messi and Ronaldo | Football News

Champions League | ‘And then Yamal arrives..’ : World Cup winner Thierry Henry hails Lamine Yamal amid comparisons with Messi and Ronaldo | Football News

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As Barcelona played a 3-3 draw against Inter-Milan in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final at Olympic Stadium, 17-year-old Lamine Yamal became the youngest player to score a goal in a Champions League semi-final with his opening goal for the Spanish’s side’s come from behind show in the semi-final. With Barcelona trailing by two goals in the match, Yamal scored the first goal in the team’s 3-3 draw to create history. Former France striker and World Cup winner Thierry Henry has showered praise on the young Spanish international and terming him as the next best player in the football world and even better than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. “We can talk about a lot of guys who are supposed to be on the throne and whatnot. But one thing that amazes me about football is that you always think there is no way someone is going to be better – or might be better – than Messi and (Cristiano) Ronaldo. Or in my time, Pele or (Diego) Maradona… And then Yamal arrives,” …