It seems like yesterday’s newspaper but no, it is sadly very current: 2022/01/sundays-joventut-al-qazeres-postponed/” title=”Sunday's Joventut-Al Qázeres postponed”>Cristiano Ronaldo is experiencing one of his worst scoring streaks and Manchester United, who opted for a triumphant comeback, now wonders if it was worth so much effort.
Cristiano remains mentally active, as ambitious as ever and obsessed with improving his performance. The issue is that now, at 37 years old, it is more difficult for him to bring that momentum to the court.
For example, this button: he has not seen a goal in all of 2022 and has gone blank in five games, a reality he has not faced for 13 years! The Portuguese was left without celebrating against Wolverhampton, Brentford, West Ham, Burnley in the Premier League and against Middlesbrough in the FA Cup. Note that we are not talking about Chelsea, Manchester City or Liverpool…
And it is that the worst negative streak of his career is a memory that nobody wants to relive at United: it was in the 2008/2009 season, just before signing his departure from Old Trafford to the Santiago Bernabéu, when he chained nine games without scoring goals in the Premier League.
The worst thing is that the team, eliminated from the F Cup precisely by a modest Middlesbrough and out of the fight for European positions in the current Premier, is no longer clear if it is worth such an expensive player who has not given, not even remotely , the expected results when his return was assured, six months ago.
Now Cristiano has the challenge of Southampton, and then the duels against Brighton at home and Leeds away, to recharge his batteries before the big test that will be the Champions League duel against Atlético de Madrid, for the round of 16, on February 23. Patience has already run out and nobody wants to see him so out of place.
His drought is reminiscent of the one experienced by the forwards of the Colombian National Team, including Miguel Borja, who fortunately already shook off the losing streak in the League against Águilas (2-1) in the League. The forwards know that he can pass them but that is no excuse: the goal is his food and not even being called Cristiano Ronaldo can take away the responsibility.
