DBasia.news – Cristiano Ronaldo finally ended his free kick goal fasting after failing in 42 trials. Ronaldo scored the goal when he won the match against Turin with a score of 4-1, Saturday (4/7).
It’s been too long for Ronaldo not to make a goal through a direct free kick, precisely for two years. But finally the megastar could break his fast, thanks to his decision to use a different kicking technique.
At first glance, Ronaldo was seen scoring through the knuckleball technique, as he had done so far. But if paying more attention, it could be seen that Ronaldo was using different techniques than usual.
Indeed, Ronaldo still takes a similar pose before executing a free kick, but you can see Ronaldo hitting the ball using parts around the inner shoelaces or commonly known as instep kick techniques. The kick can be seen from minimal rotation and ball movement.
With this technique, kick strength is not needed because it all depends on controlled accuracy. Previously Ronaldo relied on knuckleball which needed power and produced balls that could change direction suddenly. However, the accuracy of this kick is difficult to control.
Apparently Ronaldo seemed to want to repeat his success when scoring against David De Gea when Portugal’s match against Spain in the 2018 World Cup. At that time Ronaldo scored with a direct free kick also using technical instep kicks.
Why did Ronaldo choose to no longer use knuckleball? As is known Knuckleball requires power to execute it.
According to the analysis of sports scientists Dr. Rajpal Brar, Ronaldo’s failure to score with a free kick so far is a perfect illustration of the physical demands of a knuckle ball strike. It is probable that, with increasing age, Ronaldo began to have difficulty releasing the perfect knuck ball.