5 of the best footballers and their one glaring weakness

#5 Cristiano Ronaldo – Dribbling

Real Madrid CF v Levante UD - La Liga — No longer the best of dribblers

And we will conclude this slide with the reigning Ballon d’Or winner. Did you watch him at Manchester United? That guy could dribble past defenders all day long and still have the energy for more. It was like he was on some kind of a modified Viagra pills that allowed him to beast-out his opponents with dribbling rage.

At Madrid now, he is a scoring machine. You give him the ball in the box and the next thing you would do is celebrate with him while the opposition goalkeeper helplessly takes the ball out of the goal. It’s like putting money into a cold-drink vending machine; you always end up with a soda in your hand.

The one time you don’t, it is an anomaly – and that’s what it is when Cristiano Ronaldo misses a chance.

However, he has sacrificed his dribbling skills to such an extent that he can now longer beat defenders like he once could. Initially, he did it on purpose as he attempted fewer dribbles and compensated it by making cunning moves inside the box.

Now, even when he tries, he fails almost always. Last season was his worst, though, as he could complete only 0.9 dribbles-per-game in La Liga – which is his worst tally ever.

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