"Look at Portugal as a footballing side, and you see a dour, turgid team with Ronaldo playing the game like Andy Carroll. It is not the Ronaldo of three years ago.
"All I saw last night was a player like Andy Carroll when he just wanted to head the ball and not run.
"At one point, he was flicking the ball on and trying to chase it himself. I thought I was watching some sort of League One match in England with the big centre forward trying to flick the ball on to the little nippy nine alongside him.
"It was embarrassing watching what Ronaldo was doing. Or trying to do. You would never see Lionel Messi doing that."
He added: "[Ronaldo] hasn’t got any natural tricks,' he declares. 'All his tricks are related to pace."
"Look at Portugal as a footballing side, and you see a dour, turgid team with Ronaldo playing the game like Andy Carroll. It is not the Ronaldo of three years ago.
"All I saw last night was a player like Andy Carroll when he just wanted to head the ball and not run.
"At one point, he was flicking the ball on and trying to chase it himself. I thought I was watching some sort of League One match in England with the big centre forward trying to flick the ball on to the little nippy nine alongside him.
"It was embarrassing watching what Ronaldo was doing. Or trying to do. You would never see Lionel Messi doing that."
He added: "[Ronaldo] hasn’t got any natural tricks,' he declares. 'All his tricks are related to pace."
"Look at Portugal as a footballing side, and you see a dour, turgid team with Ronaldo playing the game like Andy Carroll. It is not the Ronaldo of three years ago.
"All I saw last night was a player like Andy Carroll when he just wanted to head the ball and not run.
"At one point, he was flicking the ball on and trying to chase it himself. I thought I was watching some sort of League One match in England with the big centre forward trying to flick the ball on to the little nippy nine alongside him.
"It was embarrassing watching what Ronaldo was doing. Or trying to do. You would never see Lionel Messi doing that."
He added: "[Ronaldo] hasn’t got any natural tricks,' he declares. 'All his tricks are related to pace."
"Look at Portugal as a footballing side, and you see a dour, turgid team with Ronaldo playing the game like Andy Carroll. It is not the Ronaldo of three years ago.
"All I saw last night was a player like Andy Carroll when he just wanted to head the ball and not run.
"At one point, he was flicking the ball on and trying to chase it himself. I thought I was watching some sort of League One match in England with the big centre forward trying to flick the ball on to the little nippy nine alongside him.
"It was embarrassing watching what Ronaldo was doing. Or trying to do. You would never see Lionel Messi doing that."
He added: "[Ronaldo] hasn’t got any natural tricks,' he declares. 'All his tricks are related to pace."
