‘Cristiano Ronaldo Doesn’t Know How to Play Football’: Ex Madrid player makes bold claim

Former Real Madrid player Antonio Cassano has claimed Cristiano Ronaldo only knows how to score goals, criticising his selfish playing style.

Undoubtedly one of the greatest football players of all time, Ronaldo enjoyed a glitterring career with Real Madrid. The Portuguese forward claimed five Ballon d’Or awards and lifted the Champions League trophy five times while wearing the colours of Manchester United and Real Madrid.

At 39, Ronaldo has not shown any signs of slowing down. The Al Nassr forward wrote his name into record books as the first player ever to reach the breathtaking milestone of 900 goals.

Despite all this, former Real Madrid forward Antonio Cassano claimed that Ronaldo “doesn’t know how to play football,” offering an unexpected critique of the forward’s astonishing career.

Appearing on the Viva El Futbol Podcast, Cassano said: “Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t know how to play football. He could score 3,000 goals, I don’t give a f***.”

“[Gonzalo] Higuain, [Sergio] Aguero, [Karim] Benzema, [Robert] Lewandowski, [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic and [Luis] Suarez knew how to link-up with the team. They knew how to do a lot of things, unlike Ronaldo whose only objective has always been to score.”

Cassano played for two years at the Santiago Bernabéu from 2006 to 2008, managing to score only four times for Los Blancos, while Ronaldo netted an impressive 450 goals for the club.