On February 5 there was a very high concentration of muses so that two enormous talents, although in different years, had their birthday. This Friday Cristiano Ronaldo reaches 36 in a great state of form, while Neymar reaches 29. Two ‘cracks’, without a doubt, with many analogies, but also obvious differences.
Taking advantage of the anniversary, BeSoccer Pro account for one of them. And it is that, although both start on the field from that false position of forward on the left, their way of developing and looking for the rival goal is very different.
Before entering compare your strengthsone need only take a look at his action map to understand how that heeled initial positioning It is the starting point to aim for the center of the attack.
In fact, Cristiano Ronaldo’s one could almost say of him that it’s more of a left inside than a forward. From there, the player from Funchal is able to function normally and normally in the positions of the center of attack. Its location on the right is accidental.
The same can be said of Neymar. Their positioning is oriented a little more towards the center, but they are also the areas of the left-handed profile the ones that travel the most to carry out your game. Its incidence on the right, yes, it is even less.
We are speaking, however, of two very different biotypes of attackers. According to the parameter analyzed, as shown in the graph that illustrates this news, we find abysmal differences. For example, while the Brazilian try more than twice as many dribbles than the Portuguese for every 90 minutes (16.12 vs 7.14), it is Cristiano who comes out more victorious of them (63.19% vs 48.16%), mainly because in most of them it leaves behind its torque due to speed. However, in the one against it is the former Barça who comes out much better stopped, comes out successful in many more offensive duels (11.58) than his birthday partner (5.66).
Another reading that this comparison leaves us is that it is clear that the PSG footballer is the one who risks more, a fact that can also be measured by seeing the number of balls that Neymar loses (19.78) against Cristiano’s (9.72).
And while Portuguese is more vertical (2.08 shots on target), Ney is more generous (6.04 passes to the area, triple that of CR7). The last substantial difference shows us the rate of fouls suffered by the Brazilian (5.04) against the Portuguese (1.44). Well because Cristiano is more difficult to stop, or because Neymar participates much more in the offensive condition.