Naturally, this begged the query if Ronaldo could be the person his fellow Portuguese would select to step up on his behalf.
“I feel you had many on this membership that had been good penalty-takers, as I say Cristiano, within the decisive moments, could be very chilly and is somebody that could be very nicely ready mentally to take penalties within the decisive moments,” he defined. “However I might say that Marcus [Rashford] can be somebody, since he modified his method.
“As a result of, earlier than I got here to the membership, I’ve by no means seen Marcus take penalties how he’s taking them now. He modified the way in which he takes his penalties. He waits for the goalkeeper for much longer and, earlier than I got here to the membership, I noticed that he was going with a a lot faster run-up to the goalkeeper, with out like having a facet and simply capturing there.
“Since he modified and, sure, he has a really, very excessive price of success. So he’s additionally somebody that you can put into the combo, clearly figuring out that Cristiano has been, many extra instances, in these decisive moments and is extra ready for that. However do I feel that Marcus can be excellent penalty-taker.”
