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Riyadh wins a big score: When Ronaldo no longer monopolizes the shooting rights, the team becomes stronger

5:56pm, 15 May 2025【Football】

In the 31st round of the Sandy League, Acodo goalkeeper Vitor was sent off for tackle Duran in two minutes of the second half. This incident completely changed the direction of the game. Riyadh victory without Ronaldo showed a completely different offensive look: 75% possession rate, 25 shots and 15 shots, and 9 goals were participated by 7 different players, tying the largest score difference record in the history of Saudi Arabia's league. In the previous three matches against Arcodo, Ronaldo won the start of Riyadh and scored only 3 goals per game, and the big victory coincided with the Portuguese superstar resting due to muscle fatigue.

tactical data shows that Duran contributed 2 goals and 1 red card as a single arrow, Mane completed his first four-time career, and the full explosion of players such as Eyman Yehaiya, Brozovic and others confirmed the team's firepower upgrade under the "de-core" system. Arcodo conceded more than 2 goals in one of his first eight games this season, but his defense line collapsed when facing a lineup without Ronaldo, exposing the drawbacks of excessive tactics against stars.

Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand made his first public statement after he recovered from illness, and his views unexpectedly became the focus of public opinion. Although this former Ronaldo teammate did not directly comment on his old friend in the match between Villa and Fulham on May 13, he used the performance of Barcelona young player Yamal to clarify his position: "The charm of football lies in creating possibilities, not compressing possibilities into shooting data." At this time, he was hospitalized for severe virus infection and even received a craniocerebral scan. This attitude of sticking to the commentary seat with illness added a bit of tragic color to his views.

Ferdinand particularly emphasized the measurement criteria for market value: Yamal's national derby has made 6 successes in 7 passes, 85% pass success rate, and 3 key opportunities, which is mutually verified with the phenomenon that its jersey sales account for the total Saudi League players. This is in a subtle contrast with Ronaldo's social media losing 127,000 fans and Saudi media's concern that his Golden Boot is not guaranteed. In an interview with COPE radio, the famous Italian coach Capello analyzed the dilemma of modern football with the change of coach positions in Real Madrid as the entry point. He believes that the essence of Ancelotti's dismissal and Alonso's takeover is the management's blind pursuit of the "superstar effect". Regarding Mbappe's prospect of joining Real Madrid, the coach who coached the Galaxy twice warned: "When Vinicius, Bellingham and Mbappe all need the ball, 1+1+1 may be less than 3."

When talking about Ronaldo, Capello admitted his historical status as a "phenomenon scored less than 400 goals in his career, but conquered the world with tango dance steps - the art of football has never been in the data bar, but at the moment of the opponent's defense collapse." This discussion just explains why he voted the Golden Ball Simulation Votes for Yamal: Although the 17-year-old young player has not reached Messi's height yet, his performance of 14 passes in the Champions League semi-finals and hitting two goal posts has reproduced the most primitive visual shock of football.

Official data from the Saudi League show that 7 of Ronaldo's 23 league goals this season are penalty kicks, with an average distance of 9.8 yards in the sports game; while Riyadh won 9-0 and scored in all sports games, with the farthest goal of 27 yards. This transformation was accompanied by adjustments to the lineup structure: Mane's value rose to 35 million euros, Duran held the main center, and Brozovic's midfield scheduling ability was activated. The attitude of the club management has quietly changed: although negotiations on Ronaldo's renewal are still underway, the coach's tactical experiments show that the team has begun to focus on the offensive model of multi-point blooming. This transformation has already occurred in the AFC semi-finals against Kawasaki striker: the cooperation of Ronaldo, Mane and Talisca is more balanced than the league's single-core system.

When Yamal completed seven passes at Camp Nou and broke Real Madrid's goal, Ronaldo was practicing his strength in the gym - these two pictures constituted the dialectical rule of the football world. Capello's assertion is fulfilling: "Mbappe's joining Real Madrid is not the end. How to let the 180 million euros learn to run without the ball is the real issue of the new era."

The management of Riyadh's victory may have read the signal: 9-0 is not only a score record, but also a declaration of tactical revolution. Just as the competition pattern shown in the Saudi league standings - Jeddah United leads 74 points and Riyadh's crescent 68 points, team football proves in this oil league: when superstars no longer monopolize the shooting rights, the desert can also bloom in the offensive kaleidoscope.