Trademarked moves that used by Cristiano Ronaldo

Here are a few more of his trademarked moves:

• Touching the ball around the defender
• Chopping the ball back
• Spinning out of trouble
• Swings the right leg over the ball to the inside
• Scissor move – bringing the right and then the left leg over the ball to the outside
• Faking like he’s going to cross the ball and cut the ball back and going the other direction
• Stutter step in front of the ball – faking like he’s going one way and then the other
• The nutmeg
• The heel pass
• Stopping on a dime and letting the defender slide past him
• Rolling the ball over with his foot towards a defender, setting up for a move
• Hovering his leg in the air like he’s going to take the ball one way
• Scooping the ball over a defender’s foot
• Snaking the ball to the outside and then the inside with his right foot
• Pulling the ball back and playing it with his inside of the foot – as a pass

And Cristiano isn’t a selfish player even though at times he appears like he is. Rather, he’s a team player who just wants to win. He’s learned to be a team player at Manchester United. He’s figure out that he’ll actually have more individual success if his team wins—the two go together. He’s tallied 42 goals in all competitions in 2007-2008 and his team won both the EPL title and the Champions League. He’s scored over 100 goals for Manchester. He’s just 23 years of age.

Another thing that jumped out at me about Cristiano is he is fearless. Sure, he has at times over done it in terms of his moves and tricks and even diving, but he’s willing to take chances, do the amazing and the unexpected when he could fail or embarrass himself. That is probably what makes him such an outstanding player. He’s willing to try things even if he may fail.

The pressure is now on top of him, everyone knows what to expect, they double team him, they foul him and try to incite him, how is he going to react?