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dimanche, novembre 11, 2012

CR7, Özil and Modric fight for the direct free-kicks

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Özil's free-kick strike against Borussia Dortmund has reopened the debate at Real Madrid. Should Cristiano continue to take 90% of the side's direct free-kicks? The Portuguese player's conversion rate from free-kicks is on the decline, but he continues to work on improving it.
Cristiano once again put in some extra time at the end of training to improve this aspect of his game, although he was not alone. Özil – who does not normally practice free-kicks – and Modric joined in. Casillas was the goalkeeper.
They bombarded the Real keeper for ten minutes, and he did not have to fish many balls out of the back of the net. None of the three players were particularly accurate, as the run of luck which is not giving Madrid many goals at the moment continues.
Real Madrid has only scored one goal from a direct free-kick this season, struck by Özil against Borussia. Cristiano has the monopoly over this set piece. Only Xabi Alonso has dared argue for the ball with CR7, who went through a similar crisis last season.
Cristiano did not score a goal from a free-kick in the Liga until day 31. It came against Osasuna, helped along by a deflection off the wall. Two days later, he beat Courtois from a 35-metre free-kick.

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