Why Mourinho Played Ronaldo as a Striker Against Barcelona

We had one of the best players in football Ronaldo

Ronaldo used to play was a winger

He was a tricky winger fast dribble

But sometimes you have to move the pieces of the chess to try to create

the best solution for the team

The first time that Ronaldo played as a number nine position was in the cup final against Barcelona

He had three number nines and for a final I left them all three out to play Cristiano as a number nine

Because in that game Barcelona right back was Daniel Alves

That was attacking, attacking, attacking hundreds and hundreds of times during the game

If Ronaldo played against him you would be chasing him all the time playing more defensive than offensive

So I decided no, you are not going to chase anyone

You are going to play number nine, you are going to play central, you are going just to try to score goals

Cristiano Ronaldo's shot, Cristiano's shot, Cristiano's shot, Cristiano's shot, Cristiano's shot, Cristiano's shot

What a chance Madrid just had

The players they have to understand the game because during the game I cannot make decisions for them

They are guided, they discover the way, it's not like I tell them now you turn left and then you turn right

I'm not ways, I have to help them but they have to go by themselves, they have to understand why

He scored the winning goal, incredible header

And we won the cup

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