Cristiano Ronaldo has been showing his capabilities to the world of football for years and the Portuguese attacker was the subject of a study carried out by the Ku Leven University in Belgium, together with the company SciSports, whose results were presented in Boston at the Sloan Sports Analytics conference. The study was aimed at analyzing 7,000 games in seven different competitions to see how footballers react under pressure.
Jesse Davis, one of the protagonists of the project, explained: "We have developed a model that uses machine learning to estimate the amount of mental pressure experienced by the player in possession of the ball. The model analyzes how he acts under pressure. Suppose the game is blocked in the 89th minute and a player decides to try to score instead of passing. The model will analyze if it was a good decision, if the shot was well executed and how it affected the final result."
The parameters are obviously different, from home or away matches to how decisive the match is also in terms of both teams' seasons.
Researcher Jan Van Haaren added: "The ideal scenario is that they have stable performances, regardless of pressure. The analysis shows that Cristiano Ronaldo does not feel the pressure, his performances are constant, while Neymar makes worse decisions. Aguero follows Ronaldo's path, while Luis Suarez is more similar to Neymar."
sweetoxx
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It's hard to be Ronaldo.. Guys, If you don't like him... that's ok.. but don't disrespect him..
AntoJaison
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His opponents feel the pressure😂🤣
Madrista_forever
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Best in the world for a reason,and The GOAT dosen't feel pressure why would he it's the opponents who fear him and go through high mental pressure when he is coming towards you like a lion,he is the predator and you just act as prey,and it's not from now since his Manchester days test we're conducted on how can he jump high than an NBA pro player and how he shoots and his freekick taking technique and how he does his Sprint he is a tank man unstoppable
JMI-17
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before BARCA fans flood this research with there negativity. its not that he doesn't feel pressure at all is just that its not as much as it is for most players he has self confidence. and the decisions he makes even while under pressure are positive or tend to bring positive results, so this statistics is simply saying he handles pressure better than anyone else in the game. no offense
romi_avinash
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Messi was once asked in an interview about his opinion about Ronaldo statement that "he is the best player of last two decades" and guess what Messi replied..... He laughed and said, twenty years,for me, he is the best footballer of all time. The amount of criticism he receives in media, I think he is the world most hated player but still he gives so much to the team he plays for.For me he is the best player ever. Guys that's what Messi said.
danny7_ida
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Mr. Cool I always call him. Cool like a killer in front of goal and he steps into pressure and he wears pressure like a set of diamonds around his neck you could throw a lion into the pitch as a defender but cristiano not going feel not pressure that how confident he is. He plays football with the composure and coolness of a bomb disposal experts that why he is the best in front of goal. Ronaldo is the showman in business and he ain't going no where despite his age. Pressure sees ronaldo and goes "oh no it him again" and cristiano says "pleased to meet you" do you know my name? Pressure knows it because it cristiano and he ain't feeling any. Best ever
Dobabceipt
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and there was me thinking of somebody who took retirement after losing Copa America finals😂talk about coping with pressure