#5 Aerial strength will come out better
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It’s perhaps a weapon of his which is not discussed as much as it should be, but ‘The Sultan of the Stepover’, as he is sometimes known, is a menacing threat in the air.
Not only does he possess the physicality to muscle himself into the tight spaces necessary to leap for crosses or lofted through balls, but he has the technique when suspended in the air to direct his efforts into the hardest-to-reach spots for goalkeepers.
Arguably, he’s the greatest header of a ball we’ve ever seen.
Not convinced? Cast your minds back to the one he nodded past Wayne Hennessey against Wales in the Euro semi-final. The way he surged into the air before arrowing it into the back of the net was astonishing, even though we knew he had it in his locker.
More of this please, Cristiano.
