#1. Cristiano Ronaldo – Off the Ball movement
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Ronaldo is a complete package as a modern footballer. He has the sprinting ability of an Olympic athlete, the finishing of a poacher, a great passing range (when he chooses to pass. Yes he does, ok!) and there is no one on the planet who can head a football better – that leap itself is a phenomenon of physics.
What we all overlook is his off-the-ball movement.
Using his incredible pace to run into areas that oft go overlooked by defenders, Ronaldo is the ultimate counter-attacking footballer and that is all due to his ability to pick a path which he knows will take him to where the ball will come. The mere ability to judge the fact that the ball will come to a particular place makes him extra special, but combine that with the ability to get there from wherever he is, and you soon see why keeps scoring bucketloads of goals every season.
And if defenders stick to him, well then they quite simply allow other players to run into the vaccum that Ronaldo has created by dragging them towards him. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
