Cristiano Ronaldo has gone almost a year without scoring a free-kick in La Liga despite being Real Madrid ’ s designated taker , and supporters are now asking if the ball shouldn ’ t be taken off the Portuguese and given to Gareth Bale . The 30-year-old last hit the back of the net from a set-piece in the Spanish league on March 26 last year against Sevilla . His last goal from a free-kick in any competition came in the Champions League last April against Bayern Munich . He has now failed to score a single goal with any of his last 51 free-kicks . Cristiano Ronaldo has gone almost a year without scoring a free-kick in La Liga . Ronaldo deploys his trademark technique as he attempts a free-kick against Villarreal last Sunday . Ronaldo and team-mate Gareth Bale ( left ) line up a free-kick against Getafe in January . In any straw poll of best set-piece deliverers Ronaldo would be top of many people ’ s lists but the statistics tell a completely different story , and while his figures are poor Bale ’ s are far more impressive . Ronaldo has sent 21 of his efforts straight into the wall and placed 14 high or wide of the target ; while keepers or posts and crossbars have done for the rest . Gareth Bale has only scored once this season but it is Real ’ s only goal scored from a free-kick . And although Bale insisted recently on Spanish radio that he tends to take the kicks that favour a left-footer and Ronaldo those that favour a right foot , more often than not it is the Portuguese who takes precedence . When Bale scored from a free-kick against Espanyol in January the strike-rates of Europe ’ s set-piece specialists were published by Spanish football statistician Mister Chip and they made tough reading for Ronaldo . Ronaldo 's last goal from a free-kick came in last season 's Champions League against AC Milan in April . Bale fires a free-kick over the Atletico Madrid wall during a La Liga clash at the Bernabeu . Midfielder Toni Kroos could also take over free-kick duties for Real Madrid from Ronaldo . Bale scores a free-kick every 9.5 attempts while Ronaldo 's ratio is one every 15.6 attempts . Bale also came out ahead of Andrea Pirlo who scores one every 10.5 attempts and Leo Messi who scores every 14 times he takes a free-kick . Madrid have various options from a dead ball with Toni Kroos and Isco both ready to step in . They also have James Rodriguez and Sergio Ramos on their way back from injury to put more pressure on Ronaldo , and with Martin Odegaard being tipped to play some part in Real ’ s Champions League second leg with Schalke on Tuesday there is even a 16-year-old pretender to the crown .
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