balthazar
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yes. It was a travesty. Never liked him much.Wasn't Rivaldo even voted the best player in the world once ?
Past is blurred, not seen him that much, but certainly, not bad either.
yes. It was a travesty. Never liked him much.Wasn't Rivaldo even voted the best player in the world once ?
Past is blurred, not seen him that much, but certainly, not bad either.
Thought my Santos boys, Robinho and Diego, would be the next superstars for Brazil...both had good careers, especially Robinho, but felt both could have done better tbh.
Diego at Werder Bremen was breathtaking.
Most exciting player in the Bundesliga, even more so than Ribery.
Golden days of Bremen.
Linking up with these 2 dons...
Thought my Santos boys, Robinho and Diego, would be the next superstars for Brazil...both had good careers, especially Robinho, but felt both could have done better tbh.
Ganso was another one I thought had the talent to make it. Such an elegant player.
Lack of pace, mobility and work rate was probably why he never made it in Europe though. Think the days of players who look upon the idea of tracking back and putting in a shift with faint disgust are over sadly.
Games poorer without those character I feel. We need more individuality and personality in the game rather than cookie cutter players / athletes.
luiz / danteDidn't he do it against Brazil tho? Or am I not remembering correctly.
I've no idea who the Brazilian defenders were, but they should hang their heads in shame for allowing it to happen. So relieved none of them ever played here!
mollar is 6’4Probably the closest playing today that I can think of. 6foot and just a few inches shorter than those you listed. But yeah there aren't many classy players knocking around at 6'3 or there abouts.
Rivaldo was well worth that Ballon d'or, genuine superstar and would easily be in the conversation for the best in the world if he was playing right now. Considering he wasn't an out and out striker he sure knew where the net was. That left foot was a wand.
For Brazil to produce Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho in the same decade is insane. You'd take any 1 of those and build your team around it so for them to have 3 in the same side is mind boggling.
Yeah Kaka came into his prime slightly after that whilst Romario was slightly before as well. An unreal amount of talent to produce in 50 years let alone 15-20.Kaka should fall under the same decade and was no joke. That one year alone where he's been unstoppable .. him humiliating ManU was such an enjoyable night, like school kids.
Mario Jardel was an absolute beast for a few years.Yeah Kaka came into his prime slightly after that whilst Romario was slightly before as well. An unreal amount of talent to produce in 50 years let alone 15-20.
The likes of Anderson, Jardel, Amoroso and Elber where all great strikers as well who would've had many more caps/goals if not for the otherworldly players keeping them out the side.
Won Galatasaray the Super Cup over Real Madrid, led them to a victory over Real Madrid in the first leg of the CL Quarters that same season, too. Didn't do anything besides scoring goals, but ****ing hell could he score goals.Mario Jardel was an absolute beast for a few years.
I just Googled him, better than I remember even. He scored 205 goals in 198 appearances between 1996-2003 for Sporting, Porto and Galatasaray, elite stuff.
Kai Havertz, if he can get there. Showed some glimpses at the CL Final.There's a lot to be said for the "tall guy with sublime technique" type of player. We don't see that enough nowadays imo. Zidane, Pires, Kaka, they were all slightly lanky, which somehow made what they did look even better. Yoann Gourcuff was the next great hope for that type but he never lived up to it.
He was a machine. I'm pretty sure he got at least 1 golden boot as well.Mario Jardel was an absolute beast for a few years.
I just Googled him, better than I remember even. He scored 205 goals in 198 appearances between 1996-2003 for Sporting, Porto and Galatasaray, elite stuff.
Sonny Anderson was my first ever Championship Manager signing, when I bought the 00/01 edition.Yeah Kaka came into his prime slightly after that whilst Romario was slightly before as well. An unreal amount of talent to produce in 50 years let alone 15-20.
The likes of Anderson, Jardel, Amoroso and Elber where all great strikers as well who would've had many more caps/goals if not for the otherworldly players keeping them out the side.
Thought my Santos boys, Robinho and Diego, would be the next superstars for Brazil...both had good careers, especially Robinho, but felt both could have done better tbh.
The 2006 World Cup is one of the greatest international tournaments ever...but because of the way Italy won, or the way France lost I should say, I feel makes people underrate it.
Everyone pretty much wanted Zidane to sign off from football with the trophy, up to the final he was immense.
Prime CR7 but stronger and faster with the flair of Ronaldinho. Sounds like a joke even writing that but a player like that actually existed.I've tried explaining Brazilian Ronaldo to people too young to remember him and best I can do is take everything good about Cristiano Ronaldo then give him the dribbling and touch of Messi.