https://youtu.be/rFfomw-Z4uE That was a lovely Real Madrid Jersey
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That is the hardest ball to strike cleanly . The goal was utterly brilliant watch the arching of the foot and planting of non kicking foot. Then the way he put the laces through it . It was amazing .
Its a perfectly valid opinion to think that Zidane was a genius but I don’t think that goal shows much other than an outstanding finish. Mario Mandzukic scored a much more out of the ordinary goal in a CL Final a few years ago that not many players would try
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I don’t give a fuck about top trumps mate.
I was responding to the absolute ridiculous statement that what Zidane had could be explained away by he was coached well or some shit.
The man was an utter genius.
Anyone who ever kicked a ball knows how that volley is almost impossible to carry off
I scored a similar but better one in headers and volleys in school one day
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tnh
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Only the greats like Darren Barnard could score this type of goal
Which was a better goal? McGinn or Zidane?
Grealish at Rotherham won Villa goal of the season last night ahead of McGinn’s volley, Grealish’s volley, Hutton’s dribble and more.
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As we like to say at Lakeside, the highest standard of all time this year.
The Preston Plumber, Tom Finney has to be in the reckoning. They used to say in Preston that there has never been a player like him before or since.
Brazil’s Ronaldo is the GOAT like Quirke is innocent or Scotty’s is a good diner
ONLY ON TFK
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Cannavaro, Gigi, Maldini, Nesta and Thuram all reckon R9 was the greatest.
Mary Poppins thinks otherwise.
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You’d better corroborate that. Post up links to those comments from Cannavaro, Buffon, Maldini, Nesta and Thuram
What did Harald Brattbakk and Mjallby think?
Buffon says of Messi, per the Daily Mail : “When he is playing at a 100 per cent, you can forget about playing against him. It is just a wonder to watch him and see what he can do.”
However, the legendary goalkeeper says that nobody he has come across has been better than Ronaldo—the Brazilian striker as opposed to Cristiano.
“The best I have ever played against, if it wasn’t for injury I think he would be talked about on same level as Pele and Diego Maradona,” said Buffon when talking about The Phenomenon.
“Ronaldo was the only player who really stirred fear in me. The first time I played against him was during a friendly match between Brazil and Italy, it was in France right before the 1998 World Cup. Just walking on the same pitch as he did was terrifying for me. He was strong and quick. He was truly incredible. Every single time I played against him there was the utmost respect for each other. When you play with a striker of his stature there no use for insults to get into his head, that would never work. The best way to respect a player like Ronaldo is to train hard every day, with the utmost intensity. That way when I stepped on the pitch I knew I had dedicated as much time as possible to stop him. I don’t think that the fear I felt for him ever really left my body. But after that fear followed a lot of respect for him. I actually learned how to overcome fear inside a football pitch, thanks to Ronaldo,” wrote Cannavaro on The Players’ Tribune.
Didnt Ronaldo (Brasil) come out and say that Messi was the greatest ever?
I don’t know. R9 comes across as a modest chap.
Lovely video of the fear R9 instilled in a golden generation of defenders.
"In the history of football, you have a small number of players who were the best - the best of their generation. You have to choose Pele, and then you have to choose Maradona. But after that you have Ronaldo, not Zidane—it has to be Ronaldo. I was playing at AC Milan when he was at Inter. I was probably at my strongest, and I was playing alongside Paolo Maldini. But playing against Ronaldo was the only time I ever saw Maldini worried. He said to me “Marcel, you have to stay around me—I need your help here. You have to stay close to me. We have to double up on him. When he takes the ball away, and when he runs, we have to double up on him.” He was amazing. He was a magician. Wow—the impression on everyone playing and everyone watching—wow. When Ronaldo got the ball, it was like— wahhh! The whole stadium was buzzing. He was the only player who made such an incredible mark on people who saw him.
“It was so unfortunate that he got his injury, it probably restricted him to 70% of his potential. Had he not have got it, he could have done anything.”
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