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We have been underwhelming the entire tournament. I have no hope for when we meet the big boys.

Don't let anyone gaslight you.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suQSu3O8Fnc?si=f43nihgnsLryG-ac

raumdeuter:
It was compared to now, Many of the tackles that were legit before have been banned now. Players like Paolo Montero would be banned if they were active today

This was a clip from Italia 90 tackles


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN_rttWZETo

You could do compilations like this from any era.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v0rXpNdzxU?si=uR_0SupaeIRtb12C


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuMHmWQMxm0?si=awQQVXyjuF4WKLcn

drisham:
Na so

Even some the goal keepers and defenders of those days were mid

Players were spamming goals from outside the box

Defenders would afford attackers space to dribble you 100 times


Only few we rugged and it's was mostly unnecessary and dangerous tackles that the players gets sent off or carded for

Anyone telling you football was a war or a battlefield in the past is selling you premium Lamba.

drisham:
Omo you don dey carry agenda pass wetin I start o

Ah 😂

Igor Thiago is closer to Adriano than Adriano is to Vardy.

Some past players are massively overrated.

A40:
Indomie generation talking about YouTube
For Ronaldo, Ronaldinho etc. Players we saw live

Ronaldinho was the foundation block for the modern Barcelona today. Anyone that was not a infant in 2005 knows this.

Declan Rice to Ronaldinho? You don't know about ball at all. Stop embarrassing yourself

Vini plays closer to goal and has never scored more than 17 goals in La Liga. Ronaldinho has a 21 goal season. You have no argument at all.

Akpororo Jr's goal scoring record as a forward is actually very poor no matter how you slice it. Fernando Hierro a defender even Sergio Ramos score better than him

Ronaldinho won the CL as Barcelona top scorer was the best player in the competition and led the entire Champions League in assist. Show me the year Akpororo Jr achieved any of this.

When has Akpororo Jr ever led La Liga in Champions League goals and or assist like Ronaldinho

This is why I call you indomie generation. You did not watch Barcelona vs Benfica 06 Quarterfinals so how would you know Ronaldinho scored in that match.

2002 World Cup I'm not sure you were born. That's why you would not know the contributions of a man that led Brazil back from looming defeat against England.

At 22 years old Ronaldinho had 2 goals and 3 assists at the World Cup. MOTM performance against England.

At 22 years old Akpororo Jr 1 goal 2 assists. Zero impact. Jabo for quarterfinal and yanked off early in the second half after putting an absolute stinker

10 goals in 51 apps says just how mid Akpororo Jr is. In the olden days when Brazil was still Brazil Akpororo Jr will not even see shirt

Not reading all that.

Jamiuokolaa:
Haha

99% shot plus body balance

His combo with Ibrahimovic caused a strain on many friendships that year for game house

I am convinced that if you asked guys on the street who the better player was between Vardy and Adriano , 95% would pick Adriano due to that nostalgia. A player that should be compared to Igor Thiago.

A40:
Ronaldinho had to actually carry a team (and I don't like using that word in team sports but that's what he did) from the bottom not Vinicius who met an already established Madrid

They were 6 years without a La Liga title and 13 years without a Champions League before Ronaldinho arrived.

Put Vini in 2004 Barcelona and tell me they sniff any level of success like they did then

The way you're talking one will think Vinicius is one goal machine.

Meanwhile Ronaldinho's La Liga goal ratio is actually better than his despite playing further from goal
Ronnie - 70 goals in 145 apps
Vini - 73 goals in 237 apps

Ronaldinho has a 20+ goal season. Vini has never scored more than 17, e go tear ACL

CL. Vini 34 goals in 82 apps. That's not worth bragging about my guy

Ronaldinho a respectable 18 goals in 42. He was also chief Creator. Xavi was not even a starter back then

National team? It gets even worse. 11 goals in 51 appearances.

Ronaldinho 33 goals in 97

No offense, When you say Ronaldinho won free World Cup I have to ask how old were you when Korea/Japan was played. Because you can't know about the 3 Rs and be talking about somebody winning free world Cup

Who eliminated England in the Quarterfinal? Scoring a free kick and using one leg over to erase the entire country.

Against Belgium tight match even at 1-0 till Ronaldinho provided Rivaldo with the goal that sealed the game

It's always demoralizing arguing with people who were probably not even born when a tournament was played

Your entire post is watery.

* Your first 3 sentences are irrelevant. Barcelona was still a big club, he was not carrying Levante or Leicester to trophies and Eto was just as important. This is like bragging Declain Rice is better than lampard because he carried Arsenal to their first league title in 20years. No one is falling for that useless piece of history.

* Vini La Liga appearances is skewed because he started as a teenager with bench roles and many sub appearances. Yet he has dropped similar numbers to Ronaldinho when both of their best seasons are compared.

* When you show me Ronaldinho champions league man of the match or final goals then we can have that conversation about their respective champions league career for now miss me with that. Ronaldinho couldn't even score beyond the Round of 16.

* He was the most irrelevant person in the so called 3 R's. The main man was Ronaldo who carried Brazil the entire tournament. His impact to Brazil winning that world cup was Minimal and he even got himself sent off in the knockout stage. Take Ronaldo from Brazil and they don't win that world cup so yes he had a free ride to a world cup title. Ronaldinho only legitimate advantage over Vini in national football was having Ronaldo to carry him.

Emaprince:
Who be Vinicius sef?

Among his peers, he can only be in top 10.

The Brasile of Adriano Ronaldo, rivaldo etc will swallow him

Another one that is snuck into conversations he has no right to be in because he had 99% shot on PES.

A40:
Thank God we were old enough to see both play. There's something called eye test and Vinicius has never been as good as Ronaldinho never mind R9 a day in his life

If Vinicius was around when Brazil was still Brazil he would have been like Giovane Elber, where he wan see shirt?

Comment like these are one of the reasons I say past players are overrated. Nostalgia has blinded some people to the point where comparing them with current players is seen as a taboo.

Vini has had multiple season that surpassed Ronaldinho best seasons. The only area Ronaldinho comes out on top is being more skillful but then Vini is also a good dribbler. Man of the match in a champions final and scoring in two different champions league finals but see they way you are framing it like Vini has achieved nothing and can't be compared with him. Ronaldinho never scored beyond the round of 16 in the champions league. Never scored in a final in any European competition for Barcelona or Milan. If only Vini had Fat Ronaldo to dash him a free world cup title while doing nothing.

drisham:
Aside Ronaldo and Messi they are all timer



We go need discuss some the this fraudulent legends (r9,Henry,drogba,cyruff, Ronaldinho and co)

Once this world cup finish they explain what they have over mbappe,haaland,vini and the likes

Don't let anyone gaslight you into retracting this statement. Some of those past legends are very very overrated. Nostalgia won't make people accept it. You just have to watch past games on YouTube to see it.

izzou:
Now I see why Gattuso was crying when Italy failed to qualify.

So many useless countries with poor football

The world cup is now a joke.

Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Cucurao, Algeria etc has no business being at the world cup.

Expanding it to 48teams has killed the quality and difficulty of the world cup. 3rd places qualifying is another woke nonsense.

andrewbaba44:
Ralf ragnick is their coach

Explains the result.

Did kante fall out with Deschamps? He was his favorite yet he's dropped again. That attack is top heavy.

Some coaches are just impossible. Why are you putting a player with 10 lungs like Laimer at fullback when your midfield is not stacked. Who is this Austria coach.

The overall quality at this World Cup has been very low.

Soo many poor teams in this tournament. Everyone is just helping themselves to Hatricks and braces.

1:0 Canada

Havertz looks sharp as f*ck. I need you fit and firing my boy.

This should be 3:0 already. We are looking good.

Cc pkasso

Bayern will be insane to reject 150million offer for Olise from Madrid.

Ihebu4chelsea:
Like Wirtz.

Wirtz is a generational talent and will always cost big bucks. That post was for underrated talents for cheap punts.

Clubs are still sleeping on some serious ballers in bundesliga and Ligue 1 until a small club buys them and demands over 5 times their value in few seasons.

Would have really loved to see El mala in the premier league. Shame his move to Brentford broke down.

Undav what a finish

Why can't these guys be clinical

This is the first time since 2024 both Musiala and Wirtz have been in the same line up. It's crazy what injuries have done.

This weirdly feels like our strongest front line with Havertz replacing Undav.

Amoto94:
I see England going all the way to the final but will they win it I don't know

They won’t even make the semis. English fans like to deceive themselves into thinking they have players good enough to win anything.

England fans arguing over which average player got picked ahead of another average player. Just see the names being mentioned. Tuchel should have taken Arnold over that donkey called Spence. That's the only big miss.