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Kikelomogbenga:
If Ronaldo was from Panama he would be a fisherman.

Illimitable:
So how did George Weah win Ballon d’Or in 1995? He was born in the trenches of Monrovia.

If we follow your logic to conclusion, Weah should have been an Okada rider.

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

Kikelomogbenga:
How many players like George Weah have come out of Libya since then?

The probability of Ronaldo becoming a fisherman rather than a footballer if he had been born in Panama is 100 to 1.

Thecassanova:
How’s that a foul.

Just a sloppy defender

Illimitable:
You are missing the point.

Football talent is distributed across the planet, but opportunity is not. Whether a player gets a realistic chance to win a World Cup depends critically on:

- Where their mother gave birth.
- The strength, infrastructure, coaching, and resources of the country’s football federation.
- The Squad Depth.

Club football gives football talents more mobility. Even if a player is born in the trenches of Ajegunle, club scouts would find him and get him a transfer to play in big clubs that can win things. International football does not allow such an elbow room. Club football offers a clearer merit-based escape hatch.

If you were born in India, you will not smell a World Cup tournament even if you score 1000 goals every season in your club. Look at Erling Haaland for instance. It’s his first international football tournament at 25. If he was born in France or Argentina, he would have won a WC or Copa America or Euros by age 19 at the very least.

PDPGuy:
Haiti from where?!!!!

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

Jamiuokolaa:
When Sir Alex rated the CL over the Worldcup, people came out in droves to attack his opinion as been absurd.

He wasnt wrong TBH

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

Illimitable:
You are missing the point.

Football talent is distributed across the planet, but opportunity is not. Whether a player gets a realistic chance to win a World Cup depends critically on:

- Where their mother gave birth.
- The strength, infrastructure, coaching, and resources of the country’s football federation.
- The Squad Depth.

Club football gives football talents more mobility. Even if a player is born in the trenches of Ajegunle, club scouts would find him and get him a transfer to play in big clubs that can win things. International football does not allow such an elbow room. Club football offers a clearer merit-based escape hatch.

If you were born in India, you will not smell a World Cup tournament even if you score 1000 goals every season in your club. Look at Erling Haaland for instance. It’s his first international football tournament at 25. If he was born in France or Argentina, he would have won a WC or Copa America or Euros by age 19 at the very least.

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

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 or Champions League in 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

If you want to talk about giving free ride talk about how Benzema carried Madrid to the CL title in 2022 scoring 15 goals to Akpororo's 4

Kikelomogbenga:
The country you are born in also plays a major role in whether top clubs even notice you and whether you get access to elite leagues. If Ronaldo had been born in Panama instead of Brazil and still became a footballer, chances are he would have spent years grinding through lower divisions before getting a shot at the top if he made it there at all.


You were the one acting as if being Brazilian had no impact on his club career, when in reality Brazils footballing reputation and scouting network gave him opportunities that players from less prominent football nations rarely get.


Haaland was born in England

Illimitable:
What about

-George Weah
-Pavel Nedved
-Hristo Stoichkov
-Andriy Schevchenko

All these players(Ballon d’Or winners) were born in the trenches of obscure countries but because of club football, they are all global icons today.

Being born in a big football country definitely helps but it doesn’t close the door completely for players born in small football countries to feature for top club sides.

fredoooooo:
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