Ronaldinho was an absolute magician! He played the game like a kid in the park, just utterly loving putting on a show for everyone. He didn't care too much for training and living a healthy lifestyle though lol, which is why he's peak was only a few years. But I think that was he's brilliance, that he didn't take the game too seriously. He is a once in a generation player! LEGEND
What made Ronaldinho a unique footballer among his peers is his uninhibited playing style which is similar to that of a kid in the playground, he plays the game because he likes it and wants to enjoy it. His peak only lasted a few years. The same carefree whimsical attitude which made him unique on the pitch caused his downfall.
Agreed, if you watch documentaries about his life as a kid you really see the moves he used on the field are often adapted from his playground. He often played in very close small fields, so his ballcontrol and strenght against other players is phenomenal, all the tricks he used as an adult were used as a kid to some degree. That makes him such a nightmare for defenders. They never know what he does, he is allways ready to push in or no-look passed his teammates and was never stressed out by pressuring from defenders.
Probably the most entertaining footballer I have ever seen. It was so much fun to watch him play. The R3 National team with Brasil was pretty much football porn.
By far my favourite footballer ever. His aura on the pitch alone was and still is pure magic to me. Awesome guy and easily the best entertainer to me + he did everything with so much joy too, what made me always happy. And that says a Real Madrid fan. (He played for the rivals 5 years long)
I wasn't born yet when Maradona was at his prime to witness his greatness in real time, but thanks to the internet I've seen quite a handful of videos of him playing. And then there are Messi and C. Ronaldo who's primes I've been lucky to live through and witness. I've also seen Ronaldo, the real one. I can tell with absolute certainty, that when it comes to pure joy of seeing one footballer play and the excitement I felt every time he touched the ball, because I knew something magical is about to happen, no one comes even close to Ronaldinho. For me he is the greatest to ever do it, even if he played for somewhat short period of time at his prime, compared to the other greats. It doesn't matter, on the contrary, it kind of makes sense, because you can only display so much of that kind of magic, before it burns out and fades away as a beautiful dream.
Man I feel the same way. Kids often ask me who's better Messi or Ronaldinho, CR7 or Ronaldinho and I always say the same thing. They might have had a greater career but if we are talking about skills, there's no comparison. Ney it's the closest I've seen
The single most skilled footballer of all time. Children when starting soccer should be shown videos of Ronaldinho and told "This is what is possible and you can have fun while doing it."
Not the world's biggest football fan, but it is very refreshing to see a top player actually staying on their feet after, before, or during a tackle instead of turning it into a elegant swan-dive of pseudo anguished outrage and pain!
Não dá pra comparar Ronaldinho com outros, ele fazia a pessoa sentir alegria só em ver que a bola estava se aproximando, ele literalmente sambava enquanto driblava grandes jogadores.
@@NoProtocol He and Messi were at Barcelona together, but only played together for a short while, just as Messi was coming up and Ronaldinho was starting to decline. There are definitely similar elements in their dribbling styles, which always made me think that Messi learned from watching and practicing with the Brazilian.
1:46 - That move is called "The Elastico" and it became popularized by Brazilian players. (Most famously the person above.) I also hear it called "flip-flap." Funnily enough, Ronaldinho assisted Messi on his very first goal in Barcelona, and he celebrated by hoisting Messi on his shoulders. 4:06 - "Nutmeg" when you pass the ball between someone's legs. His favorite highlight of mine wasn't on there, but the goalie was going to drop punt the ball and Ronaldinho slyly taps it out of the air before it reaches his foot and scored a goal. It didn't count because you cant interfere with the goalie while in the process of releasing and kicking, but just the amount of skill and creativity that takes to actually complete the play was jaw-droppingly beautiful. He had hands for feet lol Juga Bonito forever
He literally got me back into soccer growing up. I quit playing competitively around 8th grade and then I started watching the games again (Mainly the EPL, Chelsea was/is my team) but Ronaldinho is still my favorite player of all time. This clip is a little too chaotic and zoomed in at times to show his skill, but it's still great. His love for the game and his love for life definitely cut his career short, he wasn't as dedicated to just purely the game as the Messi's and Rondaldo's of the world. But he was the best in the world for a few years.
He is in my opinion the most entertaining footballer ever. My favorite players are great passers which is what I love about Messi as well. I love your videos. Keep it up. 👍
Not only that you are missing context - a compilation like this hides how rare these moments really are. Only through 90 minutes of a battle of 2 teams struggling to score you can be amazed by those bright moments of joy.
You should get a compilation of Peter Drury. He is also the king of putting words together and making the moments even more special. I still go back and listen to his commentary when Cristiano Ronaldo was about to enter the man united stadium for the first time since he left the club. His commentary on that moment raised the hair on my arm. I highly recommend you give him a try. That goal he scored at minute 7:31 is insane. That is what I call creative as hell, you will never see a player who is a winger chip a ball at that angel. It is not normal and no one does that at all. It isnt the natural. That goal is forever in my mind. He was probably in his late 30's when he scored that goal can you imagine doing that ever in a professional game or even during club practice.
To your point about technicality and creativity: You can always tell the great athletes across any sport - combat, team, individual - they’ve practiced their craft enough that they can “play around” or “be playful” in competition versus their peers. Like improvisational jazz.
The Brazilian national team originated a form of football that we call Samba football because when Brazilian players play their best football its like they're dancing and have full control over the ball at the same time. Ronaldinho is the embodiment of that style of football
I believe Maradona was the best, I've watched Cruijff with my own eyes, but I believe Ronaldinho was the most naturally gifted player ever. Purely for what he could do with a ball and his body, I had never seen anything like it nor after. He just didn't care about being the best enough to be the greatest of all time. I would suggest a good Dennis Bergkamp compilation. Not because he was the best ever but he had the best touches ever and made the most unique goals that have no similar goal scored by anyone in history.
@@NoProtocol In much of the world, a nutmeg is also frequently referred to as a “panna.” Panna means “gate” in a Surinamese creole language (Sranan Tongo). I believe the word found its way into Dutch street football, where two players trying to nutmeg each other is a popular game.
Senhoras e senhores, este é o professor do Messi, a inspiração do CR-7, o último grande jogador de futebol que o mundo viu atuar. Com vocês, RONALDINHO GAÚCHO.
When i am sad and tired i just check out some of your videos and your smile just puts me on a good mood. Also, you're one of the very few sports reaction girls who genuinely understands what she's saying. Some remarks that you make proves that you are not a poser and actually gave the feel for sports.
lol I’m the same. Loyalty to ronaldinho only, aside from Barcelona. Also the best compilation of himself it’s called “Ronaldinho greatest entertainment”
dino! the one that mentored and believed in what is now Messi and many other great players. when i was younger i would watch his videos pause- play- pause- play back and forth to learn his moves lol i learned 2 and loved showing it off in games with friends lol
Ohhh, yeah. He did dance very well. Too well in fact, as his downfall was partying to no end. Had he taken his career seriously he might have had a career to challenge that of Messi. He was THAT good in the 2004-2007 period. But he simply cared more about having fun than anything else including his career.
Not as clinic as Messi or Ronaldo but atleast for me he is the one ive allways been the most excited to watch even tho he never played for a team i really cared for. You just knew that you was about to watch some kind of magic when Ronaldinho was playing. I believe alot of people felt this way about Ronaldinho and thats why he was loved more or less all over the world.
Este homem é o professor de messi, a inspiração de cristiano ronaldo, o último grande jogador que o viu atuar num campo de futebol. Depois dele, muitos tentaram, mas NENHUM alcançou a magia que este homem tinha nos pés.
Considering football isn’t your national sport your knowledge is SO impressive. And how beautiful is your smile if you don’t mind me saying 😜 But back to my point…Ronaldinho wasn’t as good as Messi in my personal opinion but I think he was the most entertaining by far.
Hes the one who took Messi under his wing and and gave him all of his wisdom. Messi absorbed everything and kept rising. Edit: Btw he's the one who gave the assist to Messi's first pro goal. Iike passing on the baton from the old-GOAT to the new-GOAT.
He is called Ronaldinho because he was the smallest in his youth teams and also wanted wanted to differentiate himself from his countryman Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima who in 96 Olympics was also called Ronaldinho because of Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus his olkder teammate ;)
The joy of football, personified. And the cheeky, charming dancer to boot. He's a pleasure to watch.
Such a good dancer!
@@NoProtocol Lovely reaction. The real Ronaldinho compilation is "Ronaldinho-Football's Greatest Entertainer"
ENJOY..
La Sonrisa del Fútbol
Probably the most entertaining player in football history. The joy he played with spread to everyone watching 🙂
Ronaldinho was an absolute magician! He played the game like a kid in the park, just utterly loving putting on a show for everyone. He didn't care too much for training and living a healthy lifestyle though lol, which is why he's peak was only a few years. But I think that was he's brilliance, that he didn't take the game too seriously. He is a once in a generation player! LEGEND
What made Ronaldinho a unique footballer among his peers is his uninhibited playing style which is similar to that of a kid in the playground, he plays the game because he likes it and wants to enjoy it. His peak only lasted a few years. The same carefree whimsical attitude which made him unique on the pitch caused his downfall.
I totally agree with you here.... It was so sad how his career was ruined by a few, but really bad, choices that he made. He was pure joy to watch ! 🤩
Agreed, if you watch documentaries about his life as a kid you really see the moves he used on the field are often adapted from his playground. He often played in very close small fields, so his ballcontrol and strenght against other players is phenomenal, all the tricks he used as an adult were used as a kid to some degree. That makes him such a nightmare for defenders. They never know what he does, he is allways ready to push in or no-look passed his teammates and was never stressed out by pressuring from defenders.
Probably the most entertaining footballer I have ever seen. It was so much fun to watch him play. The R3 National team with Brasil was pretty much football porn.
I'm curious, what happened that cause his downfall?
@@skipp3252 Lack of discipline, late night parties, became slightly overweight which slowed him down on the field etc.
Ronaldinho is the embodiment of love to football and to life.
By far my favourite footballer ever. His aura on the pitch alone was and still is pure magic to me. Awesome guy and easily the best entertainer to me + he did everything with so much joy too, what made me always happy. And that says a Real Madrid fan. (He played for the rivals 5 years long)
I wasn't born yet when Maradona was at his prime to witness his greatness in real time, but thanks to the internet I've seen quite a handful of videos of him playing. And then there are Messi and C. Ronaldo who's primes I've been lucky to live through and witness. I've also seen Ronaldo, the real one. I can tell with absolute certainty, that when it comes to pure joy of seeing one footballer play and the excitement I felt every time he touched the ball, because I knew something magical is about to happen, no one comes even close to Ronaldinho. For me he is the greatest to ever do it, even if he played for somewhat short period of time at his prime, compared to the other greats. It doesn't matter, on the contrary, it kind of makes sense, because you can only display so much of that kind of magic, before it burns out and fades away as a beautiful dream.
Man I feel the same way. Kids often ask me who's better Messi or Ronaldinho, CR7 or Ronaldinho and I always say the same thing. They might have had a greater career but if we are talking about skills, there's no comparison. Ney it's the closest I've seen
I was lucky enough to be in Japan in 2002, watching Ronaldinho take apart England was as incredible as it was heartbreaking. One of the true greats.
Ronaldinho is apresented THE BEST SOCCER, THE most beautiful skills in this game
We were blessed in the 90s & 00s with legends across the world
He was beautiful to witness
English commentators illustrate like no other
The single most skilled footballer of all time. Children when starting soccer should be shown videos of Ronaldinho and told "This is what is possible and you can have fun while doing it."
Not the world's biggest football fan, but it is very refreshing to see a top player actually staying on their feet after, before, or during a tackle instead of turning it into a elegant swan-dive of pseudo anguished outrage and pain!
Ronaldinho incredible player, had fun playing,
O melhor de todos, insubstituível.
This is the country of football respect 🇧🇷
RONALDINHO, CAMPEÃO DA LIBERTADORES DA AMÉRICA PELO NOSSO GRANDIOSO CLUBE ATLÉTICO MINEIRO 🔺
The most naturally gifted by far, but I love the respect between him and Messi
Ronaldinho's speed and skills were just unstoppable! And the move to put the ball between the legs is called a nutmeg
Amei a sua reação, muito espontânea e cativante. Beijos do Brasil 🇧🇷
Não dá pra comparar Ronaldinho com outros, ele fazia a pessoa sentir alegria só em ver que a bola estava se aproximando, ele literalmente sambava enquanto driblava grandes jogadores.
sou brasileiro e sempre vejo pessoas de outros países reagindo a ronaldinho e toda vez me arrepio
Gaucho is the all-time best!
2:30 that was his first goal for barcelona btw. And what a goal.
Aí Brasil Ronaldinho craque do Brasil
The best ever for me.
Simplesmente, o bruxo!!! 🧙🏿♂️ 🇧🇷
O cara joga e reage ao mesmo tempo, gênio onipresente 🔥
The supporters of Barcelona have been so lucky over the years with some of the entertainingly creative players they have had playing for them.
Rhonaldinho is definitely creative
@@NoProtocol He and Messi were at Barcelona together, but only played together for a short while, just as Messi was coming up and Ronaldinho was starting to decline. There are definitely similar elements in their dribbling styles, which always made me think that Messi learned from watching and practicing with the Brazilian.
Loved him also for his "positiveness". A joy to watch him.
Este movimento é chamado "elástico" aqui no Brasil. Ronaldinho maravilhoso ❤🇧🇷
Ronaldinho made me want to enjoy life just bc he played with such joy 😂😂😂 crazy but as a kid it hits different seeing him perform and do what he does.
1:46 - That move is called "The Elastico" and it became popularized by Brazilian players. (Most famously the person above.) I also hear it called "flip-flap."
Funnily enough, Ronaldinho assisted Messi on his very first goal in Barcelona, and he celebrated by hoisting Messi on his shoulders.
4:06 - "Nutmeg" when you pass the ball between someone's legs.
His favorite highlight of mine wasn't on there, but the goalie was going to drop punt the ball and Ronaldinho slyly taps it out of the air before it reaches his foot and scored a goal. It didn't count because you cant interfere with the goalie while in the process of releasing and kicking, but just the amount of skill and creativity that takes to actually complete the play was jaw-droppingly beautiful. He had hands for feet lol
Juga Bonito forever
The ball between the legs, in south american spanish at least is called EL CAÑO (the pipe)
In swedish its called tunnel
You know your stuff. It's Joga Bonito tho
@@viikmaqic In Danish it's called tunnel too. In Dutch it's called Pana. In English it's called nutmeg or just meg.
Aqui no Brasil se chama Finta ou ovinho ( Letter egg)
O bruxo10 é único. pura magia em campo por onde passou
One of the greatest to ever do it
He literally got me back into soccer growing up. I quit playing competitively around 8th grade and then I started watching the games again (Mainly the EPL, Chelsea was/is my team) but Ronaldinho is still my favorite player of all time. This clip is a little too chaotic and zoomed in at times to show his skill, but it's still great.
His love for the game and his love for life definitely cut his career short, he wasn't as dedicated to just purely the game as the Messi's and Rondaldo's of the world. But he was the best in the world for a few years.
He is in my opinion the most entertaining footballer ever. My favorite players are great passers which is what I love about Messi as well. I love your videos. Keep it up. 👍
Not only that you are missing context - a compilation like this hides how rare these moments really are. Only through 90 minutes of a battle of 2 teams struggling to score you can be amazed by those bright moments of joy.
Você é a cara do, Ronaldinho
Tem que reagir ronaldo Nazário.. fenômeno...
The best of the best
His Nike "Joga Bonita" commercials were transcendent!
ronaldinho - football's greatest entertainment is the best Ronaldinho video ever
I’ll put it on the list in case we circle back in the future!
I concur, thats the one
The first touch King
3:34 golazo Brazil vs England world cup 2002
Ele foi e ainda é o melhor jogador do mundo ❤🇧🇷
Thank you for your content.
Maradona is my favourite player ever.
His technique was out of this world.
You should get a compilation of Peter Drury. He is also the king of putting words together and making the moments even more special. I still go back and listen to his commentary when Cristiano Ronaldo was about to enter the man united stadium for the first time since he left the club. His commentary on that moment raised the hair on my arm. I highly recommend you give him a try.
That goal he scored at minute 7:31 is insane. That is what I call creative as hell, you will never see a player who is a winger chip a ball at that angel. It is not normal and no one does that at all. It isnt the natural. That goal is forever in my mind. He was probably in his late 30's when he scored that goal can you imagine doing that ever in a professional game or even during club practice.
We called it SALAD when we put the ball through the opponents legs. Stay blessed from Toronto 🇨🇦
AND you have to remember he was playing against some of the best defenders in the world, many of them internationalists......
actual GOAT
What meny forget is pelé did the same tricks in the 50s and whith 3 world cups he is the greatest
The most fun to watch footballer.
An absolute legend
Top 10 to ever play the game imo
To your point about technicality and creativity: You can always tell the great athletes across any sport - combat, team, individual - they’ve practiced their craft enough that they can “play around” or “be playful” in competition versus their peers. Like improvisational jazz.
Tying it back to jazz was unexpected, well said Christopher
The Brazilian national team originated a form of football that we call Samba football because when Brazilian players play their best football its like they're dancing and have full control over the ball at the same time. Ronaldinho is the embodiment of that style of football
He was one of the best player
Best there was, the best there is and the best there ever will be. The Bret the Hitman Hart of football 😅
I believe Maradona was the best, I've watched Cruijff with my own eyes, but I believe Ronaldinho was the most naturally gifted player ever. Purely for what he could do with a ball and his body, I had never seen anything like it nor after. He just didn't care about being the best enough to be the greatest of all time.
I would suggest a good Dennis Bergkamp compilation. Not because he was the best ever but he had the best touches ever and made the most unique goals that have no similar goal scored by anyone in history.
going between your opponents legs is a nutmeg i believe
Thank you!
Always known it as a nutmeg
@@NoProtocol In much of the world, a nutmeg is also frequently referred to as a “panna.” Panna means “gate” in a Surinamese creole language (Sranan Tongo). I believe the word found its way into Dutch street football, where two players trying to nutmeg each other is a popular game.
@@NoProtocol It's more commonly just called "a meg" though. Or "getting megged"
Ele foi mentor de Messi e considerado por Messi e Maradona como o melhor de todos os tempos
In all modesty Iv score every goal that this guy has
The problem is I woke up and realised it was only a dream.
What a guy ❤❤❤❤
Ronaldinho is called that because when he started out there already was an older, more famous Brazilian player called Ronaldo.
Senhoras e senhores, este é o professor do Messi, a inspiração do CR-7, o último grande jogador de futebol que o mundo viu atuar. Com vocês, RONALDINHO GAÚCHO.
I'm not even really a football fan but I can tell that this guy has a wee bit of talent
Same as in some of the NHL or NBA videos
I miss the early 2000's
When i am sad and tired i just check out some of your videos and your smile just puts me on a good mood. Also, you're one of the very few sports reaction girls who genuinely understands what she's saying. Some remarks that you make proves that you are not a poser and actually gave the feel for sports.
lol I’m the same. Loyalty to ronaldinho only, aside from Barcelona. Also the best compilation of himself it’s called “Ronaldinho greatest entertainment”
O Bruxo jogava muito ❤
CRISTIANO RONALDO
dino! the one that mentored and believed in what is now Messi and many other great players. when i was younger i would watch his videos pause- play- pause- play back and forth to learn his moves lol i learned 2 and loved showing it off in games with friends lol
1 Ronaldinho. There's only one Ronaldinho, one Ronaldiiiiinho...
Ohhh, yeah. He did dance very well. Too well in fact, as his downfall was partying to no end. Had he taken his career seriously he might have had a career to challenge that of Messi. He was THAT good in the 2004-2007 period. But he simply cared more about having fun than anything else including his career.
Not as clinic as Messi or Ronaldo but atleast for me he is the one ive allways been the most excited to watch even tho he never played for a team i really cared for. You just knew that you was about to watch some kind of magic when Ronaldinho was playing. I believe alot of people felt this way about Ronaldinho and thats why he was loved more or less all over the world.
Este homem é o professor de messi, a inspiração de cristiano ronaldo, o último grande jogador que o viu atuar num campo de futebol. Depois dele, muitos tentaram, mas NENHUM alcançou a magia que este homem tinha nos pés.
Ronaldo from Brazil, he's so good, they called him the phenomenon.....check him out.
Try both Ronaldo’s , George Best , Pele , Rivaldo , Zinadan , the list goes on
No Protocol Awesome Video Today!!🔥🐐🐐💎
Glad you liked it!
Wild love the video protocol stay motivated dream big 1 mill on the way
Hey! Thanks for supporting
The greatest footballer of all time followed by Roberto Carlos.
Putting the ball in-between the legs is called a nutmeg. The other zig-zag movement we called it snakebite when I was a kid.
Ahh... I've been waiting for this.
Showman
That portuguese accent made me chuckle 9:32
good job! 😂
You know I’ve been learning for a couple of years now, I’m trying 😂
RONALDINHO GAÚCHO. BRUXO FROM BRAZIL CHAMPION CUP CHIP 2002 BRAZIL
O Bruxo
Messi is the greatest to play for Barça no question... But Ronaldinho is (my opinion) the most gifted player I've seen 💙❤️
Messi only has two things better than Ronaldinho, that is discipline and longevity, but skill wise, he is not close to this legend
Ronaldinho had more ball control and technique than Messi, but in fact they are very similar in the way they play, no wonder they were idols of Barca
Considering football isn’t your national sport your knowledge is SO impressive. And how beautiful is your smile if you don’t mind me saying 😜 But back to my point…Ronaldinho wasn’t as good as Messi in my personal opinion but I think he was the most entertaining by far.
Check out Oliver Kahn. He is one of the most impressive Goalkeepers of all time.
This guy has the misdirection skills of a world class magician.
Nicely put
Hi from suriname🇸🇷
Hello!
@@NoProtocol hi
Hes the one who took Messi under his wing and and gave him all of his wisdom. Messi absorbed everything and kept rising.
Edit: Btw he's the one who gave the assist to Messi's first pro goal. Iike passing on the baton from the old-GOAT to the new-GOAT.
Notice how he stayed on his feet and did not go to ground at the slightest contact.
Before Messi and Ronaldo, there was Ronaldinho Gaucho, Messi, and Ronaldo call him master.
Peter Drury is a poet of a commentator
Watch Ronaldo R9! I believe Ronaldinho is called that because Ronaldo is older/came first. Hope your Italiano is going well!
He is called Ronaldinho because he was the smallest in his youth teams and also wanted wanted to differentiate himself from his countryman Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima who in 96 Olympics was also called Ronaldinho because of Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus his olkder teammate ;)
Thank you for the backstory!
Nice reaction. Shout out to ur mic. ❤❤
You can check “How exactly good was Ronaldinho” show a lot of his story on that video.