Not just win a World Cup win the golden boot and best player for 2002. There’s been 4 world cups since and no other striker has come close to replicating that.
When I first saw highlights of him in his prime I felt a physical reaction of total astoundment. I just couldn't believe what I was seeing through my phone screen.
Got to give it up to the Manchester United fans.......an absolute show of the utmost respect to the greatest striker of all time!!! People can say what they like about Man Utd fans but they know something out of this world when they see it!!! That standing ovation was nothing short of sheer class on both sides. Well done everyone!!!
I don’t think he was the greatest striker, more like the best striker. The best of the bunch, but never managed to become the greatest due to his injuries. Still, a phenomenal baller.
In reality, there's only probably he and Messi who all fans feel so much love for that it could happen. I'm sure there are other players who've done well against Manu without getting applause, but Ronaldo was just so loved back then. He brought so much joy to the game. Everyone loved him. It wasn't just this performance, but everything he had brought to football that earned him that applause.
@@heijimikata7181 Longevity doesn't equal greatest. Forget "Greatest Striker", for me, R9 was quite simply the greatest footballer to have ever played the game. I have been watching the beautiful game since 1984 and I have never in my life seen any footballer be able to do what R9 did from 1995 to 1998 and no footballer, not Zidane, not Messi, not Henry, not Cristiano, not Haaland, have ever come close to that level of football. And I doubt anyone ever will. You might think 3 years of top (nay......ULTIMATE) football isn't enough to get the accolade of Greatest of All Time, but it is more than enough for me to say that about him. My God.......if only this guy had stayed injury free. The things he could've done 😢
@@heijimikata7181 Yeah but that's saying that during a certain period of time he was the best player we have ever seen. Which I completely agree with. Not the GOAT but greatest talent we have ever seen.
Whats crazy is he is playing at 60-70% of his true ability in this match...and he is overweight....But you look back at his style of play at Inter Milan a few years before, and its just crazy to see how he dribbles the ball at such extreme speeds. Tell me of any player who dribbles like R9 at Inter Milan...there is nobody. Not even Messi or Mardona could dribble like that.
It's just impossible to hate ronaldo, now matter what team you support. Why? He was mature and he LOVED the game with utter most respect. He respected his opponents, never made fun of them or of the opposing team crowd. He was humble and always played with a smile. But most importantly of all, nobody, I mean nobody, not Messi, not CR7, not Maradona, not Pele, moved and scored like he did. Fenomeno.
Ronaldo Fenomeno was the Greatest player of all time... Getting a Standing Ovation after Serious Knee Injury and also Old Trafford... In Old Trafford It is difficult to et a Standing Ovation
This is so beautiful for so so many reasons, this was in 2003 after R9 had his knee injury which took away his pace and explosiveness, he overcame all the odds to return and won Brazil the WC so people thought that was his last hurrah per se but then again at club level he showed he is still the greatest by delivering a hat trick at old Trafford absolutely legendary
i remember the 2006 world cup in Germany and Brazil was playing against my humble and proud country Ghana in which we actually played really well but ronaldo was on a different level and he ended our dreams
This is elite level #9 play from quite possibly football's greatest ever striker. If you look he gets the shot to bounce just ahead of Barthez and he's almost exactly on the line of the penalty box when he hits it. Not to mention he's going NEAR POST against a WC winning keeper. O Fenômeno.
what a remarcable wars we lived together the real Manchester Club and RM, most probably the 2 most iconic football clubs in the history of The Game. Old Trafford, the Cathedral of Football.
Class act by M. United fans, they were star struck. They witnessed the hat trick by one and only, superstar Ronaldo. Probably, the only 3 goals that didn’t make them too upset, because they saw the legend performing a master class.
My idol!! To me one of the greatest players of all time 👏👏 when I was young I had the honor of watching him play, back on his prime this guy was unstoppable, a beast, a tank pfff I have chills just to remember him, even after surgery this amazing player stand has a legend and he could win even more if wasn't because of those 2 injuries...
Remember at watching this on tv and thinking this guy is a one man goal machine. He was amazing, couldn’t be angry at him, because we just saw a player in his prime doing something amazing.
My kids (10 y.o) was asking my opinion about Messi and C. Ronaldo, "Dad, i think that the best striker of all time, is Leo Messi. He better than C. Ronaldo".. so i said "maybe, coz you never see I'll Phenomenon". Than he run the youtube vid compilation about Ronaldo. When he found and see how good Ronaldo was, my kids react like "Dad i think he's not even a human." 😂😂😂😂
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI u joking right ?? World Cup means whos the best in this world.. did your messi put his name on the title ?? Ronaldo is the greatest striker of time, second to none..
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI messi an CR7 is the best striker, but not the greatest.. why ?? Messi and CR7 has good playmaker and defender, they both got xavi, iniesta, ryan giggs, paul scholes, marquez, puyol, ramos, fredinand... Look at Ronaldo 9, he was the biggest enemy to all best defender and playmaker... he play againts Zidane, Maldini, Nesta, Ferdinand, Puyol, Ramos, .. Cafu, Juninho, Ronaldinho, .. he wasnt play with, he was againts with.. Did messi ever met Puyol as an opposite ?? NO. .. even messi himself adoring and praising Ronaldo il Phenomenon..
Ronaldo Nazario can certainly take on teams by himself in his heyday. I remember World Cup 2002 when he single handedly gave the cup to Brazil. That was him at his best. A pity he got sick before WC Final 1998. He could literally score impossible goals to let his team win matches. Ronaldo Nazario wins hands down.
His talent even surpassed his own body !! I have huge respect for so many players but nobody came close to what he did with the ball from 96 to 98. His body should have broken his spirit, but he conquered it. It is easy to dismiss him for his lifestyle but we can't understand that person till you have lived his life. The most magical player I have seen in 28 years of watching the game. Zizou, Dinho, Messi, Cristiano are all in the next category. He changed football.
My favourite player ever. Before his injury he was the greatest player I'd ever seen. After his injury he was still truely world class. Alot of his goals for Madrid are simply stunning.
great man u fans here recognizing the man who scored 2 against Germany in the world cup final the year before. much class from them and even more when they scored four later which was a late rally but they fell short. Top kek from Ronaldo and man u fans. this is why the champions league is so great.
You can see the Madrid fans @ 00:56 noticing the entire stadium giving praise to Ronaldo. English fans are the best, very respectful and they truly enjoy good football.
Now when Zlatan bows down to you, you know you are the best ever, what a player all the stars nowdays should pay 10% of their wages to this guys, it's because of him they are where they are, in my opinion
Affaro kurz lmao so true. All I see is a bunch of imitating copying and name stealing from the people today. The inspiration behind their lousy attempts is obvious. Often initiated never duplicated Ronaldo is the real, only and true GOAT
English people felt the privilege of seeing Ronaldo play in England yet he played against an English team.That's how great this man Ronaldo was..He was likeable even to the opposition.
I will never forget this game...in it I support Manchester but I love Ronaldo so much...and what he did is a magnificent tribute to the game of football, a rhapsody of its maestro. This kind of respect and admiration of the fans from island towards the opposing football player has not been seen. The best striker in history!
All goals in the history of football aside....one push of ball in net at Estadio Azteca in 1986 june.....will forever be the pannicle of sporting chronology symbolizes as peoples victory over opresser....
Growing up and having to be lucky enough to have watched him play felt like an honour. Weird to say, I know. But man what a player. The greatest of all time in my book. I don't remember anyone ever hating on him too. Maybe some Barca fans as he was an ex Barca player, playing for Real. But what an absolute beast. A superstar. There was an era where you couldn't get away from him. He was him. Shame about the injuries, and people overlook him as the greatest because of them. Yet, he was better than Messi, or CR7. Him and Zidane are my goats.
Pronto, galera! Achei o cara que faltava pra completar o trio da seleção: Ronaldo Fenômeno! Neymar, Rafinha e o Fenômeno de centroavante. Vixe. Não tem pra ninguém 😬
Ronaldo delima Champions league winner with AC Milan 2007 photo with trophy 😁👍 transfer window 2006 December, played in seri-a from Januari 2006 - 2008
Jadelson gomes dos reis No offense but I dont understand how many brazilians compare neymar or gabriel jesus to ronaldo. They’re great players no doubt but ronaldo IS football. The most talented player ever. Took the game to another level. He was a hero who transformed soccer into what it is today. Unstoppable, mad fast, super smart. He is a brazilian god! Nobody will ever be like him, maybe the will be different, maybe even more complete players but nobody will embarrass a whole team alone. Nowadays even the greatest players need support, he barely did. He could do it alone when things weren’t working. I’m Italian and I remember him winning games at Inter by himself. Best ever
@@ChiccaEnterprises We don´t compare, Ronaldo is unic. In the end of his career he played in my team (Corinthians), even overweight he still was able to destroy and he did, won 2 cups in a single year, Ronnie is a true legend!
Greatest player ever! No other player could come back from two cruciate ligament injuries and still win ballon d'or and world cup
Alex Chicca just iamgine if he never got injured.
yeah that the fact that today's most people who criticize him don't know much.
Not just win a World Cup win the golden boot and best player for 2002. There’s been 4 world cups since and no other striker has come close to replicating that.
don't forget he suffered from Hypothyroidism.
maybe not _the_ best but certainly up there
The man that started my love for football. Respect to a legend.
Same story for me too bro :-)
Waqas Ahmed me too. Ronaldo started my love of football
Same here!
Me to bro
I love football because him
Same here in 1998 World Cup.
Man utd got knocked out by him and they still gave him standing ovation this is the type of football we want. Class appreciates class.
Ronaldo (R9) is the best footballer I have seen in his prime. He was tearing down legendary defenders on his own. El Fenomeno indeed!
This wasn’t even prime Ronaldo the man was scary before all the injuries
When I first saw highlights of him in his prime I felt a physical reaction of total astoundment. I just couldn't believe what I was seeing through my phone screen.
Got to give it up to the Manchester United fans.......an absolute show of the utmost respect to the greatest striker of all time!!! People can say what they like about Man Utd fans but they know something out of this world when they see it!!! That standing ovation was nothing short of sheer class on both sides. Well done everyone!!!
We also clapped Arsenal off in 2002 when they clinched the league title ahead of us by winning 1 - 0 at Old TRafford. I was there for both games.
I don’t think he was the greatest striker, more like the best striker. The best of the bunch, but never managed to become the greatest due to his injuries. Still, a phenomenal baller.
In reality, there's only probably he and Messi who all fans feel so much love for that it could happen. I'm sure there are other players who've done well against Manu without getting applause, but Ronaldo was just so loved back then. He brought so much joy to the game. Everyone loved him. It wasn't just this performance, but everything he had brought to football that earned him that applause.
@@heijimikata7181 Longevity doesn't equal greatest. Forget "Greatest Striker", for me, R9 was quite simply the greatest footballer to have ever played the game. I have been watching the beautiful game since 1984 and I have never in my life seen any footballer be able to do what R9 did from 1995 to 1998 and no footballer, not Zidane, not Messi, not Henry, not Cristiano, not Haaland, have ever come close to that level of football. And I doubt anyone ever will. You might think 3 years of top (nay......ULTIMATE) football isn't enough to get the accolade of Greatest of All Time, but it is more than enough for me to say that about him. My God.......if only this guy had stayed injury free. The things he could've done 😢
@@heijimikata7181 Yeah but that's saying that during a certain period of time he was the best player we have ever seen. Which I completely agree with. Not the GOAT but greatest talent we have ever seen.
Respect! the best player ever.
Well it's either Ronaldo or ronaldo
@@leefox3834 no it’s Messi😂
@@zakfrancis5352 messi and cr7 can't even tie the laces of R9
@@forrest16 good one
@@forrest16 As a messi fan i agree..
Whats crazy is he is playing at 60-70% of his true ability in this match...and he is overweight....But you look back at his style of play at Inter Milan a few years before, and its just crazy to see how he dribbles the ball at such extreme speeds. Tell me of any player who dribbles like R9 at Inter Milan...there is nobody. Not even Messi or Mardona could dribble like that.
Even as a cr7 fan, messi dribbles were way more efficient.
It's just impossible to hate ronaldo, now matter what team you support. Why? He was mature and he LOVED the game with utter most respect. He respected his opponents, never made fun of them or of the opposing team crowd. He was humble and always played with a smile. But most importantly of all, nobody, I mean nobody, not Messi, not CR7, not Maradona, not Pele, moved and scored like he did. Fenomeno.
best ever
Maradona is the greatest
Ronaldo made me love this game❤
Ronaldo Fenomeno was the Greatest player of all time...
Getting a Standing Ovation after Serious Knee Injury and also Old Trafford...
In Old Trafford It is difficult to et a Standing Ovation
As a united fan that watched this match, I just cant hate this man even he scored a hat-trick.
Most gifted player to ever grace a football field. I remember that day, when Utd fans gave Ronaldo a standing ovation, out of pure total respect.
The one, the only. The best.
I remember watching this game and it was something incredible to witness 😮
This is so beautiful for so so many reasons, this was in 2003 after R9 had his knee injury which took away his pace and explosiveness, he overcame all the odds to return and won Brazil the WC so people thought that was his last hurrah per se but then again at club level he showed he is still the greatest by delivering a hat trick at old Trafford absolutely legendary
Makes what he did even crazier; this was AFTER the injury problems he’d been having.
Simply the best player I have ever seen. English soccer fans are real gentlemens for doing that to foreign player.
Vuyisile Juqula **Manchester United fans are
@@krisudayan true story, can see Him boo-ed off the pitch bitterly if it was arsenal or liverpool which was knocked out by him
You do know opposition fans have given ovation and clapping first with other countries and even different sports????
It’s football*******
@@张小军-x4i Liverpool fans literally clapped jovetic off at anfield in 2010 when fiorentina beat us so I’d imagine Ronaldo would
Greatest striker of all time I am so glad I got to witness his whole career through my teen years an absolute baller.
i remember the 2006 world cup in Germany and Brazil was playing against my humble and proud country Ghana in which we actually played really well but ronaldo was on a different level and he ended our dreams
And remember he was well on his decline then as we'll as a bit overweight.....imagine the 2002-2004 version of him!
@@09BowornratP that was his decline too.
Greatest ronaldo is 1995-1999
@@asdflkj2041 absolutely
The Phenomenon. Thanks for everything.
Ronaldo ..🔥 🔥 🔥Best player of all time.. "phenomenon"..💪
I fell in love with the game with this player!
The best best best best striker I have ever seen. He was my childhood hero.
First goal is impossible.. He caught bartez and ferdi off guard.. Nobody expect to shoot from that angle and with first touch... Truelly a fenomeno..
Yeah, the first goal is unbelievable. Ronnie imho is the best player in history.
It's so funny; I remember wayne rooney did same technique to score goal when MU vs AC Milan on old trafford...
@@r104world Was just thinking that, in stoppage time as well; another magical Old Trafford moment (shame they smashed us in San Siro though).
This is elite level #9 play from quite possibly football's greatest ever striker. If you look he gets the shot to bounce just ahead of Barthez and he's almost exactly on the line of the penalty box when he hits it. Not to mention he's going NEAR POST against a WC winning keeper. O Fenômeno.
CR7 Coulda Scored That. But Yes That Goal Is Impossible Only Legends Can Score.
We only see stuff like that in movie, what a player Ronaldo el fenómeno
no player could produce such a brilliant performance after comeback from two cruciate ligament injuries unless he's the phenomenon
Best striker ever..With 2 very serious injury aswell!!
My favorite player. Best ever for me.
Best world player when he was 19 years old. Can't imagine what more achievement if he not injured in 1997
what a remarcable wars we lived together the real Manchester Club and RM, most probably the 2 most iconic football clubs in the history of The Game. Old Trafford, the Cathedral of Football.
the greatest nightmare of all time for defenders & goalkeepers..
Class act by M. United fans, they were star struck. They witnessed the hat trick by one and only, superstar Ronaldo. Probably, the only 3 goals that didn’t make them too upset, because they saw the legend performing a master class.
simply the best. Phenomenon !!!
what a player............
what a player!
Grande Ronaldo il Fenomeno ! L'unico e l'originale Ronaldo !!!
Phenomen
In the first goal, that hopping ball couldn't go to net but anywhere else if a random striker hit it..He made it look easy
BEST PLAYER EVER EXISTED RONALDO 9
My idol!! To me one of the greatest players of all time 👏👏 when I was young I had the honor of watching him play, back on his prime this guy was unstoppable, a beast, a tank pfff I have chills just to remember him, even after surgery this amazing player stand has a legend and he could win even more if wasn't because of those 2 injuries...
Remember at watching this on tv and thinking this guy is a one man goal machine. He was amazing, couldn’t be angry at him, because we just saw a player in his prime doing something amazing.
Prime? This is 30% Ronaldo
Everyone who watched that match live, remembers him being applauded off the pitch by ALL the fans in the stadium. Legend
My kids (10 y.o) was asking my opinion about Messi and C. Ronaldo, "Dad, i think that the best striker of all time, is Leo Messi. He better than C. Ronaldo".. so i said "maybe, coz you never see I'll Phenomenon". Than he run the youtube vid compilation about Ronaldo. When he found and see how good Ronaldo was, my kids react like "Dad i think he's not even a human." 😂😂😂😂
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI u joking right ?? World Cup means whos the best in this world.. did your messi put his name on the title ?? Ronaldo is the greatest striker of time, second to none..
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI messi an CR7 is the best striker, but not the greatest.. why ?? Messi and CR7 has good playmaker and defender, they both got xavi, iniesta, ryan giggs, paul scholes, marquez, puyol, ramos, fredinand...
Look at Ronaldo 9, he was the biggest enemy to all best defender and playmaker... he play againts Zidane, Maldini, Nesta, Ferdinand, Puyol, Ramos, .. Cafu, Juninho, Ronaldinho, .. he wasnt play with, he was againts with.. Did messi ever met Puyol as an opposite ?? NO. .. even messi himself adoring and praising Ronaldo il Phenomenon..
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI really ?? Did messi get world cup title ???
Ronaldo Nazario can certainly take on teams by himself in his heyday. I remember World Cup 2002 when he single handedly gave the cup to Brazil. That was him at his best. A pity he got sick before WC Final 1998. He could literally score impossible goals to let his team win matches. Ronaldo Nazario wins hands down.
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI best striker ever. Messi is a midfielder.
Best out and out striker ever. To win a World Cup and be the best player in the tournament after awful injuries will never be done again.
Mejor de la historia.
His talent even surpassed his own body !! I have huge respect for so many players but nobody came close to what he did with the ball from 96 to 98. His body should have broken his spirit, but he conquered it. It is easy to dismiss him for his lifestyle but we can't understand that person till you have lived his life. The most magical player I have seen in 28 years of watching the game. Zizou, Dinho, Messi, Cristiano are all in the next category. He changed football.
I was there what a player all the United fans were chanting fergie sign him up
This guy is from my era... Nobody did it better.
R9 greatest striker.
My favourite player ever. Before his injury he was the greatest player I'd ever seen. After his injury he was still truely world class. Alot of his goals for Madrid are simply stunning.
great man u fans here recognizing the man who scored 2 against Germany in the world cup final the year before. much class from them and even more when they scored four later which was a late rally but they fell short. Top kek from Ronaldo and man u fans. this is why the champions league is so great.
Ronaldo Luiz Nazario De Lima was on another level , hence he was nicknamed El-Phenomenon
The greatest football player of all times. I was so fortunate to watch him playing from the beginning until the end of his career.
You can see the Madrid fans @ 00:56 noticing the entire stadium giving praise to Ronaldo. English fans are the best, very respectful and they truly enjoy good football.
except the liverfool hooligans
Props to Ronaldo for being absolutely amazing and props to United fans for recognising it
The greatest ever!!!!
Now when Zlatan bows down to you, you know you are the best ever, what a player all the stars nowdays should pay 10% of their wages to this guys, it's because of him they are where they are, in my opinion
Affaro kurz lmao so true. All I see is a bunch of imitating copying and name stealing from the people today. The inspiration behind their lousy attempts is obvious. Often initiated never duplicated Ronaldo is the real, only and true GOAT
I remember this Game like it was played this evening , still in my opinion, greatest player in history, it’s a pity injuries ruin him
Ironically, he never won the Champions League, but he is the greatest ever.
THE BEAUTIFUL GAME!
Orgulho de ser Brasileiro 🇧🇷
Permanent class
The true Ronaldo.
Simply the BEST
English people felt the privilege of seeing Ronaldo play in England yet he played against an English team.That's how great this man Ronaldo was..He was likeable even to the opposition.
One of the greatest performance ever.
Blessed to have watch it live.
Still my Best player of all time O Fenomeno
I will never forget this game...in it I support Manchester but I love Ronaldo so much...and what he did is a magnificent tribute to the game of football, a rhapsody of its maestro. This kind of respect and admiration of the fans from island towards the opposing football player has not been seen. The best striker in history!
Respect for man utd fans, they really respect the good players
LEGEND
Built like a middle weight boxer, with great balance and played with both feet. Terrifying to play against i would imagine.
Il Fenomeno was something else ❤
First goal is so satisfying.
My Best player avar
All goals in the history of football aside....one push of ball in net at Estadio Azteca in 1986 june.....will forever be the pannicle of sporting chronology symbolizes as peoples victory over opresser....
To come back after those injuries and still tear it up is testament to r9's mental strength not just his ability.
The best match on the history of Champions League. Manchester United Vs Real Madrid 2003.
Thanks for happy childhood
My favourite striker of all time!
Growing up and having to be lucky enough to have watched him play felt like an honour. Weird to say, I know. But man what a player. The greatest of all time in my book. I don't remember anyone ever hating on him too. Maybe some Barca fans as he was an ex Barca player, playing for Real. But what an absolute beast. A superstar. There was an era where you couldn't get away from him. He was him. Shame about the injuries, and people overlook him as the greatest because of them. Yet, he was better than Messi, or CR7. Him and Zidane are my goats.
Ronaldo fenômeno The Best King 👑 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾
This standing ovation compensate for the fact he never won the UCL . Wonderful gesture!
"So, he is too heavy and clearly out of shape? Then how do you explain THAT?!" - was the average commentary back then.
The best ever
LEGEND! FULL RESPECT!
3 shots 3 goals
Pronto, galera! Achei o cara que faltava pra completar o trio da seleção: Ronaldo Fenômeno! Neymar, Rafinha e o Fenômeno de centroavante. Vixe. Não tem pra ninguém 😬
Magnificent
Sir Alex Ferguson to Ferdinand : Has anyone scored a hatrick against you?
Ferdinand : Ronaldo did.
During Micheal Carrick testimonial
🐐 no 9
R9 we salute you 🙏
The King!!!!!!!
Pra sempre fenomeno
Genio ....
Fenomeno damn this guy was ana assassin
Original Real Ronaldo ♥️🔥🔥🙏
Ronaldo delima Champions league winner with AC Milan 2007 photo with trophy 😁👍 transfer window 2006 December, played in seri-a from Januari 2006 - 2008
I remember watching this game live with my dad
Esse conhecia o caminho do gol com extrema Intimidade, Nesse dia ele acabou com o Jogo.
Jadelson gomes dos reis No offense but I dont understand how many brazilians compare neymar or gabriel jesus to ronaldo. They’re great players no doubt but ronaldo IS football. The most talented player ever. Took the game to another level. He was a hero who transformed soccer into what it is today. Unstoppable, mad fast, super smart. He is a brazilian god! Nobody will ever be like him, maybe the will be different, maybe even more complete players but nobody will embarrass a whole team alone. Nowadays even the greatest players need support, he barely did. He could do it alone when things weren’t working. I’m Italian and I remember him winning games at Inter by himself. Best ever
@@ChiccaEnterprises We don´t compare, Ronaldo is unic.
In the end of his career he played in my team (Corinthians), even overweight he still was able to destroy and he did, won 2 cups in a single year, Ronnie is a true legend!
My tweet aged like fine wine… Neymar and Jesus aren’t remotely close to Ronaldo
Ronaldo The Best
Il fenomeno.