Abu Ibrahim Between 2007-2009, he was prolific for Liverpool. Easily up there with Ronaldo and Rooney at the time. Him, Gerrard, Alonso, Juyt for Liverpool were just unstoppable.
thekububeach and you made yourself look like a fool as he was simply asking if he does in fact have more than 1 champions league titles because the original post is plural but everyone knows he only won one. So why don't you get off youtube.
The very fact that we remember him the way we do is because he had a great career. Sure he probably could’ve reached an even higher level without the injuries. But at least he wasn’t some overhyped flop that never reached his potential.
No it isn't. Football is played from the neck up. Your legs are just your tools. Some players rely on their physical attributes(legs) more(Torres). Xavi, Pirlo, Scholes, Busquets, Fabregas all could hardly run.
Been saying that for years ... after the world cup he was never the same n then the move to Chelsea really didn't propel him further ... but he was a real good striker
@@g6ixwayne363 Premier League PFA Team of the Year: 2007-08, 2008-09 UEFA European Championship: 2008, 2012 FIFA World Cup: 2010 UEFA Champions League: 2011-12
@@g6ixwayne363 Actually, the Chelsea moved makes sense. Torres was really struggling in the World Cup (almost cause Spain the title if not for Villa turning up) and the first half of the 2010-11 season with Liverpool. Typically when players are struggling they need to move and find new surroundings to give them fresh motivations and hopefully make everything right again. Chelsea came calling and Liverpool, Torres took the chance.Unfortunately, Torres was really done for at that stage of his career. That's why I don't understand when others said that Chelsea ruined his career, Torres was done early at Liverpool....
@@edgarpanganiban9339 new Surroundings after a big injury are not good because when you are coming from an injury you need your teamates to support you, not to be competing for starting places. Moving to Chelsea did kill his career big time, he played in a system that was built for Drogba of long balls and Chelsea went on to bring in a lot of new players who were more concerned about proving themself as new Chelsea stars rather than helping Torres get back to his best. The Chelsea move did not help at all.
He still managed to win a World Cup, and two Euros. Great achievement as a footballer. And a Champions League to go with it. I have always loved Fernando Torres. #9
You forgot to mention he scored the cup winning goal in the Euro 2008 destroying german legend Phillip Lahm. 7:27 Barcelona wasn't winning, they were loosing but were only 1 goal away from winning, Torres was the last nail in the coffin. 7:40 The goal didn't really erase anything, but it was still amazing to see him being as confident as he used to be. Awesome vid though.
I am a Liverpool fan finally I met torress in Japan..he plays from the city sagantosu where I live....I saw his games ..I called el ninho he looked and I asked his jersey n I got it....
Seeing this video just got me depressed. It refreshed all my memories about Torres. I used to smile and enjoy watching him play. After that long knee injury, i remember waiting for him to get his form back SEASON AFTER SEASON but it never happened. VERY SAD!!!
Yes. 2 operations on same knee in 3 months, 2 mnths b4 WC10 and a month after. Never enough time to recover fully. Being injected to play a full game his last season, playing through pain. And Rafa's job was on the line. He had to play to help the club
David Carter You’re fucking delusional. Him retiring and going to japan doesn’t make him a pussy. And stop laughing at yourself, it makes this topic even more edgy.
Blue never suited him. Still got love for him! El Nino forever! One of my favorite chants ever: "His Armband proved he was a red, Torres! Torres! You'll Never Walk Alone it said, Torres! Torres! We bought the lad from sunny Spain, He gets the ball he scores again, Fernando Torres! Liverpool's number 9!"
Say about him what you want but he won every importent titel and can look back on a very succesfull career. And he made a shit ton of money he and his family can have a good live
Вадим Курнушкинов But that’s still a very shallow way of viewing what’s considered a career to proud of if you’re valuing trophies won by you and those around you + money made over actual contribution and quality performances on the pitch. Torres was a great player and definitely had natural footballing ability, but you’d be flat out lying to say that his career was a success. It’s the complete opposite and he had one of football’s saddest downfalls after leaving Liverpool.
Mojebi Agreed. I’d personally love to be any footballer haha. I just mean relative to other players who he should be mentioned amongst, Torres’ career will be seen as a failure to be as it should’ve been
Ashish Chanchlani he did have legendary career, won euro golden boot 2012, scored 2008 euro final , World Cup, 2 euro , champions league , Liverpool legend , Atletico Madrid legend the only thing was he didn’t let his knee heal properly instead of going to World Cup 2010 he could’ve skipped it and let his knee heal properly , or if Del Bosque stay true to his plan and rested Torres for group stage and play him in knockout stage for Torres knee to heal in the time span
Torres in liverpool was one of the most magical things I've ever seen. I kinda hated him when he went to Chelsea, but now I just wish him the best. El Nino de oro #9
Aside from the knee injury, there were other factors as to why Torres’s production in Chelsea dipped. 1. The fans pressed management into not playing him and they made it very clear they were not happy with him. This clearly effected his confidence at the club. (IE the miss vs Man United) 2. A loooot of bad luck. His shooting stats didn’t dip at all when he got to Chelsea. He just couldn’t stop hitting the post or barely miss. There was one play where Torres got off a perfect bicycle kick; that beautiful play was robbed when it hit the post and Lampard tapped in the rebound. 3. Chelsea’s lack of faith in him led to the team not wanting to provide to him as much. Refusing to let him take penalties, less touches of the ball, refusing to give him the ball when he made great runs. That would frustrate anybody. It broke my heart as a football fan watching his prime years whither away.
missed several sitters against united including open goals? i cant remember every game he played but can you tell me what big important games he showed up in.
@@disneysuperherotv1666 so he scored a goal that didn't affect the outcome of the barcelona result and he won a corner? Not sure that qualifies for showing up in important matches. 91st min he scored for chelsea because there entire team was in out box basically, i think any player could have at bare minimum won a corner which would have seen the game out. Drogba is the definition of a big time player, i wouldn't say torres.
@@disneysuperherotv1666 ok so 1 goal in a supercup final ill give him that but ove his entire chelsea career im not sure you can say he was good in important matches personally.
Great mic! However but I think instead of keeping one permanently I think you should switch between each soundtrack you would like, in my opinion, the old one is better but this one is still good, could you make a video on deco? I have always loved him but he is very underrated
Nando Torres was something special. I remember when he broke into the Athleti squad all those yrs ago. Everybody was speaking about this young kid. He was pure class tbh. Good luck to him in his future endeavoyrs
Yeah I came to the comments to say this. Can't believe how much the video hyped up that goal lol, barca had 10 men in Chelsea's half which they obviously wouldn't do if they were about to go through to the final. Barca were losing on away goals.
This man was my everything growing up.. When other kids went on to chase Ronaldo & Kaka i was so in love with Torres.. He made me a football fan (later a Chelsea fan too).. It was very hard on me as well as it was on every other tottista to see his form dip since the 2010 world cup.. But still he manged to put in some great performances when his team needed him the most.. Kids nowadays won't know & will never know what this man was capable of.. Torrista for life ❤😘 El-Nino 😍
True but barca had 9 players in the Chelsea third and were looking very likely to score. They did score vs Chelsea on injury time in a 2009 UCL semi final to go through.
Vaibhav C Anil think the point is that the Torres goal didn’t acc make that much difference. As soon as the ball was cleared and he latched on they’d p much won it wether he scored or not
I remember in 2008 when i bought my very first soccer magazine in a borders. Seeing the cover and it was the top 100 players. Then when i saw torres i was trippin on how good he was and took a much more deeper interest into soccer. What a throw back!! Thank you for this video. Gave me a powerfully nostalgic feeling.
It's true tho...I got 2 ACL surgeries, currently 25...and havent scored in a local league for about 6 months...I dont know what the hell happen..I lost confidence and everything..LMAO, luckily still got my stupid ass job tho..
@@aerosmithgaming6173 I didnt even pay a single penny...it cost a lot here in my country...LMAO...luckily I got a job at the age of 21 and I know my lifestyle would probably cost me injuries and shit, so I got the insurance package just enough to cover sports injuries...
He was a beast/powerhouse at Liverpool .Defenders hated playing against him 'he use to brush defenders off with his pace and power 'after his injury he seem to slim down and lose alot of his power .I love Salah but Torres was one of my all time favorite Liverpool strikers .He seemed to have amazing passion when he scored against our rivals .I was absolutely gutted when he left .
I was hiking El Camino de Santiago in Spain when Torres scored the goal to win the Euro cup in 2008. It was totally amazing being with spainards and having that amazing feeling. El Nino really demonstrated his prowess and ability. He was one of my favorite players and had great skill. He was incredibly persistent and would not quit. He had a drive in the box that was phenomenal. He was hungry and a great team player.
His career wasnt bad he is still considered a Livepool/Athletico Madrid icon,to be an icon at 2 clubs is very special,he just got too many injuries,reminds me of Owens career,he burnt out at the age of 25 Rooney in my eyes was done by 26/27 as well
James Plays exactly i never understood the hype about that goal, Ramirez deserves 10 times more credit as he scored the goal that put them through bassicaly toress just put the icing on the cake
I agree. When Chelsea went down to 10 players and was down 2-0. I walked away PO and used the restroom. I thought it was game over for sure. When I got out if the restroom my cell rang and said....2-1. I was like.....Heck Yea!!!
Barcelona were all over Chelsea before Ramirez scored - also down to 10 men, not to mention they were going out hence they needed to attack which in turn would have given Barca even more space to do further damage. The goal by Ramirez allowed Chelsea to park the bus; which pushed Barca completely forward leading to Torres' goal.
The same thing happened to Owen, he was always rushed back because Liverpool needed him never letting he injured heal, honestly I think if Torres let his knee heal before the World Cup he would have been ok but I think since then he’s been playing at about 70%. As a Liverpool, fan I loved watching him and gerrard play it was special I hated that he left but after I saw what he became i was glad we cashed in when we did. He will always be a Liverpool legend because of the belief he brought to the club not many seasons for us but what a few seasons they were.
Fernando Torres was the reason I started watching football. He is the reason I started supporting and still support Chelsea. He will always be my favorite player of all time. This video made me low key cry
I applaud Torres for being part of Spain's total football domination from 2008 to 2012. He had a quiet sophistication that was admirable. He also had a killer turning shot which over times over-stresses the knee ligaments.
I watched this guy in his prime. He was one of the best in the world, probably the best ''number 9'' in the world at the time. When Chelsea signed him i kinda thought that his career was not taking the best path. Some great players didnt had the best time playing for Chelsea. Torres was and still is one of my favorites, mainly because of his play style. Also we have the same surname. We can say for sure that he should stay at Anfield.
Honestly, I don't really think that Fernando Torres was a bust at Chelsea . In fact that goal that sent Chelsea to the Champions League Final will forever be remembered he has done a lot for Chelsea and every team he has played for . Also I am not a Chelsea Fan tho
It has only been in the past few years that professional sports teams have taken real consideration to injuries and sports medicine in general. Unfortunately, many great players like Torres and R9 were plagued by injury and ignorance by their own clubs. So sad...
Nothing happened!!! , this is life , rarely in life a person or a group of people or a team reaches the peak and stays there , it happens to everyone: musicians ,actors , movie directors, athletes, normal people,etc.... people reach a high level for a period of time because of different factors such as: Luck,The mood of that time,Being in a perfect mood to perform the right thing at the right time, Etc... then people just become ordinary again, Metallica in 1986 are not the same as today, John Williams dose not compose music as he used to in the 80's, Steven Spielberg dose not make movies as he used to, Barcelona are not playing the same they used to play in 2009-2011 Maradona in 1986 is not the same as he was in 1990 Mercedes Benz don't create cars as good as they used to in the 60's ,70's,80's,90's, This is Life Torres played in the highest level of football for more than a decade, and he helped his teams locally and internationally to win great honors, he always took care of his body as he was always fit physically and he always did what he should do as a player to play, he trained he exercised , he put blood sweat and tears in the pitch and of it, He won several major trophies such as: -World Cup -2 Euros(Scoring in two finals) -Champions League -2 Europa League -Cup with Chelsea I hate this Americanizing of things where everything is measured in numbers, sure numbers show some aspects of what a player dose on the pitch but it is not everything, but you can put all the stats and numbers in the world but it will compare to nothing in regards in winning the world cup and 2 euros and Torres has done that Torres carved his name in football history in the moment he scored the 2008 Euro winning goal in the final and he will always be remembered for that as far as football legacy Torres has done well.
Still my all time favourit player, glad that I was able to see him in his prime, realy got me into football, and I wish the absolut best for him and his future live!
This story seems very similar to the one of Falcao Garcia from Colombia who also played for Atlético but after his knee surgery, he haven’t been the same top striker as when he played for Atlético.
at 7:34 Incorrect!!! Barcelona wouldn't go through with or without Torres's goal. It's irrelevant as the sub was just to waste time. The first game ended 1-0 in favor of Chelsea in London, while the goal from Torres to tie the score 2-2 in the second leg changes nothing.. Barcelona needed 3 and they would still be eliminated even if they won 2-1!
Who is here after he announced his retirement, even though I hated seeing him play for Chelsea and him helping Chelsea win especially that game in 2012, and for Atletico Madrid, he was amazing for Liverpool which I liked, it was also still fun seeing him play, now that he is retiring, its sad to see him go, and I will miss seeing him play, and being apart of a team, and playing football. So much respects to him. :)
I can remember how much I wanted Liverpool to sign torres, my man United supporter mate was adamant torres would go to United. He was electric at Liverpool... Injuries robbed him of his explosiveness and his pace, which then ruined his confidence. Felt bad watching him go down hill, but won't forget his good days
i live in Scotland, knew of him in Spain but he was fantastic for Liverpool, don't think he turned into a bad player at Chelsea but something wasn't right.
Torres is the reason I started watching football, Torres and Villa partnership for Spain was such a joy to watch. Torres during his Liverpool days was love ❤️ A true Legend of this Beautiful game ❤️
Really happy I discovered your channel. Been meaning to find one for football but not many, most are too dry or not engaging or in depth. You should model ur channel like Mike Korzemba for basketball, videos always at least 10 min and really thorough factual analysis. Looking forward to more of your videos!
Winning the world cup I would have done the same in his position. He knew that was his only opportunity, he knew his team had a huge chance of winning it all as that was Spain's golden generation peaking.
7:28 correction Chelsea would've still progressed without the Torres goal. It was 2-2 aggregate, Chelsea with an away goal by Ramires. Torres' goal meant Chelsea progressed 3-2 on aggregate.
Don't know where you got the idea that Chelsea fans hated torres after his first year at the club. Everybody knew about his injury before he signed and the fans gave him every chance to come good and there were never any bad vibes from the terraces, in fact it was more the opposite and we were willing him on even more, the longer his scoring drought went on. Most Chelsea fans had nothing but love for torres and have only started to dislike him after what he said about the club when he left. And as others have already pointed out, Chelsea not Barca were qualifying for the Champions league final when he scored. Winning the corner that led to Drogba equalising in the final was far more important than that semi final goal
I am a Real Madrid fan my entire life and Torres was still one of my favourite players growing up and there is very rarely an Atletico player that i like let alone being one of my favs. And as a Real Madrid fan it was one of my favourite moments in the UCL when Torres scored against Barca, I just hope he is enjoying he's time in Japan.
I remember watching him. He was a complete forward. He could run past defenders by sprinting & dribbling, had decent strength to hold the ball and could shoot with lethal power. Injury took his power.
His career may have gone downhill a bit, but looking back at his career, you still cannot help but be impressed at his achievements. He won every major trophy (except for a national championship title, oddly enough) with club and country, he has been capped more than 100 times for Spain and is among their top 3 all-time goalscorers, he's still the only player to have scored in two European Championship finals, he's a legend at both Liverpool and Atlético and he received a well-deserved hero's farewell at Atlético. Sure, it's a shame that he never was the same again after 2011, when he completely outclassed the likes of Philipp Lahm (as in 2008), but you'd be hard pressed to find a player as decorated as him (outside Spain's golden generation, that is), and I still admire him.
Spain was stacked back then. Villa, Torres, Xavi, Iniesta, Alonso, Puyol, Pique, Ramos, Valdez, Casillas. Arbeloa, Fabregas, Cazorla, Callejon. So many greats, no wonder they dominated and won back to back to back.
Ok now i understand because i thought that he was terrible but after what i saw about his hole career i understand why he nearly won the ballond'or and now i want to say sorry to Torres and when sometimes i miss a shot my friends calls me Torres because of his miss but after saw this i will now say to them thank you
damnn, bruh!.. what a video! i almost cried watching dis. your melancholy voice is so good and seeing a little history of torres making me realize what a great player he really is
@@animagusz Bullshit. They had been attacking hard the entire second half. Torres' goal was already in stoppage time. Statistically very unlikely that Barca would have scored, but we'll never find out. Torres' goal was for sure legendary
Some days ago I was thinking about him and where's him, I came to youtube a searched for that and the first videos was this one and I watched and it was so fun to notice that this video is not kind of sensationalist that I was thinking, only to get views but it's really awesome and realistic video. I was just 11 or 12 when Fernando Torres was at the Highlights and I really loved the way that I played , but I also say thanks to him to gave us very good moments!
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Him and David VIlla were Spain's best offensive duo of all time
Ooooh yeah that Villa was lethal. Wonder what happened with him.
@@InefableTheo I think he plays with New York City FC at MLS bro.
now spain have Costa and Morata... :(
I think Raul and Morientes were up there, but defenders, midfielders and coaches were not as good as the ones Villa and Torres had
@@loganido 2002 team was amazing
CASILLAS
HIERRO
JOAQUIN
MENDIETA
RAUL
MORIENTES that team could have reached the final against Brazil
Spoiled the rest of his career to come back early from injury and win the World Cup. Worth it
Yeah indeed the world cup is the greatest achievement you can earn in this sport and by far the hardest tournament on earth
And even in his poor form, he won both the champions league and the Europa league 😁
Even after that injury he won the Euro Golden boot :D
Facts
Ron P Euro 08 final? Forreal dumb fuck
Believe me I watched football in the 2008-11 period and he was one of the best footballers in the world at Liverpool
Ho
@@keanufrance9051 Pup
Abu Ibrahim Between 2007-2009, he was prolific for Liverpool. Easily up there with Ronaldo and Rooney at the time. Him, Gerrard, Alonso, Juyt for Liverpool were just unstoppable.
He made me love football
2007 - 10 prime torres
Honestly, he won everything. I respect El Niño, he’ll always be a legend in my eyes.
but to be fair he put his downfall on himself it was his fault why his career fell down
@@rahjduhaney5881 how
@@rahjduhaney5881 he realises that now. In last chaptor of Ring of fire. But he was so hungry for trophies then. He seems to regret that now
@@phanthomzm he wanted to win everything and I don't blame him but he destroyed himself
doesnt need a video ffs. Big deal he left Liverpool it was a poor decision. That is an easy 5 second video
To be fair, his career was not all bad. World cup, Euro, Champions League titles.
But it couldvd been sooo much more and thats whats painful
Leonardo Kwak can’t you read properly? Otherwise quit youtube and learn about comprehensive reading.
He won 2 Euro's.
thekububeach and you made yourself look like a fool as he was simply asking if he does in fact have more than 1 champions league titles because the original post is plural but everyone knows he only won one. So why don't you get off youtube.
The very fact that we remember him the way we do is because he had a great career. Sure he probably could’ve reached an even higher level without the injuries. But at least he wasn’t some overhyped flop that never reached his potential.
His game was based on power, pace and athleticism. His legs went. The end.
not a bad thing but like Michael Owen when it goes its gone you dont know how to play any other way.
His style of play is just like CR7s
They went because Liverpool brought him back from injury too quick
Football is all about legs so if any player lose it you have lost everything.The great ronaldo,kaka and many others have been in the same situation
No it isn't. Football is played from the neck up. Your legs are just your tools. Some players rely on their physical attributes(legs) more(Torres). Xavi, Pirlo, Scholes, Busquets, Fabregas all could hardly run.
Injuries constant Injuries, the surgery before the 2010 WC took years off his career, he was never the same beyond the 2009/10 season.
Been saying that for years ... after the world cup he was never the same n then the move to Chelsea really didn't propel him further ... but he was a real good striker
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Premier League PFA Team of the Year: 2007-08, 2008-09
UEFA European Championship: 2008, 2012
FIFA World Cup: 2010
UEFA Champions League: 2011-12
@@g6ixwayne363 Actually, the Chelsea moved makes sense. Torres was really struggling in the World Cup (almost cause Spain the title if not for Villa turning up) and the first half of the 2010-11 season with Liverpool. Typically when players are struggling they need to move and find new surroundings to give them fresh motivations and hopefully make everything right again. Chelsea came calling and Liverpool, Torres took the chance.Unfortunately, Torres was really done for at that stage of his career. That's why I don't understand when others said that Chelsea ruined his career, Torres was done early at Liverpool....
Lol He Walked Alone that's why.
@@edgarpanganiban9339 new Surroundings after a big injury are not good because when you are coming from an injury you need your teamates to support you, not to be competing for starting places. Moving to Chelsea did kill his career big time, he played in a system that was built for Drogba of long balls and Chelsea went on to bring in a lot of new players who were more concerned about proving themself as new Chelsea stars rather than helping Torres get back to his best. The Chelsea move did not help at all.
He was incredible at Liverpool. What a player
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@@thedictationofallah you actually hahahaha
He still managed to win a World Cup, and two Euros. Great achievement as a footballer. And a Champions League to go with it.
I have always loved Fernando Torres. #9
He didn't participate at all at least 2010 and 2012
You forgot to mention he scored the cup winning goal in the Euro 2008 destroying german legend Phillip Lahm.
7:27 Barcelona wasn't winning, they were loosing but were only 1 goal away from winning, Torres was the last nail in the coffin.
7:40 The goal didn't really erase anything, but it was still amazing to see him being as confident as he used to be.
Awesome vid though.
jankunas13 yeah chelsea were going through even if they were to lose that game. Also a header in the Europa league final...
jankunas13 but his videos are good tho
@@tatr3295 not true. The score was 2-1 Barca
@@greystoke1358 they were still going out on away goals
@@stealthiscool the goal is like a guaranteed win , who knows what barca can do in injury time... chelsea was barely hanging by parking the bus
No one lasts forever. After all ,he is a human being too. RESPECT el nino
I am a Liverpool fan finally I met torress in Japan..he plays from the city sagantosu where I live....I saw his games ..I called el ninho he looked and I asked his jersey n I got it....
please ask for 1 more and send it to me, I'll pay the transportation charges.
@@muhammadhaseeb2148 ok I will ask again...
Thanks a lot man ❤️
It's El Niño. And I don't know if it's true but cool.
Why you lying you capper
Seeing this video just got me depressed. It refreshed all my memories about Torres. I used to smile and enjoy watching him play. After that long knee injury, i remember waiting for him to get his form back SEASON AFTER SEASON but it never happened. VERY SAD!!!
That's what a friend said his physio told him, "he'll never be the same". But what goals, Blackburn the creme.
He also contributed to Chelsea's Ucl win in 2012 and Europa league 2013 which he was top scorer of the competition
Yes. 2 operations on same knee in 3 months, 2 mnths b4 WC10 and a month after. Never enough time to recover fully. Being injected to play a full game his last season, playing through pain. And Rafa's job was on the line. He had to play to help the club
@@reverseside7387 so true, but few know
@@reverseside7387 being injected before, at halftime and after to get to a game
He just announced his retirement, he will be missed
He should stop being a fucking pussy, carry on playing & join a smaller club in his own country like Villarreal, Real Sociedad or Athletic Bilbao!
David Carter how’s he being a pussy? He’s got enough money and wants to retire why shouldn’t he
@@davidcarter7337 that's why he went to Japan you oaf. He was even struggling in Japan so he decided it's time for him
Benjamin Lê LOL (that means Laugh Out Loud)
David Carter
You’re fucking delusional.
Him retiring and going to japan doesn’t make him a pussy.
And stop laughing at yourself, it makes this topic even more edgy.
Blue never suited him. Still got love for him! El Nino forever!
One of my favorite chants ever:
"His Armband proved he was a red, Torres! Torres! You'll Never Walk Alone it said, Torres! Torres! We bought the lad from sunny Spain, He gets the ball he scores again, Fernando Torres! Liverpool's number 9!"
He won the lot at chelsea, u cannot blame kit colour .. are u 5 years old?
@@skrrttz blue never suited El nino tbh
@@clinicallunait did
Villa and torres were our best offense ever.....
Butragueno and Raul ??
@@alexandrechp4521 with Torres and villa Spain won all these trophies
@@maza19 Yes but if you speak about individualities not team spirit i think that Butragueno was the n1 and Raul n2 and after Villa and Torres
Campeones OEEEEEEEEEEEE
@@alexandrechp4521 Why do you think Butragueno was better
Say about him what you want but he won every importent titel and can look back on a very succesfull career. And he made a shit ton of money he and his family can have a good live
Вадим Курнушкинов But that’s still a very shallow way of viewing what’s considered a career to proud of if you’re valuing trophies won by you and those around you + money made over actual contribution and quality performances on the pitch.
Torres was a great player and definitely had natural footballing ability, but you’d be flat out lying to say that his career was a success. It’s the complete opposite and he had one of football’s saddest downfalls after leaving Liverpool.
Life*
@@KaizerBeatz-vf9wf you full of shit
@@KaizerBeatz-vf9wf The truth is somewhere in the middle. One thing's for sure though, I'd love his life.
Mojebi Agreed. I’d personally love to be any footballer haha. I just mean relative to other players who he should be mentioned amongst, Torres’ career will be seen as a failure to be as it should’ve been
So knee. That's how it always goes.
Player good,
player injures knee,
player not good.
Ronaldo De Lima disapproves
He was one of the best, even after the injury he was tremendous .
@@M3sutOzil his pace went down a notch after those injuries but u know class is permanent
We must wear knee guards now and red cards to whom ever injured God players now because seeing these pros go down bk of jelous weaker pros sux
Ronaldo Euro 2016 Player good
Ronaldo injures knee
Ronaldo still good
I think he had a legendary career 🔥
Ashish Chanchlani he did have legendary career, won euro golden boot 2012, scored 2008 euro final , World Cup, 2 euro , champions league , Liverpool legend , Atletico Madrid legend the only thing was he didn’t let his knee heal properly instead of going to World Cup 2010 he could’ve skipped it and let his knee heal properly , or if Del Bosque stay true to his plan and rested Torres for group stage and play him in knockout stage for Torres knee to heal in the time span
Me too
@@megapixal5752 so true
@@megapixal5752 dont you think he put presdure on Del Bosque to be part in WC?
Torres in liverpool was one of the most magical things I've ever seen. I kinda hated him when he went to Chelsea, but now I just wish him the best. El Nino de oro #9
He is the derrick rose of football
I feel bad....
Now thats a great comparison. Suprised no one has said so
It's so sad man. Now i'm thinking WHAF IF...
ye
Derrick Rose is coming back tho
EmperorHercules exactly bruh
Lifelong, 3rd gen CFC fan. Torres, 2012 CL Barcelona, world class. Will always love him for what he did for us.
Even if Torres didn't score that goal Chelsea would have still gone through on away goals.
@@dendenn7383 It was such an inconic goal though.
+Den no because Barcelona would've scored
@@jamiedunne519 how on earth could you possibly know that Barca would have scored in the final minute or so?
+Den you could feel it
3:03 Reading is pronounced Redding
No-one outside of 'Reeding' cares.
@@jimjones3287 yes, they do
@@jimjones3287 I mean they do because it bugged me.
@Jim Jones Actually, anyone who doesn't want to be thought of as a gigantic moron should care.
I live in reading
Aside from the knee injury, there were other factors as to why Torres’s production in Chelsea dipped.
1. The fans pressed management into not playing him and they made it very clear they were not happy with him. This clearly effected his confidence at the club. (IE the miss vs Man United)
2. A loooot of bad luck. His shooting stats didn’t dip at all when he got to Chelsea. He just couldn’t stop hitting the post or barely miss. There was one play where Torres got off a perfect bicycle kick; that beautiful play was robbed when it hit the post and Lampard tapped in the rebound.
3. Chelsea’s lack of faith in him led to the team not wanting to provide to him as much. Refusing to let him take penalties, less touches of the ball, refusing to give him the ball when he made great runs. That would frustrate anybody.
It broke my heart as a football fan watching his prime years whither away.
What a beautiful, knowlegeable and humane comment.
Truly a great, unbiased and authentic analysis
He was good at chelsea too in important matches, unique and skilled player
missed several sitters against united including open goals? i cant remember every game he played but can you tell me what big important games he showed up in.
@@disneysuperherotv1666 so he scored a goal that didn't affect the outcome of the barcelona result and he won a corner? Not sure that qualifies for showing up in important matches.
91st min he scored for chelsea because there entire team was in out box basically, i think any player could have at bare minimum won a corner which would have seen the game out. Drogba is the definition of a big time player, i wouldn't say torres.
@@disneysuperherotv1666 ok so 1 goal in a supercup final ill give him that but ove his entire chelsea career im not sure you can say he was good in important matches personally.
@@disneysuperherotv1666 yh thats fine i dont want to come across as some sort of dick i like him also.
Who's watching after he announced his retirement? You will be missed legend.
You watched The last Symbol? Heartbreaking. And last chapter of Ring of fire by Simon Hughes? Its big!
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This is very awesome mate...can u make a video of the 4 year Guardiola era in Barca?
Thanks :)
Amazing music and congrsts on new mic
Today I thought about a video about what happened to torres career and you made a video today thats great thank you🤙
Audio's popping mate
Great mic! However but I think instead of keeping one permanently I think you should switch between each soundtrack you would like, in my opinion, the old one is better but this one is still good, could you make a video on deco? I have always loved him but he is very underrated
Thank you for the video. Torres was by far my favorite of all time.
No matter what happened, he'll always be 1 of my favourite striker.
Millions still feel like you. Hundteds on FT9 fansites.
That's just real love. U stay because u support him not the goals or the high side
Nando Torres was something special. I remember when he broke into the Athleti squad all those yrs ago. Everybody was speaking about this young kid. He was pure class tbh. Good luck to him in his future endeavoyrs
He was an emotion. A love affair. One couldnt take your eyes off of him. And the SG8 and FT9 duo? Wonder if we will ever live that again?
With the 2-1 Barcelona was not in the finals chelsea would have reached the final without the Torres goal. 🤦♂️
Yeah I came to the comments to say this. Can't believe how much the video hyped up that goal lol, barca had 10 men in Chelsea's half which they obviously wouldn't do if they were about to go through to the final. Barca were losing on away goals.
@@Yuzling They lost on aggregate
Salty Barca fans
Chelsea first leg already leading 1-0 went vs barca
Massively over-hyped goal. Minutes from heading through anyway. Just made it a comfortable end to the game
This man was my everything growing up.. When other kids went on to chase Ronaldo & Kaka i was so in love with Torres.. He made me a football fan (later a Chelsea fan too).. It was very hard on me as well as it was on every other tottista to see his form dip since the 2010 world cup.. But still he manged to put in some great performances when his team needed him the most.. Kids nowadays won't know & will never know what this man was capable of.. Torrista for life ❤😘 El-Nino 😍
Almost same story
He played shite for Chelsea though.
He made me love football and chelsea fan.. When he plays no opponent can match him..
Same story here 😍
omg same!
Btw, chelsea had already won on away goals against Barcelona, Torres just made it certain😂
No, Torres scored a last minute goal making it 2-2, he scored the decisive away goal.
Not Ben Alford no😂chelsea won 1-0 at home and they were losing 2-1 away, meaning they would have won as they had an away goal
but it made gary neville oooooohhhhj
that's true Ben but imagine Barcelona scores a goal in last minutes not torres :) diffrent story hehe
@@ItlsWhatltls they would have won on away goals(Barcelona)
In 2012 the goal against Barcelona didn’t send them through. They would have gotten to the final either way if Barcelona didn’t score
True but barca had 9 players in the Chelsea third and were looking very likely to score. They did score vs Chelsea on injury time in a 2009 UCL semi final to go through.
Vaibhav C Anil think the point is that the Torres goal didn’t acc make that much difference. As soon as the ball was cleared and he latched on they’d p much won it wether he scored or not
I remember in 2008 when i bought my very first soccer magazine in a borders. Seeing the cover and it was the top 100 players. Then when i saw torres i was trippin on how good he was and took a much more deeper interest into soccer. What a throw back!! Thank you for this video. Gave me a powerfully nostalgic feeling.
You should have made video about what happened to YOUR youtube career. I mean you have been silent for 2months
Oooh aah ooh
Bro why 😂 😂 😂
😂😂
right. what is this guy doing.
😂😂😂
It's true tho...I got 2 ACL surgeries, currently 25...and havent scored in a local league for about 6 months...I dont know what the hell happen..I lost confidence and everything..LMAO, luckily still got my stupid ass job tho..
Ouch
can't even afford acl surgery....
@@aerosmithgaming6173 I didnt even pay a single penny...it cost a lot here in my country...LMAO...luckily I got a job at the age of 21 and I know my lifestyle would probably cost me injuries and shit, so I got the insurance package just enough to cover sports injuries...
@@azhimahmad5652 smart move, I m still trying to live with a partially torn acl
@@aerosmithgaming6173 what country you lived in?
He was a beast/powerhouse at Liverpool .Defenders hated playing against him 'he use to brush defenders off with his pace and power 'after his injury he seem to slim down and lose alot of his power .I love Salah but Torres was one of my all time favorite Liverpool strikers .He seemed to have amazing passion when he scored against our rivals .I was absolutely gutted when he left .
People age and there's wear and tear on the body, he had (is having) an amazing player's career by any standard.
Torres is one of the best striker I have seen, better than Suarez, Drogba, Zlatan, Lwandoski. Same level as Kun Aguero, Henry etc
I was hiking El Camino de Santiago in Spain when Torres scored the goal to win the Euro cup in 2008. It was totally amazing being with spainards and having that amazing feeling. El Nino really demonstrated his prowess and ability. He was one of my favorite players and had great skill. He was incredibly persistent and would not quit. He had a drive in the box that was phenomenal. He was hungry and a great team player.
What a beautiful description
I have been waiting for this moment this whole month
Yeah me too
Too sweet
🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
@@soresclub1391 🤘
What happened to Finn Balor
I remember no one could stopped him when he played for liverpool
His career wasnt bad he is still considered a Livepool/Athletico Madrid icon,to be an icon at 2 clubs is very special,he just got too many injuries,reminds me of Owens career,he burnt out at the age of 25 Rooney in my eyes was done by 26/27 as well
same goes for most brazilians. Adriano Ronaldo Ronaldihno etc could line up 10 more
Chelsea were going through on away goals his goal, albeit iconic, did not change the result of the tie.
James Plays exactly i never understood the hype about that goal, Ramirez deserves 10 times more credit as he scored the goal that put them through bassicaly toress just put the icing on the cake
I agree. When Chelsea went down to 10 players and was down 2-0. I walked away PO and used the restroom. I thought it was game over for sure. When I got out if the restroom my cell rang and said....2-1. I was like.....Heck Yea!!!
Barcelona were all over Chelsea before Ramirez scored - also down to 10 men, not to mention they were going out hence they needed to attack which in turn would have given Barca even more space to do further damage. The goal by Ramirez allowed Chelsea to park the bus; which pushed Barca completely forward leading to Torres' goal.
Every star stop giving rays one day but are never forgotten.
The same thing happened to Owen, he was always rushed back because Liverpool needed him never letting he injured heal, honestly I think if Torres let his knee heal before the World Cup he would have been ok but I think since then he’s been playing at about 70%. As a Liverpool, fan I loved watching him and gerrard play it was special I hated that he left but after I saw what he became i was glad we cashed in when we did. He will always be a Liverpool legend because of the belief he brought to the club not many seasons for us but what a few seasons they were.
Fernando Torres was the reason I started watching football. He is the reason I started supporting and still support Chelsea. He will always be my favorite player of all time. This video made me low key cry
I applaud Torres for being part of Spain's total football domination from 2008 to 2012. He had a quiet sophistication that was admirable. He also had a killer turning shot which over times over-stresses the knee ligaments.
As a united fan, I miss the days we played again Torres in Liverpool, good old days!
Yeah. . .as a Liverpool fan, I honestly miss those days to . . . He gave Vidic constant headaches.
World cup 2010 winner ...
Euro 2008 .
Euro 2012...
He is a legend...
Nothing happened to him..
He had a fantastic career...
I agree. If you think for yourself and dont only believe the media. They put you so high so you can fall so far, to create sensation
torres was one of my favourite striker for his exceptional touching to ball and cool finishing ...
FT8 live long...
Even though I was a Utd fan, he was one of my first love while watching football. His personality & character was so good.
Man..he used to be my favourite footballer when he played for Liverpool
I watched this guy in his prime. He was one of the best in the world, probably the best ''number 9'' in the world at the time. When Chelsea signed him i kinda thought that his career was not taking the best path. Some great players didnt had the best time playing for Chelsea. Torres was and still is one of my favorites, mainly because of his play style. Also we have the same surname. We can say for sure that he should stay at Anfield.
Should have never left Anfield :/
People often forget that his goals for chelsea were important and much needed goals. Sometimes its not all about the numbers
Who clicked on this thinking it was oh my goal?
No one...
Just me..
Ok...
Arij ben Hamouda nah I actually did tbh😂
Me 😂😂😂
Me too can't lie i was just watching them
Me
Ohh Yhh I just realised lol
Honestly, I don't really think that Fernando Torres was a bust at Chelsea . In fact that goal that sent Chelsea to the Champions League Final will forever be remembered he has done a lot for Chelsea and every team he has played for . Also I am not a Chelsea Fan tho
It has only been in the past few years that professional sports teams have taken real consideration to injuries and sports medicine in general. Unfortunately, many great players like Torres and R9 were plagued by injury and ignorance by their own clubs. So sad...
Nothing happened!!! , this is life , rarely in life a person or a group of people or a team reaches the peak and stays there , it happens to everyone: musicians ,actors , movie directors, athletes, normal people,etc....
people reach a high level for a period of time because of different factors such as: Luck,The mood of that time,Being in a perfect mood to perform the right thing at the right time, Etc...
then people just become ordinary again,
Metallica in 1986 are not the same as today,
John Williams dose not compose music as he used to in the 80's,
Steven Spielberg dose not make movies as he used to,
Barcelona are not playing the same they used to play in 2009-2011
Maradona in 1986 is not the same as he was in 1990
Mercedes Benz don't create cars as good as they used to in the 60's ,70's,80's,90's,
This is Life
Torres played in the highest level of football for more than a decade,
and he helped his teams locally and internationally to win great honors,
he always took care of his body as he was always fit physically and he always did what he should do as a player to play,
he trained he exercised , he put blood sweat and tears in the pitch and of it,
He won several major trophies such as:
-World Cup
-2 Euros(Scoring in two finals)
-Champions League
-2 Europa League
-Cup with Chelsea
I hate this Americanizing of things where everything is measured in numbers,
sure numbers show some aspects of what a player dose on the pitch but it is not everything,
but you can put all the stats and numbers in the world but it will compare to nothing in regards in winning the world cup and 2 euros and Torres has done that
Torres carved his name in football history in the moment he scored the 2008 Euro winning goal in the final and he will always be remembered for that
as far as football legacy Torres has done well.
Messi is as good or better than what he was eight to five years back same as for Ronaldo, it's just u on which it depends
sonali chatterjee that’s why some people consider him as the greatest of all time
Great comment
sonali chatterjee but Ronaldo wasn’t as good as he was in the past 10 years
@@sonalichatterjee2739 messi is better than 2009 - 11 messi just that his teamates got worst and cr7 is worst than 2009 - 11 ronaldo
Him and David villa were my favs in 2008 as a 7yo kid I loved him
No one:
Absolutely no one:
Not a soul:
Americans: REEDING
yeah
Still my all time favourit player, glad that I was able to see him in his prime, realy got me into football, and I wish the absolut best for him and his future live!
This channel is hands down one of the best football analysis videos I've ever come across!
This story seems very similar to the one of Falcao Garcia from Colombia who also played for Atlético but after his knee surgery, he haven’t been the same top striker as when he played for Atlético.
at 7:34 Incorrect!!! Barcelona wouldn't go through with or without Torres's goal. It's irrelevant as the sub was just to waste time. The first game ended 1-0 in favor of Chelsea in London, while the goal from Torres to tie the score 2-2 in the second leg changes nothing.. Barcelona needed 3 and they would still be eliminated even if they won 2-1!
Ik- it really annoys me that everyone thinks that.
Ok settle down buddy
7:47 look at the Barcelona fan saying "puta"
Who is here after he announced his retirement, even though I hated seeing him play for Chelsea and him helping Chelsea win especially that game in 2012, and for Atletico Madrid, he was amazing for Liverpool which I liked, it was also still fun seeing him play, now that he is retiring, its sad to see him go, and I will miss seeing him play, and being apart of a team, and playing football. So much respects to him. :)
I can remember how much I wanted Liverpool to sign torres, my man United supporter mate was adamant torres would go to United.
He was electric at Liverpool...
Injuries robbed him of his explosiveness and his pace, which then ruined his confidence.
Felt bad watching him go down hill, but won't forget his good days
i live in Scotland, knew of him in Spain but he was fantastic for Liverpool, don't think he turned into a bad player at Chelsea but something wasn't right.
Well he made his name and still a legend. A player name I will always rememner.
Watching goals he scored is acc so satisfying
Torres is the reason I started watching football, Torres and Villa partnership for Spain was such a joy to watch. Torres during his Liverpool days was love ❤️ A true Legend of this Beautiful game ❤️
In his prime, Fernando was such an absolute BEAST!!! I remember how bad ass I thought "El niño" was!!
Really happy I discovered your channel. Been meaning to find one for football but not many, most are too dry or not engaging or in depth. You should model ur channel like Mike Korzemba for basketball, videos always at least 10 min and really thorough factual analysis. Looking forward to more of your videos!
One of my favourite players along with Kaka❤
Never mind. He is still a legend in my heart
Winning the world cup I would have done the same in his position. He knew that was his only opportunity, he knew his team had a huge chance of winning it all as that was Spain's golden generation peaking.
7:28 correction
Chelsea would've still progressed without the Torres goal. It was 2-2 aggregate, Chelsea with an away goal by Ramires.
Torres' goal meant Chelsea progressed 3-2 on aggregate.
The English town of Reading: Nothing
Raymar: Reeeeding
Don't know where you got the idea that Chelsea fans hated torres after his first year at the club. Everybody knew about his injury before he signed and the fans gave him every chance to come good and there were never any bad vibes from the terraces, in fact it was more the opposite and we were willing him on even more, the longer his scoring drought went on. Most Chelsea fans had nothing but love for torres and have only started to dislike him after what he said about the club when he left. And as others have already pointed out, Chelsea not Barca were qualifying for the Champions league final when he scored. Winning the corner that led to Drogba equalising in the final was far more important than that semi final goal
Dave Shortland so true when he came on he got our first corner of the game. The rest is history.
I am a Real Madrid fan my entire life and Torres was still one of my favourite players growing up and there is very rarely an Atletico player that i like let alone being one of my favs. And as a Real Madrid fan it was one of my favourite moments in the UCL when Torres scored against Barca, I just hope he is enjoying he's time in Japan.
Who's here after he retired
I remember watching him. He was a complete forward. He could run past defenders by sprinting & dribbling, had decent strength to hold the ball and could shoot with lethal power. Injury took his power.
I as a Chelsea fan loved each of his goal knowing he tried he gave his all and gave us the ultimate glory champions league.
Just think of what a good Torres & Suarez front line would have been like. Oof. ♥
Liverpool front six of Torres, Suarez, Salah, Mane, Firmino, and Coutinho 🤯
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Did you mean invincible?
Tugg Speedman yeah i meant it to spell it like that
Unfortunately had Liverpool kept Torres they likely would never have signed Suarez.
His career may have gone downhill a bit, but looking back at his career, you still cannot help but be impressed at his achievements. He won every major trophy (except for a national championship title, oddly enough) with club and country, he has been capped more than 100 times for Spain and is among their top 3 all-time goalscorers, he's still the only player to have scored in two European Championship finals, he's a legend at both Liverpool and Atlético and he received a well-deserved hero's farewell at Atlético. Sure, it's a shame that he never was the same again after 2011, when he completely outclassed the likes of Philipp Lahm (as in 2008), but you'd be hard pressed to find a player as decorated as him (outside Spain's golden generation, that is), and I still admire him.
Do a video on what happened to Keisuke Honda
Or Kagawa
YES
He plays for melbourne victory now and is very successful
His freekicks are too good?
Prash Mc kaka is already there
Spain was stacked back then. Villa, Torres, Xavi, Iniesta, Alonso, Puyol, Pique, Ramos, Valdez, Casillas. Arbeloa, Fabregas, Cazorla, Callejon. So many greats, no wonder they dominated and won back to back to back.
And Silva too, soo many great players!
His career was better than most players
1 world cup
Ucl
And 2 euros
Just 1 word, confident, he just was full confident at liverpools. That´s all.
Ok now i understand because i thought that he was terrible but after what i saw about his hole career i understand why he nearly won the ballond'or and now i want to say sorry to Torres and when sometimes i miss a shot my friends calls me Torres because of his miss but after saw this i will now say to them thank you
Yahya Benali lmao your friends call you "torres" when you miss a shot XD thats hilarious
Liverpool let him to Chelsea when they knew his knees where beyond reparealbe that happened same like Kaka he lost his pace.
Yes, but liitle did Liverpool knew what they were doing wasting all the money on Carrol. Thank God for a backup plan, Luis Suarez.
Kaka still good though, Torres was so bad after the injuries.
I read that too that the medical team was not up to establish the true damage or chose to be silent
He is one of the legend of the game
damnn, bruh!.. what a video! i almost cried watching dis. your melancholy voice is so good and seeing a little history of torres making me realize what a great player he really is
it was ramires's goal that knocked out barcelona not torres"s 2-1 defeat was already enough for chelsea
janson barett Dude barcelona was attacking so hard they would probably have scored
Snuggles Jr Yea but ramires’es goal was still enough
@@animagusz Bullshit. They had been attacking hard the entire second half. Torres' goal was already in stoppage time. Statistically very unlikely that Barca would have scored, but we'll never find out. Torres' goal was for sure legendary
He scored one minute before the end gethestrap
Mesmerising voice, magnificent music... What else? 😏
Keep it up ^^
Watching your videos from Lebanon💪🏼
do u know the song name
We will alway remember you bro
#Retirment
What an incredible first season he had at Liverpool. Unforgettable
Some days ago I was thinking about him and where's him, I came to youtube a searched for that and the first videos was this one and I watched and it was so fun to notice that this video is not kind of sensationalist that I was thinking, only to get views but it's really awesome and realistic video.
I was just 11 or 12 when Fernando Torres was at the Highlights and I really loved the way that I played , but I also say thanks to him to gave us very good moments!