I remember the 90's, everyone knew Ronaldo, even people who didn't watch football. I was lucky to watch Ronaldo before all the injuries, he was the perfect player
@@soup8786 Nah, only Maradona that hadn't he surpassed. Messi and CR7 are never as crucial as him in the team. His teams lost so many titles without him.
@@20fadhilRevolution Imo pre injuries Ronaldo was better than anyone, including Maradona. Mind you he was only 20, now imagine how good he would be at 25-26 without injuries.
He was the best because he literally had everything. Speed, strength, agility, control, skill and one hell of a shot. Before his injuries he was unstoppable.
Ok, all those skills, my favorite player R9… but his injuries were caused by himself of indiscipline, he confessed that he didn't train and didn't eat like a real pro ! And not talk about him party life out of
@@AM-fo6ei BS! He never said that he never trained and in fact he said he did train way too much in a way that didn't fit his characteristics, he blames his injuries on the way that he was trained back then and how sports fitness was still developing compared to today. He said all that in a recent interview for a Brazilian podcast channel. You never read or watched him talking about it the way you described.
Only injuries prevented Ronaldo from being the greatest footballer of all time! At that age he was a level above anyone I have ever seen, Messi included!
Arfen Malik way above?what drugs you are on?messi is nowhere near Ronaldo.Ronaldo is the greatest that ever will be.messi is one of thr greatest,Ronaldo is the greatest.
Arfen Malik okay,everyone has their opinions,I’m a die hard Cristiano Ronaldo fan,but when it comes to the greatest footballers ever,C.Ronaldo and Messi are 4th on my list.
@@arfenmalik1717 Ronaldinho is nowhere, if u say he is a top 10 player, you are ridiculous. Messi isn't better than R9. Messi and CR plays in a different, better time, that's all. R9 had perfect abilities, even better abilities than Messi, he was as big genius as Messi, but I think R9 was better a little bit. But if you watch some Maradona and Pele videos, you'll see an even higher level of briliance.
Srop being delusional and nostalgic. R9 was legendary, his prime was unstoppable, but it was so short. I agree, during his prime he was on a Messi Ronaldo level, but Messi and Ronaldo have kept their prime for 10+ years producing numbers and performances that cannot be matched.
@@ZaydQ10 messi and cristiano are playing against farmers lol they never won any big international trophies nor did they have as many and severe injuries as r9. They played at the best teams ever in an era where players are protected by the rules unlike r9 who played against monster defenders who tried to kill him. Sry but Cristiano is not even top 5
A monster can't be stopped. Defenders tried the same with Pele, it didn't work. Some tried with CR7 during his peak years as well, didn't work. Ronaldo lost 3-0 to France at that time, not so good after all.
shimizu67 Bruh r u fresh? Did u not know what happened to him before the game? The biggest conspiracy theory in football was what had happened to him and I personally think he got drugged and someone did something dodgy to him
You guys are so biased… Messi is easily the best of all time, he controls a game. Step overs and skill R9 is the best ever but that’s one category out of 100s in football. I think R9 is the second best striker ever behind Pele but that’s as far as I’d go. Visually R9 is arguable with Messi, Maradona and Ronaldinho but that’s not a fact. You guys mention that at 22 he had more goals than Messi, but that’s because a lot of those goals came in weak brazilian leagues and also weaker European leagues. Not to mention messi played as a winger in the early years in the best league in the world at the time. Messi at 19 was scoring Hattricks against Real Madrid playing as a winger LOL!!!! I understand the nostalgia and how amazing R9 was but let’s not make this into a fact because it far from it… Messi is close to 7 balon dors, 800 goals, 6 golden boots, 4 playmaker of the year and he’s not done yet….
Zidane is one the finest, classiest and most technically gifted players EVER! Smarter than the whole French team. But even he meaningfully expressed the fact that R9 was truly on another level beyond any other player he'd seen.
It's nuts how good he was. Like lightning across the turf, instant control, insane skills, deadly finishing. Impossible for defenders to deal with most of the time.
I'm Portuguese but still I have to acknowledge that this is the best Ronaldo that ever played on the soccer pitch, one of the best ever! Most complete player that I've ever seen.
You guys are so biased… Messi is easily the best of all time, he controls a game. Step overs and skill R9 is the best ever but that’s one category out of 100s in football. I think R9 is the second best striker ever behind Pele but that’s as far as I’d go. Visually R9 is arguable with Messi, Maradona and Ronaldinho but that’s not a fact. You guys mention that at 22 he had more goals than Messi, but that’s because a lot of those goals came in weak brazilian leagues and also weaker European leagues. Not to mention messi played as a winger in the early years in the best league in the world at the time. Messi at 19 was scoring Hattricks against Real Madrid playing as a winger LOL!!!! I understand the nostalgia and how amazing R9 was but let’s not make this into a fact because it far from it… Messi is close to 7 balon dors, 800 goals, 6 golden boots, 4 playmaker of the year and he’s not done yet….
In the beginning of this piece, you have one of the great back lines of all time talking about how difficult it is to stop the man. A real tribute by itself. But that Romario and Ronaldo front line is just insane, as they are two of the best that have ever done it.
Carlos Perez as a guy who watched football since mid 90s I miss the glory era of 2 strikers at front. DelPiero Inzaghi, Ronaldo Romario, Cole Yorke, usually one is more of a target man and the other can create chance better but sometimes they can do both.
Just made an account to say how annoyed I am at all of you for saying R9 is better than Messi AHAHA. Thats insulting and 100% not factual and ridiculous. Was R9 amazing? YES was R9 one of the best in his time? YES. But comparing it to MESSI is almost laughable... Messi in his peak scored 91 goals in a calendar year and 73 in a season (I'm not even going to talk about assists). Put both of them playing in their peak and Messi would have almost double the goals and quadruple the assists of R9. You play peak R9 and he'll have 40-60 goals/assists and I'll pick Messi which will give me 130 goals/assists. IF's don't exist, R9 got injured because of the way he was playing. Part of being good is reading your body and taking proper fitness nutrition. R9 never won a CL and played in one of the greatest national teams ever... Messi scores free kicks, corners, penalties, every game for the past 15 years and all of them are a highlight, R9 had moments here and there. R9 in his best season wouldn't win a Ballon D'or over Messi in his best season from individual performances. Messi at 19 scored a goal like Maradona, hat trick against Madrid... Players peak at different times, R9 peaked too early and got injured... Messi IQ allowed him to peak all his career with different attributes
Ryu do you know just behind Messi and Ronaldo , Benzema is the 3 highest goal scorer in the champions league , who still plays and he's number 5 most goals scored in champions league history with 60 CL goals !
This Brazil team is one of a kind, with so much talent all over the pitch and it's even crazier when you think about what Zidane did to this legendary Brazil team the following world cup even though Ronaldo was sick, but then again 2006 world cup was a deja vu. I was hoping Brazil won the game against Belgium in last years world cup, France vs Brazil is such an epic fixture
Just made an account to say how annoyed I am at all of you for saying R9 is better than Messi AHAHA. Thats insulting and 100% not factual and ridiculous. Was R9 amazing? YES was R9 one of the best in his time? YES. But comparing it to MESSI is almost laughable... Messi in his peak scored 91 goals in a calendar year and 73 in a season (I'm not even going to talk about assists). Put both of them playing in their peak and Messi would have almost double the goals and quadruple the assists of R9. You play peak R9 and he'll have 40-60 goals/assists and I'll pick Messi which will give me 130 goals/assists. IF's don't exist, R9 got injured because of the way he was playing. Part of being good is reading your body and taking proper fitness nutrition. R9 never won a CL and played in one of the greatest national teams ever... Messi scores free kicks, corners, penalties, every game for the past 15 years and all of them are a highlight, R9 had moments here and there. R9 in his best season wouldn't win a Ballon D'or over Messi in his best season from individual performances. Messi at 19 scored a goal like Maradona, hat trick against Madrid... Players peak at different times, R9 peaked too early and got injured... Messi IQ allowed him to peak all his career with different attributes
@@thau-bp6vp yes, after returning from the knee injury, ronaldo won a world cup, being the top scorer of world cups untill 2014, having lead brazil to the final.of another and was twice the best player in the world. how many cups messi has with his two healthy knees?
@@thau-bp6vp don't you see back than every players try to kill him with deadly tackle everytime he has the ball, if messi playing in his era, he would never be messi today..
Bevan Butler I’ve seen better . He has a hard touch he’s lucky he’s so fast to recover the ball everytime bc it’s not that smooth . Messi and obviously ronaldinho have better first touches
@@mdohi9846 R9 was brilliant running at goal and scoring goals but so was Maradona. Diego was also a playmaker and often picked up the ball from his own half and could either pass or run past everyone. They are both amazing and I think we both agree they are part of the special 5. The other 3 are Zidane, CR7 & Messi. I think Pelé, Cryuff, Platini & Di Stefano have all been evicted from the top 5 in the last 20 years. What do you think?
The most ruthless striker in the history of football. Before the injury, he was better than Messi and Cristiano, and even Maradona if they can be compared. El Fenomeno
World class - Dribling World class -finisher Supernatural - Aceleration and agility. The ability to make complicated stuff with his feet while at top speed made him a phenomenon at 19 years old. And the aceleration is really something you cannot train to reach this level. Even as a fat man towards the end of his career, give him an inch and he would leave, this fast younger defenders behind, just gifted, nothing more to say.
Great video bro! I'm freaking having goosebumps, the humbleness and appreciation of these world-class French players among Ronaldo, it`s awesome. It`s not his best game, but hey, I see what you mean. Much love from Brazil!
@@rocksteady2198 Only because Ronaldo never truly reached his real prime, ruptured his tendom at 22, imagine Messi in 2009 rupturing his tendom... So in terms of raw talent, R9 probably is the greatest
@@Luckymag-if4dw tbh. When it comes to style. I prefer Ronaldos. I also try to copy him as the fact he is tall as I am fast as I am and I also play the same position as he plays. He is my biggest influence from any other footballer. But! What messi and maradona did clearly baffles my mind. Coz they probably have done the craziest shit ever in football. I mean they are the only players that can get past a whole entire legendary defence (like real Madrid or big national teams) like its nothing. They have the craziest close ball control. They have the craziest agility. Craziest shooting accuracy (especially maradona) and craziest passing skills. All in one player. That is just insane.
@@Luckymag-if4dw and ronaldo for me also is the greatest athlete of all time (in football) coz he is just the fastest footballer ever!!! Even than cristiano ronaldo at his prime
before his knee injury, Ronaldo had goal average like messi or Cristiano. cruzeiro - 44 goals in 47 games played = 0,94 PSV Eindhoven - 54 goals in 57 games played = 0,95 Barcelona - 47 goals in 49 games played = 0,96
@Im Eiichiro Oda my nigga Without a doubt. Messi's World Cup trophy cabinet is empty when Ronaldo single-handedly earned Brazil the 2002 World Cup with that world-class performance in the final against Germany. The real difference between the two is that Ronaldo is a big-game performer while Messi is not. And yes, the World Cup is the real difference maker; you can never be called one of the all-time greats if you don't have that notch on your belt. It's what separates the good from the legendary because if a player is that good, then he should have no problem winning the most coveted prize in world football.
theperfectionist but you know Messi fan never understand.. I'm a Germany fan I know who he was..I have utmost respect for this guy..R9 was the greatest striker ever play this game..Messi nowhere near of him..
This is the French national team who won a world cup. They are all in awe of Ronaldo's skills. Messi and CR7 cannot claim this. The only other players I have seen a huge amount of opposing national teams in amazement were Pele and Maradona.
Like me I was born in November 2001,I never saw Ronaldo playing the game of football but just watching his documentaries which makes me to believe he was the best and still the best🙂🙂🙂
Romário foi sabotado pela comissão técnica em 98, tendo grande influência de Zico nesta escolha, pois esse mesmo sabia que se Romário fosse campeão mundial em 98, assim como foi em 94, seria considerado melhor que Zico por aqui. A mídia aqui sempre quis dizer que Zico foi o melhor depois de Pelé, equecendo de grandes craques como Garrincha, Didi, Rivelino, Tostão, Falcão e outros. Mesmo não sendo convocado, aqui no Brasil é unanimidade que depois do Pelé, Romário foi nosso melhor jogador e goleador, seguido de Ronaldo Fenômeno. Em 90 Romário também não foi convocado injustamente, assim como em 2002, mas em 2002 a seleção deu a volta por cima e foram campeões.
cuando digo que Ronaldo es el mejor jugador de la Historia , este partido resume el porque no ha existido ni abra un jugador que de un pase con tal presicion de 70 mtrs , a la vez que tenga esa velocidad y explosion . El control , el regate , es de otro planeta . Sin duda el mejor jugador de la Historia.
I grew up watchin Ronaldo Phenomenon,,,,I still recall the 2002 FIFA World Cup and how he terrorized physically-strong, no-nonsense defenders like Sol Campbell, Christoph Metzelder, Daniel Van Buyten, to name a few with his magnificent skills, wonderful technique, and mesmerizing footwork
Ronaldo was the best player in the world (by far) when he was still 19. Ronaldo in his early 20s is the best footballer I've ever seen. And we never ever got to see him at his very best, in his prime, because of the injuries.
That era when in every country there is a couple of high skilled star players who's the average play as good or better than the only two stars we have now, messi and Ronaldo, back then we had lots of them and every match was worth watching.
Mhmd Zam it’s not that you had lots of them . You had NONE of them so everyone was more evenly matched . Sorry but Ronaldo and Messi stepped on the scene ran with the ballon d’or and have never looked back since
The true goat. Raised the bar so high people can only look at stats and excel sheets to try and discredit that. Just watch and compare how he plays the actual game and its obvious who the goat is
Ronaldo R9.. the greatest of all time, hate how injury took such joy from us... Messi and CR7 are for sure extraordinary players and will be down in the history books as ones of the best of all time .... but R9 was something else, the technique to get past defenders " king of pannas " :D the way he dribbled GKs confidently, how he dropped in the midfield to assist his teammates and his sharpness in front of goal.. bare in mind that this guy used to play in Serie-A against monsters like Maldini, Nesta, Cannavaro, Thuram Monero and others ,... these are kind of defenders that would kill you before letting u dribble through them ,,, and yet he was unstoppable,, too bad he got those two serious injuries,, but for me he is the best striker / player of all time,, thanks R9 for the joy you gave us
Did you know that Ronaldo had been present in 3 finals with Brazil ( 94 was in the large team but not played , 98 with France but was sick in that game , 2002 scored 2 goals ) absolutely amazing player !!!
candela : as roma Desailly : ac milan (his last year) dugarry : ac milan blanc : inter deschamps and zidane : juventus thuram : parma djorkaeff : inter karembeu : sampdoria aldair : as roma Wow, in one match in 1997 we can watch all serie a football stars played
Club mismanagement and match fixing ruined Serie A. Now Serie A is one horse race competition (Juventus) with all other team fighting for 2,3,4 place. Funny how the only club who was forced to relegate is now the only solid and decent club in Italy.
I miss those days. Del Piero, Baggio, Vialli, young Totti, Weah, ... all had that intuitive way of playing football against the toughest defences you could find (Maldini, Costacurta, Cannavaro, Nesta, Thuram, Desailly..).
He was the Michael Jordan of football! There will never be another one like him! Unfortunately we saw him at his highest level only for 6 years... Imagine that after his injuries he was still the no.1, imagine his years at his peak level !
I love how years ago players was more honestly, they seems like french pplayers admired ronaldo, nowdays instagram has destroyed these milioners fotballers
I don't remember Ronaldo being this fast. Always remember him as a brute and build like a tank. Maybe I was just young at the time. He's my favorite player of all time.
sayed mumtaz ahmed they were not the best defenders of all time idiot. Your nostalgia is influencing your decision because if we’re being honest Ramos and puyol are up there against them they even won world cups
@@dexter99999 You obviously is a blind fan who has not watch footages of what Ronaldo did to Pujol and what Ronaldinho did to Ramos. Even if you did your brain cannot compute, comprehend and accept the possibility of such great talented skill and therefore revert to self denial. Which is more idiotic than idiot but you still can change and restore some credence to your generation. Here's to your all time best defenders, ruclips.net/video/elRAulwW2cI/видео.html Mind you that was FAT Ronaldo vs Fit Puyol ruclips.net/video/CEsDUwGr0ps/видео.html And this was Ronaldinho running rings around ramos But I do have great respect to Carles, never ramos
@@dexter99999 Ramos was constantly bullied by the likes of Ronaldinho, Eto'o, Henry etc. And Puyol was destroyed multiple times by Drogba. I don't like to compare players of different eras but let's put it like this: If Ramos, for example, have had his peak years during the end of the 90s and beginning of the 2000s I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be considered as one of the best defenders of all time. Playing with and getting destroyed against by some of the best players of all time toughened him up and made him the player he's today in an era where football isn't as competitive as it had been years ago. Just my opinion.
He played against the best defenders in the modern game in their peaks! Played when tackles were knee height unlike today! When defenders actually loved the art of defending and personal battles. Its more about systems and preventive nowadays rather than defenders taking the sole onus. R9 was frightening! That clip of him bursting past prime viera leaving him on the floor when Viera dominated the Premier league tells you about this guy. Imagine if R9 played in the English league when he was 19+ lol then people would know about a footballing GOD
R9 and Messi were the only 2 players that were already the best players in the world at a very young age. Both were the only players that showed magic and unseen skill at such a young age.
I remember the 90's, everyone knew Ronaldo, even people who didn't watch football. I was lucky to watch Ronaldo before all the injuries, he was the perfect player
Eh he was great. Messi and cr7 have long since eclipsed him. And he was never as great as maradonna or best either
@@soup8786 Nah, only Maradona that hadn't he surpassed. Messi and CR7 are never as crucial as him in the team. His teams lost so many titles without him.
@@20fadhilRevolution Imo pre injuries Ronaldo was better than anyone, including Maradona. Mind you he was only 20, now imagine how good he would be at 25-26 without injuries.
@@alexcla9445 same
Yeah that's right
He was the best because he literally had everything. Speed, strength, agility, control, skill and one hell of a shot. Before his injuries he was unstoppable.
Quite tall aswell he had no weakness after messi it’s him for me
and unlike Penaldo, he wasn't a diver.
Ok, all those skills, my favorite player R9… but his injuries were caused by himself of indiscipline, he confessed that he didn't train and didn't eat like a real pro ! And not talk about him party life out of
@@AM-fo6eilmao his injuries were caused by a chronic knee condition
@@AM-fo6ei BS! He never said that he never trained and in fact he said he did train way too much in a way that didn't fit his characteristics, he blames his injuries on the way that he was trained back then and how sports fitness was still developing compared to today. He said all that in a recent interview for a Brazilian podcast channel. You never read or watched him talking about it the way you described.
Only injuries prevented Ronaldo from being the greatest footballer of all time! At that age he was a level above anyone I have ever seen, Messi included!
Ronaldo9 was good but comeon Messi is way and above. Okay i was joking, Ronaldo9 was awsome
Arfen Malik way above?what drugs you are on?messi is nowhere near Ronaldo.Ronaldo is the greatest that ever will be.messi is one of thr greatest,Ronaldo is the greatest.
@@PyroP7 i agree that Ronaldo9 was good, very good but he is not in my top three, he comes a distance number four
Arfen Malik okay,everyone has their opinions,I’m a die hard Cristiano Ronaldo fan,but when it comes to the greatest footballers ever,C.Ronaldo and Messi are 4th on my list.
@@arfenmalik1717 Ronaldinho is nowhere, if u say he is a top 10 player, you are ridiculous. Messi isn't better than R9. Messi and CR plays in a different, better time, that's all. R9 had perfect abilities, even better abilities than Messi, he was as big genius as Messi, but I think R9 was better a little bit. But if you watch some Maradona and Pele videos, you'll see an even higher level of briliance.
Best of all time, he had everything... His pace, dribling, finishing is on another level. Messi and Cr7 are babyes for him.
Srop being delusional and nostalgic. R9 was legendary, his prime was unstoppable, but it was so short. I agree, during his prime he was on a Messi Ronaldo level, but Messi and Ronaldo have kept their prime for 10+ years producing numbers and performances that cannot be matched.
@@ZaydQ10 messi and cristiano are playing against farmers lol
they never won any big international trophies nor did they have as many and severe injuries as r9. They played at the best teams ever in an era where players are protected by the rules unlike r9 who played against monster defenders who tried to kill him. Sry but Cristiano is not even top 5
@@Ioannis_ nice joke
@@akg1301 looks like you can't stand the truth lol
Go cry in a corner
I wouldn’t put Messi or cr7 in top 5 either top 7 sure but top 5 nah
I like how the defenders are talking how to specifically stop ronaldo. That's when you know a player is an absolute monster.
A true talent
A monster can't be stopped. Defenders tried the same with Pele, it didn't work. Some tried with CR7 during his peak years as well, didn't work. Ronaldo lost 3-0 to France at that time, not so good after all.
shimizu67 Bruh r u fresh? Did u not know what happened to him before the game? The biggest conspiracy theory in football was what had happened to him and I personally think he got drugged and someone did something dodgy to him
And they still couldn’t do it
@@shimizu67 You sound like you are 10 years old, clearly know fuck all
At 20 , he was at unbelievable level, every defender was worried as how to control this wonderful boy..
They have to foul him to obstruct him
Nothing special tbh... Average player
Shaji Varghese he was the best but unlucky with couple of injuries that have ruined his career
@@cilongamthandeni8894 Saying Ronaldo an average player is like admitting you have no sense in football.
@@cilongamthandeni8894 like seriously...are u sure u ok?Calling R9 an average player lol
That Brazil of 2002 with Rivaldo, Ronaldo, And Ronaldinho Made me fall in love with the game
The games been beautiful from day 1
joga bonito
@a a yeah, remember that skit he did Vs turkey?
@@TheDazzler420 Turkish deserves it. He hit Rivaldo with the ball on purpose.
The Brazil team back then was made of real monsters
I AGREE WITH YOU BUT BRAZIL NOW IS TOTAL RUBBISH WITH THAT NEYMAR THING
They become more monstrous after ronaldinho R10 took the no. 10 jersey.
94’-02’
France smoked them in 98
@Henry Bryan so Brazil had no control of the game anyway they were routed easily
He was the best footballer ever. I've seen his entire career and I would choose him over Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo.
I would definitely chose him over CR7 but if you would chose him over the god of football and the 🐐 than that’s just wrong…
no doubt...strikers were not protected as much either.
@@mrtheonexx8749 lol CR9 is the god of football.
You guys are so biased… Messi is easily the best of all time, he controls a game. Step overs and skill R9 is the best ever but that’s one category out of 100s in football. I think R9 is the second best striker ever behind Pele but that’s as far as I’d go. Visually R9 is arguable with Messi, Maradona and Ronaldinho but that’s not a fact. You guys mention that at 22 he had more goals than Messi, but that’s because a lot of those goals came in weak brazilian leagues and also weaker European leagues. Not to mention messi played as a winger in the early years in the best league in the world at the time. Messi at 19 was scoring Hattricks against Real Madrid playing as a winger LOL!!!! I understand the nostalgia and how amazing R9 was but let’s not make this into a fact because it far from it… Messi is close to 7 balon dors, 800 goals, 6 golden boots, 4 playmaker of the year and he’s not done yet….
@@am5790 who is CR9 lmao
Zidane is one the finest, classiest and most technically gifted players EVER! Smarter than the whole French team.
But even he meaningfully expressed the fact that R9 was truly on another level beyond any other player he'd seen.
It's nuts how good he was. Like lightning across the turf, instant control, insane skills, deadly finishing. Impossible for defenders to deal with most of the time.
As much as r9 is a god, Carlos stole the show with that immortal free kick
True
Shut your hole. Barthez sucks ass
@@dakkefernet8585 Hi IQ keyboard warrior detected right here
@@bahroum69 "bahroum69"
If it wasn't for R9 he wouldn't have the free kick.
What an incredible player.
I'm Portuguese but still I have to acknowledge that this is the best Ronaldo that ever played on the soccer pitch, one of the best ever! Most complete player that I've ever seen.
brazilians people are portugueses my friends ^^
@@cenilson9195 that's the same thing as saying that people from the US are not American but Polish, French, Irish, Portuguese... But what have you.
Portuguese mio cazzo e una porpeta
But CR7 is better scorer
Sorry mate your wrong. Your own no 7 is far better
Ronaldo ; mythical, mysterious, forever cemetened as a legend
The man due to which I fell in love with football.
Extraordinary player i have ever seen.
Ronaldo..best player of all time..he had all good qualities together. No one can do it like him or even can't close to him. Legend 🐐 "phenomenon"💪
You guys are so biased… Messi is easily the best of all time, he controls a game. Step overs and skill R9 is the best ever but that’s one category out of 100s in football. I think R9 is the second best striker ever behind Pele but that’s as far as I’d go. Visually R9 is arguable with Messi, Maradona and Ronaldinho but that’s not a fact. You guys mention that at 22 he had more goals than Messi, but that’s because a lot of those goals came in weak brazilian leagues and also weaker European leagues. Not to mention messi played as a winger in the early years in the best league in the world at the time. Messi at 19 was scoring Hattricks against Real Madrid playing as a winger LOL!!!! I understand the nostalgia and how amazing R9 was but let’s not make this into a fact because it far from it… Messi is close to 7 balon dors, 800 goals, 6 golden boots, 4 playmaker of the year and he’s not done yet….
In the beginning of this piece, you have one of the great back lines of all time talking about how difficult it is to stop the man. A real tribute by itself. But that Romario and Ronaldo front line is just insane, as they are two of the best that have ever done it.
Carlos Perez as a guy who watched football since mid 90s I miss the glory era of 2 strikers at front. DelPiero Inzaghi, Ronaldo Romario, Cole Yorke, usually one is more of a target man and the other can create chance better but sometimes they can do both.
That R Carlos free kick though. Still one of the most insane things I've ever seen on a football field.
The most perfect center-forward of all time. He had everything.
The best player I have ever seen in football
seems like you left watching football after 2004
Ronaldo the Phenomenon is the best player in the last 25 years!!!
for me, too. Scored in every single game. Never seen a team push the ball with three or four touches so fast up field.
Just made an account to say how annoyed I am at all of you for saying R9 is better than Messi AHAHA. Thats insulting and 100% not factual and ridiculous. Was R9 amazing? YES was R9 one of the best in his time? YES. But comparing it to MESSI is almost laughable... Messi in his peak scored 91 goals in a calendar year and 73 in a season (I'm not even going to talk about assists). Put both of them playing in their peak and Messi would have almost double the goals and quadruple the assists of R9. You play peak R9 and he'll have 40-60 goals/assists and I'll pick Messi which will give me 130 goals/assists. IF's don't exist, R9 got injured because of the way he was playing. Part of being good is reading your body and taking proper fitness nutrition. R9 never won a CL and played in one of the greatest national teams ever... Messi scores free kicks, corners, penalties, every game for the past 15 years and all of them are a highlight, R9 had moments here and there. R9 in his best season wouldn't win a Ballon D'or over Messi in his best season from individual performances. Messi at 19 scored a goal like Maradona, hat trick against Madrid... Players peak at different times, R9 peaked too early and got injured... Messi IQ allowed him to peak all his career with different attributes
prashant chandra , go and watch cricket.
Young ronaldo phenomenon was such treat to watch
most say the best striker of all time i felt that also! very gifted, from a poor background yet football is everything to the brazilians,
One of the best Roberto Carlo's goal. Unrepeatable by any player. What a genius..His kicks were unequaled by any player
Brazil best period 94-2002
Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos, Romário, Rivaldo... There's something with the name starting in R haha
ELVISFX it is called R-rated superstars.
Nowadays the Rs are nightmare for them Remirez hahaha
Ronaldo is overrated tbh
Raheem Sterling
What about Kaka?
When zidane appericates someone you know he is the true genius
Hala Madrid with a Messi picture. 😁
He does the same for Benzema which is an average player
Ryu say what you want about benzema, but no average player can play for one of the greatest team, which win the champions league 4 times
Tran Chinh lol he played few time. It’s certainly not because of him that they got 4 champions league.
Ryu do you know just behind Messi and Ronaldo , Benzema is the 3 highest goal scorer in the champions league , who still plays and he's number 5 most goals scored in champions league history with 60 CL goals !
Messi and Cr7 has never played a defence line as strong as this French defence in their entire career. El Fenomeno is the GOAT
Still R9 couldn't score.
@@Godplayzdice He scored and assisted against much stronger Italian defense though
@@Godplayzdice yup. Too many chances for such few goals
@@Godplayzdice Your reply wa sicccc. Really informative.
U forgot the recent euro cup against italian dedence
This Brazil team is one of a kind, with so much talent all over the pitch and it's even crazier when you think about what Zidane did to this legendary Brazil team the following world cup even though Ronaldo was sick, but then again 2006 world cup was a deja vu. I was hoping Brazil won the game against Belgium in last years world cup, France vs Brazil is such an epic fixture
one of the best battles and Gants of World Cup squad.
Love Messi and Cristiano, but R9 was even greater for me until he hurt his knee at inter.
Just made an account to say how annoyed I am at all of you for saying R9 is better than Messi AHAHA. Thats insulting and 100% not factual and ridiculous. Was R9 amazing? YES was R9 one of the best in his time? YES. But comparing it to MESSI is almost laughable... Messi in his peak scored 91 goals in a calendar year and 73 in a season (I'm not even going to talk about assists). Put both of them playing in their peak and Messi would have almost double the goals and quadruple the assists of R9. You play peak R9 and he'll have 40-60 goals/assists and I'll pick Messi which will give me 130 goals/assists. IF's don't exist, R9 got injured because of the way he was playing. Part of being good is reading your body and taking proper fitness nutrition. R9 never won a CL and played in one of the greatest national teams ever... Messi scores free kicks, corners, penalties, every game for the past 15 years and all of them are a highlight, R9 had moments here and there. R9 in his best season wouldn't win a Ballon D'or over Messi in his best season from individual performances. Messi at 19 scored a goal like Maradona, hat trick against Madrid... Players peak at different times, R9 peaked too early and got injured... Messi IQ allowed him to peak all his career with different attributes
@@thau-bp6vp Just shut the fuck up, Messi fangirl
@@thau-bp6vp yes, after returning from the knee injury, ronaldo won a world cup, being the top scorer of world cups untill 2014, having lead brazil to the final.of another and was twice the best player in the world. how many cups messi has with his two healthy knees?
thau2018 imagine sayin messi is better.
@@thau-bp6vp don't you see back than every players try to kill him with deadly tackle everytime he has the ball, if messi playing in his era, he would never be messi today..
his ball control tho..., his first touch is so deadly...,🐐
Bevan Butler I’ve seen better . He has a hard touch he’s lucky he’s so fast to recover the ball everytime bc it’s not that smooth . Messi and obviously ronaldinho have better first touches
Dex Ter go watch anime kid
@@dexter999994:15
That Brazil side was unbelievable, Ronaldo was a beast
Il calciatore piu' straordinario della Storia! Ronaldo fenomeno for ever !
"Ronaldo is running to counter attack, and in defence its just me and Alessandro Nesta." - Siniša Mihajlović
Messi+Ronaldo =Ronaldo Phenomenon
Add all 3 and you have Maradona
@@johnmullin3526 lol never.messi+cr7+maradona=ronaldo fenomeno.
@@mdohi9846 if you think that then you have never seen Maradona
@@johnmullin3526 i have seen them all. But they were nowhere near r9.
@@mdohi9846 R9 was brilliant running at goal and scoring goals but so was Maradona. Diego was also a playmaker and often picked up the ball from his own half and could either pass or run past everyone. They are both amazing and I think we both agree they are part of the special 5. The other 3 are Zidane, CR7 & Messi. I think Pelé, Cryuff, Platini & Di Stefano have all been evicted from the top 5 in the last 20 years. What do you think?
The most ruthless striker in the history of football. Before the injury, he was better than Messi and Cristiano, and even Maradona if they can be compared. El Fenomeno
I wish Romario would've made it to the 1998 world cup. Him and Ronaldo together looked brilliant.
Romario was the best Brazilian striker in early, mid 90ies. Ronaldo towards the second half of the 90ies. They both together. Great.
It would have been easier for Brazil to win the world cup
World class - Dribling
World class -finisher
Supernatural - Aceleration and agility. The ability to make complicated stuff with his feet while at top speed made him a phenomenon at 19 years old. And the aceleration is really something you cannot train to reach this level. Even as a fat man towards the end of his career, give him an inch and he would leave, this fast younger defenders behind, just gifted, nothing more to say.
And hes fking strong, body balance
I am sure he was god gift,so many yeaes nobody near in him.
Oh my God 04:19
what a Ball control from 40 meters!! 👍👍
yahsiyanli daaaaaamn, I was like how the fuuuck!
like a magnet 🧲
Other stupids says that mpambe is better xaxxaxxaxa
With the one of the best defender tackling behide u aswell
My eyes just dropped out
This was IMHO the greatest football team in history! An absolute class...in a league of their own above every other team!
Roberto Carlos' goal just casually in this video too, nice!
What do you mean casually ? He's a legend in his own
Great video bro! I'm freaking having goosebumps, the humbleness and appreciation of these world-class French players among Ronaldo, it`s awesome. It`s not his best game, but hey, I see what you mean. Much love from Brazil!
Greatest striker ever
Rocksteady greatest footballer*
@@PyroP7 tbh I like ronaldo so much but maradona and messi are slightly bettet
@@rocksteady2198 Only because Ronaldo never truly reached his real prime, ruptured his tendom at 22, imagine Messi in 2009 rupturing his tendom... So in terms of raw talent, R9 probably is the greatest
@@Luckymag-if4dw tbh. When it comes to style. I prefer Ronaldos. I also try to copy him as the fact he is tall as I am fast as I am and I also play the same position as he plays. He is my biggest influence from any other footballer. But! What messi and maradona did clearly baffles my mind. Coz they probably have done the craziest shit ever in football. I mean they are the only players that can get past a whole entire legendary defence (like real Madrid or big national teams) like its nothing. They have the craziest close ball control. They have the craziest agility. Craziest shooting accuracy (especially maradona) and craziest passing skills. All in one player. That is just insane.
@@Luckymag-if4dw and ronaldo for me also is the greatest athlete of all time (in football) coz he is just the fastest footballer ever!!! Even than cristiano ronaldo at his prime
We all know he was the best of the best , I miss him so much.
I remember when i 9 years old, i went to the barber shop and told the barber to cut my hair just like R9.I had wooping from my mom 😂
When RONALDO 🇧🇷 plays, even GOD smiles 💫
That's funny but serious
Ronaldo’s control on the 4:18 mark and R.Carlos free kick goal😳
before his knee injury, Ronaldo had goal average like messi or Cristiano.
cruzeiro - 44 goals in 47 games played = 0,94
PSV Eindhoven - 54 goals in 57 games played = 0,95
Barcelona - 47 goals in 49 games played = 0,96
Ronaldo was better than them.. Power, pace, skill, zest.. Messi and Ronaldo of Portugal are not world cup legends
@Fer Nando watch for Mbappé is well ahead of Ronaldo, Messi nd cr7 at the same age but I mean very far, outclassing these 3 players.
@Fer Nando I am giving facts check the statistics with national teams in champions league all goals together at the same age and you wil stop lyao
@Fer Nando ronaldo.com/football-news/mbappes-stats-at-19-better-than-ronaldo-and-messis/
ronaldo is not even close to cr7 🖕
When the whole team talk is about one player. You know it's a problem. What's missing from this match..... no diving or bitching
👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏
Agree
Yes i was surprised he didnt fall on the Vieira’s tackle !
It's better than watching Neymar rolling on field after being tackled. Hahahaha
Yup, and especially no Neymar on the Brazil team at that time. Otherwise you would definitely have a lot of it.
What’s missing is also a goal from him in that game. Well done Barthez
The best player in history of football
Psycoskills Football one of the
jack deng no not one of them. He is the best by far.
@Im Eiichiro Oda my nigga Without a doubt. Messi's World Cup trophy cabinet is empty when Ronaldo single-handedly earned Brazil the 2002 World Cup with that world-class performance in the final against Germany. The real difference between the two is that Ronaldo is a big-game performer while Messi is not. And yes, the World Cup is the real difference maker; you can never be called one of the all-time greats if you don't have that notch on your belt. It's what separates the good from the legendary because if a player is that good, then he should have no problem winning the most coveted prize in world football.
Finalement, il a fait une carrière inférieure à celle de Messi...!
theperfectionist but you know Messi fan never understand.. I'm a Germany fan I know who he was..I have utmost respect for this guy..R9 was the greatest striker ever play this game..Messi nowhere near of him..
This is the French national team who won a world cup. They are all in awe of Ronaldo's skills. Messi and CR7 cannot claim this. The only other players I have seen a huge amount of opposing national teams in amazement were Pele and Maradona.
I agree with Ronaldo best striker of all time.. in my lifetime that is.
Best of all time no doubt. I never see anyone like him again. Its fenomeno!
He was playing so far back, taking the ball forward with just one or two teammates. The deffinition of "carry the team"
Kids of today don't know who the real Ronaldo was back in the days...
Like me I was born in November 2001,I never saw Ronaldo playing the game of football but just watching his documentaries which makes me to believe he was the best and still the best🙂🙂🙂
Ronaldo is the greatest ever, made football a pleasure to watch, anything was possible when ball was at Ronaldo's feet!!!
if Romario and Ronaldo played together the 1998 WC, Brasil Would be champions.
the problem the was on defense and since 2006 brasil keep having defense problem no neymar no romario will fix that
@@alex324ization WTF re u talking about??
Romário foi sabotado pela comissão técnica em 98, tendo grande influência de Zico nesta escolha, pois esse mesmo sabia que se Romário fosse campeão mundial em 98, assim como foi em 94, seria considerado melhor que Zico por aqui. A mídia aqui sempre quis dizer que Zico foi o melhor depois de Pelé, equecendo de grandes craques como Garrincha, Didi, Rivelino, Tostão, Falcão e outros.
Mesmo não sendo convocado, aqui no Brasil é unanimidade que depois do Pelé, Romário foi nosso melhor jogador e goleador, seguido de Ronaldo Fenômeno.
Em 90 Romário também não foi convocado injustamente, assim como em 2002, mas em 2002 a seleção deu a volta por cima e foram campeões.
100%
They were drugged....
Ronaldo is the best ever
When he turns he's dangerous : Thuram
R9 is naturally first touch ever
Watching Ronaldo makes tear to all people even you were not his fan.
cuando digo que Ronaldo es el mejor jugador de la Historia , este partido resume el porque no ha existido ni abra un jugador que de un pase con tal presicion de 70 mtrs , a la vez que tenga esa velocidad y explosion . El control , el regate , es de otro planeta . Sin duda el mejor jugador de la Historia.
I grew up watchin Ronaldo Phenomenon,,,,I still recall the 2002 FIFA World Cup and how he terrorized physically-strong, no-nonsense defenders like Sol Campbell, Christoph Metzelder, Daniel Van Buyten, to name a few with his magnificent skills, wonderful technique, and mesmerizing footwork
He was a monster to defenders.
I never seen a man run with the ball like Ronaldo did. That’s why he is fenomeno.
that nutmeg on lizarazu is nasty man..😂😂
Ronaldo was incredible skillful. Much better than today's players.
Ronaldo was the best player in the world (by far) when he was still 19. Ronaldo in his early 20s is the best footballer I've ever seen. And we never ever got to see him at his very best, in his prime, because of the injuries.
When i was a kid in1998.I watched a game of Brazil ,l knew I'd loved the man in No.9.
ETOO/ZIZOU/DROGBA /IBRA/ CALLED HIM G.O.A.T...WHY ARGUE?
There’s only one phenomenon
THE #9 RONALDO
R9=Messi+Cristiano +Neymar +Mbappe!!!
Probably, but he did not have the skills of Ronaldinho though.
HMA09 A but this guys top 4 players neymar make dives but urs skills is better than all new players!
dude messi chris neym mbap,,,,,,they are shit compare to nazario ronaldo....if you have 1% knowledge about soccer,,,
Add Hazzard n all the best them have only Pele better
Neymar is a fake
You can not hear Messi & Cr7 admire eachother but Zidane and Ronaldo did., Best leson
Que saudade de ter um fenómeno na seleção, de 2002 pra cá é só fanfarrão na seleção!
That era when in every country there is a couple of high skilled star players who's the average play as good or better than the only two stars we have now, messi and Ronaldo, back then we had lots of them and every match was worth watching.
Mhmd Zam it’s not that you had lots of them . You had NONE of them so everyone was more evenly matched . Sorry but Ronaldo and Messi stepped on the scene ran with the ballon d’or and have never looked back since
4:15 Olha esse domínio.. Pqp!
O cara domina uma bola de 60 metros como se não fosse nada..
The true goat. Raised the bar so high people can only look at stats and excel sheets to try and discredit that. Just watch and compare how he plays the actual game and its obvious who the goat is
Ronaldo R9.. the greatest of all time, hate how injury took such joy from us... Messi and CR7 are for sure extraordinary players and will be down in the history books as ones of the best of all time .... but R9 was something else, the technique to get past defenders " king of pannas " :D the way he dribbled GKs confidently, how he dropped in the midfield to assist his teammates and his sharpness in front of goal.. bare in mind that this guy used to play in Serie-A against monsters like Maldini, Nesta, Cannavaro, Thuram Monero and others ,... these are kind of defenders that would kill you before letting u dribble through them ,,, and yet he was unstoppable,, too bad he got those two serious injuries,, but for me he is the best striker / player of all time,, thanks R9 for the joy you gave us
Privileged to see him play live.
Ronaldo class was like having John wick team up with Jack reacher and successfully kicked thanos ass easily despite wearing his infinity gauntlet.
I love how France is tackling Ronaldo without really hurting him they are just irritating him
La foto in copertina dice tutto ! Il Fenomeno...il Re ! Sempre circondato da avversari...ma la palla c'è l'ha sempre lui...!
Ahhh the good old days☺️kids these days will never know bout the legendary ronaldo or the old national team..
Es el mejor 9 de la historia del fútbol!! Un fenómeno de verdad.. un placer de ver, por siempre.....⚽🇦🇷⚽🇦🇷⚽🇦🇷
Ronaldo Nazario el mejor 9 de la historia. Es increíble la velocidad, potencia y técnica que tenia!!
If not for his injuries, he would have alot more ballon dor trophies in his cabinet
Did you know that Ronaldo had been present in 3 finals with Brazil ( 94 was in the large team but not played , 98 with France but was sick in that game , 2002 scored 2 goals ) absolutely amazing player !!!
He scored 8 goals in 2002 World Cup despite playing 60 % of each game (he was still recovering from an injury)
The only reason I watch football is because of him.
Me too..👍
Even for professionals players Ronaldo dribbles is like magic and impossible to make.
The phenomenon
Elastico
GOAT
GOD.
Simply the best no comes close to his flawless moves
candela : as roma
Desailly : ac milan (his last year)
dugarry : ac milan
blanc : inter
deschamps and zidane : juventus
thuram : parma
djorkaeff : inter
karembeu : sampdoria
aldair : as roma
Wow, in one match in 1997 we can watch all serie a football stars played
Club mismanagement and match fixing ruined Serie A.
Now Serie A is one horse race competition (Juventus) with all other team fighting for 2,3,4 place. Funny how the only club who was forced to relegate is now the only solid and decent club in Italy.
We, french, always loved Italia. You're our cousins, except in 2006 😉
@@MZELangeles yeah materazzi ruined french - italian relationship
but i'm not italian... haha
thanks
Robert H right, how juve be like this. Bigger and biggest in italy, make me feel sad for milan and inter. Bad management.
I miss those days. Del Piero, Baggio, Vialli, young Totti, Weah, ... all had that intuitive way of playing football against the toughest defences you could find (Maldini, Costacurta, Cannavaro, Nesta, Thuram, Desailly..).
I could watch all day Ronaldo matches il phenomenon waiting every second to see him with the ball so dangerous so good simply the best of all time.
The amount of tackles he overcame gives the idea you can't compare him with cr7. R9 THE BEAST.
ele é a razão q me fez gostar de futebol, não perdia uma partida dele... ah tempo bom
Greatest and most skilful footballer on the planet and the greatest that ever will be.The word magic doesn’t do justice to what he did on the pitch.
Ganja this is sooo true.
He was the Michael Jordan of football! There will never be another one like him! Unfortunately we saw him at his highest level only for 6 years...
Imagine that after his injuries he was still the no.1, imagine his years at his peak level !
what messi and cr7 do in present is out of this wotld...its beyond mortal comprehension...r9 was great. but messi and cr7 are beyond that
@@prashantchandra5551 You should stick to cricket mate, you don't know shit about football and techincs needed to be great..
@@jdmlegent thanks for the advice but I am good here, maybe you should try watching contemporary football .seems like you havent been watching lately.
I love how years ago players was more honestly, they seems like french pplayers admired ronaldo, nowdays instagram has destroyed these milioners fotballers
Many people say the game is more competitive now but why we've never seen a free-kick like Roberto Carlos again?
Ball itself is very hard today 🤣
I don't remember Ronaldo being this fast. Always remember him as a brute and build like a tank. Maybe I was just young at the time. He's my favorite player of all time.
Beating the greatest defenders of all time and people in comment section still doubting if he is the greatest of all.
sayed mumtaz ahmed they were not the best defenders of all time idiot. Your nostalgia is influencing your decision because if we’re being honest Ramos and puyol are up there against them they even won world cups
@@dexter99999
You obviously is a blind fan who has not watch footages of what Ronaldo did to Pujol and what Ronaldinho did to Ramos. Even if you did your brain cannot compute, comprehend and accept the possibility of such great talented skill and therefore revert to self denial. Which is more idiotic than idiot but you still can change and restore some credence to your generation.
Here's to your all time best defenders,
ruclips.net/video/elRAulwW2cI/видео.html
Mind you that was FAT Ronaldo vs Fit Puyol
ruclips.net/video/CEsDUwGr0ps/видео.html
And this was Ronaldinho running rings around ramos
But I do have great respect to Carles, never ramos
@@dexter99999 Ramos was constantly bullied by the likes of Ronaldinho, Eto'o, Henry etc. And Puyol was destroyed multiple times by Drogba. I don't like to compare players of different eras but let's put it like this: If Ramos, for example, have had his peak years during the end of the 90s and beginning of the 2000s I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be considered as one of the best defenders of all time. Playing with and getting destroyed against by some of the best players of all time toughened him up and made him the player he's today in an era where football isn't as competitive as it had been years ago. Just my opinion.
@@dexter99999 good joke you prick
Orgulho de ser brasileiro quando se fala em " RONALDO FENÔMENO ".
Idol R9 am from Greece Ronaldo nazario de Lima 20 year alien 👽 player elastico player ever No1 best player of all time the king 👑 is Brazilian....
Great video... R9naldo was such a skilful and lightning quick player in his prime... thanks for the upload 👍
He played against the best defenders in the modern game in their peaks! Played when tackles were knee height unlike today! When defenders actually loved the art of defending and personal battles. Its more about systems and preventive nowadays rather than defenders taking the sole onus. R9 was frightening! That clip of him bursting past prime viera leaving him on the floor when Viera dominated the Premier league tells you about this guy.
Imagine if R9 played in the English league when he was 19+ lol then people would know about a footballing GOD
R9 and Messi were the only 2 players that were already the best players in the world at a very young age. Both were the only players that showed magic and unseen skill at such a young age.
When Zidane says you are the best than you are the best.