14 goals in 40 appearances is not phenomenal. His contemporaries Henry, Van Nistelrooy, Shevchenko, Raul had much better records. Ronaldo was...
The difference is that Luis Suarez is not considered one of the best players of all time. Ronaldo had no excuses for not scoring heavily in the...
Yes but from 2002-2006 he was more than capable of scoring loads of goals in the Champions League like Shevchenko and Van Nistelrooy. He was...
Yes they were so lucky to have won 3 trophies in a row for Spain. They were the heart of those teams.
He was truly great from 1995 - 1999 but I think he was capable of that level from 2002-2006 as well. There are no excuses for his poor Champions...
He was a great player who achieved a lot but should have achieved a lot more. People speak about his injuries but I remember in those first two...
Di Maria should have also been a choice on this list. Very skilful and fast at his peak, he was still dribbling past players in the last World...
No way is Robben better than Ribery at dribbling. Ribery had far better close control and could get past more players in tighter spaces. The...
I would say Ribery. He had brilliant speed on the ball and a genius that Hazard and Robben lacked, he didn't slow down to do 'tricks' either.
Kaka in full flow was amazing to watch and my favourite player of the mid 2000s but once that speed was gone he had very little to offer, he was...
I would say he was World Class for 6 years from 1996-2002, then he fell off quite hard. Players in his era didn't leave South America too early...
I think even Adriano is more remembered than Rivaldo when it comes to casual fans, that 99 Pes shooting power made the difference lol.
He is one of the rare examples for who you can. He was never as hyped as the other three.
Very underhyped. If he was English they would say he was up there with Pele and Maradona. In his era he was better than Figo, Raul, Totti, Del...
You have to take these stats numbers with a pinch of salt. A player can dribble past two defenders, lay the ball onto a teammate who then plays a...
The funny thing is that Rivaldo is the least famous out of all 4, I have no idea why that is, his contemporaries Ronaldo, Zidane, Figo, Totti, Del...
He was very good but I would rank Robben, Ribery, Bale and Salah ahead of him. Ribery was more technical than him and the other 3 were more...
These 4 have been Brazil's best deep lying forwards/attacking midfielders in modern times, certainly in the mass exodus to Europe era. How would...
Thanks for the info! Still that one great season at Inter is better than any Recoba had for them.
He lacks the magic of the all time greats like Pele, Messi, Cruyff, Maradona. These guys were probably the most technical players of their era. In...
Apart from Villa they lacked goal scorers (Torres never really showed up in the major tournaments), they scored just a paltry 8 goals in 2010....
Brazil 1958 - 1970 is more impressive. Had Pele not been brutally fouled out in 1966 I'm sure they would have won that as well.
I was looking up some information about Bebeto which lead to me to seeing that a player called Ruben Sosa was player of the tournament in the 1989...
I said Kempes was a better ball carrier and that is true. Riquelme was more technical than both but he couldn't drive forward with the ball like...
He was more of a ball carrier than Raul ever was. He essentially played a similar role as Maradona did in 1986, going on numerous solo runs and...