The Berlin Wall - Willkommen Antonio Rüdiger

Phenomenal player, phenomenal song.

 

A defender highlight video that actually shows defending instead of half the video made up of the defenders goals and slide tackles? I like it.

 

He's having an amazing season, and the City game in the Bernabeu is honestly an all timer performance how he shut down Haaland. I am really happy he took the winning penalty against City, he deserves to be in limelight.

 

He's my player of the season, because of what he has done on the field, in the locker room and the value he adds off the field too.

 

He killed me in the trophy tour video. It's me the loco! Then at the end he goes "ahhh" lmao. He's a great, great addition to Madrid.

 

Welcome home.

You have finally embraced your reap club; Real Madrid

 

Crazy center-backs and Real Madrid are just the right combination.

 

I didn't realize that his favourite defender is Pepe, fitting really

 

Yeah, he's a man of culture

 

Fede's idol is Kroos.

Yet their syle of play could not be more different.

 

cool and collected vs a raging ball of fire

love it

 

I only remembered him as the player being humiliated by CR7's not look pass. I never expected him to be more than a backup when he joined us.

 

Tbf, everyone ends up being humiliated by prime CR7.

 

CR7 was not in his prime by that time.

 

Rüdiger casually beating up Roberto Carlos.

This guy is crazy. 😂🤍pic.twitter.com/QRKwjwLARy

— TC (@totalcristiano) May 27, 2024

 

LOL, RC asking him not to squeeze him at the end.

 

"Toni Kroos is retiring, Luka Modrić has little left... You are 31 years old. Do you think you are the leader of this new Madrid generation?"

Antonio Rüdiger: "Things always have an end and unfortunately for Toni it is now. We will miss him greatly because he's a unique and… pic.twitter.com/h1BVM4LcKb

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) May 29, 2024

 

Another former Dortmund player as well apparently, even though it was ages ago

 

Rudiger has been voted best defender of the season!

 

Hmmmm seeing as it's not just CB's, my opinion, no Dani on that list?, Robertson, van Slow, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Stones how do these guys get on there before him

 

I wasn’t convinced at first. I felt it was fair though that he has a chance to prove himself, and he has done that massively. What a huge player for us, up there with any of our recent centre backs. I hope he can maintain this level.

What I do love about the club is it forces you to step up. Bellingham talked about the responsibility of the shirt, and he’s another one who raised his level.

It’s unfortunate when some players can’t do that and you miss out on seeing them play to their best, or when they can’t sustain that level and we eventually lose them, but it does mean with the right character you get the absolute best out of some

 

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40179267/fc-100-virgil-van-dijk-best-defenders-men-soccer

ESPN FC ranks Antonio Rudiger the #1 defender in the world last year. Well deserved. He has been rock solid and the biggest reason defensively along with Lunin that Madrid was able to secure a double!

 

Only 9 pages of talk in two years for such player..he deserves better

 

Some strange names in there. But Rudi definitely deserved his number 1 spot, amazing player!