Roman: Complete Attacking Midfielder

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  1. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    #1 el-torero, Apr 20, 2014
    Last edited: Apr 20, 2014
    1) master in creativity & vision
    2) master in passing
    3) master in ball retention
    4) very good in free kick
    5) very good in corner kick
    6) very good in penalty kick
    7) very consistent in above ability
    8) not so consistent in scoring, but always score high class goals
     
    Pipiolo and La-Máquina repped this.
  2. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    for me, his best performance in 1 tournament:
    2007 Libertadores Cup
    (almost single handily won it for boca, many great goals include
    1) 1 corner kick goal vs velez
    2) 3 goals from total 5 in the final

     
  3. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    for me, his 2nd best performance in 1 tournament:
    2007 Copa America
    (better than other argentinians include messi & co)

     
  4. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    being a top assister in 2006 world cup yet no one or just a few mention his name (his first chance & the only chance he got to play in wc)

    almost brought argentina to semi vs italy until being subbed vs germany, very unlucky

    very underated in 2006 World Cup

     
    Pipiolo repped this.
  5. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    young & dangerous
    one of his best performance in 1 tournament:
    1997 World Cup U20

     
  6. JamesBH11

    JamesBH11 Member+

    Sep 17, 2004
    I agree Riquleme in his best was a close complete AM/playmaker very similar to Maradona at WC and Napoli.

    It's juts a bit unfortunate that his PEAK was a bit short - 05-08
     
  7. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    even in his non- peak period, his performance is still one of the best
     
  8. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    one of his best performance in 1 tournament:
    2000 libertadores cup

     
  9. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    his goals in 2001 libertadores cup:

     
  10. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    his goals in 2008 libertadores cup:

     
  11. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    his goals in 2012 libertadores cup

    almost won the cup with average team mate, play great even though was already 34 y.o.

     
  12. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    when he was 23 y.o., 2001 Libertadores Semi Final vs Palmeiras (away):

     
  13. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    when he was 23 y.o., 2001 Intercontinental Cup vs BayernMunich
    (for me, bayern marking him like hell that should be 4 or 5 incidents that deserve red card)

     
  14. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    when he was 33 y.o., 2011 Argentina League vs Estudientes (home):

     
  15. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    when he was 22 y.o., 2000 Intercontinental Cup vs Real Madrid
    (gave a nightmare to the combination of makelele (many regard as one of the best dm) + helguera + geremi)

     
  16. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    when he was 27 y.o., 2005-06 Champions League Semi Final vs Inter Milan (at villarreal)
    (toying with almost every inter player he faced)

     
  17. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    when he was 27 y.o., 2005-06 la liga vs barca (at villarreal)
    (when ronaldinho, samuel eto, larsson still around + xavi)

     
  18. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    when he was 27 y.o., 2005 friendly vs England:

     
  19. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    when he was 34 y.o., 2012 Libertadores Cup Round 16 vs Unión Española (away):

     
  20. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    when he was 34 y.o., 2012 Libertadores Cup Round 16 vs Unión Española (at boca juniors):

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    his ball control in the same match but not shown in above video:

     
  21. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    when he was 33 y.o., 2011 Argentina League vs Union De Santa Fe (at boca):

     
  22. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    when he was 32 y.o., 2010 World Cup Qualifying vs Chile (at chile)
    (very good performance by him with 2 superb free kick goals after did not play for several months - had a conflict with pellegrini (villarreal coach)

     
  23. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    when he was 21 y.o., 1999 friendly vs Barca (at nou camp):

     
  24. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    when he was 19 y.o., 1997 World Cup U20 round 16 vs England:

     
  25. el-torero

    el-torero Member

    Aug 10, 2011
    malaysia
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    when he was 19 y.o., 1997 World Cup U20 final vs Uruguay:

     

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