910, what a goal!
Cristiano Ronaldo - Much Ado About Al Nassr
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Ah. He’s much older, face got wider, and the trademark hair is gone.
Still, I have no excuse and deserve to be berated especially because I watched a ton of his football in the 90s and 2000s
He'll be 52 and and still playing, exclusively being subbed on to take penalties. He'll be on 989 goals and the SIUUUS will have far less hang time and the rotation won't be as graceful.
He'll have done it in 2 years.
Can't hack it in the world of football anymore and resorted to selling cheap alibaba glasses and OnlyRonaldo contents.
Hope you stay in the newbies. You don’t deserve to be promoted for not even knowing Rui Costa.
Fantastic goal. 39 years old.
Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored more goals for Portugal after turning 35 (36 goals) than Diego Maradona scored for Argentina throughout his entire career (34 goals).
Exactly. This guy is crawling to 1000 at age 40 whereas Pele had hit a thousand before he was even 30. And people who have no clue about the differences in football then try to dismiss Pele's achievements. These Saudi goals are worth less than literally any goals that Pele scored.
That's some overeaction, some people might dissmiss Pele in a silly way, but you right now are doing the opposite with every Pele goal. BTW "This guy" is quite a player too.
My goat.
AC Milan vs Madrid - schooling the entire Galacticos!
Maradona was ripping up South American football (the best league in the world at the time ) at the age of 18, while Ronaldo was still falling over his step overs at that age.
I would never dispute that the Argentinian top league back then wasn't far stronger than it is now but what is reference for calling it the best league in the world at the time?
Touché
This is the kind of nonsense that annoys me about stats (especially different era stats). It's not just the number of goals that matters. It's when and where and how they are scored, and who against. Maradona's 4 goals in the knockout rounds of the 1986 World Cup (even the cheating one) are worth more than all of Ronaldo's 135.
The Argentina 1978 World Cup wining team all played in that league back then (apart from Kempis). The great Brazilan team of the early 80s all played in South America (apart from Falco). The great Liverpool team of the late 70s and Early 80s were taken apart by the South American club side in the World Club Championship.
Minor point really but English teams have historically been weird against South American opposition. We were in 2000 when we drew to Necaxa and lost to Vasco de Gama. Two teams we should have beaten comfortably.
Very minor !
I like my Cristiano stats, but that comparison stat with Maradona is just................... Senseless.
His goal yesterday was nice, not gonna call it extraordinary, but as always, it's about the small details for me with him. His footwork, body positioning, to nail a ball that was going back in relation to his movement, is just extremely exquisite - and a pleasure - to watch in slow motion. Years and years of relentless practice to build body movements that are so, but so mechanic, he can pull them off whether he's 27 years old or 39.
His goal yesterday was nice, not gonna call it extraordinary, but as always, it's about the small details for me with him. His footwork, body positioning, to nail a ball that was going back in relation to his movement, is just extremely exquisite - and a pleasure - to watch in slow motion. Years and years of relentless practice to build body movements that are so, but so mechanic, he can pull them off whether he's 27 years old or 39.
Central/North American competition as well.
Liverpool lost to Sao Paolo in 2005, perhaps the biggest shock in recent times.
Little of that actually makes it a strong case that it was the strongest league in the world.
Even if the 2022 WC winners all played in Argentina and we still had a 3 foreigners rule it wouldnt as a rule make it the strongest.
This is among the weirdest posts I have read on here. Not sure if serious. You must have hated Ronaldo when played for us. Pele's goals for New York Cosmos must be worth more that anything Ronaldo ever did, yes? Madness.
He had an amazing career and in many ways still has. How he managed to stay relevant despite being out of the limelight is quite an achievement. Ronaldo is among the best footballers ever. Being a narcissist with lots of personality disorders shouldn't cloud your judgment what he was and is as a footballer.
It’s not nonsense. it’s a fact. Here’s another Cristiano fact for you to mull over. Since turning 30, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more goals (422) than the following players managed throughout their entire careers.
Samuel Eto: 422
Thierry Henry: 411
Didier Drogba: 367
Wayne Rooney: 366
Ruud van Nistelrooy: 366
Robin van Persie: 322
Carlos Tevez: 312
Diego Forlan: 310
I am not questioning Maradona's greatness, but could you provide any references to support your claim that the Argentine league was the best in the world during his time there?
And here's one for you to mull over: Ronaldo in the knockout rounds of the Euros and World Cup: 21 games, 3 goals.
In the World Cup specifically: 8 KO games, zero goals.
Maybe be should have saved some of those 422 goals for the games that are actually important.
As a footballer, I've seen quite a few better. But I like actual footballers, not stat obsessed self-aggrandisers.
I’m pretty surprised by those numbers. I’ve never thought of him as the kind of player who chokes in knockout stages.
His club record in the CL knockouts is the exact opposite of that. 67 in 82 knockout games; more final, more semi final, and more quarter final goals than any other player. Stats can be weird.
You support Barcelona.
No idea about Necaxa, but I'm not sure about beating Vasco da Gama comfortably. I think those late '90s-early '00s years were sort of the last era that the best Brasilian teams could reliably go toe to toe with European ones. That team was quite old, but still strong...with Romario, Edmundo, Juninho Pernambucano, Jorginho, Mauro Galvao and pretty good supporting cast that were on the fringes of national team selection with Felipe, Ramon, Gilberto. Plus they were in their home comfort zone and a short tournament before the start of the season probably suited the old greats that were looking for a last prestigious win ( least it was expected go on to be more prestigious at the time) before winding down.
Corinthians matched Real Madrid in that tournament as well.
Put it this way, it wasn't a pub league.
Nobody should have expected any team in the world to comfortably beat Vasco at that time. They had Romário(not in his absolute best, but still was one of the best strikers in the world), Edmundo, Juninho, Felipe, Amaral, Jorginho, Mauro Galvão, Júnior Baiano, etc.
Its a bit like english teams mostly being twatted by spanish teams.
He’s played more games than any outfielder in history so that adds to it. He’s played 552 more games than Van Persie in his career.
He still has a very respectable G/G ratio with his longevity. Even without Saudi Arabia.
Boy had so much done to his face I wonder if anything's real. Maybe his true face his hiding behind all the muck and he's screaming for help.