Cristiano Ronaldo
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Who is better: Ronaldo or Zidane at his best.
Ronaldo has the greatest goals to minute ratio of any player to have played for Real Madrid.
That's a very limited scope to judge it on. But fair enough.
Not when you look at who he has surpassed. You can't compare them anyway, different roles.
True. But in as much as you can compare any players, as you do for BPITW status. Was just thinking about it. Thinking, Messi is BPITW, but he is better than that, he is up there with Pele and Maradona. But if Messi wasn't on the scene Ronaldo would be BPITW. And how does he compare to BPITWs from yesteryear.
I can't judge accurately cause I don't watch enough Spanish football. So I was throwing it out to see what others thought.
I can't judge accurately cause I don't watch enough Spanish football. So I was throwing it out to see what others thought.
How can that be used when Zidane isn't a striker?
He's a massive Ronaldo fan so it's understandable.Impossible to compare between the two from a logical POV so in these instance I look at who "wowed" me the most and when it comes to that Zidane has a little edge
How can that be used when Zidane isn't a striker?
I even said two posts down you can't compare them. I was just putting that out there.
Am I feck! I was called a Ronaldo hater for suggesting we stopped singing "Viva Ronaldo", Which one is it to you guys?
I admire his ability as footballer pure and simple. I question his reputation amongst our fans, and I'd argue he is a little bit of a shit.
To me it's about who does more over the course of the season, so effectiveness and maintaining a consistently high standard over artistic impression. That's why the likes of Messi, CRonaldo (and Ronaldinho over his peak years) would get my vote over Zidane.
I love the type of player Zidane was. That Cantona was. That also clouds my judgement. And there might be an air of mystery about Zidane precisely because I didn't see his week-in-week-out performances. I saw him on the big stages, and he tended to perform. All those things slightly steer me towards Zidane.
Zidane at his best was fantastic but he was very inconsistent. He was a big game player and that's what people tend to remember. As far as what the two have contributed to their sides, Ronaldo is far better for me.
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Think you need to translate it. An option came up for me when I clicked on the article.
He just seems so dedicated, shows the value of hard work from a young age.
what an absolute beast of an athlete, almost machine like.
I had posted that before, but now thinking about it, is it really true? Because its basically the same wall of text everywhere
Zidane, at his best, scored a great goal in a CL final to give Madrid a title - if he hadn't then no one would have given him MOTM in that game, and if you'd seen him play for Madrid that season you'd have seen very little to make you believe he was worth a world record fee. Zidane scored twice from corners in a WC final, beautiful headers but not the works of art that we remember him for.
The ultimate big game player, even down to an Iniesta-like knack of scoring at the vital moment, that is when the attackers and defenders had cancelled one another out. Also a very elegant player which made him very easy on eye, easier than Ronaldo.
So is Ronaldo better than Zidane? For me, yes, because I'm a lover of leagues, and of players who show up every week.
Which one would I buy for my fantasy league team? Ronaldo.
Which one would I want as a joker in my Cup Final team? Hmmm, much more difficult. Everyone would organise to try and deal with Ronaldo and they might get lucky and succeed in nullifying him. Zidane, on the other hand, they might forget about until the damage had been done. Tough call.
I think Ronaldo's statistics are hard for anyone to compete with but in terms of footballing ability, Zidane had it all and he did it with an unbelievable grace.
Its a silly question, they are totally different players. If you want a complete goalscorer - Ronaldo. If you want somebody to take control of a game and create a chance for a team mate that many others couldnt - Zidane.
Put them both together and you get
Put them both together and you get
Ronaldo ,for me.
Zidane was a class class player no doubt but just because of his grace, smoothness and a few big match performances, he is voted too highly by everyone.
ronaldo for me
Zidane for me but it's not a result of an impossible direct comparison between the two.
Ronaldo is quite clearly the better player. Zidane was among the best in the world, Ronaldo is very comfortably the second best player in the world, for some time.
Ronaldo every day of the week for me.
Remember that it's Ronaldo that we're talking about...the guy is going to try maniacally hard to improve himself every day until he retires.
Remember that it's Ronaldo that we're talking about...the guy is going to try maniacally hard to improve himself every day until he retires.
and remember it is still even argued if he should be second or not. When ronaldo retires he will get his plaudits im sure.
Indeed. Ronaldo quite easily.
Zidane tends to be over-hyped too much due to a few high profile performances. His overall contribution as a midfielder is probably less than consistently excellent players like Xavi, Pirlo and Scholes. These players not only can produce artistry and magic, but they also perform on quite a regular basis. I remember watching many Real Madrid games in which Zidane was underwhelming, can`t really say the same about the likes of Xavi, Scholes, Pirlo, Ronaldo (both of them), Messi etc.
Respectfully disagree. I loved Ronaldo..still do, in fact. But for me, Zidane is comfortably a better all round player than Ronaldo. Better technique, vision, passing, and game changing ability.
In my opinion
In my opinion
Zidane for elegance, dribbling, touch, brilliance, passing, vision and all that
Ronaldo for goals, pace and pure attacking threat.
It's hard to compare players like these. Zidane was more of a playmaker who could score some outstanding goals when it mattered.
while Ronaldo is a goal machine
basicly, you can't compare a midfielder with a Winger/Striker
I would rather watch a game with Zidane, than Ronaldo, but If I was a manager and had to choose between Ronaldo and Zidane, I would choose Ronaldo because he simply scores so many goals. And good ones too
Ronaldo for goals, pace and pure attacking threat.
It's hard to compare players like these. Zidane was more of a playmaker who could score some outstanding goals when it mattered.
while Ronaldo is a goal machine
basicly, you can't compare a midfielder with a Winger/Striker
I would rather watch a game with Zidane, than Ronaldo, but If I was a manager and had to choose between Ronaldo and Zidane, I would choose Ronaldo because he simply scores so many goals. And good ones too
He doesn't do his step over as much as before these days
Must have had some impact in the dressing room if they STILL talk about him
"I was not here when Cristiano Ronaldo played at Manchester United, but the way everyone talks about him till now shows what he meant to this team. Yesterday just before the match in the dressing room everyone was talking about him and about his first goal he scored on this day for Manchester United and how after that he never stopped. These lads still talk about him a lot of times and everything about him is so different not only his football but also his personality that I get to hear from everyone here. He's a hero at united still. A Hero they can never forget. I wish I got a chance to play alongside him back then"
-Alexander Büttner
"I was not here when Cristiano Ronaldo played at Manchester United, but the way everyone talks about him till now shows what he meant to this team. Yesterday just before the match in the dressing room everyone was talking about him and about his first goal he scored on this day for Manchester United and how after that he never stopped. These lads still talk about him a lot of times and everything about him is so different not only his football but also his personality that I get to hear from everyone here. He's a hero at united still. A Hero they can never forget. I wish I got a chance to play alongside him back then"
-Alexander Büttner
I just saw that neither him or Messi scored this weekend, any idea when the last time that happened was?
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