If his career started 10 years later, the recoveries would have been far better and he would of had better nutrition to keep his weight down and make it less likely to happen. My favourite ever player.
Basically he is the best striker of all time. I grew up watching this guy. He was unstoppable at his prime, R9 in my opinion he is the best football ⚽️ player ever!!
he reached his prime...he started his career as prime...his starting 3-4 years was the best the world has ever seen...people often ignore his brazil team exploits...
he played in the 2002 World Cup with an injured leg, he said he only kicked the ball with his right leg so no one would notice. and did a different haircut to get attention and nobody noticed the injury. he scored two goals in the cup final.
@@josecleiton6510 i heard that the haircut was also because he got tired of the journalists talking about his knees, so he wanted to gave them another target to criticize. Because the some journalists were talking that he should not be on that team
I'm 47, and football has been my entire life. I've seen a LOT of truly special talents over the years. Pele,Gullit,Van Basten,Beckham,R10,Romario......to name a very small amount. Then later on players like Zlatan,CR7,Messi..... and for me R9 is the most complete player I've ever seen. As a forward he had NO weaknesses. He truly was a combination of CR7,Messi,Best,Zlatan & Gerd Muller. When some of the greatest players and coaches to ever have lived tell you he's the best they've ever seen then you really should listen.
The most naturally talented raw footballer the world has ever seen. He is the combination of cristianos ronaldos athleticism, ronaldinho's skill and messi's dribbling ability and I think he is naturally ambidextrous. It is sad we never saw his prime, although what we already seen was the possibly the highest level
@@broxy2007 people will think we are exaggerating when we say this, but he was truly different. He had much more power and resilience than both cr7 and messi. But what ifs will always be looked down upon^^
@@gintuner4371 exactly right just ask all the players he played with and against, all the coaches he played under. They will all tell you he was most naturally gifted player to ever play the beautiful game. Huge fan of Messi and cr7 but r9 in his prime was just something else
@@broxy2007 i was talking about winning titles, like, ronaldo never could win a champions, bc his injuries happended. Comparing skills he was way better, i imagine how many more relevant he would be without injuries
The real Ronaldo or R9, truly the most outrageously gifted footballer EVER. If not for some devastating injuries there would be no question who the goat was. Like MJ, Barry Sanders and Gretzky, he was almost unbelievable.
He is so humbled and Loved everywhere. Opposition fans used to cheer for him. Opposition players aspired to be like him. He is the best my eyes have ever seen.
He was the best player of all time. He had metabolism disease where with age he gained weight along with both of his knees being ruptured He was the mentor for Ronaldinho whom in term was the mentor for Messi, almost every player that came after R9 were inspired by him, big names like cristiano/Ibrahimovic/Henry....etc they all idolized him Even with the disabilities he was phenomenal.
btw his real name is Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (ronaldo nazario), but brazilians called him O Fenomeno meaning the phenomenon. So his nicknames are: brazilian Ronaldo, Fat Ronaldo, R9 and Ronaldo Fenomeno.
Ronaldo was truly very composed on the field. As you observed correctly, the defenders fouled and tackled him quite harshly, but he never really got angry about it. In fact, you can see him chatting friendly with the defenders (and as I've heard, that was a 200 IQ-move, too, to distract them or find spaces). He made the life of defenders really harsh though. Cannavaro, one of Italy's biggest defenders probably put it best: 》More than anyone I faced before him, and anyone I faced after him, Ronaldo was always, always, the one player who stirred fear in me. He is the player of our generation. The phenomenon. The Ronaldo. The first time I played against Ronaldo was in a Brazil-Italy friendly in France before the 1998 World Cup. Even just walking onto the same pitch as him terrified me. We drew that match 3-3, and afterward I had a meeting with our coach, Cesare Maldini. “Fabio, you know, a lot of people talk about how incredible Ronaldo is, how he is a very, very good player.” I just nodded as he continued. “And I can say, after watching him play against you, that yes, Ronaldo, is very, very good.” Classic Maldini. “Thanks, Coach.” Ronaldo was a player who you didn’t necessarily defend, but instead you hoped to limit and contain as much as you could. Because if Ronaldo wanted to score, he would score. Of course, Brazil also had Romário, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldinho. But, Ronaldo? He was just … different. He was fast. He was strong. He was unbelievable. And every time I played him there was always respect. A player like him didn’t need to trash talk, and there was no point in trying to get inside his head. He was already in yours before the whistle even blew. I don’t think that the fear I had of him ever went away. But out of that fear came respect. And the way you respect a player like Ronaldo is to train, every day, as hard as you can. When I showed up to the pitch, I knew I put all the time I could. Was I scared? Sure. But you respect the game and the player by not letting it show on the field. Through Ronaldo, I learned how to handle fear on the pitch.《 His attitude towards his teammates seems to have been great, too. There's a game which tells a lot : There was a young new Brazilian player named Pato when he was already very overweight and had busted his knees already twice at AC Milan; he basically spent a good chunk of Pato's first game trying to get Pato on the score sheet by passing the ball to him all the time. (There's also another story off the field; a player talked about how he completely busted his first game (scored an own goal, got red-carded) and how Ronaldo came to said player to check up on him and encourage him. Also yes, he likely belongs to the fastest players ever, even overweight and with both knees busted one of his runs was timed at 36 km/h.
For me, even better story, when Siniša Mihajlović played for Lazio, he once sad: Ronaldo started charging at us with the ball in his feet, and Nesta and me were all alone against him.
A testament to his greatness is that he's already one of the best and he is still known as a big 'what if?' I can't forget the few games he played here in Japan
R9 snapped both his patella tendons at 23. His tendons patella ended up on his thigh. This was the late 90s - they did somewhat experimental operations. It was far from clear that he would ever play again. He couldn't even bend his knee beyond about 50 degrees initially after the operation. He made it back after two years of rehab. In 2002, after going through that injury he went to the world cup with Brazil and was the top scorer in the tournament, scoring two in the final against Germany. Brazil lifted the trophy and R9 completed the greatest comeback in the history of football. He was only 70% of the player he previously was but that was still enough to make him the best striker in the world for a few more years. The pre-injury Ronaldo is by far the best striker the world has ever seen. He was by far the fastest, the best finisher, built like a bull and was literally the most skilful player in the world. It just made no sense that one player could be so good on every metric - guys that size and power are rarely so technical - never mind the most technical in the world. I've watched football all my life, played in academies and professional reserve teams - when I watch R9 to this day he blows my mind - just an absolutely immense player - beyond anything we've ever seen.
YH so basically we were never blessed with his true prime because he was so explosive his knees simply couldn't handle it. If it wasn't for his knees he would have been the greatest footballer ever without argument and probably the greatest athlete ever I KID YOU NOT.
Ronaldo's career is one of a kind. He was a physical monster in his early career and his peak of his career was when he was 20. He suffered one of the worst injuries in football history and he hasn't played football in 3 years, gained a lot of weight and doctors told him he probably would never play again. He then came back in 2002 after 3 years without playing and won Brazil the world cup with 8 goals in 7 games and scoring twice in the final against Germany. After that world cup he proven to the entire world that he's one of the best ever. Without his injuries he might as well be the goat. He scored over 200 goals by the time of his major injury, Ronaldo and Messi barely scored half when they where at his age. You definitely need to watch some mini documentaries about him. It's just the perfect football story
Ronaldo was amazing in the 2002 World Cup but saying he won them the cup is a little disingenuous. That was a stacked team, and anyone who really watched all the games will tell you that Rivaldo performed the best in that team
He really REALLY liked dribbling past keepers and became known for this and actually caused opposition keepers to play less aggressive against him, not charging out in 1on1's like keepers are supposed to do.
He's 183 cm/6'0 and in his prime he weighted around 85/90 kg (almost 200 lb). His body wasn't the ideal but he was FAST and so explosive no one could handle him, even his own body. Unfortunately his career got cut incredibly short but even when he was clearly overweight he was making professional football players look like ameteurs
His teammates at inter Milan nicknamed him el fenomeno. Pre injury Ronaldo was the greatest to ever play football. He was the Michael Jordan and Mike Tyson of football. A total genius whose career was effectively over at 23 due to terrible knee injuries. He did of course recover and have a good career but the injuries leave many asking just what could he have been if he wasn't so unfortunate. The GOAT for me
In Ronaldo's day football was a contact sport, so he was fouled - kicked, pushed, shirt pulled. He had pace, power, resilience & skill; the complete player. The most important thing he brought to a team is that he could make something out of nothing. You give the ball to him in a situation where nothing is happening and he would do something on his own and get you a goal without the need for the rest of his team to contribute and when the opposition were in ascendency (in football we call this 'against the run of play'), that is a very unique quality, the ability to turn the match on it's head, when his team were 'backs against the wall time' he pulled it out of a hat, it's not easy to make hay when the sun's not shining. That's what made him one of the best ever...
If i remember correctly he injured himself when he's about 23-24. And out of the game for about 2 years or so. Just to be back with a BANG by winning World Cup in 2002 against the best goalkeeper in that era Oliver Kahn in the final
People that really know football say he could have been the best ever if he had more time. The injuries ruined those possibilities. But hes still very much a legend of the sport even if he didnt get to do it for as long as say a Messi or Cristiano
When I was a kid (late 90s) Ronaldo was known as the best player in the world. His speed, ball control and dribbling was just next level. He had a great career playing for teams like Barcelona, Internazionale and Real Madrid. Unfortunately he always had a lot of problems with injuries, he was always very injury prone. So his career could have been even more amazing if only he had been healthier. Regardless, he remains as one of the most legendary strikers ever. I strongly recommend that you watch and react to the video called "Exactly How Good Was Ronaldo Nazario?" by the UA-camr Raymar, it gives you more understanding of Ronaldo and why he is so respected and loved.
Ronaldo is considered by most people the player with the most talent in history, the most unstoppable one, as u can clearly see in the video, his unique ability plus the insane speed, he was the player that shocked the world the most. The problem was that he suffered 2 serious injuries, shown in the video, that affected his career a lot, if it was not for that, he would be considered the best ever, by a large margin. The fact that he is still considered the best ever after his 2 injuries by a lot of people just shows u his alien potential. He is also the greatest idol of a lot of players, like Cristiano and Zlatan.
Everyone seems to comment about Ronaldo's weight. The man had Hypothyroidism . Even then, he was still phenomenal. I am truly blessed to have seen him play during my lifetime. Thank you Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, you have brought joy to me and so many others 👍
He was the most humble player. Fastest ever with the ball. All greats have different attributes, while he had everything combined. His horrific knee injuries stopped his career, but there is no one better the him in his prime years. One interesting fact, he scored 88 goals after going through the goalkeeper in his professional career. No one comes close.
His full name is Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima but when he played for Inter in italy he got the nickname Fenomeno witch translates into :The Phenom. He was so good that defenders tried to hurt him, break him constanty. So he had alot of injuries during his career. Also being a robust guy that went on a side to Side full speed attack, it was really easy for a defender to break his legs with just a minimal intervention.they literally used to Hunt him down!
He suffered knee ruptures in both knees, his right knee in particular (trying not to cry) ruptured in a serie A italian league game, kept him out for about 9 months, then he came back in the coppa italia final and it exploded right away again , the video is on youtube by the way. he was the best player in the world by 21, led brazil to the 1998 world cup final but someone ended up drugging him and brazil lost. after the injuries he came back in the 2002 WC and redeemed both himself and brazil but he was never the same after the injuries. craziest part is that he was still one of the players with the bummy knees but without the injuries he would have been the indisputable GOAT. so sad
Phenomeno had toto be injured because the universes conspired because he was already breaking the game and the physics of law. His knees couldn’t keep up with his extraterrestrial movements.
messi actually said that he wanted to be a player like ronaldo, right? I remember hearing an interview like that. But yea, ronaldo was honestly the most prolific striker of his generation, and we never truly saw his full potential. Severe knee knjuries took him out of competition for a long time, its like his body couldnt handle his genius or smthn, plus at some point he developed thyroid issues too which had him gaining more and more weight, so he eventually just retired. Nothing less than tragic to be honest, but Im happy a player like him existed.
R9 is football. Zidane a God of football feels R9 is the best player ever. In short what R9 can do on a pitch one can't even do on a video game. It's not just creativity, determination and fighting adversity. He was just simply the best complete forward in the game. Blessed to have been able to watch him play. I will die happy for this one day. Watch closely, and I think you caught this in your reaction but didn't speak of it... He slows down after he beats the last opponents before he taps it in the net. It's the true Brazilian style don't just beat em, let them know they never had a chance.
in my world ZZ10 is gravity , R9 the once a life time phenomenon happened, R10 the Sun, LM10 the moon, R7 the shooting star, Q7 the storm, JPR10 the ocean, R11 the waves, R11/10 the mountain, Bb7 the River , GH10 the Volcano, CT1 the forest....
Thanks for your good reaction videos. Congratz, you have found the most talented footballer of all time. You noticed very well that he was allround, he is the only player who could do everything. Sadly you did watch him fall to the ground. That was one of his 2 major injury's in a row whitch destroyed him. But he could still run 21.13MPH whitch is insane because at 100% he was much faster than that. (They called him fat and slow.) So at 100% he was clearly much faster than any other player and on short distance (Both start and top speed.) he was almost as fast as Usain Bolt. But like i said before, he could do anything. And even when he came back in 2002 after almost 2 years out of football he was at 65% still the best. (In the WorldCup where legends like Ronaldinho and Zidane who where at 100%.) He is the idol of both Ibrahimovic and Ronaldinho. And everyone from his era says he is the most talented player of all time. The video you did watch did not show much, here you have a video that show some of his skills: ua-cam.com/video/Zo8BGUldEIc/v-deo.html
Ronaldo is the idol of Cristiano Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic, Messi, Haaland, Benzema, Luis Suarez and every kid in 90s and 00s in every continent. If you a yellow shirt with a number 9 you will see that everyone knows him.
The "phenomenon" nickname (fenomeno in portuguese) i think dates back to when he used to play in Italy. One comentator was describing one of Ronaldo's highlights during the match and called him phenomenom because just a like hurricane, a volcano eruption, a storm, a tsunami or any force of nature, he was unstoppable. In 2002 he had already been elected the best player of the world three times and went through 8 serious knee surgeries, but still scored 8 times at the World Cup (twice in the final when Brazil defeat Germany 2-0). He is a legend, the best striker ever (to many). Nice react, football is amazing!
He was hands down, the most talented player EVER. A lot of people (including Messi) have set him as the most amazing player they ever saw....truly a shame what happened to his knees. He also had a pituitary gland problem (hyperthyroidism), which made him gain weight super quick, thats why in many clips you see he was overweighted. It was a player with the dribbling skills of Messi-Maradona-Pelé and the strenght of Cristiano Ronaldo. Speed, power and precision. Late 90s Ronaldo was the craziest thing ever to me, alongside 2012 Messi
Before the knees gave out. He was a God among men and everyone that knew, agreed. Before Messi, every legend talked about Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima( Ronaldo il fenómeno), like they were children. Plus. He never ever said he was better than anyone.
He was so good he tore ligaments in his knee, his knee cap actually exploded during a game. And still came back from that to win the fifa world player of the year a couple years later... Even when he was "fat" he was still one of the best strikers in the world.
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima is considered the best striker and one of the best footballer and the most complete footballer to ever grace the field of football. At just age of 21 he received the 1997 Ballon d'Or, and he remains the youngest recipient of the award. He has won 2 FIFA world cups and finished 2nd in one occasion with his national team of Brazil, which is the most prestigious award to exist in football. Unfortunately his career was cut short due to several knee injuries and other health issues. The title "Fenômeno"was given to him as he is widely considered as one of goats.
He got hurt badly in 1999/2000. A severe knee injury, which made many think that he was not going to be able to walk. He was not only able to walk, but he came back to the pitches, and scored 8 goals in the 2002 World Cup, leading Brazil to its 5th title. In 2006 he scored his 15th World Cup goal, a record only broken by Miroslav Klose in 2014. Ronaldo is an idol of many players such as Ibrahimovic, Rooney, Messi and others. According to Zinedine Zidane he was the best that he has played with. A true legend!
Fun fact: He got discovered by a Dutch scout from PSV and with PSV he got his name forever stamped on football. The Dutch knew that Ronaldo could become something we have never seen and he perfected it at Barça and other huge clubs like Real, Inter, AC Milan and became a monster of a player. Still sad about his early career ending.
Ronaldo was unstoppable,so difficult to get him off the ball ,only by fouling him. He had power,speed,technique ,soft touch,and lots of ball control. My favorite player of all time😉
At his peak he had one of the worst injuries any player ever had… after 2 painful years he came back to win the world cup and the best player of the year award. What a legend!
Original ronaldo..💪 If he had not faced injury problems we would not be able to imagine the level he is in today....best player of all time. a legend... "phenomenon"💪
In the mid 90's he was in football world the next big thing, which is true because before most football strikers and goalscorers were classical they either score from, passes, through passes, crosses and strikers were playing a physical game which is about dominance, and Ronaldo was high technical and skillfull player with great agility and great muscle memory means altough if he was a bit fat he was cappable of dash dribble and feint with his body at high closed areas where the opposite team players and especially defenders gather, that is something impossible and still no player today can be fat and very agile and that's where the phenomenal status comes from. appart from the fact that he reached 100 goals before turning 20 and scoring against most nations of the world with yellow and green shirt, every true football fan feel sad for his story with injuries, if it wasn't for injuries he would totally dominate the greatest players of all-time technically and statistically. His talent and inspiration still lives till this day and will for the next hundred years. Ronaldo R9 the best ever
Before his knee injuries from 97-2000 R9 running at defenders was the most awe inspiring sight football has ever seen & arguably in all of sport. That he adapted his game & was still as lethal a goal scorer post injury & thyroid problems is further testament to his greatness. If only mercurial Brazilians were also good professionals.
Fenomeno is his nickname, which means Phenom. About the the moment his in pain yelling, thats because he suffered TWO nasty knee injuries, and still made back from both of them, for me Ronaldo Fenomeno is the best player i saw play, in my generations at least, Cristiano is amazing, Messi is amazing but nothing beats the Fenomemo
FINALLYYY U REACT TO OG RONALDOOO. Thanks so much for this coach ur the best. I'm watching this vid rn already getting amazing. Ur reaction over this makes it 10 times more worthwhile everytime.
Ronaldo was very humble. He injured his knee, didn't play for a couple of years, came back for the World Cup in '02 and was the leading scorer of the tournament and Brazil became the world champion. Thats a true story!
Il Phenomeno. Perhaps the most complete center ever. Not only lightning fast and insanely skillful, but also creally clever and his placement is top notch. Really unlucky with severe knee injuries though. And a much better passer and teamplayer than people says. Everyone was scared of him. Unplayable at his peak. And one of the most exciting player i have ever seen. To see him in full sprint with the ball glued to his feets and change direction on a dime is just "Gaahhh" Here is a short snippet of the french national team speaking about Ronaldo before the world cup final 1998. France won the final (Ronaldo was out because of sickness) ua-cam.com/video/EUaDKtMawww/v-deo.html Keep it up!
Fun fact, after he came back from his knee injury for the 2002 World Cup, he was boasting that dreadful (now iconic) hairstyle as a distraction to keep media less focused on questioning his physical capabilities, injuries and such. Apparently it worked, seeing the results
So what you need to know about him is first, he is the original Ronaldo, and he had two major carreer ending injuries, like, for real. The first time no one with similar injuries had ever recovered in a Professional level, doctors said he would never even walk right again. He locked himself up in a fisioterapy facility and worked on his knee 24/7. One year and a half later, without playing, he was called for the national team to play The World Cup, no one believed in him, but against EVERYONE he was the MVP of the season, won the World Cup, Ballon D'or, most scores in the competition and etc. The second injury wasnt as bad, but, he was older and overweight, but he came back again and won some stuff. He is often called the best forward in history and might had been the best overall if it wasnt for his injuries. Maradona and Pele themselves said so. He was Ronaldinhos mentor, defined a generation of footballers. He is Zlatans biggest hero, also Messis. Outside of the field he was an example for kids and always gave everyone attention. In Brasil he is only behind Pelé, even with them injuries. A true example of a comeback.
One curiosity about R9, is that in the final stages of his carreer he got really fat, so he obviously didnt have the explosion of speed he had before, but he still was a regular on his team (Corinthians) just because hes so smart when it comes to positioning and timing, since he didnt have the speed he needed to make due with his conditioning, he touched the ball a lot less but he was REALLY efficient, like, only touched in the ball about 2 or 3 times in one attack, and was enough for him to avoid a defender and make a goal, or avoid a defender and make an assist for a teammate. Even overweight, two or three ball touches, that was all Ronaldo needed to be a regular in one of the best clubs in the Brazillian A League, he was THAT good
My fav soccer players of all time. He was plagued from knee injuries. Both from players that would foul him after him passing them and his movement on the field. Also he might've had an illness that restricted him from playing don't remember really but one of the greatest for sure.
if you want to react to another freak of nature you should react to Roberto Carlos. He was a defender but he was known for having a shotgun in his left leg.
What Ronaldo is doing is brazilian art🙏🏻🔥 Aint many fotballers who can do what the brazilian old schoolers can. 💪🏻💪🏻 and yes they are humble. They play for the love of the game❤️❤️
Growing up watching him, i still thinking that he’s the best in the world, just imagine he didn’t get nasty knee injury, i will always look him above messi and cristiano ronaldo
Ah you finally commented to in what my opinion, is the greatest player of the sport ever, he played for Brazil in the same team as Ronaldinho. Imagine going up against those 2 on the same team. Unfortunately he was plagued with horrible knee injuries, his first injury they thought his career was over but he did make a successful comeback. It did shorten his career in the end.
He was the keepers nightmare, always with two to three guys on him, apparently he ran faster with the ball on his feet, he was so good as you see that he liked to take it all the way to the goalie make them look bad and score, his knee was messed up twice since the defenders needed to take the ball away they'll just tackle him, the second time was because he didn't heal properly
Ronaldo was unstoppable, so unstoppable that the only thing that stopped him were his own knees
Lol yeah... even it need twice knee injuries to stop him...
With the way he cut it was bound to happen. Definitely the best one on one player ever had not problem getting past 5 guys
Well said!
If his career started 10 years later, the recoveries would have been far better and he would of had better nutrition to keep his weight down and make it less likely to happen. My favourite ever player.
True the way he dribbled the fastest foot I have even seen
Basically he is the best striker of all time. I grew up watching this guy. He was unstoppable at his prime, R9 in my opinion he is the best football ⚽️ player ever!!
he probably never reached his real prime
He never got to reach his prime because of those injuries.
@@kernlove1986 yeah, it's what I'm saying
he reached his prime...he started his career as prime...his starting 3-4 years was the best the world has ever seen...people often ignore his brazil team exploits...
He really is, not even messi or cr could come close
He ruptured tendons in both his knees. Took him out of the game for years. Both times everyone thought he was never playing again. Such a legend.
Such a legend, the two brasilians R9 and R10 are my favorites players ever.
Yeah, if that injury didn't happen to him i think he'll have greater career than Cr7 and messi
he played in the 2002 World Cup with an injured leg, he said he only kicked the ball with his right leg so no one would notice. and did a different haircut to get attention and nobody noticed the injury. he scored two goals in the cup final.
@@gustavosteyer1706 my guy
@@josecleiton6510 i heard that the haircut was also because he got tired of the journalists talking about his knees, so he wanted to gave them another target to criticize. Because the some journalists were talking that he should not be on that team
I'm 47, and football has been my entire life. I've seen a LOT of truly special talents over the years. Pele,Gullit,Van Basten,Beckham,R10,Romario......to name a very small amount. Then later on players like Zlatan,CR7,Messi..... and for me R9 is the most complete player I've ever seen. As a forward he had NO weaknesses. He truly was a combination of CR7,Messi,Best,Zlatan & Gerd Muller. When some of the greatest players and coaches to ever have lived tell you he's the best they've ever seen then you really should listen.
R10
This guy was the purest talent that football ever had.
The most naturally talented raw footballer the world has ever seen. He is the combination of cristianos ronaldos athleticism, ronaldinho's skill and messi's dribbling ability and I think he is naturally ambidextrous. It is sad we never saw his prime, although what we already seen was the possibly the highest level
This dude at prime would probably be at the level of messi and cristiano Ronaldo, unfortunately we can only imagine...
@@gustavosteyer1706 sorry dude but pre injury Ronaldo was a level above the two players you mentioned
@@broxy2007 people will think we are exaggerating when we say this, but he was truly different. He had much more power and resilience than both cr7 and messi. But what ifs will always be looked down upon^^
@@gintuner4371 exactly right just ask all the players he played with and against, all the coaches he played under. They will all tell you he was most naturally gifted player to ever play the beautiful game. Huge fan of Messi and cr7 but r9 in his prime was just something else
@@broxy2007 i was talking about winning titles, like, ronaldo never could win a champions, bc his injuries happended. Comparing skills he was way better, i imagine how many more relevant he would be without injuries
The real Ronaldo or R9, truly the most outrageously gifted footballer EVER. If not for some devastating injuries there would be no question who the goat was. Like MJ, Barry Sanders and Gretzky, he was almost unbelievable.
He is so humbled and Loved everywhere. Opposition fans used to cheer for him. Opposition players aspired to be like him. He is the best my eyes have ever seen.
The real GOAT, injury gave others a chance to question his claim to the title. My GOAT.
My GOAT brother. Amen 🙏
hands down untouchable striker, no one was even close to how deadly he was
He was the best player of all time.
He had metabolism disease where with age he gained weight along with both of his knees being ruptured
He was the mentor for Ronaldinho whom in term was the mentor for Messi, almost every player that came after R9 were inspired by him, big names like cristiano/Ibrahimovic/Henry....etc they all idolized him
Even with the disabilities he was phenomenal.
he was a humble guy, rarely had a fight with anyone, played in rival teams still never get hated by anyone...❤️
yess
Fenomeno is his nickname, he was called the Phenom. He was the man in his prime no questions the best player in the world.
R9, the idol of your idols
btw his real name is Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (ronaldo nazario), but brazilians called him O Fenomeno meaning the phenomenon.
So his nicknames are: brazilian Ronaldo, Fat Ronaldo, R9 and Ronaldo Fenomeno.
Lol that’s hilarious, I remember calling him fat Ronaldo when he was at AC
Also add to nickname list: The real Ronaldo, and Only Ronaldo+
original ronaldo
They also called him 'the keepers nightmare "
The Real Ronaldo
Ronaldo was truly very composed on the field. As you observed correctly, the defenders fouled and tackled him quite harshly, but he never really got angry about it. In fact, you can see him chatting friendly with the defenders (and as I've heard, that was a 200 IQ-move, too, to distract them or find spaces). He made the life of defenders really harsh though. Cannavaro, one of Italy's biggest defenders probably put it best:
》More than anyone I faced before him, and anyone I faced after him, Ronaldo was always, always, the one player who stirred fear in me.
He is the player of our generation. The phenomenon. The Ronaldo.
The first time I played against Ronaldo was in a Brazil-Italy friendly in France before the 1998 World Cup. Even just walking onto the same pitch as him terrified me.
We drew that match 3-3, and afterward I had a meeting with our coach, Cesare Maldini.
“Fabio, you know, a lot of people talk about how incredible Ronaldo is, how he is a very, very good player.”
I just nodded as he continued.
“And I can say, after watching him play against you, that yes, Ronaldo, is very, very good.”
Classic Maldini.
“Thanks, Coach.”
Ronaldo was a player who you didn’t necessarily defend, but instead you hoped to limit and contain as much as you could. Because if Ronaldo wanted to score, he would score.
Of course, Brazil also had Romário, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldinho. But, Ronaldo? He was just … different.
He was fast. He was strong. He was unbelievable. And every time I played him there was always respect. A player like him didn’t need to trash talk, and there was no point in trying to get inside his head. He was already in yours before the whistle even blew.
I don’t think that the fear I had of him ever went away. But out of that fear came respect. And the way you respect a player like Ronaldo is to train, every day, as hard as you can. When I showed up to the pitch, I knew I put all the time I could. Was I scared? Sure. But you respect the game and the player by not letting it show on the field.
Through Ronaldo, I learned how to handle fear on the pitch.《
His attitude towards his teammates seems to have been great, too. There's a game which tells a lot : There was a young new Brazilian player named Pato when he was already very overweight and had busted his knees already twice at AC Milan; he basically spent a good chunk of Pato's first game trying to get Pato on the score sheet by passing the ball to him all the time. (There's also another story off the field; a player talked about how he completely busted his first game (scored an own goal, got red-carded) and how Ronaldo came to said player to check up on him and encourage him.
Also yes, he likely belongs to the fastest players ever, even overweight and with both knees busted one of his runs was timed at 36 km/h.
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For me, even better story, when Siniša Mihajlović played for Lazio, he once sad: Ronaldo started charging at us with the ball in his feet, and Nesta and me were all alone against him.
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Ronaldo❤
A testament to his greatness is that he's already one of the best and he is still known as a big 'what if?'
I can't forget the few games he played here in Japan
He is one of the legends, and i still imagine how better would he be if he hadnt suffered with his knees
He’s the unsung inspiration for a lot of today’s stars e.g Cristiano, Messi, Zlatan, Neymar etc.
He experienced career ending injuries, his knee literally exploded.
He broke his tendons in both knees and still so better than the majority of the forwards, its so crazy how good he was
twice. and still the best!
FANTASTIC!! R9 was out of this World.
R9 snapped both his patella tendons at 23. His tendons patella ended up on his thigh. This was the late 90s - they did somewhat experimental operations. It was far from clear that he would ever play again. He couldn't even bend his knee beyond about 50 degrees initially after the operation. He made it back after two years of rehab. In 2002, after going through that injury he went to the world cup with Brazil and was the top scorer in the tournament, scoring two in the final against Germany. Brazil lifted the trophy and R9 completed the greatest comeback in the history of football. He was only 70% of the player he previously was but that was still enough to make him the best striker in the world for a few more years.
The pre-injury Ronaldo is by far the best striker the world has ever seen. He was by far the fastest, the best finisher, built like a bull and was literally the most skilful player in the world. It just made no sense that one player could be so good on every metric - guys that size and power are rarely so technical - never mind the most technical in the world. I've watched football all my life, played in academies and professional reserve teams - when I watch R9 to this day he blows my mind - just an absolutely immense player - beyond anything we've ever seen.
YH so basically we were never blessed with his true prime because he was so explosive his knees simply couldn't handle it. If it wasn't for his knees he would have been the greatest footballer ever without argument and probably the greatest athlete ever I KID YOU NOT.
also with his weight and all that running when he came back his knees just couldn't do it
@@divyeshlal1360 he had a problem with his thyroid that was only discovered in Milan, it make very hard for him to keep the weight
To me peak R9 is better than both Messi and Christiano.
I totally agree
Footballer...100% yes. But best athlete ever? Not even close. Bo Jackson before injury.
Ronaldo's career is one of a kind. He was a physical monster in his early career and his peak of his career was when he was 20. He suffered one of the worst injuries in football history and he hasn't played football in 3 years, gained a lot of weight and doctors told him he probably would never play again. He then came back in 2002 after 3 years without playing and won Brazil the world cup with 8 goals in 7 games and scoring twice in the final against Germany. After that world cup he proven to the entire world that he's one of the best ever. Without his injuries he might as well be the goat. He scored over 200 goals by the time of his major injury, Ronaldo and Messi barely scored half when they where at his age. You definitely need to watch some mini documentaries about him. It's just the perfect football story
Ronaldo was amazing in the 2002 World Cup but saying he won them the cup is a little disingenuous. That was a stacked team, and anyone who really watched all the games will tell you that Rivaldo performed the best in that team
He really REALLY liked dribbling past keepers and became known for this and actually caused opposition keepers to play less aggressive against him, not charging out in 1on1's like keepers are supposed to do.
He's 183 cm/6'0 and in his prime he weighted around 85/90 kg (almost 200 lb).
His body wasn't the ideal but he was FAST and so explosive no one could handle him, even his own body. Unfortunately his career got cut incredibly short but even when he was clearly overweight he was making professional football players look like ameteurs
actually he is 183 cm
@@simo744d i misspoke, 6'0 is 183, it was right in my head but i wrote the wrong one
He was 185 in his prime. Not 200.
He was truly undefendable, and had so much strength and speed. If he hadn't been injured that much, he would have been considered unanimous GOAT, imo.
I can go into detail about R9, things you won't see on other videos. He was a freak.
His teammates at inter Milan nicknamed him el fenomeno. Pre injury Ronaldo was the greatest to ever play football. He was the Michael Jordan and Mike Tyson of football. A total genius whose career was effectively over at 23 due to terrible knee injuries. He did of course recover and have a good career but the injuries leave many asking just what could he have been if he wasn't so unfortunate. The GOAT for me
You just witnessed the best football player ever.......... by far!
Best of the best.No one better than him.
In Ronaldo's day football was a contact sport, so he was fouled - kicked, pushed, shirt pulled. He had pace, power, resilience & skill; the complete player. The most important thing he brought to a team is that he could make something out of nothing. You give the ball to him in a situation where nothing is happening and he would do something on his own and get you a goal without the need for the rest of his team to contribute and when the opposition were in ascendency (in football we call this 'against the run of play'), that is a very unique quality, the ability to turn the match on it's head, when his team were 'backs against the wall time' he pulled it out of a hat, it's not easy to make hay when the sun's not shining. That's what made him one of the best ever...
If i remember correctly he injured himself when he's about 23-24. And out of the game for about 2 years or so. Just to be back with a BANG by winning World Cup in 2002 against the best goalkeeper in that era Oliver Kahn in the final
Talento straordinario , unico e irripetibile! R9 in cima all' Olimpo del Calcio!!
I still dun see anyone better than he was. He put fear in the opposition before the game even began.
He was never cocky! A masterful striker/ goal scorer
People that really know football say he could have been the best ever if he had more time. The injuries ruined those possibilities. But hes still very much a legend of the sport even if he didnt get to do it for as long as say a Messi or Cristiano
When I was a kid (late 90s) Ronaldo was known as the best player in the world. His speed, ball control and dribbling was just next level. He had a great career playing for teams like Barcelona, Internazionale and Real Madrid. Unfortunately he always had a lot of problems with injuries, he was always very injury prone. So his career could have been even more amazing if only he had been healthier. Regardless, he remains as one of the most legendary strikers ever. I strongly recommend that you watch and react to the video called "Exactly How Good Was Ronaldo Nazario?" by the UA-camr Raymar, it gives you more understanding of Ronaldo and why he is so respected and loved.
Ronaldo is considered by most people the player with the most talent in history, the most unstoppable one, as u can clearly see in the video, his unique ability plus the insane speed, he was the player that shocked the world the most. The problem was that he suffered 2 serious injuries, shown in the video, that affected his career a lot, if it was not for that, he would be considered the best ever, by a large margin.
The fact that he is still considered the best ever after his 2 injuries by a lot of people just shows u his alien potential.
He is also the greatest idol of a lot of players, like Cristiano and Zlatan.
Everyone seems to comment about Ronaldo's weight. The man had Hypothyroidism . Even then, he was still phenomenal. I am truly blessed to have seen him play during my lifetime. Thank you Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, you have brought joy to me and so many others 👍
R9 is the only player who can visit Camp Nou and Bernabeu and he will be applauded in both of them!
That’s the real goat …. After the knee injuries , just the best 9
He was the most humble player. Fastest ever with the ball. All greats have different attributes, while he had everything combined. His horrific knee injuries stopped his career, but there is no one better the him in his prime years. One interesting fact, he scored 88 goals after going through the goalkeeper in his professional career. No one comes close.
YOU MUST REACT TO : R9 vs R10 skills battle (ronaldo vs ronaldinho)
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The greatest, no arguments.
Messi? Cristian? Ronaldinho? Elite of elite. Ronaldo? he was in a different dimension, the best ever. The Phenom.
Never cocky,never arrogant.always humble and enjoying the game.yes..you discovered most complete player untill today..like an experiment
His full name is Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima but when he played for Inter in italy he got the nickname Fenomeno witch translates into :The Phenom. He was so good that defenders tried to hurt him, break him constanty. So he had alot of injuries during his career. Also being a robust guy that went on a side to Side full speed attack, it was really easy for a defender to break his legs with just a minimal intervention.they literally used to Hunt him down!
He suffered knee ruptures in both knees, his right knee in particular (trying not to cry) ruptured in a serie A italian league game, kept him out for about 9 months, then he came back in the coppa italia final and it exploded right away again , the video is on youtube by the way. he was the best player in the world by 21, led brazil to the 1998 world cup final but someone ended up drugging him and brazil lost. after the injuries he came back in the 2002 WC and redeemed both himself and brazil but he was never the same after the injuries. craziest part is that he was still one of the players with the bummy knees but without the injuries he would have been the indisputable GOAT. so sad
my name is literally after this guy thats how much my dad liked him
Phenomeno had toto be injured because the universes conspired because he was already breaking the game and the physics of law. His knees couldn’t keep up with his extraterrestrial movements.
the Michael Jordan of soccer in the 90s
Ronaldo started it all...he is the one why messi, ronaldo en ronaldinho are so good nowadays! He made the path!
messi actually said that he wanted to be a player like ronaldo, right? I remember hearing an interview like that. But yea, ronaldo was honestly the most prolific striker of his generation, and we never truly saw his full potential. Severe knee knjuries took him out of competition for a long time, its like his body couldnt handle his genius or smthn, plus at some point he developed thyroid issues too which had him gaining more and more weight, so he eventually just retired. Nothing less than tragic to be honest, but Im happy a player like him existed.
R9 is football. Zidane a God of football feels R9 is the best player ever. In short what R9 can do on a pitch one can't even do on a video game. It's not just creativity, determination and fighting adversity. He was just simply the best complete forward in the game. Blessed to have been able to watch him play. I will die happy for this one day. Watch closely, and I think you caught this in your reaction but didn't speak of it... He slows down after he beats the last opponents before he taps it in the net. It's the true Brazilian style don't just beat em, let them know they never had a chance.
in my world ZZ10 is gravity , R9 the once a life time phenomenon happened, R10 the Sun, LM10 the moon, R7 the shooting star, Q7 the storm, JPR10 the ocean, R11 the waves, R11/10 the mountain, Bb7 the River , GH10 the Volcano, CT1 the forest....
Only one thing you need to know. The goat 🐐!
In fact, he is only football player we call him 'Alien' in the every Asia newspaper because of how phenomenal he plays
Thanks for your good reaction videos. Congratz, you have found the most talented footballer of all time. You noticed very well that he was allround, he is the only player who could do everything. Sadly you did watch him fall to the ground. That was one of his 2 major injury's in a row whitch destroyed him. But he could still run 21.13MPH whitch is insane because at 100% he was much faster than that. (They called him fat and slow.) So at 100% he was clearly much faster than any other player and on short distance (Both start and top speed.) he was almost as fast as Usain Bolt. But like i said before, he could do anything. And even when he came back in 2002 after almost 2 years out of football he was at 65% still the best. (In the WorldCup where legends like Ronaldinho and Zidane who where at 100%.) He is the idol of both Ibrahimovic and Ronaldinho. And everyone from his era says he is the most talented player of all time. The video you did watch did not show much, here you have a video that show some of his skills: ua-cam.com/video/Zo8BGUldEIc/v-deo.html
Ronaldo is the idol of Cristiano Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic, Messi, Haaland, Benzema, Luis Suarez and every kid in 90s and 00s in every continent. If you a yellow shirt with a number 9 you will see that everyone knows him.
The "phenomenon" nickname (fenomeno in portuguese) i think dates back to when he used to play in Italy. One comentator was describing one of Ronaldo's highlights during the match and called him phenomenom because just a like hurricane, a volcano eruption, a storm, a tsunami or any force of nature, he was unstoppable. In 2002 he had already been elected the best player of the world three times and went through 8 serious knee surgeries, but still scored 8 times at the World Cup (twice in the final when Brazil defeat Germany 2-0). He is a legend, the best striker ever (to many). Nice react, football is amazing!
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He was hands down, the most talented player EVER. A lot of people (including Messi) have set him as the most amazing player they ever saw....truly a shame what happened to his knees. He also had a pituitary gland problem (hyperthyroidism), which made him gain weight super quick, thats why in many clips you see he was overweighted. It was a player with the dribbling skills of Messi-Maradona-Pelé and the strenght of Cristiano Ronaldo. Speed, power and precision. Late 90s Ronaldo was the craziest thing ever to me, alongside 2012 Messi
Before the knees gave out. He was a God among men and everyone that knew, agreed.
Before Messi, every legend talked about Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima( Ronaldo il fenómeno), like they were children.
Plus. He never ever said he was better than anyone.
Best forward ever is the history of football.
He was so good he tore ligaments in his knee, his knee cap actually exploded during a game. And still came back from that to win the fifa world player of the year a couple years later...
Even when he was "fat" he was still one of the best strikers in the world.
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima is considered the best striker and one of the best footballer and the most complete footballer to ever grace the field of football. At just age of 21 he received the 1997 Ballon d'Or, and he remains the youngest recipient of the award. He has won 2 FIFA world cups and finished 2nd in one occasion with his national team of Brazil, which is the most prestigious award to exist in football. Unfortunately his career was cut short due to several knee injuries and other health issues. The title "Fenômeno"was given to him as he is widely considered as one of goats.
He got hurt badly in 1999/2000. A severe knee injury, which made many think that he was not going to be able to walk. He was not only able to walk, but he came back to the pitches, and scored 8 goals in the 2002 World Cup, leading Brazil to its 5th title. In 2006 he scored his 15th World Cup goal, a record only broken by Miroslav Klose in 2014. Ronaldo is an idol of many players such as Ibrahimovic, Rooney, Messi and others. According to Zinedine Zidane he was the best that he has played with. A true legend!
You are watching poetry in motion
Fun fact: He got discovered by a Dutch scout from PSV and with PSV he got his name forever stamped on football. The Dutch knew that Ronaldo could become something we have never seen and he perfected it at Barça and other huge clubs like Real, Inter, AC Milan and became a monster of a player. Still sad about his early career ending.
Eh...Romario recommended him to PSV as that was the team he first played for I Eurppe. Get it right lol
He is Mike Tyson of Football...
Ronaldo was unstoppable,so difficult to get him off the ball ,only by fouling him.
He had power,speed,technique ,soft touch,and lots of ball control.
My favorite player of all time😉
You want to know what happened, I'll tell you. He f*ukd up both knees and came back to to win the 2002 World cup!
At his peak he had one of the worst injuries any player ever had… after 2 painful years he came back to win the world cup and the best player of the year award. What a legend!
Original ronaldo..💪 If he had not faced injury problems we would not be able to imagine the level he is in today....best player of all time. a legend... "phenomenon"💪
To me he’s the greatest ever
In the mid 90's he was in football world the next big thing, which is true because before most football strikers and goalscorers were classical they either score from, passes, through passes, crosses and strikers were playing a physical game which is about dominance, and Ronaldo was high technical and skillfull player with great agility and great muscle memory means altough if he was a bit fat he was cappable of dash dribble and feint with his body at high closed areas where the opposite team players and especially defenders gather, that is something impossible and still no player today can be fat and very agile and that's where the phenomenal status comes from. appart from the fact that he reached 100 goals before turning 20 and scoring against most nations of the world with yellow and green shirt, every true football fan feel sad for his story with injuries, if it wasn't for injuries he would totally dominate the greatest players of all-time technically and statistically.
His talent and inspiration still lives till this day and will for the next hundred years.
Ronaldo R9 the best ever
This guy was just insane, seriously...
Had he not had several nasty knee injuries during his career, he'd ve been the goat for sure.
Before his knee injuries from 97-2000 R9 running at defenders was the most awe inspiring sight football has ever seen & arguably in all of sport. That he adapted his game & was still as lethal a goal scorer post injury & thyroid problems is further testament to his greatness. If only mercurial Brazilians were also good professionals.
Fenomeno is his nickname, which means Phenom. About the the moment his in pain yelling, thats because he suffered TWO nasty knee injuries, and still made back from both of them, for me Ronaldo Fenomeno is the best player i saw play, in my generations at least, Cristiano is amazing, Messi is amazing but nothing beats the Fenomemo
FINALLYYY U REACT TO OG RONALDOOO. Thanks so much for this coach ur the best. I'm watching this vid rn already getting amazing. Ur reaction over this makes it 10 times more worthwhile everytime.
OG RONALDO RULES!
The real GOAT
Ronaldo is the guy that can beat the aliens
Ronaldo was very humble. He injured his knee, didn't play for a couple of years, came back for the World Cup in '02 and was the leading scorer of the tournament and Brazil became the world champion. Thats a true story!
React to R9 Vs R10 Skills battle.... EPIC!!!
Il Phenomeno. Perhaps the most complete center ever. Not only lightning fast and insanely skillful, but also creally clever and his placement is top notch. Really unlucky with severe knee injuries though. And a much better passer and teamplayer than people says. Everyone was scared of him. Unplayable at his peak. And one of the most exciting player i have ever seen. To see him in full sprint with the ball glued to his feets and change direction on a dime is just "Gaahhh"
Here is a short snippet of the french national team speaking about Ronaldo before the world cup final 1998. France won the final (Ronaldo was out because of sickness) ua-cam.com/video/EUaDKtMawww/v-deo.html
Keep it up!
Fun fact, after he came back from his knee injury for the 2002 World Cup, he was boasting that dreadful (now iconic) hairstyle as a distraction to keep media less focused on questioning his physical capabilities, injuries and such. Apparently it worked, seeing the results
@@Capimm yeah! That haircut still haunts me..😀
So what you need to know about him is first, he is the original Ronaldo, and he had two major carreer ending injuries, like, for real. The first time no one with similar injuries had ever recovered in a Professional level, doctors said he would never even walk right again. He locked himself up in a fisioterapy facility and worked on his knee 24/7. One year and a half later, without playing, he was called for the national team to play The World Cup, no one believed in him, but against EVERYONE he was the MVP of the season, won the World Cup, Ballon D'or, most scores in the competition and etc.
The second injury wasnt as bad, but, he was older and overweight, but he came back again and won some stuff.
He is often called the best forward in history and might had been the best overall if it wasnt for his injuries. Maradona and Pele themselves said so. He was Ronaldinhos mentor, defined a generation of footballers. He is Zlatans biggest hero, also Messis. Outside of the field he was an example for kids and always gave everyone attention.
In Brasil he is only behind Pelé, even with them injuries. A true example of a comeback.
One curiosity about R9, is that in the final stages of his carreer he got really fat, so he obviously didnt have the explosion of speed he had before, but he still was a regular on his team (Corinthians) just because hes so smart when it comes to positioning and timing, since he didnt have the speed he needed to make due with his conditioning, he touched the ball a lot less but he was REALLY efficient, like, only touched in the ball about 2 or 3 times in one attack, and was enough for him to avoid a defender and make a goal, or avoid a defender and make an assist for a teammate. Even overweight, two or three ball touches, that was all Ronaldo needed to be a regular in one of the best clubs in the Brazillian A League, he was THAT good
The best striker ever . He was playing with no legs .
He blew out his knee twice! This man came back both times!
My fav soccer players of all time. He was plagued from knee injuries. Both from players that would foul him after him passing them and his movement on the field. Also he might've had an illness that restricted him from playing don't remember really but one of the greatest for sure.
Wasnt it thyroid problems or something like that?
He got hypothyroidism.
if you want to react to another freak of nature you should react to Roberto Carlos. He was a defender but he was known for having a shotgun in his left leg.
you mean a canon. people literally used to jump out of his way on free kicks.
This guy, Is a pure pure pure athlete ... oh yea pure
What Ronaldo is doing is brazilian art🙏🏻🔥 Aint many fotballers who can do what the brazilian old schoolers can. 💪🏻💪🏻 and yes they are humble. They play for the love of the game❤️❤️
Growing up watching him, i still thinking that he’s the best in the world, just imagine he didn’t get nasty knee injury, i will always look him above messi and cristiano ronaldo
He was a combination of messi dribbling, ronaldos shooting power, ronaldhinos skills, and mbappes speed, a true legend of the game
A football God retired by injures
Only one thing needed to know. He is the best striker ever played on this planet. Best dribbler also.
They called hem The Martian. 👍
Ah you finally commented to in what my opinion, is the greatest player of the sport ever, he played for Brazil in the same team as Ronaldinho. Imagine going up against those 2 on the same team. Unfortunately he was plagued with horrible knee injuries, his first injury they thought his career was over but he did make a successful comeback. It did shorten his career in the end.
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Imagine R9 playing right now with all the social media advantages!!! That will amplify his greatness to such a level, it would have been ridiculous.
He was the keepers nightmare, always with two to three guys on him, apparently he ran faster with the ball on his feet, he was so good as you see that he liked to take it all the way to the goalie make them look bad and score, his knee was messed up twice since the defenders needed to take the ball away they'll just tackle him, the second time was because he didn't heal properly