Rafael Leão is Portugal & AC Milan’s Future: “He was better than Ronaldo was back then!”
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- Who is Rafael Leão? After a stunning 2021-22 campaign with AC Milan in which Rafael Leão was the Serie A MVP, things are finally picking up for the young man from Bairro da Jamaica, an impoverished neighbourhood near Lisbon, Portugal. After passing through the Sporting academy, flourishing in France and explosding for AC Milan, Rafael Leão looks to be the future for Portugal.
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Intro: 00:00
Bairro da Jamaica (Early Life): 01:36
Lille to Milan: 07:09
Seleção & Strengths: 09:30
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My friends, the quote from the title: "he WAS better than Ronaldo WAS back then." Past tense, as it was what his youth coach at the Sporting academy said as explained in the video. Nobody is trying to say he IS better than Ronaldo or will be better, that would be insane.
Lol I was going to say, cuz even a current Ronaldo had more goals and assists in his Juve days
I was about to comment 😅😂u know
Leão is a glorious dribbly boy
We love that.
Hol up 🚨 🚨
Shout out to tifo football ;)
This chanell wil make video about leao become flopp later mark my word 😂
This young Milan team is going to be scary good in like 2 years.
That's if we are able to keep our players. Leao is already being enticed to leave to Premier league teams like Man Utd and Chelsea.
@@micahkiyimba8641 Leao and his family don't want to leave, that's why they are getting rid of Jorge Mendes. They didn't like being used by Mendes to try and get CR7 to Milan. Milan is going to be a monster team.
@@ZoogaZig Bennacer will, though. At least he will if the board continue to lowball him.
Honestly I hope Ac Milan do, they’re at the point where they can keep what they have and build on it to finally become one of the best teams in Europe again like a club their size should be, or slowly allow their team to be picked apart and accept that they’re no longer one of the biggest clubs in the world
Zlatan is never going to age. Is he?
Now because Jota is injured, he will get much more playing time during the World Cup. Can't wait to see him ballin'. And of course wishing a speedy recovery to Jota.
"Ballin'" and "Fernando Santos" don't mix. But the good news is that he might be a couple of bad games away from being let go.
@@phahq sadly, true. But I am hoping for the best 😚
@@phahq Portuguese people be coping, seething, malding even. I just want us to actually attack for once ;-;
Leao can be an absolute monster when he is determinated to win, on the last derby between Milan and Inter where Inter scored first by a goal made by Brozovic and they mocked the Milan supporters by celebrating in front of them and Pioli as well, Leao took matters in his hands and scored 2 goals and 1 assist in the game.
So yeah, he can basically trigger his Super Portuguese mode if he is serious. The only thing he is lacking is that winner mentality that CR7 and Zlatan has, maybe he will develop it later on.
He is realy talented the only thing ive noticed when watching him (ac milan vs chelsea) both legs. After he has done a dribble or a run gets dispossesed he will walks back to his position or he'll stand offside for a min before walking back into position. Similar to a young hazard before it got drilled into him
Tldr: needs to be motivated to run back or up his workrate.
We lost to Spain recently because of it.
Very true. I think if he fixes that he can be the best in the world
@@cacho100uva You lost to Spain because Ronaldo could not hit the broad side of the barn
@@footballhipstertv He does it when he wants to. At AC Milan, the fans don't really care about that because the good things he does FAR outweigh any weakness
That is a tactical approach by Pioli. When he stats up it means opposition cannot attack with many players and has to hold a low line. Because if they don't...
The problem with Leão is his work rate. If the ball comes to him he is going to be lethal but if it doesn't he will disappear from the game as he often does for long periods of time and that's unreliable. He has the potential to be a ballor d'or caliber player but he still has a lot to improve. Let's see what happens in the next years, I'm praying for him since I'm portuguese 😂
João Felix should be our big big name on the world stage. But he is proof, that if you make the wrong decision in your carreer it can cost you very dearly. Rafael Leão playing with his back to the goal in a 550 at Atleti wouldn't be the Leão we know today. I pray Felix makes a move this year....and the RIGHT move.
Heaven forbid a forward who isn't a pure striker learns how to spring a counter attack and run a little bit
@@jonl8816 Lol you clearly don't see much of Atleti's counters. Not even that is easy for them. It's not like the other forwards are much better than him either.
yup 100% the same thing happened to Renato Sanches, dude was going to be the next big thing then went to Bayern which was entirely the wrong move and it stunted his growth. Luckily he's on PSG and getting back in form so I still have big hopes for him but Felix needs to leave Atletico NOW! I think he would have great success in England.
I love Adrian’s pronunciation of his name 😍😂
Lion? That's the English translation. Definitely a dope last name to have
Leao will now definetly start for us since Jota has injured himelf. Leao, ronaldo and Otavio is a serious front 3 (bernardo playing in midfield), one of the best in the tournament, it just sucks our attacking depth has suffered cuz of Jotas injury. Even with our recent form, i still believe we can win it!!
Or play André Silva and just don't play Ronaldo... Also Gonçalo Ramos and Ricardo Horta might have something to say about that Otávio pick
@@martimferreira3433 I mean Ronaldo isnt in good form rn but he will 1000% start at the world cup. People need to understand hes unhappy at the club, no UCL so even less motivation, and they play a way that doesnt suit him (kinda like messi at PSG last year), im sure he will be very different at the world cup. Ramos and Horta are great players but Otavio has been consistently better than the both of them, is rn Portos best player and has already played well for the national team. Ramos is a ST too, he doesnt rlly play RW, at least i havent seen him.
Unfortunately Fernando Santos will build his team around an out of form Ronaldo with 2 holding midfielders and waste another opportunity at a major competition.
Leao plays trash with the national team and it's not Ronaldo fault.
@@XfotisRonaldo I didn't say it was. I just said Ronaldo is out of form at the moment but yet Fernando Santos will build a defensive team around him. It's Fernando Santos fault.
@@XfotisRonaldo you really just jumped to write this nonesense of a coment without understanding his commentary? Give me break and leave your clear Ronaldo bias aside.
Seeing how Ibra took younger players like Leao under his wing gave me a hope for Ronaldo but I underestimated how big his ego was. Guy would rather the team loses but he plays than they win without him 😂
@@antoniobrandao7139 yup our biggest weakness to the national team is Fernando Santos that man needed to be fired 2 tournaments ago, after the poor showing at the last world cup he needed to go and yet he's still here destroying the national team. it's absolutely mind boggling no coach in history gets as many chances as he does and he's abotu to ruin an entire generation of talent in their prime.
I greatly appreciate these types of videos from you Adrian, and always getting another input from elsewhere greatly enhances the discussion
Great Video! Keep up the good work!
Let's hope he renews
I hope he signs for City
I'm really happy that Leão has developed so well as an inside forward for Milan. Tbh I wasn't the biggest fan of him whilst he played for Portugal's youth ranks. I remember specifically 2019's U-20 World Cup where Portugal massively underperformed (the generation of Diogo Costa, Dalot, Florentino, Jota, Trincão etc... that went out in the group stage) and I found him to be disinterested to be there. It was clear that he had the talent, but he clearly lacked the work rate back then. I hope he has a career defining 2022 WC, not very confident about our chances under Santos tho
Let's hope Santos wakes up,
Leão deserves to start every WC match
Great video
Unless he changes fundamentally, Leão will never be as good as Ronaldo. (At this point at least) He lacks the mentality, the drive and hunger for victory that Ronaldo has, which are at the core of Ronaldo's success.
If you analyze closely they are similar, they beat their opponents through sheer power, with their acceleration, speed and strength. Ronaldo was showy and probably less technically gifted than Leão, Leão seems a tad more pragmatic in his dribbling than Ronaldo but they mostly get by their opponents because of their physical prowess and so, what will truly differentiate the two, is their discipline, their focus and determination. And we can see almost every single game that Leão is miles and miles behind Ronaldo in that factor.
Leao reminds me of Ronaldinho. He enjoys dribbling more than anything else. And he's not hungry for goals.
So you are right. They are similar in everything except mentality
Yeah I feel it's a Bit of an unfair comparison he could never hit Ronaldo's level and still light the football world on fire
Love your shirt, Adrian!
Great video. Really hope he turns out to be one of the best. It’s so enjoyable watching him play
wingers tend to be on the smaller side, this kid Is huge
Lisandro Martinez is a Centre-back 🤷🏿♂️
@@opinionatortv6457 AND he Is fucking good
@@nowayjose2082 amen
Lower centre of Gravity is needed to get around players.. helps with the balance.
But Leao is huge and he's gained muscle at Milan and is unstoppable 1 vs 1 because all he has to do is knock the ball around his man and then boom, he's gone.
@@micahkiyimba8641 exactly mate, Salah AND Messi aré probably the Best examples. They aré both 5'7 but strong as a bull.
What a big goal from him against Ganna I can definitely sees gonna be a big part of Portugal getting to the final of the world cup. If only Santos plays him more often. Forca Portugal
I started watching from ac milan vs inter 2020 October
Leao crazy talent dribbles at ease hope stays at ac milan ibrahimovic transformed Milan into title winning team last season
Good one adrian
With Jota out injured my only hope for the WC is on bernardo and leao
Cristiano has been carrying us for last 10-12 years
We should build a team not just a bunch of individuals with a star man upfront
I would HOPE they can convince Rafa to come back to the national team cause that man is playing incredible futbol at the moment and would be such a waste for him not to be there. But even with Felix situation I would put him behind ronaldo with bernardo and leao on the sides. then have Sanches, Vitnha and Fernandes in the midfield with Palinha as DM with our solid defence being Cancelo, Dias, Antonio and Mendes and we still got so many other options in defence with Dalot and Rui and Pepe if need be.
midfield wise we have so much talent, losing Jota sucks though but I think Leao is in better form anyway at the moment even if Jota wasn't hurt. Rafa is the big one he's a good wild card to have on the team.
Nice to see Aldous Snow make an appearance on RabonaTV! 🙌🙌
It's great that you were able to have Johnny Depp on as a guest! 😂😂
Make a video on Joao Felix, Por favour
Hope he renews with Milan
Needs to improve his pressing and movement inside the area. Always looks to receive the ball on the feet, never in behind. Once he improves on that, he can become a Ballon D'or contender
Honestly, right now, the Portuguese national team is a talent killer. Bernardo, Cancelo, B Fernandes, Leão etc. I can only think of 2 players that have more or less the same performance both in their clubs and in the national team: Jota who is out of this WC and N Mendes. Also Ronaldo's time is up and F Santos should've been sacked months ago... Things do not look good for us.
correction Santos needed to be sacked YEARS ago!
Leão-Ball instead of Jota-Ball at the World Cup?
I will love it and I think I deserve.
finally some respect
Hopefully Santos gives Leao the freedom he needs to do what he does best.
Santos isn't like that. Defensive solidity is what he prioritises and it's served him well so far
@@micahkiyimba8641 hasn't served him well at all, portugal besides winning the euro cup have completely under performed at the last world cup and the last euro cup it was emabrresing how badly we did and we are about to play like shit again cause of his garbage tactics.
Please Rabona tv are you Canadian with Portuguese descent or Italian descent ?😁
Portuguese descent, but Italian in-laws.
@@RabonaTV ohk cool
I would take him in the blink of an eye at the Emirates....... all day long. He'd cost a lot but his contract situation at AC Milan is at a standstill due to polar opposite opinions, this could be exploited.
Having Big Zlat as a mentor obviously helped him a lot so he's had a great education at AC Milan.
Rafael Leao is exactly the kind of LW that Barcelona have been lacking since Neymar. Ansu Fati still has a great potential, but we still need a second promising and energetic NATURAL left winger to have the position covered properly. I don’t want to see Dembele, Raphinha or even Torres at LW when clearly it isn’t their strongest side. Any player like Leao would be appreciated if he ends up being super expensive. Just some random thoughts as a Cùler and football fan. Love this player since his Lille days
You won’t get it because Barca as of now is on the brink of financial disaster my friend.
@@heintay1312 never say never
What an absolute delight of a player to watch, hope to see him in the prem tearing it up soon!
he was not exactly forgotten in sporting. with jesus he still played a few games and actually scored a goal against porto in porto stadium. i think he would e a major part of sporting in the next season. that invasion was traumatic for a lot of people over there, including for jesus that went to saudi arabia because he wanted money and he wanted to just get away from there. i do believe it was more due to the violence that occured than exactly by him not being used in the pitch - jesus told really good words about him at the press conference after that porto match.
what i like the most about him is that he just loves playing football. he seems to play in san siro like he was playing in jamaica neighbourhood with his friends, there is no pressure for him. for him football is fun, is joy so he doesnt care about anything elses besides having fun in the pitch. thats not someting we can see on a lot of football players now a days. he has some street football magic with him.
It would be nice if he stay at milan. but I don't think so he will stay at Milan. Forza milan
Does Marino also have a TH-cam channel?
Criminal to not mention Beto's exclusion from the national team, as his current form for Udinese can change the course of Portugal's attack alongside Leao.
Well that's the thing, this is Santos we're talking about so the chances of him bringing Beto after not calling him a single time before are slim. Who knows, maybe with the injuries now he will, but it would shock me if Santos played him. `
Although I am a Benfica fan I would prefer Leao remain with Sporting in Portugal. I remember that the greatest player of all time -- Pele -- remained at home with Santos instead of going for the money.
lol
Portugal needs Renato Sanchez back in that midfield.
Absolutely. It's a shame he is not playing for PSG, because he was our best player last tournament. Because of this I'm positive Santos won't use him though. Then again, we were never gonna do much in the world cup, so I don't care.
@@jeanlundi2141 yes he was very good for the past few tournaments in that midfield position.
Needs to up his work rate, even when he came on as sub in Portugal-Spain he pressed less than a 37-year-old Ronaldo who had been playing since the start of the match and missed preseason.
Spain's goal comes from a Carvajal run forward and cross that Leao doesn't track.
Frankly, I don't think his potential is as high as a lot of people want to make it out to be. He's not that great technically and relies too heavily on his physical abilities, certain to get exposed against better opposition.
Agree with you about work rate! I think his potential is quite high, as plenty of his opponents and managers have spoken about his ridiculous ability (Zlatan, Allegri, Reece James said he was the hardest opponent he's played against, etc.). And better opposition? Is Serie A not a good league? It's one of the best in the world!😅
Wow weird, first the video was totally silent, but it seems to be resolved after restarting the video. :-)
For all of his quality he has an attitude problem inside the pitch I feel like he doesn't play for the team especially in big games if he gets a good coach it's over for everyone
As a Milan fan, the problem is actually the opposite. Leao is not selfish enough. We feel like he can actually do whatever he wants but he doesn't.
❤
Now we need to can Santos
I love watching videos about football success stories, but I can't help but think about all the people who didn't make it.
Why should they continue to live in poverty when they also gave everything they had for the game?
I hope one day we all come together and say enough is enough.
European clubs shouldn't monopolize all the wealth of football, especially when they source their talent from poor places with little to no represention at the top of the game.
Vini or Leao? I’m bias so I pick Vini lol
Santos will probably play him as a nr9.
Is Adrian Portuguese? My man is pronouncing these names with sauce
Yes. Portuguese-Canadian
He is but the pronunciation isn’t right. It’s better than most people but he could work on it. I’d say he’s about 50% there
Yes my parents are Portuguese but I grew up speaking English so my pronunciation is pretty shit.
SiU!!!!!
Ronaldo is out of form, Jota MAYBE out for the World Cup, Bruno is not looking great, Pepe.....gone.., Ruben Diaz and Cancelo recently looks shaky at the back and the head coach does not look to be doing anything to try and make the team work both Attack-wise and defensively. TBH overall Portugal does not look great this World Cup.
I was hoping he would go to real, however now they're pretty much solidified with Vinny and rodrygo so unless he wants to be a center forward he can't fit anymore
why is it called Jamaica
I was wondering that as well since I couldn't figure out the origin of the name despite spending plenty time trying. A bit beyond my researching skills I guess. Perhaps someone else will know.
i assume it originally had a large influx of immigrants from the caribbean, and maybe they classified the immigrants as mostly jamaican
Why has Rafa retired?
He hasn't said why.
@@RabonaTV okay thank you. Shame though.
Leao is incredible! He NEEDS to be starting for Portugal and Fernando Santos needs to LEAVE immediately!
There are around 128000 pro footballers in the world. If he becomes Ronaldo or Messi level then he isn't top 1% but top 0.000001%
Serie A fans, is he better than Kvaratskhelia?
10:24 "on the left wing he's quite literally unstoppable" 🤣
Reece James likes to differ. He still has him in his pocket 😂😂
That game doesn't count. The entire Milan team fell asleep.
I figure he'd end up like neymar, so much talent and potential but not GOAT level
"He was better than Ronaldo was back then" - no, dont be silly.
This statement was made by sporting coaches. Ronaldo reached peak in 2008 and maintained it for more than a decade which is what made him special. For 4 years at man u he was still finding his peak so try understand the context. Messi was better than Ronaldo at 19 age for age where he won his first Ballon d'Or
No Maldini, no progres
He was not better than Ronaldo back then 🤣
That's what coaches in Sporting's academy said, as mentioned in the video. Obviously, their trajectories haven't been the same since.
didn't Ronaldo win the ballon dor at 23
Yes. It was the Sporting Academy coaches that said he was better than Ronaldo back then, as in, when he was in the academy (U16s). Explained in the video.😉
Nonsense better than Ronaldo. Ronaldo had a Ballon dor and had a season with 42 goals in the toughest league at his age
The video explains this: this is what his youth coach said at the U16s level.
Fernando Santos is so stubborn that he wont play the best players, always playing favourites. I just want this bullshit WC to end so I can keep watching Benfica, don't even care for our Seleção
Ronaldo not playing its really bad for the world cup because he would not be fit thats even worse than having 38 years old
we need to free João Félix from athelico Madrid. who ever sold him there should be jailed the boy is getting damaged by that ant football they are playing.
You haram football that ATM are playing....you're right tho
Taliban football
@@michaeluzoho5838 Are you related to Francis Uzoho by any chance?
@@opinionatortv6457 No haha....the first time I saw his name I was wondering if I knew someone in my family with the same name, but nah we're not. He's a good keeper tho.
Only armchair football analysts think Atletíco play anti-football
Bro, CR7 won the ballon dor' at age 23, champions league, premier league, fa cup and more. We get that Rafael is good. Bt CR7 at his age, was a monster. So stfu.
This guy is a *Pro messi guy* , he calls himself Portuguese descent , but he supports messi more than Ronaldo , u can't just see his old vids where he OPENLY tells he doesn't like CR7 personality 🤡🤡 Also he's a Benfica fan , so he's bound to hate a SPORTING player i.e ronaldo 🤡🤡🤡
He's massively over rated, he's not fit to lace CR7's laces
Ah yes, the snake
No he is not any way near Cristiano
The longer his hair gets the betrer he becomes
overhyped young players...ugh...
Terrible attitude and work ethic. He will never be at the top unfortunetly
At the age of 23 ,Leao is ‘Predicted’ to be a great player .
At the age of 23, CR7 scored his first hat trick
At the age of 23, Messi was on his way to get his 3rd Ballon d’Or
This shows you the difference between GOAT MESSI and all other players💁♂️🐐✨
Messi keeps every other player in the history of Football in his pocket .
There is no comparison
At 35, Ronaldo scored 30 league goals. At 35, messi scored 6 league goals in a farmers league...
Leao is head and shoulders better than Mbappe
No doubt he will leave for a big club next season
Definitely not better than Ronaldo now way Jose. At that age ppl knew that CR7 was going to be one of the greats Leao is going to be a hit or miss
Just passing on what the coach said back then when he was in the U16s. It's obvious that due to his lack of focus on training, it didn't stay that way for long, but there was something there.
Mark my word you will make video about leao become flopp.