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Love your views Also, although probably not exactly on the same level as Messi & Ronaldo, if you want to see another very different but great player you should also really look up Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Hello Sogal! I sae that you just uploaded so I thought you'd see this: are you planning to do more "over simplified" or "map men"? I'll love to see! If you still like the idea, from oversimplified I recommend "the russian revolution" PT. 1 & 2, although they a lot of good ones, and for "map men"... Any of them. I didn't know that kind humor could be done that we'll. Thanks in advance!
I'm a Barca fan and I'm sad that Ronaldo left real and now even Ramos I really hated Ramos too but that's mainly coz he was really good at what he did although he had a lot of dirty plays
@@knightheaven8992 yeah me too. I want real Madrid to have one of the best squads in the world. Just not a squad as good as Barca tho😂😂 el classico would just not be good if both sides weren't equally good. I'm sad about how real Madrid has treated some of the many legends the club has had. I mean I did "hate" them everytime they were playing against Barca and I did troll them too. But at the end of the day they are still some of the best players the world has ever seen and I'm happy to have seen them play as rivals to my favourite club and I have huge respect for each and everyone of them. Some of my favourite players of all time like Casillas, Kaka and Ozil have played for real Madrid too I even consider Ronaldo among my favourites. I've even rooted for Ramos every single time he's played for Spain😂. And as much as I troll Ronaldo and call him penaldo and what not he is one of the greatest players ever and whenever he is playing in any tournament without Barca and Messi in it I will support whatever team he's on especially now since he could retire soon.
@@adamnabeeh3902 Me as a Madridista I feel bad for both clubs situation. And now knowing that Messi can't sign for Barca because of economic issues, el Clasico will never be the same...
This girl understood the difference between Messi and Ronaldo in 2 videos. This is a good lesson for Messi and Ronaldo fanboys. Just accept that these 2 players have different strengths and weaknesses and be happy that we were born in the same time as the 2 best players ever to play the beautiful game.🙏🏾
Why Ronaldo is the best player ? simple, because he won in several clubs and in several leagues across several countries...Messi only played in one club and one league... which is a big difference..
@@gamingbros5659which is not a Big five league while Ronaldo at 36 years old just moved to the best and more competitive domestic league in the world...nevertheless I think Ronaldo and Messi are the best players to ever play the sport
@@ricardomadleno564 Here we go again. "Best players ever to play the sport". And how many have you seen? Have you ever watched Stanley Mathews, Ferenz Puskas, Di Steffano, Pele, Charlton, Best, Eusabio, Cruyf ? (and I don't mean some grainy black and white video, I mean watched them in real life). They are sensational players (in the current era), but "best ever"??? I'll bet they're crap as goalkeepers. The game is played by 11 players, remember.
According to all his teammates, he is the first on the training area and the last one who leaves. He is the definition of an athlete, who commits himself to the sport
@@HellStr82 That's not Messi, Messi is a natural magician and Ronaldo is built, there is a reason why most of the players look up to Ronaldo, bit think Messi is a better player.
The word "league title" always means a domestic league. The confusing part is that they are named differently in each country. The champions league despite its name is not a league, it's a cup competition between European clubs. The European championship (or "Euro", i.e. what's happening now) is a competition between national teams like the world cup. The nations league is new competition which is an attempt to create a league of national teams, no one really cares about it yet so don't worry about it.
Yeah, you're right, the Nations League is an ATTEMPT to be a league :D. But actually it's just a mini-cup with relegation. You have your group stage and then it progresses to the knock-out round... just like the Euros. Completely stupid! They could have just made an acutal league with groups of 6-7 teams and have the winner of the highest group be the champion. Meanwhile get rid of the World Cup and Euro qualifiers and you don't have any additional games. The qualifications for the cups could be managed via the leagues (e. g. all of the league 1 teams are qualified, the best 5 of league 2, best three of league 3... and of course the champion of the lowest league for the obligatory underdog).
@@retrobua7460 to be fair in that sense it’s exactly like the Champions League 🤷🏼♂️ Both the Nations League and the Champions League are “attempting” or “pretending” to be a league competition but in each case only the beginning of the competition is made up of small “league” groups and then it becomes a knock-out competition. In fact, in the current format, for any given team the Champions League has a smaller proportion of its matches in the league phase than the Nations League does.
@@IronWolf_345 you are in a very small group fella. I think you will join the opposition, reason being the players already are overplayed. I hate to say it, because I am on the side that says they are paid some inhumane wages but they don't deserve to be treated like robots, even if they are overpayed for their "job" . The injuries some suffer as a consequence are career altering and I feel if we want them to meet the expectations to play this way, the squads need be bigger and the 5 player change was way overdue. I think modern football killed the fans passion, then the stadium atmosphere and Now the players themself. You see people just want more and more in everything.
@@troyeakb6314 Ronaldo is obviously the better player but Drogba is the ultimate big game player. 10 goals in 10 finals and stepped up in basically every big league clash aswell. Ronaldo's obviously played in more big games because he played for Real Madrid, but every single big game Drogba played in he dominated.
He has a very stirick diet eats the same food every day doesn't drink alcohol and remove coca cola from a press conference and asked kids to drink water.
9:13 It's a mix of show-off and useful moves. Actually, by showing-off he provokes the defender, pushing him to make a mistake and pass him. In a duel, the mindset of both players is very crucial, so provocation can lead to frustration, frustration can lead to mistake, or foul. Also, the moves by themselves are good because he uses a lot of feints, but always keeping the ball protected and you can see that the defender doesn't even dare try to take the ball because he know he risks to make a foul, or to create a breach.
@@lukasmesaros9431 That is probably why he still is beating records after records. Last week, top scorer for a national team. Let's see what he does this week...
Going to try and answer some of your questions using my personal view: 9:17 - Those moves are used to throw the defender out of balance, making it harder for the defender to predict his next move. Of course he has done it also for fun, but those moves have an objective (to throw down the opponents moral) 11:28 - Often times the team would leave it to him to "do his thing", although his first rising international moments were as someone who would build game for the team (playing as a very fast and accurate winger, example at 12:12), and even though he still does that a lot, it's not uncommon for him to be the first to reach the opponents defense. 12:38 - To catch the defender off-guard. And that is really to pass it to a team-mate who is in the "box" waiting for that assist to score. 21:29 - Counter-attacks is when your team's defense recovers the ball from the opponents attack and then attacks right away, leaving the opponent's team with less people to stand in your way. (Ronaldo often helps on defense duties and carries it on to the attack, where speed also has a big role to play (seen on this last European Cup tournament), something you don't see Messi doing as much). 22:00 - "El Classico" is a reference to when Real Madrid and Barcelona would face each other. 2 of the best teams in the world. This is to show how Ronaldo would also do what he wanted against some of the best players in the world. And you don't see Messi on this, because it's situations where Real Madrid is attacking and Messi rarely helps when his team - Barcelona - is defending. Hope I cleared some of those questions. Keep enjoying Football (not European Football or Soccer as it is played all over the world and it is actually played with your feet - Football) :) EDIT - Forgot to mention, for those who compare Messi and Ronaldo and say none has won anything for their country that, in 2016, Ronaldo won the European Cup tournament with Portugal. This was an historical moment as Portugal had never won it before in the whole competition's history.
Cristiano's play style changed a lot through his career. When younger playing for Manchester United (An english team) he was flashier and seemed more 'arrogant'. In that team he played in the wings, dribbling the defenders to find a pass, a cross or even score. When he was playing for Real Madrid (A Spanish team) his style changed slowly. He dribbled less and became almost like a '9'. His objective there was to make counter-attack runs and, specially, score goals. He was one of the best at Manchester, and even won the 'player of the year' trophy there. But was in Real Madrid that he became a beast. He adapted his playstyle to officially become the greatest goalscorer of all-time. He would score shooting from any distance or any angle. He would score heading. He would score free-kicks and penaltys. He would score anyhow. At the same time he 'matured' and his 'arrogance' was seen as confidence and determination. That's what i think differs Messi and Cristiano. Messi it's the kind of player that beats you because he's so impredictable that you don't know what he's going to do next. Ronaldo (after Madrid) it's the kind of player that you know what's gonna do, but he beats you anyway. Here in Brazil we like to say that Messi is a 'magician' while Ronaldo is a 'robot'. Messi is a symbol of natural talent while Ronaldo is a symbol of practice and resolve. Sorry for any grammar mistakes, english isn't my first language =).
Arrogant play style is just Media propaganda, it's just ' Jogo Bonito', Brazilian & Portugal style for those who don't know look up Ricardinho from Portugal or Ronaldinho from Brazil. The English premier league were mostly physical based and never experienced it before foreigners came and still to this day it's considered a more physical league. Ronaldo had to adapt to it and became a Machine.
Greatest =/= Most Goals scorer Pele has almost 1300 goals all up but a lot were against small Sunday league tier teams. Plus football it's not all about Goals there are goal keepers, defenders, wingers, Playmakers etc.
I kind of disagree. Yes when he came to United it was all about being flashy over anything else but that got knocked out of him bit by bit over the first couple of seasons as footballers in England will take a foul to teach you a lesson if they think you are showboating. That even carries over with your own team mates in training. In his last 3 seasons he was pretty much the player you saw at Real, he might have honed it a bit more as that's in his nature but you certainly don't score 31 Goal by being overly flashy. Infact in that season specifically a trademark became him, Tevez and Rooney combining to score goal after goal on the counter attack
We are blessed to have both Ronaldo and Messi playing in this time period, this greatest of all time argument bores the life out of me.. Let's just enjoy them both while we can 🙄
They are both so special and different that the who is better Question isnt really about that. it is soley about the voters own base personality. Your either a messi person or a Ronaldo person. Its your reflection of your personality that you are choosing! Its quite amazing really.
What to enjoy in Ronaldo?? He just sits inside the box and waits for the ball to tap it in. And I'm not even hating. Die hard Ronaldo fans will agree on that.
Please do a Ronaldinho highlight reel next! He is not really in any Goat-talk, but he takes the stuff you see here to another level. Great video again, cheers!!
You said he must practise a lot and you couldn't be more right. He shows up at training an hour before everybody else. He is known for his extremely hard work
and now he just re-signed for our beautiful club Manchester United 😭. As a 24 year old American who’s been following United for 20 years, this is one of the happiest moments of my life.
Its Not Egotistical, We Call It Self Confidence..Cr7 Is Full Of Confidence And Hardwork..We Dont Call It Showoff Its Pure Talent,The Beautiful Part Of Football..
The last clips were from "The Clasico" that is the common name of the Madrid vs Barcelona, (that used to be the Messi vs CR ), the main difference with other sports like basketball is that Ronaldo and Messi doesn't defend, so they don't defend each other ,that's why messi didn't appear in the video because it was just about CR attacking. (Perdon por mi inglés, soy español)
Every country has their top tier domestic league: England has Premier League. Spain has La Liga. Italy has Serie A. France has Ligue 1. Germany has Bundesliga. Winning the national league is the maximun club domestic honour. These are the top 5 five national leagues in Europe. If a club in these leagues wins it or finish into the top four, they qualify to the UEFA Champions League, along side champions of other domestic leagues in Europe.
@@arroe8386 you're right, but to make things a little bit easier for her, I left out that item. It's not easy for someone that's new to football to understand the pyramid, so that's a base that she could start to go deeper with time.
@@franciscocontreras9133 the amount of places for the leagues is decided by the performances of their teams in the last 5 years. So theoratically it could change, but Spain, Italy, England and Germany never fall out of the top 4 😂
Both of them elevated the sport. Honestly one of the biggest rivalries in sports. The fact that they don't play against each other as much anymore or never played in the same team is a shame.
When you have in the same century two of the greatest soccer players in the world at the same time, it's hard to chose one. Each one is the best individually with own perfection and the best on the team. But... as a portuguese fan, I chose CR7 :-)
Commenting a few minutes into the video; Basketball is one of the best analogies when it comes to football. There’s a lot more similarities than people realize and a lot of professional footballers love coming to the states to see NBA games because it’s basically sped up football but on a smaller scale. Both are free flowing, end to end style games when every player plays both offense and defense. The 3-point line is like the goal box, only it still counts as 1 in football. A free throw is equivalent to a penalty kick. Players in each sport ‘dribble’ the ball and there’s a lot of flair and tricks that comes along it. Post video; Here’s a few other football terms just in case you’re unfamiliar with them; El Classico - the name of the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona. The two Spanish heavyweights. Basically the biggest CLUB match every year due to the history and prestige of each club. It peaked in the early to mid 2010s because of Messi vs Ronaldo. Derby - rival match Example: Manchester derby = match between Manchester United and Manchester City North London Derby - Arsenal vs Tottenham (both NORTH London derby) Video Recommendation: Thierry Henry
Football is like basketball? Are you nuts? There is no similarity at all. A basketball court is 4,500 square feet, a football pitch can be 100,000+ square feet. Football is played non stop for at least 45 minutes per half. And, (here's the clue), football is played with the feet. Football is loved and watched by millions. Basketball is the most boring game on earth.
About the leagues that you talk about at the beggining: Explanation of European trophies Tier 1: Champions League (also written sometimes as UCL). That makes your team the European Champion. Top achievment. Tier 2: National league. This is what is called "league". It's Premier League in England, LaLiga in Spain, Serie A in Italy, Bundesliga in Germany, etc. If some player has "7 leagues" it means that has 7 national titles combining every country. Winning a league makes you the National Champion. E.g., Premier League Champions are English Champions. As College Basketball comparison, the Champions is like the March Madness and the League is like the Conference title. These two are the top trophies every season. Then: Tier 3: Europa League (European 2nd division) and National Cups (playoffs). Both considered major trophies but not as important as the others. Tier 4: Any other trophy. Most teams don't really care about them that much (except for teams that aren't usually contenders). You'll see trophies like Supercups, League Cups, Community Shield... but you don't really need to know them now. All of them are 'club' titles. Then, internationally you have the World Cup (the supreme-top-desired-title) And continental trophies (UEFA Euro in Europe, Copa América in South America, etc). World Cup is held every 4 years, and usually continental trophies are every 4 years too.
Very good explanation. This is how a team can win 'the double' = 2 trophies in one season or 'the treble' = 3 trophies in one season. This can be a domestic treble or an international treble. An example for an English football club below: Domestic treble (because all three trophies can be won only by English clubs) 1. Premier League winners 2. Fa cup winners 3. Carabao cup winners International treble (international because the champions league is played against teams across europe, very hard to win): 1. Premier League winners 2. Fa Cup or Carabao Cup winners 3. Champions League winners It is also possible to get all 4 of these trophies in one season. On top of that there is a minor tournament called the community shield which can also be won and counted as a trophy, as well as the club world cup. The club world cup is less prestigious because basically all the teams outside of Europe kinda suck. In the Americas, Africa and Asia there are equivalent tournaments to the champions league, with clubs from their respective continents. The winners from all these continents compete against each other in the club world cup and this is a trophy which can also be counted. This is however a very minor thing in the football world, and is not to be confused with the FIFA world cup, which is for national teams.
@@lukashora5993 In my opinion, cups are better, because the top teams in a cup are better than the top teams in the UEL. But some people consider more important winning a UEL than a cup since it's a European trophy. Probably it depends on the country.
That move that he kicks it around his other leg is actually called Rabona and it is totally unnecesary ij 95% of scenarios but extremely impressive if done right, he just does it cause he can
Please keep reacting to famous footballers. I think you'll find that they are all different in their own ways, some more than others. You should check out Ronaldinho, Ronaldo Nazario, Zidane, Zlatan Ibrahimovic
I'm sure others have recommended it already, but you should watch clips of Ronaldinho. Maybe not the "best" player, but easily the most skilled and respected player ever. One of the few players that all fans love and respect, no matter of what team they belong to.
05:40 Messi actually has his own favorite move, it's the shoulder feint. 09:20 it's necessary if you think you can't get past the opponent, so you do that to buy some time for your teammate to approach you to help while you are getting the opponent's attention to you, then you pass the ball to that teammate.
@SoGal What sets Messi and Ronaldo apart are their mentalities to stay at the top for their whole careers. I would recommend watching highlights of Ronaldinho who was arguably the best ever with the ball but who’s mentality let him down and current player, Adama Traore - the fastest or most ‘explosive’ footballer - who has been coached to only ever run at 80% full speed so that he doesn’t end up alone on the other side of the pitch, because he doesn’t quite have that killer quality in front of goal, although his technique has improved, and of course you have to have excellent ball control whilst retaining the ball whilst running at high speed.
Jesus, finally!!! I'm so glad someone here get to say this- before she thinks both Messi and Ronaldo are the only footballers who walk on water. @SoGal, please follow Noah's advice, watch some compilation of Ronaldinho, who btw is among 8 players in history who have won a World Cup, Champions League title and a Ballon D'or ( as best player of the year trophy) Meanwhile both Messi and Ronaldo are NOT part of that elite exclusive club yet and we doubt they will ever be part of it.
You seem very interested in the sport. Remember that watching these clips of Messi and Ronaldo is like watching the best of Jordan or Lebron for example. They are not representative, but shows you football skill at its peak.
"Why would you kick like that" simple: the beautiful game. Also please watch a video of Ronaldinho to get an even better feel of the beautiful game. Everyone loves ronaldinho and at his peak he was absolutely ridiculous.
Hi there! As a Portuguese myself I’m going to try to resume our national hero career. You just saw almost 20y of Ronaldo’s career footage and his football now with 35 changed a lot since he left Portugal. The first half of his career the way he played was outrageous: fastest man on the pitch, a lot of dribbling, a lot of freestyle with a ball and a lot of entertaining bits of football. That why we pay tickets right, it was fun! The second half of his career he had to adapt his style to be able to stay relevant and one of the greats of all time. He started to become more pragmatic, to score a lot more goals and to play a lot more wholesome instead of relaying only on speed or signature moves. Also because Messi kept his technical skills so high over the years and technically he is probably the best player in the world Ronald started to shift his own goals in football to breaking records in all competitions. Another think that separates Ronaldo from Messi is that Ronaldo played in the 3 major leagues in Europe (England, Spanish and now the Italian league) and he was champion and top goal scorer in all of these leagues. On the contrary Messi never left his comfort zone in Barcelona and I guess we’ll never know how Messi could adapt to other playing styles and dynamics of a different club or league. On a national level, Ronaldo also won 2 official tournaments for his country and Messi is yet to win any trophy. I’m not stating Ronaldo is better than Messi. As a Portuguese I have no problem saying that Messi is probably an alien on his own league, the ball gravitates towards him and he is a natural. Ronaldo on the other side is the result of hard work, discipline and accomplishment. He is more human in a way I guess.
They have different playstyles. Messi lives in his own world where the only thing that matters is his relationship with the ball and his moves are the natural outcome of his desire to not let other people bother him, so no one has any idea what he will do next. Whereas Cristiano worked the same moves a million times, has an extensive bag of tricks and takes full advantage of his athletics that he also worked out to be in peak physique, so his unpredictability comes from the fact that he has more spatial awareness and positioning than most of the other players. Side note: the leg-cross dribble was performed by Maradona before Cristiano did it but it's probably even older. It's the correct way to kick the ball since the other foot is supporting the weight of the body and is unable to kick the ball without you falling to the ground. Most professional players can do it with no problem. As a disclaimer i am portuguese so everyone would expect that i would be bias towards Cristiano, but i'm not blind and although he is a wonderful player i can assure you that a player like Ricardo Quaresma (you might want to look him out also) is even more skilled than Cristiano, adding to the fact that Quaresma has a natural technique just like Messi. The reason why Cristiano has more honors is because of his work ethic and the fact that he, along with his family and his personal manager, were more savy or smart in managing his professional career, which in the end counts a lot for the degree of success that Cristiano has today. He learned how to be a footballer in the english club Manchester Utd between 2003 and 2009. Before that he was just a talented kid that made some tricks. Anyway i'm enjoying this series a lot so congratulations for your work at making these videos.
I’m Argentinian and I think the opposite. To me Cristiano is better bcs of his talent, physic, abilities, sacrifice and lider ship. Those thing combined make football. You can’t find another player like him. I like Messi a lot! As you said, I’m not blind but to me, Angel Di Maria has more talent with the ball but he is not that consistent like Messi or Cristiano. A lot of people also say that maybe I’m Messi biased but Cristiano is just an example to everyone, not only on football and his talent is insane! Cristiano dame el 1% de tu talento boludo! Con eso es suficiente!
@@angu15 So someone is better at football, because of "sacrifice and leadership"? Ronaldo has never done the things Messi has done. Most players haven't for that matter. When someone speaks about the best footballer, people speak about what that player can do with the ball. Messi is miles ahead of everyone. In terms of Pure football skill, Ronaldo is not top 10. Especially the Ronaldo we saw for the past 5 or 6 years. If we speak about best careers then Ronaldo is 100% top 3 ever.
@@MOMO_1324. did you only read sacrifice and leadership from all the thing o wrote? Ok. 🤡 I also stop reading your comment on that part. Read again and maybe I can answer next time.
@@angu15 No, i only mentioned those because i agreed on the other things u said. Sacrifice and leadership is irrelevant if we talking about the best footballer. Maybe if the convo was about the best teamplayer or something then it would be relevant.
@@MOMO_1324. no its not bro, leadership is very important to a footballer. U have the exemple of ronaldo in euro and messi in copa américa. Ronaldo was injured and didn't play all the final, he was sub at 19 min i think, and he help a lot the portuguese national team. He even helped more then fernando santos, the portuguese coach. When messi played the final he didn't try to put is tm8s up, like ronaldo, and then in the pênaltis just kicked it, failed it and went to cry, didn't go to is tm8s and say "c'mon he can win this", "unlucky, u guys will give this win to us", he didn't even tried to help the team moral. He is just a leadership that don't know how to leadership. Ronaldo have several videos showing him leadering is team and helping his tm8s get confidence doing something. (Sorry for my trash english, its not my mother's language)
"HOW MUCH OF THAT IS IMPORTANT" - Football is all about dominance and not just winning. He's absolutely dominating opposite defense line while counter attacks. In simple words - he's letting the opponent team and their coach know that winning or losing don't matter, that he is on a DIFFERENT LEAGUE ONLY 🔥👀🔥
I'm Brazilian, I've spent almost my whole life watching football, and I can say with certainty that Cristiano Ronaldo overcame Messi by a good margin. Cristiano was the most complete player in recent decades.
I love how eager you're trying to learn new things especially about football...the energy and enthusiasm is sooo adorable...tips...try finding out about Ronaldhino, Zinadine Zidane, Ronaldo (the Brazilian, not the Portuguese), Pavel Nedvad to name a few...they are all great footballers of our time...
Next one should be Zlatan. The guys a savage and incredibly aggressive and scary when he is playing (btw if you decide to watch one make sure it's not just interview moments bc there is a lot of them)
You have to react to Ronaldinho! He had to potential to become the best player ever, and actually mentored Messi. He was the player who assisted Messi’s first goal.
No European(Football enthusiasts) would compare or even talk American Football in the same sentence. American football doesn’t have anything to do with original football. You could call the game something else and rock it! You also have the World Series Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada and you guys own that. Note: many of us wonder about the reason you call it “theWorld Series” though, maybe rethink that as well🙃
17:57 That goal... Against FC Porto, my team... Amazing goal that left me both in awe and really bitter. We went to Old Trafford and drew there (2 all I think) and lost 1-0 at home. Sad times.
We appreciate you for trying to learn and spending your time understanding the sport we love :) Great effort!! Btw, Portugal is a full on independent contry who shares a border with Spain and has it's own language: Portuguese (same language spoken in Brazil, but with a different accent and some different words just like British english and American english).
What you said hits the nail on the head, he is trained while Messi is a natural player. I would say it like this: Ronaldo has the perfect athlete body with an insane work ethic. You can feel that when he does stuff, he does it like someone that practised it a million times before. Messi on the other hand was born to play football specifically (Ronaldo could have been a top athlete in basically any sport he set his sight on, with his body and work ethic), he is small, there aren't many sports he could have done other than football. He also has an insane work ethic, but more to build his athletics, you can see that he doesn't practise tricks or skills, ball handling comes natural to him. In a sense you have to respect Ronaldo more, because you can see that he worked his butt off to compete with the natural talent that Messi has and that he is even near the same level is insane, on the other hand Messis natural talent is just out of this world. Messi is what you get when you engineer the perfect human to play football, especially his control and touch are outlandish.
One thing that I would disagree with ur statement is the way you portrait Ronaldo as a "football player purely worked". To become a player like Ronaldo and Messi u must have the talent and Ronaldo had and still has all the talent of the world (what he does on the pitch it's impossible if he had no talent and just worked hard for it). In simpler words, to become one of the best of all time u must have some talent because it can't be worked out...
@@pizzamayani2166 I guess he's referring to "natural talent" which is true. Some people are just born with talent while others don't. Having talent isn't really a big deal cause talent doesn't equal success. Otherwise both really work hard no doubt.
@@lalitthapa101 well that's what I'm referring to. Just watch ronaldo's clips when he just a boy of 4-5 years old (he was different from everyone else because he was born with that talent)
You are deluded if you think Messi doesn't train his Dribbles either.... No player or human being reach the level of what these two did reach without training themselves on what they do. That idea of pure born talent, is romantic cliché and bogus. Of course Messi has talent, and of course Ronaldo has talent, just look at them when they were kids. But they had to work for it to be where they are.
@@kelzreallife8293 Yet enginering is science which is all about constant improving thing never satisfied and always strivig something that applies to Ronaldo more than Messi Maradona said it best Messi is the product of Natural Talent Ronaldo is the product of hard work.
What makes Messi more talented than Ronaldo or Pele Maradona Zidane Ronaldo the phenomenon and so many others i always hear that argument but no one ever has a great answer.
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(9:13) He's showing off, we call it showboating and opposition players hate it as it makes them look foolish. The fans love it of course. Messi plays number 10 .. Ronaldo plays number 7
Please react to ‘The Greatest Era of Football: Ronaldo & Messi. It’s a great video about how they are both greater then any other player from any other generation
the freestyling shown in the video was mainly timewasting (if they're in the lead then it's beneficial to not give the opposing team much time + it would be a dangerous tackle for a defender and easy to give out a free kick) but it's also to show off a little
You are so good at spotting the characteristics of players and soccer! I can see that you are a smart person. Thanks for the interesting video! I'll wait more :)
I think Messi's video was good but it didn't include his whole game. You should watch "Lionel Messi The Art Of Passing" since you already have an idea about his dribbling.
@@euganieldamiao8084 thats different players..and suggestions are our opinion its her choice whether to watch it or not, he suggested some he liked,like wise u can suggest too
@@arm3199 I'm just suggesting that we don't water board her with the same players, but instead since this is the begin showcase the different players who are very good at different technical aspects of football, that's it.
Making the world cup as the criteria for determining who's the GOAT and who's not is a an argument made by old heads and casuals. The world cup is a tournament held every four years, so all the Great players have maximum three shots at it while they're in their prime, also, players can't choose their nation, so it's not the player's fault if they're stuck with a bad nation or generation (Only eight countries won the world cup) this alone should put into perspective how hard it is to win it. The real criteria for determining the GOAT are : Ballon D'ors (our version of MVP), golden boots, champions League/domestic leagues, longevity, talent.
While you are absolutely right, neither Messi nor CR7 have won the World cup - and yet we are debating them here. Neither did Modric or Lewandowski btw.
But I fear that ballon d'or is probably biased in favor of attackers, when over the course of a tournament other players can be the fulcrum of a team, e.g. Philipp lahm, maybe N'golo kanté, many others
@@mebarkiimad8999 Like I said, I think goalgetters are flashy and great - but insuffiicient to win titles. And in the case of Barca and Madrid, they have the resources to fit the playstyle of Messi/CR7 - for their national teams, that is harder (cr7 one euro championship, messi no copa america) If you don't like Lahm and Kanté, how about some Cannavaro and Maldini?
@@mebarkiimad8999 Maradona, Zidane, Ronaldo (the Phenomenon), Totti, Baggio, are all in the pantheon with Messi and CR7. There is no true valid meter to really compare all the great scorers. And Ballon D'or is 70% politics and sponsors, not really a reliable measure in this debate, as is the world cup, for the reasons you mentioned.
well i disagree bcs in those moments where those movements were unnecessary he actually was trying just to waste as much time as possible, he never does that if team is losing or its 36th minute of the game or smthin like that 😂😂 (he was not even trying to go past defenders in some moments)
Manchester United fan here. Had an Australian work colleague when I was in Manchester, who had previously been to the Olympic 100m finals, comment after a match he had been to at Old Trafford, that he had just seen a footballer run like an Olympic final sprinter - but with a ball!
I'm not going to choose between Messi and Ronaldo, they're the two best of all time (and I'm old enough to remember Pele and Maradona....). All I'll say is firstly I can't stand those people who say "Messi is clearly the best, Ronaldo isn't in the same league" - that's nonsense. Also, although Messi has the superior dribbling skills and his overall game is out of this world, I feel Ronaldo has created more dramatic moments which make fans gasp in amazement! Love your videos!
Agree. Also, I think that the fact that Ronaldo was the best in all the countries he played in should be mentioned. Completly different leagues and styles of football. Messi never left Barcelona. He's there since he was 13. Really curious how he would compare if he have played in other leagues. We're all just lucky of being able to see them both play at the same time.
@@BRod-fh7gv I do question what Messi would be like in a more physical league. When he plays the physical teams a few times a year in the UCL, he can dominate still. But playing them every week? Not sure how easy it'd be to maintain at the same level
Context for the last section of the video: 1 - 'El Clásico' ('The Classic') is the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, arguably (but not really...) the two historically best teams in Spain and two of the best in Europe. Stats-wise, Real Madrid has won the most Champions League titles (13) and La Liga (Spanish League) titles (34) out of all the clubs to compete in those tournaments. Barcelona comes fifth in Champions League titles (5), with numbers 2,3 and 4 not being spanish clubs, and second in La Liga titles (26). 2 - The match is extra important in the context of the rivalry between Messi and Ronaldo, which is why in that section they also show Barcelona vs Juventus matches. Messi and Ronaldo are rivals because they were the standout players in the two major rivals of spain and because for some time they were intermitently awarded the "Baloon d'Or" award (for best player in the world in a season), with the other usually coming in second. They are the two players with the most "Baloon d'Or" awards received (6 for Messi, 5 for Ronaldo) and with the most appearances as runner-ups (6 for Ronaldo, 5 for Messi). 3 - You don't really see both Messi and Ronaldo because they're both forwards and mostly offensive players. You're unlikely to see one trying to stop the other... So yeah, there's a bit of an extra explanation as to why they're considered such big rivals and why the subject is so divisive... Of course it shouldn't, Ronaldo is clearly the best... :) (I'm portuguese just like him, it's a matter of national pride to say this) Also, he just beat the record for most goals scored for a national team :D About the South American league, you'll want to check out the Copa dos Libertadores :D probably the second most important continental league in the world. Europe and South America are definitely the two most important continents in the world football-wise. Tons of insane players have come from Brazil and Argentina especially. PS: You might find interesting to watch (maybe react, not necessarily) this video: th-cam.com/video/YTKSzaq4sWc/w-d-xo.html on football jersey numbers :) They're not assigned to a position but they once were and so now carry a certain conotation. The fact that you see Messi usually play with the number 10 and Ronaldo with the number 7 (or 9) is significant and does reflect their style difference.
Ronaldo is very much a "look at me" prima donna character - very different to Messi. Both are great players though, and were big rivals in the Spanish League over many years for Barcelona (Messi) and Real Madrid (Ronaldo).
If you want to fall in love with football (or soccer as you say) you have to watch a compilation for Ronaldinho. No one else played football with all its beauty and glory like Ronaldinho did. Fans give this comment traction so she sees his compilations)))
See Mardona, Pele and Ronaldinho old players also so on. But see also Germany Sweden 4-4, Germany was world champion, Germany later beat Brazil 7-1. next world cup.
You are correct that there is an element of "just showing off and having fun" to all of the tricks and flicks some players, Ronaldo certainly included do, not to beat players but seemingly just to confuse them. It's intimidating, quick feet, great balance and agility, practice, practice, practice, it's "I'm better than you and you will not take this ball from me".
I'm still for Pelé. In the old times a lot of Brazil Players showed some of the tricks Ronaldo does. That's a reason why the Brazilian National Team was so strong.
A few years ago they gathered a number of top players, then put them in the boots used in the 30's and 40's with balls from the same era. To a man they humbly said they could not do what those former greats were doing. I recall thinking what would Pele have been capable of if he had the engineered equipment of today.
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Also, although probably not exactly on the same level as Messi & Ronaldo, if you want to see another very different but great player you should also really look up Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Hello Sogal! I sae that you just uploaded so I thought you'd see this: are you planning to do more "over simplified" or "map men"? I'll love to see! If you still like the idea, from oversimplified I recommend "the russian revolution" PT. 1 & 2, although they a lot of good ones, and for "map men"... Any of them. I didn't know that kind humor could be done that we'll. Thanks in advance!
Please React to lionel Messi the lion movie by Henrik lehmann 😃
Skill moves are 50% needed, often they can pass. For me there are just 2 players with tricks/skillmoves to watch. Ronaldinho and Magic Jay Jay Okocha
React to Ronaldinho the greatest entertainment. He is by far the most skillful and entertaining player ever! You cannot buy love him!
The irony of using a coca cola shirt while watching a Ronaldo video lmao
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😂😂🤣🤣 5billion down the drain
Didnt notice that lmao
lol
Jajajajaja
"Did he play for Real Madrid?"
Me, a Madrid fan: *ugly crying in my shower*
I'm a Barca fan and I'm sad that Ronaldo left real and now even Ramos I really hated Ramos too but that's mainly coz he was really good at what he did although he had a lot of dirty plays
@@adamnabeeh3902 I really dislike Florentino. Pepe could still be playing for Madrid for example.
@@knightheaven8992 yeah me too. I want real Madrid to have one of the best squads in the world. Just not a squad as good as Barca tho😂😂 el classico would just not be good if both sides weren't equally good. I'm sad about how real Madrid has treated some of the many legends the club has had. I mean I did "hate" them everytime they were playing against Barca and I did troll them too. But at the end of the day they are still some of the best players the world has ever seen and I'm happy to have seen them play as rivals to my favourite club and I have huge respect for each and everyone of them. Some of my favourite players of all time like Casillas, Kaka and Ozil have played for real Madrid too I even consider Ronaldo among my favourites. I've even rooted for Ramos every single time he's played for Spain😂. And as much as I troll Ronaldo and call him penaldo and what not he is one of the greatest players ever and whenever he is playing in any tournament without Barca and Messi in it I will support whatever team he's on especially now since he could retire soon.
@@adamnabeeh3902 Me as a Madridista I feel bad for both clubs situation. And now knowing that Messi can't sign for Barca because of economic issues, el Clasico will never be the same...
@@aintcitrus6612 same bro the days are dark for both our clubs now
"portuguese is spanish right?"
*Portugal declares war on USA*
also Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Guine bissau........ hahahahhaha
Estos Americanos …. E eu sou espanhol, viva Portugal
i literally stopped watching right there
@@Chacarruna jajaja si y viva España también
@@Lcm25 Timor-LoroSae, S. Tomé e Principe, Cabo Verde..
"What is Portuguese, is that like a Spanish?"
*angry Portuguese noises*
BRO I SWEAR TO GOD EVERY AMERICAN SAYS THAT.
It's not her fault it's the American education system. They even have them thinkin women = man 🤣🤣🤣😂
The irony is that Spanish people understand Italian much better then they understand Portuguese
@@vertigo5706 the second statement is not at all funny
@@sergius8495 it kinda is ❄️😂😂
SoGal: are you just showing off or is that really necessary?
Ronaldo: yes
Ronaldo: sssssiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmmmmmmmm
Savage
This girl understood the difference between Messi and Ronaldo in 2 videos. This is a good lesson for Messi and Ronaldo fanboys. Just accept that these 2 players have different strengths and weaknesses and be happy that we were born in the same time as the 2 best players ever to play the beautiful game.🙏🏾
Yet, she doesn't knows the difference between Portugal and Spain... 🤔
Why Ronaldo is the best player ? simple, because he won in several clubs and in several leagues across several countries...Messi only played in one club and one league... which is a big difference..
@@helderalmeida3993 Do you even follow Football? You know Messi just recently joined psg right?
@@gamingbros5659which is not a Big five league while Ronaldo at 36 years old just moved to the best and more competitive domestic league in the world...nevertheless I think Ronaldo and Messi are the best players to ever play the sport
@@ricardomadleno564 Here we go again. "Best players ever to play the sport". And how many have you seen? Have you ever watched Stanley Mathews, Ferenz Puskas, Di Steffano, Pele, Charlton, Best, Eusabio, Cruyf ? (and I don't mean some grainy black and white video, I mean watched them in real life). They are sensational players (in the current era), but "best ever"??? I'll bet they're crap as goalkeepers. The game is played by 11 players, remember.
According to all his teammates, he is the first on the training area and the last one who leaves. He is the definition of an athlete, who commits himself to the sport
I was one of his teammates and I can confirm
yeah mate thats Messi for you ..hard working dude . i agree with you
@@HellStr82 That's not Messi, Messi is a natural magician and Ronaldo is built, there is a reason why most of the players look up to Ronaldo, bit think Messi is a better player.
@@HellStr82 yh ur wrong lmfao. and ya kinda dumb founded cuz this is a Ronaldo vid
@@AngelReyes-fq1co awww a little Ronaldo groopie :) how sweet. Are you ok sweetie?
The word "league title" always means a domestic league. The confusing part is that they are named differently in each country.
The champions league despite its name is not a league, it's a cup competition between European clubs.
The European championship (or "Euro", i.e. what's happening now) is a competition between national teams like the world cup.
The nations league is new competition which is an attempt to create a league of national teams, no one really cares about it yet so don't worry about it.
Yeah, you're right, the Nations League is an ATTEMPT to be a league :D. But actually it's just a mini-cup with relegation. You have your group stage and then it progresses to the knock-out round... just like the Euros. Completely stupid! They could have just made an acutal league with groups of 6-7 teams and have the winner of the highest group be the champion. Meanwhile get rid of the World Cup and Euro qualifiers and you don't have any additional games. The qualifications for the cups could be managed via the leagues (e. g. all of the league 1 teams are qualified, the best 5 of league 2, best three of league 3... and of course the champion of the lowest league for the obligatory underdog).
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@@retrobua7460 to be fair in that sense it’s exactly like the Champions League 🤷🏼♂️ Both the Nations League and the Champions League are “attempting” or “pretending” to be a league competition but in each case only the beginning of the competition is made up of small “league” groups and then it becomes a knock-out competition. In fact, in the current format, for any given team the Champions League has a smaller proportion of its matches in the league phase than the Nations League does.
I care about the NL so... speak for yourself.
@@IronWolf_345 you are in a very small group fella. I think you will join the opposition, reason being the players already are overplayed. I hate to say it, because I am on the side that says they are paid some inhumane wages but they don't deserve to be treated like robots, even if they are overpayed for their "job" . The injuries some suffer as a consequence are career altering and I feel if we want them to meet the expectations to play this way, the squads need be bigger and the 5 player change was way overdue.
I think modern football killed the fans passion, then the stadium atmosphere and Now the players themself.
You see people just want more and more in everything.
Another fact: Ronaldo is regarded as the greatest big game player ever
He thrives under pressure
He is also the greatest clutch player ever
It's funny how people used to say he would get lost in big games
After Drogba of course 😉
@@Anonymous-xr8hx wtf no
Drogba comes 2nd after Cristiano Ronaldo
@@troyeakb6314 Ronaldo is obviously the better player but Drogba is the ultimate big game player. 10 goals in 10 finals and stepped up in basically every big league clash aswell. Ronaldo's obviously played in more big games because he played for Real Madrid, but every single big game Drogba played in he dominated.
@@Anonymous-xr8hx ??? UCL quarter finals, semi finals and finals?
Club World Cup finals?
Bro we're talking about big games not FA Cup finals
"he likes that move doesn't he"
It's called the Ronaldo chop for a reason
If you liked the backheel goals, you should react to Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He is the king of insane and impossible goals
Upvote this, we need Zlatan in the house :D
Yeah, Zlatan vs Germany 4:1. As a german, I still feel the pain.
King of insane goals😄😄.
Oh yes!!!!!!
Without goalkeeper 😂
Ronaldo: removes coca cola from his table
SoGal: hold my reaction
lol.
I didn't even realize she wore coca cola😂😂😂👍🏽
Hold my coke
Coca Cola: -4 billion from my share price
He has a very stirick diet eats the same food every day doesn't drink alcohol and
remove coca cola from a press conference and asked kids to drink water.
Watching Ronaldo while wearing a coca cola shirt. ahaha
Aqua lol
😂😂😂😂
She won't understand it tho 🤣 someone explain to her 😂
people can change their mind pal 😅
😂😂😂
9:13 It's a mix of show-off and useful moves. Actually, by showing-off he provokes the defender, pushing him to make a mistake and pass him. In a duel, the mindset of both players is very crucial, so provocation can lead to frustration, frustration can lead to mistake, or foul.
Also, the moves by themselves are good because he uses a lot of feints, but always keeping the ball protected and you can see that the defender doesn't even dare try to take the ball because he know he risks to make a foul, or to create a breach.
penaldo´s tricks are completely useless for the last 6 years he cant even go 1v1
Clap!
@@lukasmesaros9431 yes but sometimes he is use to score some goals.
In the past 6 years, same then Lukaku and Drogba in their all carrear
@@lukasmesaros9431 That is probably why he still is beating records after records. Last week, top scorer for a national team. Let's see what he does this week...
@@fitty77 just showed that age is not a number and scored 2 goals in the "best league" that is "too fast for him"
Going to try and answer some of your questions using my personal view:
9:17 - Those moves are used to throw the defender out of balance, making it harder for the defender to predict his next move. Of course he has done it also for fun, but those moves have an objective (to throw down the opponents moral)
11:28 - Often times the team would leave it to him to "do his thing", although his first rising international moments were as someone who would build game for the team (playing as a very fast and accurate winger, example at 12:12), and even though he still does that a lot, it's not uncommon for him to be the first to reach the opponents defense.
12:38 - To catch the defender off-guard. And that is really to pass it to a team-mate who is in the "box" waiting for that assist to score.
21:29 - Counter-attacks is when your team's defense recovers the ball from the opponents attack and then attacks right away, leaving the opponent's team with less people to stand in your way. (Ronaldo often helps on defense duties and carries it on to the attack, where speed also has a big role to play (seen on this last European Cup tournament), something you don't see Messi doing as much).
22:00 - "El Classico" is a reference to when Real Madrid and Barcelona would face each other. 2 of the best teams in the world. This is to show how Ronaldo would also do what he wanted against some of the best players in the world. And you don't see Messi on this, because it's situations where Real Madrid is attacking and Messi rarely helps when his team - Barcelona - is defending.
Hope I cleared some of those questions.
Keep enjoying Football (not European Football or Soccer as it is played all over the world and it is actually played with your feet - Football) :)
EDIT - Forgot to mention, for those who compare Messi and Ronaldo and say none has won anything for their country that, in 2016, Ronaldo won the European Cup tournament with Portugal. This was an historical moment as Portugal had never won it before in the whole competition's history.
"He's a little bit flashier player seems like than Messi"
And she didn't even see Ronaldinho or Zlatan yet.
Zlatan is not even near as flashy as CR7
Zlatan? xD
🤣🤣🤣
she needs to see neymar as well.
She should watch some of Ronaldinho, to get some more perspective on the sheer JOY within football.
Cristiano's play style changed a lot through his career. When younger playing for Manchester United (An english team) he was flashier and seemed more 'arrogant'. In that team he played in the wings, dribbling the defenders to find a pass, a cross or even score. When he was playing for Real Madrid (A Spanish team) his style changed slowly. He dribbled less and became almost like a '9'. His objective there was to make counter-attack runs and, specially, score goals. He was one of the best at Manchester, and even won the 'player of the year' trophy there. But was in Real Madrid that he became a beast.
He adapted his playstyle to officially become the greatest goalscorer of all-time. He would score shooting from any distance or any angle. He would score heading. He would score free-kicks and penaltys. He would score anyhow. At the same time he 'matured' and his 'arrogance' was seen as confidence and determination.
That's what i think differs Messi and Cristiano. Messi it's the kind of player that beats you because he's so impredictable that you don't know what he's going to do next. Ronaldo (after Madrid) it's the kind of player that you know what's gonna do, but he beats you anyway.
Here in Brazil we like to say that Messi is a 'magician' while Ronaldo is a 'robot'. Messi is a symbol of natural talent while Ronaldo is a symbol of practice and resolve.
Sorry for any grammar mistakes, english isn't my first language =).
big agreee
Arrogant play style is just Media propaganda, it's just ' Jogo Bonito', Brazilian & Portugal style for those who don't know look up Ricardinho from Portugal or Ronaldinho from Brazil. The English premier league were mostly physical based and never experienced it before foreigners came and still to this day it's considered a more physical league. Ronaldo had to adapt to it and became a Machine.
He is not even in top 5 greatest goalscorers (yet?). He is great but he is not the greatest goalscorer by far.
Greatest =/= Most Goals scorer Pele has almost 1300 goals all up but a lot were against small Sunday league tier teams. Plus football it's not all about Goals there are goal keepers, defenders, wingers, Playmakers etc.
I kind of disagree. Yes when he came to United it was all about being flashy over anything else but that got knocked out of him bit by bit over the first couple of seasons as footballers in England will take a foul to teach you a lesson if they think you are showboating. That even carries over with your own team mates in training. In his last 3 seasons he was pretty much the player you saw at Real, he might have honed it a bit more as that's in his nature but you certainly don't score 31 Goal by being overly flashy. Infact in that season specifically a trademark became him, Tevez and Rooney combining to score goal after goal on the counter attack
We are blessed to have both Ronaldo and Messi playing in this time period, this greatest of all time argument bores the life out of me.. Let's just enjoy them both while we can 🙄
And let the arguments escalate when they retire
I agree, it's a pointless argument
They are both so special and different that the who is better Question isnt really about that. it is soley about the voters own base personality. Your either a messi person or a Ronaldo person. Its your reflection of your personality that you are choosing! Its quite amazing really.
@@callumlucas4444 i mean the arguments are already happening i seen friendships ruin because of this.
What to enjoy in Ronaldo?? He just sits inside the box and waits for the ball to tap it in. And I'm not even hating. Die hard Ronaldo fans will agree on that.
You have to see people like Messi or Ronaldo live to appreciate how amazing these geniuses play , and why they are revered around the world
Ronaldo is better
You gave me goosebumps describing the difference between them. As a beginner, almost like with a childlike innocence, you hit the nail on the head.
Please do a Ronaldinho highlight reel next! He is not really in any Goat-talk, but he takes the stuff you see here to another level. Great video again, cheers!!
YES
In terms of pure football skill, ronaldinho is definitely one of the best.
Ronaldinhos best of is the best
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MO MO for real imagine how good he would of been if he had taken care of himself
You said he must practise a lot and you couldn't be more right. He shows up at training an hour before everybody else. He is known for his extremely hard work
Reacting to Ronaldo with a coca cola shirt days after he removed 2 bottles from a press conference to promote water is a bold move
and now he just re-signed for our beautiful club Manchester United 😭.
As a 24 year old American who’s been following United for 20 years, this is one of the happiest moments of my life.
N scored in the debut mate❤
"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States
@@Revolución_Socialista no, American is specific to United States
Its Not Egotistical, We Call It Self Confidence..Cr7 Is Full Of Confidence And Hardwork..We Dont Call It Showoff Its Pure Talent,The Beautiful Part Of Football..
The last clips were from "The Clasico" that is the common name of the Madrid vs Barcelona, (that used to be the Messi vs CR ), the main difference with other sports like basketball is that Ronaldo and Messi doesn't defend, so they don't defend each other ,that's why messi didn't appear in the video because it was just about CR attacking.
(Perdon por mi inglés, soy español)
No te perdono! (Es broma soy latino xD)
Your English is better than mine, mate :P
Yeah true but Messi did appear in the video at 23:39 and Cristiano dribbled past him easily.
@@saadx7724 nice 1😂
You seem to have got the Messi v Ronaldo situation sussed out pretty well!!
Every country has their top tier domestic league:
England has Premier League.
Spain has La Liga.
Italy has Serie A.
France has Ligue 1.
Germany has Bundesliga.
Winning the national league is the maximun club domestic honour.
These are the top 5 five national leagues in Europe.
If a club in these leagues wins it or finish into the top four, they qualify to the UEFA Champions League, along side champions of other domestic leagues in Europe.
This is a pretty good, well written comment tbh +1
@@michael_177 thank you
I think only the best 3 three from Ligue 1 qualify
@@arroe8386 you're right, but to make things a little bit easier for her, I left out that item. It's not easy for someone that's new to football to understand the pyramid, so that's a base that she could start to go deeper with time.
@@franciscocontreras9133 the amount of places for the leagues is decided by the performances of their teams in the last 5 years. So theoratically it could change, but Spain, Italy, England and Germany never fall out of the top 4 😂
Both of them elevated the sport. Honestly one of the biggest rivalries in sports. The fact that they don't play against each other as much anymore or never played in the same team is a shame.
When you have in the same century two of the greatest soccer players in the world at the same time, it's hard to chose one. Each one is the best individually with own perfection and the best on the team. But... as a portuguese fan, I chose CR7 :-)
Commenting a few minutes into the video;
Basketball is one of the best analogies when it comes to football. There’s a lot more similarities than people realize and a lot of professional footballers love coming to the states to see NBA games because it’s basically sped up football but on a smaller scale.
Both are free flowing, end to end style games when every player plays both offense and defense. The 3-point line is like the goal box, only it still counts as 1 in football. A free throw is equivalent to a penalty kick. Players in each sport ‘dribble’ the ball and there’s a lot of flair and tricks that comes along it.
Post video;
Here’s a few other football terms just in case you’re unfamiliar with them;
El Classico - the name of the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona. The two Spanish heavyweights. Basically the biggest CLUB match every year due to the history and prestige of each club. It peaked in the early to mid 2010s because of Messi vs Ronaldo.
Derby - rival match
Example: Manchester derby = match between Manchester United and Manchester City
North London Derby - Arsenal vs Tottenham (both NORTH London derby)
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Football is like basketball? Are you nuts? There is no similarity at all. A basketball court is 4,500 square feet, a football pitch can be 100,000+ square feet. Football is played non stop for at least 45 minutes per half. And, (here's the clue), football is played with the feet. Football is loved and watched by millions. Basketball is the most boring game on earth.
About the leagues that you talk about at the beggining: Explanation of European trophies
Tier 1: Champions League (also written sometimes as UCL). That makes your team the European Champion. Top achievment.
Tier 2: National league. This is what is called "league". It's Premier League in England, LaLiga in Spain, Serie A in Italy, Bundesliga in Germany, etc. If some player has "7 leagues" it means that has 7 national titles combining every country. Winning a league makes you the National Champion. E.g., Premier League Champions are English Champions.
As College Basketball comparison, the Champions is like the March Madness and the League is like the Conference title.
These two are the top trophies every season. Then:
Tier 3: Europa League (European 2nd division) and National Cups (playoffs). Both considered major trophies but not as important as the others.
Tier 4: Any other trophy. Most teams don't really care about them that much (except for teams that aren't usually contenders). You'll see trophies like Supercups, League Cups, Community Shield... but you don't really need to know them now.
All of them are 'club' titles.
Then, internationally you have the World Cup (the supreme-top-desired-title) And continental trophies (UEFA Euro in Europe, Copa América in South America, etc). World Cup is held every 4 years, and usually continental trophies are every 4 years too.
Tier 1: Chelsea are champions of Europe.
Just wanted to remind everyone as I’m a Chelsea fan 😂
How is Europa League the same importance as the national cups? What are you smoking?
Very good explanation. This is how a team can win 'the double' = 2 trophies in one season or 'the treble' = 3 trophies in one season. This can be a domestic treble or an international treble. An example for an English football club below:
Domestic treble (because all three trophies can be won only by English clubs)
1. Premier League winners
2. Fa cup winners
3. Carabao cup winners
International treble (international because the champions league is played against teams across europe, very hard to win):
1. Premier League winners
2. Fa Cup or Carabao Cup winners
3. Champions League winners
It is also possible to get all 4 of these trophies in one season. On top of that there is a minor tournament called the community shield which can also be won and counted as a trophy, as well as the club world cup. The club world cup is less prestigious because basically all the teams outside of Europe kinda suck. In the Americas, Africa and Asia there are equivalent tournaments to the champions league, with clubs from their respective continents. The winners from all these continents compete against each other in the club world cup and this is a trophy which can also be counted. This is however a very minor thing in the football world, and is not to be confused with the FIFA world cup, which is for national teams.
@@lukashora5993 In my opinion, cups are better, because the top teams in a cup are better than the top teams in the UEL. But some people consider more important winning a UEL than a cup since it's a European trophy. Probably it depends on the country.
Great explication bro!
I would say that Messi is more creative and Ronaldo is more methodical. Both are masters in their own way.
Is the other way round!!!
@@kappa2ou3 nah, messi is the creative one
What is Methodical? There is not a single aspect of football ronaldo is better at. If you are talking looks than its different.
@@hasibalfuad9652 Practice basically
@@hasibalfuad9652 Messi is better than him overall, but he definitely has his strengths, a lot of them actually.
So blessed to have watched this man live for 5 years
Hes back in man utd, who would have thought
And so blessed to see him for another 2 years...lol GGMU
High end reaction video. You are smart and you make sure to show us your though and research process. Absolutely love it.
'Portuguese Spanish'.
*Face palms*
Oh, you were doing so well.
Latin America: *[Visible frustration]*
Sooo American
typical American 😂😂
That move that he kicks it around his other leg is actually called Rabona and it is totally unnecesary ij 95% of scenarios but extremely impressive if done right, he just does it cause he can
Some players do it because they suck at kicking the ball with their weak foot
Or some players do it to avoid using their weak foot 😂
Also the very first kick "the chop" looks like a narrower version of the Cruyff turn.
@@Davidivanpalacios yeah di maria is a good example of that... his right foot is almost inexistent but his left is magical
but sometimes it can actually be a very good move because the defenders don't expect that
Please keep reacting to famous footballers. I think you'll find that they are all different in their own ways, some more than others. You should check out Ronaldinho, Ronaldo Nazario, Zidane, Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Francesco Totti too :)
@@mrsoggs1350 @thehoogard
ronaldinho playing with crossbar is by far most talented thing iv ever seen a footballer do
Neymar, too. I watched a highlight reel and his skills surprised me.
@@mrsoggs1350 Baggio, Del Piero, Buffon..
And some other players who aren't primarily goalscorers
Iniesta, Laudrup, Pirlo, Beckham
I'm sure others have recommended it already, but you should watch clips of Ronaldinho. Maybe not the "best" player, but easily the most skilled and respected player ever. One of the few players that all fans love and respect, no matter of what team they belong to.
05:40 Messi actually has his own favorite move, it's the shoulder feint.
09:20 it's necessary if you think you can't get past the opponent, so you do that to buy some time for your teammate to approach you to help while you are getting the opponent's attention to you, then you pass the ball to that teammate.
In the end Ronaldo is best
by minute 6, you already guessed it Gal. Analysis about the difference between Messi and Ronald on spot
@SoGal What sets Messi and Ronaldo apart are their mentalities to stay at the top for their whole careers. I would recommend watching highlights of Ronaldinho who was arguably the best ever with the ball but who’s mentality let him down and current player, Adama Traore - the fastest or most ‘explosive’ footballer - who has been coached to only ever run at 80% full speed so that he doesn’t end up alone on the other side of the pitch, because he doesn’t quite have that killer quality in front of goal, although his technique has improved, and of course you have to have excellent ball control whilst retaining the ball whilst running at high speed.
Jesus, finally!!! I'm so glad someone here get to say this- before she thinks both Messi and Ronaldo are the only footballers who walk on water. @SoGal, please follow Noah's advice, watch some compilation of Ronaldinho, who btw is among 8 players in history who have won a World Cup, Champions League title and a Ballon D'or ( as best player of the year trophy) Meanwhile both Messi and Ronaldo are NOT part of that elite exclusive club yet and we doubt they will ever be part of it.
Also watch "the original" Ronaldo (Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima) a Brazilian player.
"That looks like it hurts"
To be honest, as long as it's YOU heading the ball and not the ball hitting you on the head, it's not as bad as it looks.
You seem very interested in the sport. Remember that watching these clips of Messi and Ronaldo is like watching the best of Jordan or Lebron for example. They are not representative, but shows you football skill at its peak.
Nice analogy.
"Why would you kick like that" simple: the beautiful game.
Also please watch a video of Ronaldinho to get an even better feel of the beautiful game. Everyone loves ronaldinho and at his peak he was absolutely ridiculous.
Hi there! As a Portuguese myself I’m going to try to resume our national hero career. You just saw almost 20y of Ronaldo’s career footage and his football now with 35 changed a lot since he left Portugal. The first half of his career the way he played was outrageous: fastest man on the pitch, a lot of dribbling, a lot of freestyle with a ball and a lot of entertaining bits of football. That why we pay tickets right, it was fun! The second half of his career he had to adapt his style to be able to stay relevant and one of the greats of all time. He started to become more pragmatic, to score a lot more goals and to play a lot more wholesome instead of relaying only on speed or signature moves. Also because Messi kept his technical skills so high over the years and technically he is probably the best player in the world Ronald started to shift his own goals in football to breaking records in all competitions. Another think that separates Ronaldo from Messi is that Ronaldo played in the 3 major leagues in Europe (England, Spanish and now the Italian league) and he was champion and top goal scorer in all of these leagues. On the contrary Messi never left his comfort zone in Barcelona and I guess we’ll never know how Messi could adapt to other playing styles and dynamics of a different club or league. On a national level, Ronaldo also won 2 official tournaments for his country and Messi is yet to win any trophy. I’m not stating Ronaldo is better than Messi. As a Portuguese I have no problem saying that Messi is probably an alien on his own league, the ball gravitates towards him and he is a natural. Ronaldo on the other side is the result of hard work, discipline and accomplishment. He is more human in a way I guess.
It aint that deep pal, messi is better.
@@mingoxxx good for him mate
Messi won Copa America 21 so end of the debate
@@minnal0234 my comment was written before that.
@@TheTiagovitoria okay but that will not change the facts
They have different playstyles. Messi lives in his own world where the only thing that matters is his relationship with the ball and his moves are the natural outcome of his desire to not let other people bother him, so no one has any idea what he will do next. Whereas Cristiano worked the same moves a million times, has an extensive bag of tricks and takes full advantage of his athletics that he also worked out to be in peak physique, so his unpredictability comes from the fact that he has more spatial awareness and positioning than most of the other players.
Side note: the leg-cross dribble was performed by Maradona before Cristiano did it but it's probably even older. It's the correct way to kick the ball since the other foot is supporting the weight of the body and is unable to kick the ball without you falling to the ground. Most professional players can do it with no problem.
As a disclaimer i am portuguese so everyone would expect that i would be bias towards Cristiano, but i'm not blind and although he is a wonderful player i can assure you that a player like Ricardo Quaresma (you might want to look him out also) is even more skilled than Cristiano, adding to the fact that Quaresma has a natural technique just like Messi. The reason why Cristiano has more honors is because of his work ethic and the fact that he, along with his family and his personal manager, were more savy or smart in managing his professional career, which in the end counts a lot for the degree of success that Cristiano has today. He learned how to be a footballer in the english club Manchester Utd between 2003 and 2009. Before that he was just a talented kid that made some tricks.
Anyway i'm enjoying this series a lot so congratulations for your work at making these videos.
I’m Argentinian and I think the opposite. To me Cristiano is better bcs of his talent, physic, abilities, sacrifice and lider ship. Those thing combined make football. You can’t find another player like him.
I like Messi a lot! As you said, I’m not blind but to me, Angel Di Maria has more talent with the ball but he is not that consistent like Messi or Cristiano.
A lot of people also say that maybe I’m Messi biased but Cristiano is just an example to everyone, not only on football and his talent is insane!
Cristiano dame el 1% de tu talento boludo! Con eso es suficiente!
@@angu15 So someone is better at football, because of "sacrifice and leadership"? Ronaldo has never done the things Messi has done. Most players haven't for that matter. When someone speaks about the best footballer, people speak about what that player can do with the ball. Messi is miles ahead of everyone. In terms of Pure football skill, Ronaldo is not top 10. Especially the Ronaldo we saw for the past 5 or 6 years. If we speak about best careers then Ronaldo is 100% top 3 ever.
@@MOMO_1324. did you only read sacrifice and leadership from all the thing o wrote? Ok. 🤡
I also stop reading your comment on that part.
Read again and maybe I can answer next time.
@@angu15 No, i only mentioned those because i agreed on the other things u said. Sacrifice and leadership is irrelevant if we talking about the best footballer. Maybe if the convo was about the best teamplayer or something then it would be relevant.
@@MOMO_1324. no its not bro, leadership is very important to a footballer. U have the exemple of ronaldo in euro and messi in copa américa. Ronaldo was injured and didn't play all the final, he was sub at 19 min i think, and he help a lot the portuguese national team. He even helped more then fernando santos, the portuguese coach. When messi played the final he didn't try to put is tm8s up, like ronaldo, and then in the pênaltis just kicked it, failed it and went to cry, didn't go to is tm8s and say "c'mon he can win this", "unlucky, u guys will give this win to us", he didn't even tried to help the team moral. He is just a leadership that don't know how to leadership. Ronaldo have several videos showing him leadering is team and helping his tm8s get confidence doing something.
(Sorry for my trash english, its not my mother's language)
Back heel goals? One name: Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
I came here to recommend that she does a reaction to Zlatan
Zola's backheel from the corner , haven't seen a better one
Zlatan has the more beautiful. But Cris has way more backheel goals
When you throw a party, Zlatan invites you!
Without goalkeeper
"HOW MUCH OF THAT IS IMPORTANT" - Football is all about dominance and not just winning. He's absolutely dominating opposite defense line while counter attacks. In simple words - he's letting the opponent team and their coach know that winning or losing don't matter, that he is on a DIFFERENT LEAGUE ONLY 🔥👀🔥
I'm Brazilian, I've spent almost my whole life watching football, and I can say with certainty that Cristiano Ronaldo overcame Messi by a good margin.
Cristiano was the most complete player in recent decades.
when a brazillian comment about a player or football u better believe it
So wrong on so many levels 😂
I love how eager you're trying to learn new things especially about football...the energy and enthusiasm is sooo adorable...tips...try finding out about Ronaldhino, Zinadine Zidane, Ronaldo (the Brazilian, not the Portuguese), Pavel Nedvad to name a few...they are all great footballers of our time...
Next one should be Zlatan. The guys a savage and incredibly aggressive and scary when he is playing (btw if you decide to watch one make sure it's not just interview moments bc there is a lot of them)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic•Craziest skills ever•Impossible goals by Feel my Style is the best video of him
You have to react to Ronaldinho! He had to potential to become the best player ever, and actually mentored Messi. He was the player who assisted Messi’s first goal.
No European(Football enthusiasts) would compare or even talk American Football in the same sentence. American football doesn’t have anything to do with original football. You could call the game something else and rock it!
You also have the World Series Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada and you guys own that.
Note: many of us wonder about the reason you call it “theWorld Series” though, maybe rethink that as well🙃
17:57 That goal... Against FC Porto, my team... Amazing goal that left me both in awe and really bitter. We went to Old Trafford and drew there (2 all I think) and lost 1-0 at home. Sad times.
We appreciate you for trying to learn and spending your time understanding the sport we love :) Great effort!! Btw, Portugal is a full on independent contry who shares a border with Spain and has it's own language: Portuguese (same language spoken in Brazil, but with a different accent and some different words just like British english and American english).
Borh Spanish and Portuguese are "Romance" languages with strong Latin roots. French and Italian are also in this group
@@jasongarfitt1147 *sad Romanian🇷🇴 noises*
@@Asendra01 i didn't mention occtian either
@@jasongarfitt1147 And Romanian
and for the same reason... we (Portuguese) colonized Brazil, and England colonized the USA
What you said hits the nail on the head, he is trained while Messi is a natural player.
I would say it like this: Ronaldo has the perfect athlete body with an insane work ethic.
You can feel that when he does stuff, he does it like someone that practised it a million times before.
Messi on the other hand was born to play football specifically (Ronaldo could have been a top athlete in basically any sport he set his sight on, with his body and work ethic), he is small, there aren't many sports he could have done other than football. He also has an insane work ethic, but more to build his athletics, you can see that he doesn't practise tricks or skills, ball handling comes natural to him.
In a sense you have to respect Ronaldo more, because you can see that he worked his butt off to compete with the natural talent that Messi has and that he is even near the same level is insane, on the other hand Messis natural talent is just out of this world. Messi is what you get when you engineer the perfect human to play football, especially his control and touch are outlandish.
One thing that I would disagree with ur statement is the way you portrait Ronaldo as a "football player purely worked". To become a player like Ronaldo and Messi u must have the talent and Ronaldo had and still has all the talent of the world (what he does on the pitch it's impossible if he had no talent and just worked hard for it). In simpler words, to become one of the best of all time u must have some talent because it can't be worked out...
interesting opinion.
@@pizzamayani2166 I guess he's referring to "natural talent" which is true. Some people are just born with talent while others don't. Having talent isn't really a big deal cause talent doesn't equal success.
Otherwise both really work hard no doubt.
@@lalitthapa101 well that's what I'm referring to. Just watch ronaldo's clips when he just a boy of 4-5 years old (he was different from everyone else because he was born with that talent)
You are deluded if you think Messi doesn't train his Dribbles either.... No player or human being reach the level of what these two did reach without training themselves on what they do. That idea of pure born talent, is romantic cliché and bogus. Of course Messi has talent, and of course Ronaldo has talent, just look at them when they were kids. But they had to work for it to be where they are.
I've read a popular quote regarding the Messi-Ronaldo comparison:
Messi is an artisan's dream.
Ronaldo is an engineer's dream.
That quote was not by an engineer. We are all about efficiency so Messi is still the Engineer's dream. Flamboyance is more of the artist's MO
Messi is almost everyone's dream, Ronaldo is Ronaldo's dream.
@@revuproar5636 over 200 million people world wide disagree with that i get you are a Messi fan but to say he is almost everyone dream is pure bs.
@@revuproar5636 I'm not particularly a supporter of either so I like to enjoy them playing out their last years without much judgement
@@kelzreallife8293 Yet enginering is science which is all about constant improving thing never satisfied and always strivig something that applies to Ronaldo more than Messi Maradona said it best Messi is the product of Natural Talent Ronaldo is the product of hard work.
Ronaldo is considered as the best player to play under pressure situations against the biggest teams in the world
"Which one's messi?"
23:40 that little man who Ronaldo dribbled past like he wasnt even there, lol
SIIUUUUU 😂💪
I have huge respect for Cristiano, probably the greatest goalscorer of all time, but Messi is way more talented and fun to watch.
I don’t think so!!!
What makes Messi more talented than Ronaldo or Pele Maradona Zidane Ronaldo the phenomenon and so many others i always hear that argument but no one ever has a great answer.
@@Kazumatempest Just watch him. If you are not blind and has a good footballing knowledge, then it's very obvbious.
Ronaldo is NOT a better goalscorer than Messi. Messi has already more goals than him despite playing 200 games less.
@@hasibalfuad9652 why doesn’t he do the same with Argentina?
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(9:13) He's showing off, we call it showboating and opposition players hate it as it makes them look foolish. The fans love it of course.
Messi plays number 10 .. Ronaldo plays number 7
Usually hate "reaction" videos, but I like yours - you seem to actually try and understand what your watching.
From india(kerala)...only for ronaldo ❤❤
Please react to ‘The Greatest Era of Football: Ronaldo & Messi.
It’s a great video about how they are both greater then any other player from any other generation
What about GEORGE BEST AND DIEGO MARADONA,THEIR IN A CLASS OF THEIR OWN
@@paulguise698 And the "Real Ronaldo", Pele , and Garrincha
Just to make it clear, he didn't invent any of these moves, he just learned and uses them in games
No one invents anything in football....
the freestyling shown in the video was mainly timewasting (if they're in the lead then it's beneficial to not give the opposing team much time + it would be a dangerous tackle for a defender and easy to give out a free kick) but it's also to show off a little
Nah, it's also used to demoralise and frustrate the opposing players. If they get impatient, they make mistakes.
You describe both Messi and Ronaldo exactly what playstyle they have ,without knowing them. Admiration for that.
Messi et Ronaldo sont les 2 meilleurs joueurs européen avec leur trophées remporter et leur records de buts marqué toutes compétitions confondues 😊
React to Neymar Jr, Ronaldinho(R10) and Ronaldo Nazário(R9).
I also suggest you to watch some Tiki-taka playstyle videos
oh my god. i'm already waiting for reactions videos on players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Neymar, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo Nazario...
I can't wait to see you watching "Nothing is Impossible" w. Zlatan !
Biggest confidence of all players. PERIOD.
he's the most complete player ever. And he proven that by playing in different clubs and leagues.
You are so good at spotting the characteristics of players and soccer! I can see that you are a smart person. Thanks for the interesting video! I'll wait more :)
I think Messi's video was good but it didn't include his whole game. You should watch "Lionel Messi The Art Of Passing" since you already have an idea about his dribbling.
Why don't you suggest another video like this, that demonstrates all parts of his game, she would be exhausted watching separate vids
@@euganieldamiao8084 it can gain her more knowledge about how certain skill works
@@arm3199 that's why you introduce her to other players like KDB, Kanté, Sergio Ramos
@@euganieldamiao8084 thats different players..and suggestions are our opinion its her choice whether to watch it or not, he suggested some he liked,like wise u can suggest too
@@arm3199 I'm just suggesting that we don't water board her with the same players, but instead since this is the begin showcase the different players who are very good at different technical aspects of football, that's it.
Making the world cup as the criteria for determining who's the GOAT and who's not is a an argument made by old heads and casuals.
The world cup is a tournament held every four years, so all the Great players have maximum three shots at it while they're in their prime, also, players can't choose their nation, so it's not the player's fault if they're stuck with a bad nation or generation (Only eight countries won the world cup) this alone should put into perspective how hard it is to win it.
The real criteria for determining the GOAT are : Ballon D'ors (our version of MVP), golden boots, champions League/domestic leagues, longevity, talent.
While you are absolutely right, neither Messi nor CR7 have won the World cup - and yet we are debating them here. Neither did Modric or Lewandowski btw.
But I fear that ballon d'or is probably biased in favor of attackers, when over the course of a tournament other players can be the fulcrum of a team, e.g. Philipp lahm, maybe N'golo kanté, many others
@@doyouwanttogivemelekiss3097
Ronaldo and Messi are two greatest players of all time, and it's not even close between them and third players.
@@mebarkiimad8999 Like I said, I think goalgetters are flashy and great - but insuffiicient to win titles.
And in the case of Barca and Madrid, they have the resources to fit the playstyle of Messi/CR7 - for their national teams, that is harder (cr7 one euro championship, messi no copa america)
If you don't like Lahm and Kanté, how about some Cannavaro and Maldini?
@@mebarkiimad8999 Maradona, Zidane, Ronaldo (the Phenomenon), Totti, Baggio, are all in the pantheon with Messi and CR7. There is no true valid meter to really compare all the great scorers. And Ballon D'or is 70% politics and sponsors, not really a reliable measure in this debate, as is the world cup, for the reasons you mentioned.
The Art of Tiki-Taka could be a good one too. it's about a playstyle that Barcelona master particularly well.
You are a keen observer and a learner. Great observations, thats the important part...👍👍
Watching Ronaldo videos with coca cola shirt 🙄🙄🙄🙄..
9:21 i will admit some of what he did is unnecessary but other time when he's boxed in it's pretty crucial,, it really depends on the situation
I See That Clip In Many Videos
An I Too Admit, That Particular Clip Move Was Too Much Unnecessary. Not Gonna Lie
well i disagree bcs in those moments where those movements were unnecessary he actually was trying just to waste as much time as possible, he never does that if team is losing or its 36th minute of the game or smthin like that 😂😂 (he was not even trying to go past defenders in some moments)
@@giorgikokhreidze621 I totally get your point
Juventus is latin for 'gioventù' (youth). Club founded in 1897
That freestyle is just setting all the players up as he wants, and to give time to everybody else to catch up 😅
Manchester United fan here. Had an Australian work colleague when I was in Manchester, who had previously been to the Olympic 100m finals, comment after a match he had been to at Old Trafford, that he had just seen a footballer run like an Olympic final sprinter - but with a ball!
he can do anything on the field.....he is the GOAT...
🗑
I'm not going to choose between Messi and Ronaldo, they're the two best of all time (and I'm old enough to remember Pele and Maradona....). All I'll say is firstly I can't stand those people who say "Messi is clearly the best, Ronaldo isn't in the same league" - that's nonsense. Also, although Messi has the superior dribbling skills and his overall game is out of this world, I feel Ronaldo has created more dramatic moments which make fans gasp in amazement! Love your videos!
Agree. Also, I think that the fact that Ronaldo was the best in all the countries he played in should be mentioned. Completly different leagues and styles of football.
Messi never left Barcelona. He's there since he was 13.
Really curious how he would compare if he have played in other leagues.
We're all just lucky of being able to see them both play at the same time.
@@BRod-fh7gv I do question what Messi would be like in a more physical league.
When he plays the physical teams a few times a year in the UCL, he can dominate still. But playing them every week? Not sure how easy it'd be to maintain at the same level
Context for the last section of the video:
1 - 'El Clásico' ('The Classic') is the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, arguably (but not really...) the two historically best teams in Spain and two of the best in Europe. Stats-wise, Real Madrid has won the most Champions League titles (13) and La Liga (Spanish League) titles (34) out of all the clubs to compete in those tournaments. Barcelona comes fifth in Champions League titles (5), with numbers 2,3 and 4 not being spanish clubs, and second in La Liga titles (26).
2 - The match is extra important in the context of the rivalry between Messi and Ronaldo, which is why in that section they also show Barcelona vs Juventus matches. Messi and Ronaldo are rivals because they were the standout players in the two major rivals of spain and because for some time they were intermitently awarded the "Baloon d'Or" award (for best player in the world in a season), with the other usually coming in second. They are the two players with the most "Baloon d'Or" awards received (6 for Messi, 5 for Ronaldo) and with the most appearances as runner-ups (6 for Ronaldo, 5 for Messi).
3 - You don't really see both Messi and Ronaldo because they're both forwards and mostly offensive players. You're unlikely to see one trying to stop the other...
So yeah, there's a bit of an extra explanation as to why they're considered such big rivals and why the subject is so divisive... Of course it shouldn't, Ronaldo is clearly the best... :) (I'm portuguese just like him, it's a matter of national pride to say this) Also, he just beat the record for most goals scored for a national team :D
About the South American league, you'll want to check out the Copa dos Libertadores :D probably the second most important continental league in the world. Europe and South America are definitely the two most important continents in the world football-wise. Tons of insane players have come from Brazil and Argentina especially.
PS: You might find interesting to watch (maybe react, not necessarily) this video: th-cam.com/video/YTKSzaq4sWc/w-d-xo.html on football jersey numbers :) They're not assigned to a position but they once were and so now carry a certain conotation. The fact that you see Messi usually play with the number 10 and Ronaldo with the number 7 (or 9) is significant and does reflect their style difference.
Ronaldo is very much a "look at me" prima donna character - very different to Messi. Both are great players though, and were big rivals in the Spanish League over many years for Barcelona (Messi) and Real Madrid (Ronaldo).
If you want to fall in love with football (or soccer as you say) you have to watch a compilation for Ronaldinho.
No one else played football with all its beauty and glory like Ronaldinho did.
Fans give this comment traction so she sees his compilations)))
See Mardona, Pele and Ronaldinho old players also so on.
But see also Germany Sweden 4-4, Germany was world champion, Germany later beat Brazil 7-1. next world cup.
I know there are many many great players to react, But Zlatan would be much more exciting.
At least according to him. :P
It amazes me how insightful you are with so little knowledge of the game. You are SPOT ON with the Messi and Ronaldo comparison.
Very honest reaction subscribed👍
You are correct that there is an element of "just showing off and having fun" to all of the tricks and flicks some players, Ronaldo certainly included do, not to beat players but seemingly just to confuse them. It's intimidating, quick feet, great balance and agility, practice, practice, practice, it's "I'm better than you and you will not take this ball from me".
"I've not seen a goal like that before" Gianfranco Zola - "hold my beer"
I'm still for Pelé. In the old times a lot of Brazil Players showed some of the tricks Ronaldo does. That's a reason why the Brazilian National Team was so strong.
A few years ago they gathered a number of top players, then put them in the boots used in the 30's and 40's with balls from the same era. To a man they humbly said they could not do what those former greats were doing. I recall thinking what would Pele have been capable of if he had the engineered equipment of today.
Yes, he's waiting for commitment of the defender.
Hey your videos are good there is no overreaction like others everything is perfect & natural. keep it up & good luck 👊🏻
Amazing insight going into these reactions