Look at Seedorf description of Ronaldo’s 2008 skills😂😂, the hand gesture is too funny😭😭😭
He called it not useful and exaggerated.
This is the glamour we fell in love with. Tears man.
I genuinely think football was robbed of seeing the real Ronaldo Nazário.
Not because he wasn't great.
Because we never got to see how great he was actually supposed to become.
Every time I watch old R9 clips, the first thing that hits me isn't the goals.
It's the fear.
Defenders weren't trying to stop him.
They were trying to survive him.
At just 20 years old, he joined Barcelona and somehow scored 47 goals in 49 games. That famous Compostela goal still doesn't make sense to me. Bro literally dragged defenders with him like they were training cones. Even Bobby Robson looked shocked on the touchline.
Then came 1998.
Ronaldo carried Brazil all the way to the World Cup Final, only for everything to change a few hours before kickoff. A mysterious seizure. A hospital visit. Then somehow... he still walked out onto the biggest stage in football.
To this day, nobody fully agrees on what really happened that night.
Just when it felt like his story couldn't get any crueler, football took even more away from him.
The knee injury in 2000 wasn't just another injury.
His patellar tendon completely ruptured.
Doctors were questioning whether he'd even walk normally again, never mind play professional football.
Most careers end there.
R9's didn't.
After 584 days away from football, he came back for the 2002 World Cup.
Everyone was talking about his knees.
He changed his haircut so people would stop talking about the injury.
Classic R9 😂
Then he did what only legends can do.
8 goals. Golden Boot. Two goals in the final against Germany. Brazil lifted their fifth World Cup.
That comeback still feels unreal.
I've always believed Messi is the greatest complete footballer.
I've always believed Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest goalscorer.
But if someone asked me which player terrified defenders the most at his absolute peak...
I'm probably choosing Ronaldo Nazário.
Not because he had the longest career.
Because for a few years, it genuinely looked like football had glitched.
What's the first image that comes to your mind when someone says "R9"? ⚽🇧🇷
زيدان باخر مباراة له؛ اختار ريكيلمي أن يكون آخر لاعب يتبادل معه القميص في مباراة اعتزاله وداع زيدان الملاعب وهو يحمل قميص ريكيلمي في يده بعد المباراة، قال "إنه لشرف لي أن أعتزل وقميصه في يدي"
و لـ زيدان تصريح بعام 2010 قال : ريكيلمي افضل من كريستيانو وكاكا مجتمعين،
عمليتين جراحيتين ركبة مُدمرة، الأطباء أخبروه بصعوبة عودته للمشي مرة أخرى الكثير من الشائعات خرجت رونالدو سيعتزل والعودة كانت تحقيق كأس العالم ..
موراتي: الظاهرة هو أكبر صفقة انتقال قمت بها
تلك هي مسيرة المهاجم الأعظم تاريخياً ❤️