HerrLjunga
Vital 1st Team Regular
This is a bit more like it, great goal by Costa.
There was someone on THIS forum that argued that George Best was better than Ronaldo. I promise I'm not making that upRonaldo has had a reasonable game.
If George Best played under modern rules where there is barely any contact allowed, he would have been untouchable. It was amazing how he would be able to carry on after hatchet jobs on him from the likes of the aptly nicknamed Chopper Harris. Ronaldo would spend 20 minutes crying and then get off the pitch. Not denying that Ronaldo is great but I wonder what Best could have done with the protection the modern creative player gets.
Sadly and as suspected, Messi didn't quite step up to the plate for me. Quite interesting that his match could have mirrored Ronaldo's in that they both had a penalty and a last minute free kick. Ronaldo dispatched both with a cold steely precision, Messi fluffed both with a nervy, almost scared body language.
I've always thought that to be considered "the best", you need to produce at international level. Pele did it, Maradonna did it and Ronaldo has done it. As much as Messi is a brilliant talent, he can't drag his country to higher status the was Ronaldo has. For me, a defining moment for Ronaldo was when he went off injured in the euro final in 2016. Instead of sitting on the bench sulking and feeling he had done his bit, he was on the touchline helping to organise and encourage his team so even from the side lines, managed to pull his team over the line.
Love him or hate him, and I've done both in the past, I think he's at least in the top three best players EVER along with Pele and Maradonna.
I think he's at least in the top three best players EVER along with Pele and Maradonna.