did he want to break his bones? maybe not. Did he know what he was doing and make salah feel him by intimidating him and inflicting him some pain? you bet your ass he did.
But those trophies!!
Not sure if this is irony.
Didn't he get rolled onto the other one?
I actually agree with you there. I think it is however a different type of concentration which might be the wrong word to use here. I agree with you that so many defenders look decent when being pressed and are forced to defend crosses and attack after attack. It's amazing how the defenders get praised for warrior like performances when what actually happened is that they had the help of two low blocks, not to mention were as good as forced to be mentally switched on because the other team were playing on the front foot. What I was talking about however is consistency through a whole season. I do think that the likes of Terry, Chiellini or Gódin do indeed need a different type of concentration to maintain that consistency for 10 months. A lot more of the game is played close to where they operate and just by having the ball so nearby, they are forced to be on "defensive" mode for a much longer period.
Yea he smashed it into the ground, but it looked a lot worse to me when I thought it was the other arm that got dislocated. I am sure Ramos had full intention to pull him down with him. But its a bit of a stretch to think that he knew about the amount of damage it caused.
In all likelihood he’d have to do what Sammer did in Euro ‘96 and score some big goals or what Cannavaro did and produce an immaculate and dominant series of performances as the tournament’s best player.
Victor Valdes was an extraordinary goalkeeper. He improved a lot during his career and I feel many of his performances are extremely underrated. I still remember many decisive games where he had 2 or 3 saves to make and they were nothing short of exceptional.
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It wasn't the UEFA Cup but the European Cup, that is the old equivalent of the UCL. Thats why Madrid has 13 and not 7.
Nope it was the UEFA Cup https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_UEFA_Cup_Final
This has potential to look like The Simpsons episode.
WTF!!!He's at the right club, tbf
What in the actual feck? Seriously.
I love how a club can unite so many weirdos across cultures and borders.
Brilliant. The whole of Egypt better be watching and getting their blood/piss close to boiling point. The more hated against Madrid the better. Time they got over their love affair with Real fecking Madrid.
Ramos is better as a defender. But even more important are his leadership qualities. He has a personality that reminds me of Roy Keane. We want a player like that for captain. Pique seems much softer.
Don't watch him enough to be a reasonable judge, but he always seems to be in the middle of a big match's key moments, at either end of the pitch.
You did watch the last CL Final? His mistakes were basic stuff. Defending regular freekick against Lovren. And regular shot by Mane that hit the post, where he’s just standing like idiot in front of Mane allowing him all the time in the world to take a shot.
And quite possibly better than both. He's equally as tough and combative as Vidic, will literally throw himself infront of anything and a tenacious and quality tackler. He also is probably the best ball playing center half in the game, right now. He can read the game just as well as either of those two and, like I said has more important goals then both put together.
He can't match Vidic in last-ditch defending. Ramos is more of a front-foot defender, he sniffs danger and kills potential attacks. Vidic did that stuff but then also tracked back. The only guy comparable to Vidic is Puyol.
Not true. Ramos is covering the shot, not "standing there like an idiot". Not all the defending consists of chasing a player, especially if the player is by far the quickest on the pitch. If that's considered a basic mistake then we can destroy pretty much every defender in the world from now on.
The UEFA cup was the equivalent of what today is Europa League.
Pique is the better defender.
