The most recent example that comes to mind is Courtois in the UCL final against Liverpool, guy was unbelievable. The one that sticks out to me was Ronaldinho vs Madrid in I think it was elclassico 2005 or 06 in the Bernabeu - the teams were stacked - Zidane, R9, Raul, Beckham, Eto, Ronaldinho, Iniesta, Messi, Xavi…what a game.
Messi aint the saint everyone believes him to be, although he does have the worlds best PR team.
So City have been dominant in the past few years…? That doesn’t change anything, the competition as a whole is more competitive than La Liga, Real and Barca are always in the UCL.
In the last 10 years in the Premier League, Man United, Man City, Leicester, Chelsea, and Liverpool all won the league. In La Liga - Real Madrid, Barca and Atletico. La Liga is dull compared to the Prem.
I mean Germany does have a history of racism and discrimination.
Forgot if this was the Carling Cup or FA Cup, but Palace knocked out United in the quarter finals, and Darren Ambrose scored an absolute screamer from like 40 yards out at Old Trafford.
This is forcing it but here’s what I think:
Didier Drogba - Osimhen
Diego Costa - Haaland
Nicolas Anelka - Lukaku
Arjen Robben - Son
Thierry Henry - Kane
Frank Lampard - Bellingham
You’re doing too much, OP asked who would make a better manager, there’s very minimal data who would make potentially a great manager and I just went with the one scenario where one of the two players showed up as a manager. Its not that deep. Not sure why Messi fans feel the need to discredit Ronaldo from everything, its just embarrassing.
Cristiano Ronaldo literally carried Portugal to a Euros final as a player, got injured in the final, and then managed the team from the sidelines who then won the match against all odds. So Ronaldo.
Walker is better.
Spain is a racist country, England isn’t.
They may be set for the next 10 years if they also manage to get Mbappe, however I’m not sure where that would leave Vini
Figo to Madrid
Pogba after the 2018 WC, didn’t win anything at United, fell out with the manager, left the club, suffered greatly with injuries and then joined Juve and barely played, got caught doping and he’s banned for 2 years. All of this in the span of 2 years. I don’t think any player can top that.
After Qatar 2022 I’d probably say Rashford, he had a good purple patch for a couple of months after the competition, but since then he’s fell off massively.
Salah, Bernado, Bruno…come to mind, they’re never injured and play every game
2018 probably had the worst final, France just battered Croatia. 2010 overall was a snooze fest.