A reminder that even if Ronaldo wins the Euro, it won't enhance his legacy in any way.
Look at Platini, won every trophy at club level, scored 312 goals in 580 games as an attacking midfielder, 3x ballon d'or winner and absolutely dominated a European Championships, scoring 9 goals and winning the trophy with a MOTM performance in the final. Yet, he's rated behind Zidane as France's greatest ever player simply because of no WC.
>>69322622
>stealing millions from FIFA
the fact that he won 3 ballon d'ors and no one but hipsters give a fuck about him says it all.
Platini ruined his reputation after his playing career so many don't rate him that highly because they don't like him.
>>69322752
kek
>>69322622
or maybe he's rated behind zidane because, let me guess, Zidane is the greatest footballer ever?
>>69322992
i don't think so
>>69323027
0 international cups you don't get to talk johann
>>69322992
>headgear canine.jpg
>>69322622
Maradona ruined the way we judge players. Have to win a WC "on your own" not to be great.
>>69322752
if Balon hadn't been euro players only back then he woulda won zero.
Maradona would've gotten like 7-8 in a row.
>>69322752
Balon d'Or pre-1995 are a fucking joke.
Igor Belanov won in 1986, litreally fucking who?
>>69323301
>>69323347
Cannavaro winning the ballon d'or turned this trophy into complete farce
>>69323387
And Owen winning didn't?
>>69323387
FIFA taking over and turning the award into a glorified golden boot contest made it a farce
>>69322992
Thanks for the laugh mate
>>69323428
this
>>69323387
Cannavaro single handedly carried his fucking team to a WC as the driver of that bus Italy parked the whole tournament.
His performances were out of this world as a defender, he was prolly on coke the whole time desu.
Better than Penaldo and Chokessi taking turns these days because they get to stat-pad all year round against Rayo Vallecano and Osasuna.
>>69322654
>paying millions to FIFA to get assraped
>>69323387
Farce? A farce is when defenders and midfielders don't win ballon' d'or more often, because "muh goals".
Xavi and Iniesta should've won one ballon d'or each.
>>69322622
You're l8 for your jsa sign on.
>>69323387
Still salty Pierre?
>>69323490
can we stop this
>Romario carried Brazil in 94
>Zidade carried France in 98
>Ronaldo carried Brazil in 02
>Cannavaro carried Italy in 06, etc
>>69324290
>>Ronaldo carried Brazil in 02
This is false. That teams was amazing. They managed themselves. Only people who didn't watched the 02 WC say that.
>>69323294
To be honest Platini arrived at Mexico 86 as the biggest star in the world that was going to crown himself in that WC.
Maradona did what he did and outshined Platini
>>69322654
Joao Havelange, is that (You)?
>>69324360
he 'carried' them the same way the others did, as in he was the main factor in their win and they wouldn't have got anywhere without him.
Zidane is the odd one out in that list because he didn't do shit in 98 apart from his 2 goals in the final.
>>69323490
nah Cannavaro was god mode but he didn't single handedly carry anyone
Buffon was out of this world, Zambrotta, Pirlo, Gattuso, even Materazzi and Grosso performed like they never had before
it was the definition of a team effort
that said, saying Cannavaro didn't deserve the Ballon d'Or just because he's a defender is reatrded
maybe Buffon deserved it a tad more
>>69324760
I still can't believe how they managed to stop the mighty attacks of Australia and Ukraine.
>>69324821
Same way they did stopping Germany and France
>>69322622
>Yet, he's rated behind Zidane as France's greatest ever player simply because of no WC.
But he's not
>>69324877
Yes he is
Average fan now only knows Platini from the FIFA scandal and got fooled by Zidanes YouTube highlights into thinking he's the greatest
If Zidane had won with France in 06 he would be remembered as a GOAT desu
>>69324561
underrated
>>69324939
Headbutt helped his legacy even more so people can say they would have won if he was there for penalties
>>69324928
You mean the average american customer?
Because in europe we know Platini scored 9 goals in 1984 and won 3 ballon d'or.
>>69324621
>he didn't do shit in 98 apart from his 2 goals in the final
Better than scoring a ton of goals against Eibar or Gijon, then disappearing in big games with your national team & losing 3 finals in a row.
>>69324991
That's funny because I was going back and forth on here with some frogs when I said he wasn't a top 10 player
>>69324821
tbf Shevchenko alone was more threatening than the entirety of the french offense
>>69323417
Poor Raúl
>>69325057
Amazing defense on this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNkzREDD5DY
>>69324621
Zidane carried hard in 2006
Sadly he chimped out and the Shitalians won it
>>69325160
G I G I
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>>69325160
REEEEEEEEEEEEEE THAT SAVE
>>69325167
Zidane or not it would not have changed the result. He only missed 10 minutes of italian bus parking and letting Trezeguet taking the penalty against his Juve teammate, Buffon, was a bad idea.
>>69325160
cannavaro was marking trezeguet though
>>69325167
well baggio carried italy in 1994 and we know hat that ended
>>69324621
Ronaldinho was better in that WC
>>69326116
In 2002? Haha fuck off. It was the Ronaldo & Rivaldo show. The only game he out-shined them in was vs. England.
>>69322622
Ronaldo is already arguably the best Portuguese player of all time. Winning this Euro will cement that status, as he will be part of the first Portuguese team to win a major honour
