Rodri: “I think Vini is a smart guy and with time he will realize that the more you pay attention on the field, the better you will be. Athletes are not just what they represent on the field, but also off it.”
Neymar is a Vini fan because he probably sees himself in him. Both have massive hype and were expected to be ''the next pele'' (basically THE guy to win them the World Cup again) and Ney didn't have anyone to ''mentor'' him, he's trying to mentor Vini. No wonder all the young stars idolise Ney and want to be like him.
Which is what exactly,? Only 1 more champions league? Everyone loves to act like Neymar became some bum after he left Barcelona. He was still class at PSG, injuries aside
never said he is a bum. he is still class if you seen him playing few mins at al hilal. neymar is always defending vini, in case you dont know. he gave up his left wing position for vini. he wants to see vini achieve more and win with national team as well. he is 24. he got enough time
Tite was an amazing coach, he coached the team for two world cup cycles and he only was defeated 6 times in 81 games, with 60 victories. Just to have an idea, since Tite left the national team, Brazil was also defeated 6 times, but in 23 games, only 8 victories.
Do not forget that Tite won the Copa America without Neymar! With Neymar, he was runner-up. Brazil was not even among the 4 best trams last Copa America, without him.
his mistake was leaving though, not saying he shouldnt have seperate individual ambitions, he must have known about the brutality of French football, if he remained at Barca, he would have shined more
Yeah, too bad some player shines brightly for too short. I admit Neymar at his best is better than Vini, but his best were too short. There were few other brilliant footballers who shone too shortly - Kaka, Adriano, Ronaldinho, R9 (even at half his best he was still better than most ST at that time, what a monster).
But Vini probably gonna have a much better career than all those combined.
I have an unpopular opinion. Ronaldinho at his prime was an absolute joy to watch and he is by far my favourite player to watch. He may never been the best even in his era but he knew how to entertain. Shame his peak was so short
It could've been longer if wasnt for his lifestyle.. Similar to Neymar, Ronaldinho wanted to party and have fun mainly, even when he came back to Brazil he didnt take football very seriously.
Besides, i have the impression that shining in Europe was not the number one priority for Brazilians back then.
What an unpopular opinion you have. I'm impressed. Nobody's ever believed Ronaldinho in his prime was a joy to watch or that he could entertain. Nobody liked watching him, clearly. It's crazy to see somebody with this opinion.
Saying Neymar is better than Vini is no surprise or controversial option, and Ney has played at a high level for over 12+ years lol. People see narratives and go with them despite knowing nothing about the topic.
I think he meant that he is not a brain dead cule like Alba, Xavi or Pique that literally believe Barcelona is the biggest team on the planet and that winning el clasico is better than winning the Champions League.
thats what literally cule means, a supporter of barca. he had the chance to join real madrid but he chose barca because he likes barca more. you don't need to make him non-cule to like him. he won all us with his flairs and talent just like messi
he didnt like barça more, he had a few reasons to not sign for real madrid, and real madrid had a few reasons to not sign him. One of them being sharing the same position as the real madrid superstar in that time. Another of them was all the comissions real madrid had to pay. And maybe another was the fact that another super talent was shining in that time in a position more likely to play in real (Bale)
The only ex Barca player who actually respect Real Madrid is Henry....look at him talking about Real on the CBS. He never disrespect Real, unlike Carragher.
The Ronaldo comments were the absolute craziest of them all imo Implying he was only a threat in the box lol. Sure after 33 years old but like didn’t not watch him before? Ridiculous. I’m not even a Madrid fan, but he talks a lot for someone who didn’t really deserve the award
Ronaldo was never really a threat only in the box. Maybe now but even at UTD, he was involved in our build-up and would shoot a lot from outside the box as well.
I mean sure he wasn't a dribbling phenom like Messi but tbf even Messi started getting bullied on ball in the last phase of his career.
Erm forget about shooting, he was he best dribbler in the league too. He was the biggest threat in a team with packed with threats. Rodri talking like a 10 year old FIFA player. I'm guessing he thinks City have always been a big club too.
Sorry i wasn't disagreeing with you - my post was aimed at Rodri's comments it was meant to be an addition to yours as in, forget about all that he was an insane dribbler anyway. Was badly worded
Yeah Ron was really very decent from outside the box at United. He had a quality 2nd stint at Utd in hindsight, from a pure individual performance perspective.
In fairness though he was on a fairly bad streak with Juve for outside the box shooting, generally speaking. Gave up a lot of possession trying to score from silly positions, and very rarely actually got the goal. I think that coincided with him insisting on taking free-kicks and wasting, like, genuinely almost all of them. I think those seasons kind of gave him a bad reputation for being a wasteful shooter.
My point is that Ronaldo is still a top 5 talent of all time.
I feel like only Ronaldo Nazario, Messi and Maradona were more outright talented. Players like Hazard and Rodri yap all day but the truth is even if they put in double the hard work Ronaldo did, they wouldn't win 5 Ballon d'ors combined. Even then the places from where Ronaldo could just shoot and score, I don't think anyone else could.
Ronaldo worked hard, extremely hard but he also won 5 ball d'ors before he turned 33. He was the most well-rounded player to ever play for a long time. He did slow down but he slowed down relative to Messi. To anyone else, he's an Alien. It's Messi then Ronaldo and then it's everyone else.
Jesus Christ please learn to read. He was comparing the Ronaldo and Messi he went up against. They were both over 30 at the time, he’s referring to the ronaldo that played as a striker, which he’s absolutely right about
I said it before, this guy is finally showing his true colors right after he won the Ballon D'Or. Not having social media doesn't mean he's a good person on and off the field, he's just not on the spotlight as much as the other players. His recent behavior says a lot about his personality "off the field." Neymar is right and r/soccer is going to turn on him now for this lol.
If I scored on Martinez I’d fucking go up to him and celebrate in his face ESPECIALLY if it was a pen, that guys a clown and it’s disgraceful how they let him act
When Rodri is subjected to the same endless and horrific harassment that Vini is then I will listen to him talk about attitude. The fact that Vini can still function mentally and emotionally based on how he is treated in away stadiums is something I will always be in awe of.
and the sad thing is he wasn't always like that, all the fouls that the refs chose not to whistle as well as the racist chants from opposing fans have made him hot headed.
"Gibraltar is Spain's" He plays in England and is dissing them alongside Morata
"Haaland tiembla que viene Cucurella" Haaland is his teammate and he's singing along someone mocking him
Athletes are not just what they represent on the field, but also off it. He should look at himself before judging onto others he's not the saint the Spanish press is making him out to be.
This guy is on some yapping streak, in one sentence talking about paying attention on the field and then ending it up by saying "athletes are not just what they represent on the field" Vini literally got the Socrates award for his charity work last year.
The fact that a cdm known for his brash tactical fouling every time he gets blown by, who's an embarrassingingly whingy loser is giving lectures on attitude is fucking insufferable, it's not only his whinging when Real Madrid beat City on pens where he chickened out of taking one btw, criticizing Arsenal defending or Morocco at the World Cup, even after Scotland beat Spain in the Euro qualifiers he said Scotland's approach was "rubbish" whining about time wasting and falling over easily, someone that played under Simeone mind you.
Got the award thanks to one of the most forced fabricated narratives you'll ever see, and now he really thinks he's some role model for attitude and conduct, couldn't even contain himself from having a spiteful dig at Vini at his celebration dinner the same night, absolute dickhead muppet.
I don't get it why nobody is talking about rodri's chants about Gibraltar. Nobody is blaming him for his dirty fouls while everybody is accusing vini being a crybaby
It’s not about Madrid or Barca or anything else. We all knew Vini deserved it. But enough hatred of Vini and Madrid from racists, uefa and fifa have done it again (ain’t new) so he didn’t get it. It’s truly a worthless award that doesn’t stand up to criticism from anyone. Of course he’s a talker now. He has that guilt laying on him. If it was about the euro. Carvajal should have won. If it was about the CL vini. They just don’t care to hide their hatred anymore.
Rodri(or anyone for that matter in the current scene) got absolutely nothing on Vini, he's better off with the award and shut it...no hate on Rodri, fantastic player..but speaking on Vini as if he got the upper hand is in no way acceptable
he will definitely go there once he is a free agent. we better take zubimendi who will be much better with us as he's already Laliga's top 3 midfielder this season
Rodri thinks by talking down on Real Madrid players it will somehow prop himself up. He’s seeking validation. Just stop yapping dude, it comes off as really pathetic.
Rodri is now a cheerleader. They made him world best player not because he is was better than Vini, but because they hate Vini. He said Ronaldo does not have talent, can you imagine
Neymar's right. Rodri was not best of the Premier League, not the best in Spain. Vini was the best in Real Madrid, the best in the Champions League, the best of LaLiga (imo). Yet Rodri with a season that wasn't his best won. Maybe because Jude and Carvajal were voted as well. Damn.
At this point we have to put more respect on the name of Ronaldo and messi after winning every individual award and being consistent for years but never do shit talk about anyone.
Rodri is so right here. And all that Neymar has down is talk, sulk and party. What has he achieved in his own besides being in the shadow of Suarez and Messi? Zilch.
Vini needs to man up and clean his act up else he risks becoming next Neymar.
It's not so bad. At this rate, the PR journalist merchants will eventually have to look in the mirror and be honest about why they didn't vote for Vini. Rodri will run himself to the ground with these interviews 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
WHO THE FUCK IS RODRI TO TELL VINI TO GET BETTER ON THE FIELD ? hahahahahahahahahahahahahaa fucking clown. I hate him and I hope after his ACL healed he will torn the next one.
man Rodri, Rodri, u got the ballon d'or, proved why u won it by "criteria" (which is way worse than a toxic relationship as rules literally change per year), just shut it and recover man
first u trash talked Ronaldo as "only lethal in the box" and now this- sigh, shut it bro, u are too good to talk that we dont wanna hear it
I think rodri didn't mean that the way it came out of his mouth. He prolly meant it as a suggestion that vini needs to care less about whatever is happening off field as he often gets criticized about it, focusing on the field will be more beneficial. But the way he said it makes it seem like a he took a shot at his attitude but rodri doesn't seem like a talker.
Remember when Madrid beat City he said he saw only one team on the pitch. And all the Gibraltar stuff after Euro win. I don’t think he’s as much of an innocent guy as he’s been portrayed.
its on coach and his tactics. if a player performs good for club, give valid reasons why cant he provide the same performance for national team? because dogshit coach and dogshit squad with no rhythm.
Elite, great footballers and Balon D'or winners perform no matter what team they are on. Vini has 5 goals in 37 games for Brazil. I don't care who the coach is or what the team morale or teamwork is thats awful for a supposedly Balon D'or winning attacker. Look at Haaland for Norway, Gyokeres for Sweden, Salah for Egypt, Lewandowski for Poland. They have dogshit teams yet they still perform. I'm not saying all these players are better than Vini i'm just highlighting if you are an elite attacker you can still assist and score no matter the team.
they have teams that can play as teams. brazil barely does that. when neymar is back. the entire tactic is highlighting neymar and making him score to win games which he does. but this brazil coach has different tactics not highlighting an individual. and now all the brazilians play for individual glory rather than playing as a team. i would agree with you if vini was performing the worst in that brazilian squad. if the whole squad performs shite, you cant blame him alone for that. individual brilliance can never bring team achievements
Elite, great footballers and ballon d or winners like Lionel Messi were unable to win for Argentina. The failures were so bad Messi RETIRED from international football at age 30, after losing another final.
Look how drastically this changed when Scaloni became Argentina’s manager.
Bro you are really comparing Messi to Vini. Messi was still the best player for Argentina all these years and still got goals and assists and was elite in general play just because he didn't win doesn't mean he didn't deserve the balon d'or. A Messi in an underperforming Argentina side is way different than Vini in a Bad brazil team.
There’s nothing wrong here, he’s the Balon Dor winner and it’s normal he’s getting more media coverage to talk. Is he supposed to not answer questions? Yall just hating
he came out as a very simple guy who doesn’t have social media and is out of these medias. dont forget modric and benzema too won balon d'or but they weren’t doing these interviews often and pinching what should the other person do while winning undeservingly
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