Re: WORLD CUP
you_know_who said:
are u sure? zidane altough not at his best as he was 4-5 years ago, still one of the best player in the tournament.
his performance against brazil is the ultimate proof.
while figo.. he still not in-form. and didnt contribute much to portugal's success
it's more reasonable to compare deco and zidane, although i still believe is the best one;, maybe close only to ballack & frings
Well you may not be aware of what im going to tell you but the year when zidane and figo played at their bests, in the 2000 Euro championship, Zidane get the best player of the year award while Figo getted the second. This was a very contested decisoun and soon many countrys razed their voices, sayng that the prized had been wrongly attributed, although there were certanly much voices that defended Zidane, the voices that defended figo were much stronger, Spain, England, Argentina and Brazil (that in the beggining voted for Rivaldo, but has rivaldo was so far away in the comptition for the prize that brazil went for Figo). Do you know how fifa resolved the situation?? attributed the next year award to Figo even though figo had is worst preformance that year. Figo in the year 2000 didn't help the team. Figo was the team. And so i say once more. Im really looking forward to this last mast has it is the last chance of this 2 legends of all times face wach other one final and conclusive time. Im just sad that they are not as fit has they were in 2000. But at least i think that they will leave something to remember.
And one more thing, Real Madrid since figo stoped playing and expecialy since figo left is playing badder and worst, and there is no zidane, ronaldo, beckham, raul, rubinho or maxi lopez that are making any difference. I cant count the number of coachs that were in and out real since Carlos Queiroz the last coach that clearly betted on Figo. Au contrair, Figo exit to inter was nothing less than a big success... So if you think portuguese don't have big talents, you don't know figo, or you don't see manchester games were ronaldo do magic, or you didn't realized yet that Ricardo is the most unbeatened GK even thow we play with holand, england or mexico, you never seen ricardo carvalho teh best defender in 2004 by fifa. or you never watched the magic that flowed from deco or the best striker in france last seasons Pauleta, or the expert in long shots maniche. I cant understand the ones o say portugal dont have stars. That is a wrong thing to say, like ronaldinho didn't play well this WC you cant say that he isnt good. You can just say that he played badly. And thats what happening with ronaldo, now in relation to figo, you can say that figo was far from brilinat aggainst england, but only that. Any other game Figo was great and in the first one the one we was fresh he was simply outsanding showing us a little of what he once was.
And saying this i just hope for a good game on wensday and wish for favorable result to Portugal
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