Former Real Madrid and Inter Milan striker Ronaldo Nazario has reignited the debate around the best players in the history of football, saying his generation was much better than that of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
During his career, Ronaldo has known players like Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos, Kaka, Zinedine Zidane, Thierry Henry, Luis Figo, Dennis Bergkamp, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney, David Beckham, Andrea Pirlo and many others. After playing with some and facing others, the Brazilian legend believes this generation was above the one dominated by Messi and Cristiano.
“All records will be broken, even those of Messi and Ronaldo today will be broken in the future. Records are made for that. But it is difficult to compare one generation to another. There are no good measures to do it” confided the double golden ball during an interview with Sky Sports in 2021.
“If you ask me which generation to choose, I would say ours, without a doubt…During my generation, the competition was much tougher than it is now, not to mention Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar … But the others are absent, they haven’t reached their level. Before, there was more competition and not only in Italy, but also in Spain and England. he continued.
Before concluding : “Now that we have met a very high physical level all over the world, there are no longer the classic, slow and technical No. 10s. Today they no longer have the place. But it’s true that, technically, our generation had a head start. There were more important players and characters. ”
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