I don’t know. I agree r9 dint have great support in some of the teams but he still played for a strong Barca side. He did well individually but never managed to win ucl or even go far.
I agree about the Sheva goal but individually Ronaldinho caused gattuso and nesta etc plenty of problems. This was peak nesta etc and he made it look easy. Although yes we should have won the game in camp nou. They robbed us. Still overall a very close game
Remember iniesta xavi were way too young at the time.
So did r9 in his prime but nesta was not as good back then. He was 22 and no where close to his prime.
Nesta at 22 was in his prime wtf are you talking about bro?
Before Real Madrid he only play in CL once in 1998/99 with Inter, that was pre-injury
Then he spent like 2 years out of comission with his knee blown
He didn't get to play CL again until Real Madrid
2002/03 was his only real shot due to team circumstances and due to weight gain illness
These are the seasons he played in CL
Playing in CL was not easily guaranteed in the 90s
PSV was second place to Van Gaal Ajax he was there for 2 season, at Barca he was there for 1 season where they were at CWC, at Inter... yeah
At Inter
1998/99 1 goal in 6 matches
At Real
2002/03 6 goals in 11 matches
2003/04 4 goals in 9 matches
2004/05 3 goals in 10 matches
2005/06 No goals in only 2 matches
2006/ to December 2006 2 goals in 4 matches
Prime Ronaldinho > Post-injury Ronaldo(except for 2002 and 2006 World Cup where in 2006 especially Ronaldinho was a huge disappointment)
But Prime Ronaldo >>>>>>>>>>> Prime Ronaldinho and it's not even close
Ronaldo after having his knee completely blown out twice was still doing shit like this at Real as late as 2004/2005 in Champions League
It just sounds to me like you didn't witness pre-injury Ronaldo live tbh because nobody who saw him at PSV, Barcelona, Inter pre-injury would ever think Ronaldinho was better