Re: Official Retirement Appreciation Thread

by The Franchise Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:32 pm

M99 wrote:I think it was against Valencia, a ridiculous overhead kick goal, man I became his #1 fan after seeing that goal.

He was amazing at the 2002 World Cup.

I think that moment must be one of Barca's fans greatest memory.

It was in the last minute of the game and without that goal, Barca fail to qualify for the CL.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:34 pm

I remember watching that game lol.

Wasn't just an overhead kick to get a draw to qualify for the CL but also a goal to get a hatrick lol.

by The Franchise Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:36 pm

by Art Morte Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:39 pm

The Franchise wrote:
Art Morte wrote:
Who is the closest Brasilian to his style nowadays?

Nobody.

Not even close.

Yeah well, that's why I was tempted to ask the question (partially anyway). That if the answer was this, the follow-up question would be that how come Brasil haven't produced a player like him in 10 years?

by The Franchise Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:42 pm

Like him or of his quality?

Because I rarely see 2 different players who remind me of each other.

In terms of quality, its hard, in his day he was the best in the world. Cant just pluck them off a tree I guess.

by Red Alert Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:49 pm

How lucky are Barcelona? Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Romario... lol

by Robespierre Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:52 pm

by Red Alert Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:58 pm

Hated that fixture so much. Hanged on 0-0 at the Nou Camp, not sure how. lol Gary Mac scoring a penalty at Anfield for us to pass through 1-0.

by Ganso Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:01 pm

Its so frustrating to me that I never got to watch Rivaldo,Ronaldinho,Ronaldo and Romario in the their peak.Specially R9

by Rebaño Sagrado Sat Mar 15, 2014 4:00 pm

You can tell your grandchildren about Ganso tho

by futbol Sat Mar 15, 2014 4:11 pm

Still puzzles me how underrated Rivaldo is to this day. Unlucky to play in one of the worst Barca eras of all time I guess. Plus THAT dive obviously didn't help ...

by Art Morte Sat Mar 15, 2014 4:23 pm

Fußball wrote:Still puzzles me how underrated Rivaldo is to this day. Unlucky to play in one of the worst Barca eras of all time I guess. Plus THAT dive obviously didn't help ...

Didn't even remember it before you brought it up. Suddenly I'm not feeling that nostalgic Neutral

Worse than Zidane headbutt.

by M99 Sat Mar 15, 2014 4:31 pm

That dive overshadowed his entire tournament. He was absolutely brilliant, on par with Ronaldo and Kahn.

by elitedam Sat Mar 15, 2014 5:16 pm

Rebaño Sagrado wrote:You can tell your grandchildren about Ganso tho

by BarcaLearning Sat Mar 15, 2014 7:32 pm

Rivaldo is a legend! One of the best of this era. Hes longativity is admirable I think. A real professional and boss and one of my favourite and exciting player. I will never forget some of the games he played, I think he hit the cross bar 3 times vs Man U in a game or something. Beating Schmeichel twice from long range in a game if i recall correctly, just stunning player :bow:

I hope he stays in football and maybe become a manager Very Happy

by harhar11 Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:05 pm

The referee robbed him of a hattrick against Real Madrid Mad

What a player! :bow:

by EL Patron Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:50 pm

Rivaldo was great, underated player. I always remember him in the 2002 world cup. He was very good, that goal against England Smile

by Onyx Tue Mar 18, 2014 6:31 pm

Frank Rijkaard announces retirement as a coach.

by M99 Wed Mar 19, 2014 7:09 am

Yohan Modric wrote:Frank Rijkaard announces retirement as a coach.

Never repeated his Barca success anywhere. He did a fantastic job there.

by BarcaLearning Wed Mar 19, 2014 2:08 pm

This is a case of showing manager sometimes has little to do with the team being successful, but the players just good themselves Razz

From winning the CL with Barca to failing with team in a much weaker league... so strange.

by Onyx Wed Mar 19, 2014 2:43 pm

He was only 51 as well.

by M99 Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:47 pm

BarcaLearning wrote: This is a case of showing manager sometimes has little to do with the team being successful, but the players just good themselves From winning the CL with Barca to failing with team in a much weaker league... so strange.

What were Barca doing before Rijkaard? I don't expect you to know the answer of that anyway since you were probably a Man Utd fan then.

by rwo power Wed Mar 19, 2014 4:28 pm

Hannover 96's captain Steven Cherundolo hangs up his football boots effective immediately. Cherundolo, who earned 63 caps for the US national team, stayed with Hannover for 15 years and will now assume the role as assistant coach of Hannover's U23 team.

by McLewis Wed Mar 19, 2014 4:31 pm

Dolo

One of the best right-backs the States have produced along with Frankie Hejduk. Dolo is personally one of my favorite players as well. Always so consistent and leads from the back.

He shall be missed.

by rwo power Wed Mar 19, 2014 4:33 pm

Unfortunately he suffered repeated knee injuries recently and so he decided to call it a day. Sad

by BarcaLearning Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:37 pm

M99 wrote:
BarcaLearning wrote: This is a case of showing manager sometimes has little to do with the team being successful, but the players just good themselves :PFrom winning the CL with Barca to failing with team in a much weaker league... so strange.

What were Barca doing before Rijkaard? I don't expect you to know the answer of that anyway since you were probably a Man Utd fan then.

Where did u get that from, i HATE Man U lol. His Barca was poor in the end, but that was after he was league and CL as we all know?

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