Lang7 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Not sure if anyone has posted this already (apologies if so) but here's the Daily Mail article with Ronaldinho's dream team: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2980792/Lionel-Messi-Thierry-Henry-Kaka-legends-Ronaldinho-s-Champions-League-dream-team.html For those who can't be arsed clicking - the three Chelsea players are John Terry, Frank Lampard and Claude Makelele. Full XI below: GK - Buffon RB - CafuCB - TerryCB - Maldini LB - Roberto Carlos DM - Makelele CM - KakaCM - Lampard RW - Messi ST - Ronaldo (Original, not the greasy one) LW - Henry Now THAT is a dream team. Nice to see the Chelsea legends being given some credit. A lot probably wouldn't like to admit it but Terry and Lampard genuinely were world class at that point in time. Makelele obviously was and had been for a while. Massive respect for Ronaldinho. Despite not reaching his full potential he's still the most exciting player I've ever seen play the game and did things I've never seen before or since with a football. No, not those type of things. Get your head out of the gutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverCarefree Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Think that speaks volumes for his tough an opponent we have been for Barca through the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostOfDembaPast Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 ^ was thinking exactly the same when I read the article. (He should have put himself in there over Kaka as well. Far too modest.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerqueen Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Not sure if anyone has posted this already (apologies if so) but here's the Daily Mail article with Ronaldinho's dream team: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2980792/Lionel-Messi-Thierry-Henry-Kaka-legends-Ronaldinho-s-Champions-League-dream-team.html For those who can't be arsed clicking - the three Chelsea players are John Terry, Frank Lampard and Claude Makelele. Full XI below: GK - Buffon RB - CafuCB - Terry CB - Maldini LB - Roberto Carlos DM - Makelele CM - KakaCM - Lampard RW - Messi ST - Ronaldo (Original, not the greasy one) LW - Henry Now THAT is a dream team. Nice to see the Chelsea legends being given some credit. A lot probably wouldn't like to admit it but Terry and Lampard genuinely were world class at that point in time. Makelele obviously was and had been for a while. Massive respect for Ronaldinho. Despite not reaching his full potential he's still the most exciting player I've ever seen play the game and did things I've never seen before or since with a football. No, not those type of things. Get your head out of the gutter. But where on earth is Gerrard? Because he's a legend. The media keep telling us so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droogba Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 But where on earth is Gerrard? Because he's a legend. The media keep telling us so. Dodging, or slipping away from, cctv: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2849285/Off-duty-policewoman-stole-CCTV-footage-Steven-Gerrard-brawling-street-blackmail-later.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_mac Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Ronaldinho was an amazing player, and I think the game against Barca in 04-05 CL he scored on of the most amazing goals against us...just out of nowhere. I was on such a high during that game..and then that happened. As gutted as I was, I had to applaud So, to have him list 3 players, especially Terry and Lampard, is a huge tribute to Chelsea. Maka, well that's got to be automatic, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonty Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Always nice to see our legends acknowledged by one of the all-time greats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdog Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) The first time I witnessed Roni was a friendly match between the US vs Brazil. The commentators were saying this guy would be the next Big Thing out of Brazil. Shortly after that statement Roni scored an excellent taken Free Kick. The dude was simply amazing - for my money Ronaldinho is The GOAT!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuPXdrkzdjo Edited March 7, 2015 by robdog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big blue Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Suprized xavi didn't make the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gem Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 No Stevie G, this team is void. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkw Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 What a team that is, swap henry out for ronaldinho himself and it would be amazing. As for ronaldinho, i still think the toe punt, curly thing he scored against us is the best goal I have ever seen, simply because no one even knew what had happened, and I dont think any other player would even have seen the chance, let alone scored it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang7 Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 Suprized xavi didn't make the team. I'm pretty surprised he left out the majority of the Barca players he'd played with. Maybe a bit of politics due to how Guardiola basically forced him out the door? I'd have Xavi or Zidane instead of Kaka anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezz Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) Amazing team and it speaks volumes of how highly rated some of our players were by Ronaldinho himself (arguably the best player of his generation at his peak). Terry and Maldini is a formidable defensive partnership and they're alike in many ways. Both of them are one club players, natural leaders and universally admired and loved by their fellow supporters. Makelele was always underrated but it's great to see that Ronaldinho recognises the contributions he made at Chelsea and Real Madrid before Perez gave him the flick. The likes of Zidane and Raul all said selling him was a big mistake. Lampard was brilliant around the time when Ronny was peaking. The year Ronaldinho won FIFA Player of the Year in 2005 Lampard was runner-up in that award. Edited March 7, 2015 by Jezz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea190512 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Think there's still some negative feelings towards Barcelona as Puyol and Xavi seem like players who he really would have picked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyne Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Tomorrow, March 8th is the 10th anniversary of when we beat Barca 4-2 at the Bridge. One of the greatest games I've ever been to. The atmosphere was brilliant. I could hardly speak the next day with all the singing and shouting. When JT scored the place went crazy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eofyqOMBKeE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdog Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) Think there's still some negative feelings towards Barcelona as Puyol sorry but Lucio>>>Puyol - that guy was phenomenal Edited March 7, 2015 by robdog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezz Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 (edited) Tomorrow, March 8th is the 10th anniversary of when we beat Barca 4-2 at the Bridge. One of the greatest games I've ever been to. The atmosphere was brilliant. I could hardly speak the next day with all the singing and shouting. When JT scored the place went crazy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eofyqOMBKeE One of the most intense matches I've ever witnessed! The first 20 minutes of that game when we were 3-0 up was simply phenomenal until Barca made a huge comeback with Ronaldinho leading the way but Terry's header at the end was sublime. Crazy to think it was 10 years ago! Edited March 8, 2015 by Jezz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superdan Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Many of the top players over the years were neutralized by Chelsea - ronaldo and messi were some of many that never really shone when playing us. Ronaldinho was immense though because he wasn't just a flair player - he could take the ball and hold it riding out tackles and shielding with his body, he was big and strong and a wizard as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backbiter Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Surprising Ronaldinho didn't put Bouhlarouz (sp?) in his team. He had his only good game for us against him and kept him really quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenz84 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Think there's still some negative feelings towards Barcelona as Puyol and Xavi seem like players who he really would have picked. Puyol over Terry and Maldini? No chance, Puyol was quick and strong so got himself out of trouble a lot. Terry and Maldini have the brains to put themselves in the best position and don't often need to do 'hollywood' tackles and blocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea190512 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Puyol over Terry and Maldini? No chance, Puyol was quick and strong so got himself out of trouble a lot. Terry and Maldini have the brains to put themselves in the best position and don't often need to do 'hollywood' tackles and blocks. I know I don't disagree with your points, I just feel that as an ex Barcelona player who played with a Puyol in his prime he would have been inclined to pick him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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