I agree but Ferguson was lucky he had Ronaldo too.. Ronaldo had and still has a lot of drive! He always wants to do better. If Fabio had half of that attitude we'd be having a different conversation today

@@willywonka7812 lol he was definitely not good looking..

By the time fergie met cr7 he was already a proffesional player. To be a first team player especially at a young age discipline is something you have to have. But fergie did improve his overall performance and discipline on the pitch

Yes, Ferguson said he regrets not helping Paul Gascoigne

Always remember that regardless, being a professional player or not, in life one need someone to guide them. Eric Cantona was already a professional and was a mess, nobody wanted him but Ferguson brought him in and turned his career&life around. Balotelli would have been a better player if he had someone to guide him right. So it's never about being an amateur or a professional.

Ya, people who are are generally unsuccessful even without the talent share his trait. Just cant focus

I remember Hugo viana beat Ronaldo to Portuguese young player of the year. We, Newcastle bought viana and man utd got Ronaldo. And we were thinking we got the better player at the time.

@@frankdux5693 Dude, Viana as a teenager was a beast. The guy just never could be someone who could be relied to get his team on his back. In a level, he was kinda like Fábio Paím. Lots of talent, no mentality. That's why he never even got the same respect in Portugal as like, João Moutinho did.

@@frankdux5693 Hugo Viana was known as the new Rui Costa, but even back then I though he was a bit overrated. Great flair but a bit too slow.

@@frankdux5693 I still remember as a 15 year old watching the Sporting/Man U game and I vividly remember saying multiple times "This kid is gonna be the best player in the world some day.". Sir Alex thought so, too. He bought Cristiano by 3 in the morning. Not only did he become the best player in the world he became the best player in history.

He got lucky I guess, Sporting had Hugo Viana playing at a high lvl and after him came Quaresma to the 1st team with amazing performances shadowing Ronaldo's call for the 1st team, when that one left Paim was doing a show on the youth team so the media turned to him

You are wrong, is not only that, cristiano always had in mind his father, how people looked down on his own father who was doing his so he can train. Then all he suffer in lisboa, he has a strong soul.

Yes Ronaldo was developed to adulthood properly by Sir Alex Fergusson. Sir Alex Fergusson kept coaching and displining Ronaldo for 6 years, that Ronaldo turned to one of greatest footballers ever and thats why Ronaldo thinks Fergusson is like father figure to him, while his actual father was drunk alcoholic who took in part in war, while his father still belived in Ronaldo and so Ronaldo cried, when his father never saw Ronaldo win Champions League. Yes its stupid that some over screaming leftist medias just hype these young players to give them a lot pressure and then they dont become as good as they thought they would become like Jesse Lingrad. If you see some young kid olay very well football. You can still shut up to tell the media to hype up this kid to give a lot pressure and make the kid known to everybody before his even adult. Its that 30 year old veteran footballers attention does not affect them, because their used to it, but young teenagers it do affect, when theit not used to it and too big overexcitment in their hearths can stop them to play so well football, when your just too excited every time your in pitch and thats why you cant play that well football.

All thanks to sir Alex and cr7 knows if that wasn't for Alex Ferguson's he wouldn't have came this far and Ronaldo appreciate everything sir Alex has done for him

I am not sure the media attention is the only thing to blame. The dude seems sexually VERY deviant.

lol

Balloteli - decisions 4 F. Paim - decisions -4

At least Balotelli had a career. Don't compare this joke of a man to a man who actually did things with his career and life.

@@davidumana9861 balotalli had a career but his career went south this guy never had a career and he is a criminal

@@davidumana9861 Balotelli is a joke

Yes! I hope you make it, stay focused on your goals. keep your mind strong and pay attention to the people who want the best for you. Good luck bud.

Hardwork beats talent ,when talent doesn't work hard.

Exactly! Discipline is everything!!

That's in anything fam.

football*

The eyes chico, they never lie

In Cristiano's case it was his mum. His mum was/still is a powerhouse, one of those women that just are unstoppable and he was HUGELY influenced by his mum even before he left Madeira. That mentality, that self discipline and unstoppable desire to overcome himself all the time, it's his mum in a nutshell.

@@paparucoontour not only his mom, his dad was his anchor and when he lost his dad that is when Sir Alex stepped in to guide him strongly

You are spot on...!

Paim was a thug or at least wanted to be one.

Please what is the title?

What Is the title? Suares is the best striker of his generation and in my to 4 greatest ever striker behind pele, Henry, Brazil Ronaldo

@@pensivevalues1949 he also #1 at biting oppositions but a shite human

Jay Jay Okocha comes to mind with his goal in Germany lol

gonna be like a player we made in fifa career mode

He wouldn't

@@watching789 he would’ve, the kid was like a Messi Ronaldo hybrid but even better. Imagine being more talented than Messi.

@@motorsportfan1246 there so many stories of ultra talented kids who don't make it. We never got to see if he would of developed into this star. Maybe other start to catch up to him a lot happens between 17 and 24

Einstein was a fraud

The quote is Thomas Edison.

It's not hard work....Its called "decency " .....No matter how talented ot hard working you are if don't have decency you won't be successful

Or the money and opportunities

@@stivi739 Modrić played for Zrinjski Mostar Don't talk about money and opportunities

@@stivi739 he earned that by himself

There are players more talented than Ronaldo, sure, but to say that there are "many" and "far more talented" is an exaggeration, he was *really* talented it's just that his determination was even bigger than his talent, and that contributed to his evolution.

Quaresma also comes to mind. He was insanely talented. They were coming up at the same time, Cristiano just had better mentors, made better decisions, and had a better attitude.

You’re SMART! This is the only reasonable comment I’ve read on here!

Yes I also never heard about Brazilian wonderkid Robinho, unitil I watched video about his failed career, when even Pele thought he would become very good.

@@jout738 you never heard of Robinho before ? Bro you must be 10 years old

Apparently I was a Chelsea fan way before scolari but I never heard of this guy. Never I've always been on the Chelsea website and I watch 99.9 of our games. Even ore seasons.

@@jout738 Robinho was famous . he was key player flr real Madrid bro and man city

CR7 were told the same. Discipline is the key to success

Sad life

Messi was told that he was the best player also and he turned out great.

@@cryptomatrix1311 the difference is, Messi wasn't paid like he was already the best. Messi and Ronaldo had to work for what they got to begin with, this kid was just given it before he could legally even drive a car.

Same thing happened to Freddy Adu.

You're right, maybe it teaches us a lesson to be careful with praising/hyping youth players. Fabio Paim obviously is an extreme example given everything that happened off of the pitch, but Freddy Adu, Bojan Krkic, Pavel Morrison, and Kerlon all were wonderkids that never managed to fulfill their potential, mostly because of their mindsets, quite possibly caused by things just having gone way too easily in the youth ranks. As a result, they never really learned how to cope with disappointment very well, nor have they learned that sometimes they actually need to work hard to get things done.

@@jdjphotographynl Bojan Krkic was my favorite wonderkid but he doesnt get the chances to play

@@fotballaddict That will probably be for a good reason. ;) If 1 coach doesn't rate him, you could still say there might be a mismatch between the player and the coach, but if that seems to happen practically everywhere Bojan went...

@@jdjphotographynl that’s not it. I was considered a potential international and was supposed to go pro with KDB at Genk. Heart defect at testing discovered. 5’10 185 with a 10.5 100 and wingers agilty

@@de4ds1ghtcsgo94 source?

Just thinking that

Ravel Morrison is exactly who I was thinking of when I was watching this. However Ravel was never in serious trouble like this guy was. What a waste of talent.

See this isn’t what your going is trash my fellow Jamaican. ravel is a more deeper case he’s been diagnosed with bipolar and cause of doping he couldn’t take the meds even at United and westham, and couple that with a ruff up bringing you have have that kind of situation ravel was the most talented player in the uk back in the day yes but it wasn’t a thing where he believed the hype and wasn’t humble, he is humble and doesn’t talk much so it’s a slightly different case. But if you’ve been watch him play since 2020 ravel has actually buckled down and even has played international football he hasn’t scored for Jamaica as yet but he’s scored for Darby 3 times on the bounce. Fabio pain never heard of him he’s more like a Freddy adu oppose to a ravel Morrison

Portugal had a Ravel Morrison in Paim but Quaresma is another talent who could’ve also been much better

@@wickedmanbrrrp he scored tonight against Honduras.

You reap what you sow. He manifested this reality for himself.

Facts!

Wicked, hope he does well :) m8, best wishes from Walsall

Cap

Who is your cousin! Congrats dude 😊 my cousin is Terry Antonis, he plays for Melbourne City now (were Australian, but he's also played in Korea)

This is a perfect example of that.. sad to so many talented players who only had talent but no discipline, responsibility, respect, etc go down hill because of that

Infact talent alone doesnt exist its all just hard work at an early age

@@stansmith5610 emre moor another example

True, it's just a bonus to give you a better start up. practice, hard work, dicipline, willpower and comitment are the far bigger things that determind you as a player. even players without talent can surpass the talented ones if they have those.

Yeah Ronaldo went pro because he had great talent and he also had a big dream to be the face of the entire football

Exactly, due to lack of discipline he never achieved if obvious potential. A good player, who could have been flown higher.

@@nunooliveira1628Still a far better career than what Paim reached in his entire life. Quaresma could have been a footballer in Hamburg (HSV) during the early 2010s, if you asked me.

Interesting. I never heard about him before.

Len Bias died the same night he was drafted

Len bias is an interesting story if you’re into basketball. He was one of the greatest that never was

@@brightsonmensah671 even worse, still within a week - but same night sounds even more gripping

well Ronnie didn't say he was better than him but was great but the last sentence you wrote wouldn't happen I feel like he would probably have a career like Ronaldinho or r9 winning like 1 bdor or something if he didn't have these shitty decisions all his life and low low mentality.

U are right, that's what make Germans good. They are very disciplined, Klose doesn't even seem talented. I can't think of what he knows how to do really but he just delivers.

Klose used his head. All his talent was in his head. All his goals were headers! Total shit player!

@@patrickdavid2076 😂 😂 😂

yes, they cant handle the money

Not even the younger ones, applies to anyone who plays professional sports. No one teach them about finance, economy and thats why the vast majority of football players go broke after retirement.

They have to overpay them mate, or another club will and might sell him to a giant club for 10-100s of millions. It's like an investment.

Quaresma had a decent career

@@gettinbattered not great considering the potential he had and the expectations during that time

@@parsley2942 Quaresma was biger talent than ronaldo

@@uhagfoahagasg8040 then you are very young boy od you font know that ... Scouts sad saying that not me

@@naniseferovic6481 he was amazing

I’m a Porto fan the person who runs this channel is also one , hope you loved estádio do dragão!

Catujal- Terra onde a minha avo morava. Mais um que se ficou devido à falta de disciplina, mas mais que sem duvida, uma lição para todos que se prezem ao aprendizado. Espero que ele tenha finalmente encontrado paz e realização.

But the thing is it's never too late but the guy had already given up on himself

@@hyfechi Never too late?! The dude is overweight was been to prison and is in his 30s ITS TOO LATE

@@RafaelFerreira-dn4xzHe‘s like the Portugese equivalent of Kevin Pannewitz, except that Pannewitz was never a criminal like Paim.

@@dinohermann1887 this clown is worst, drug trafficking and rape charges, and we never saw him play as professional in a decent league the best he did was playing in the Chelsea reserves THATS IT. 😂

Crazy right?

Yh nostalgic format compared to football manager

ele próprio foi o desperdício. Não podemos julgar nem ele

You just wrote nonsense, thank you

Lionel Messi has already once retired from international football, with the Argentina national football team. He eventually returned to international football, but it hints that he isn't as mentally strong as Cristiano Ronaldo. Also Lionel Messi has already this season at PSG had a significant drop off in his goalscoring. With just 7 goals this season for PSG, whilst Cristiano Ronaldo still continues to score goals for Manchester United at at respectable rate and number with 18 goals so far.

@@Angel_jayni bro most of footballing legends retired at 35-37 and yeah messi is not going to play at 40s for sure zlatan and ronaldo are different topics because they have one hell of a physique

@@peterpereira3653 Pretty sure CR would have been mentally destroyed as well if he lost 3 international finals in a row and missed a pen in a shootout they ended up losing in.

@@epicfan1598 Lionel Messi lost 4 major international tournament final matches in a row not 3. Before winning in his fifth major international tournament final match against Brazil. Argentina 1 Brazil 0 2021 Copa America tournament.

Yes they do...that's literally what the letters stand for

No, he's the definition of talent and hard work combined. When he first went to United he was skinny, tried too many stepovers and was skillful but not that effective. I don't remember when but something changed and he became a far more influential player. We all know what happened after that.....

Portugal have had some great players over the years, even some great teams. But they haven't made a World Cup final. I think their best is 3rd place. Eusubio, Figo, Ronaldo etc... All world class. I think it's more amazing Netherlands haven't won a world cup with all the great players and teams they have had, especially after playing in 3 Cup finals now.

No one was better than Lionel... He was absolutely brilliant

@@abadnegoekuku9047 he's right, Velasquez was the captain, star and leading scorer on the team with Messi and was considered even better than Messi. Here's a documentary on him: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r8mdq82nzMexeH0.html

@Nathan thx bro 👊🏾 i couldn’t believe it either. But it’s true he was the penalty and freekick taker and his generation was named after him, vásquez

@@abadnegoekuku9047 all the players agreed he was the best, fabregas, pique, xavi, iniesta

​@@ThrE3-GeSMessi Is just being humble no other player can even dream to compete with him

A weak mind leads to a weak body.

Because he is portuguese

Being in the spotlight is not for everyone

@@purple6419 especially young lings

Fabio paim wasnt forcing his wood like greenwood

Paim was far more talented than greenwood

Stupid comment

That's the exact reason why I choose Ronaldo over, Messi... The guy just works more.

@@phillmugshd9836 if u think about it life is unfair because messi just got gifted with bags of natural talent and ronaldo had to work hard life is unfair

@@phillmugshd9836 Messi works extremely hard as well. You can't get to as good as they are without hard work