Not sure if there is a thread about this already, but I was wondering who were the best players everyone ever watched in a football stadium. I decided to put the "non-LFC" part thinking most people would say "Gerrard" if I didn't, and that would be boring
Well, I've had the luck of seeing some all time greats such as Romário, Ronaldo (the Brazilian one), Ronaldinho Gaúcho and Kaká.
Romário was currently World Player of the Year when he signed for Flamengo in 1995, so differently to most players, he came back home in his peak. My first time at the Maracanã was only in 1998 but Romário was still a great goalscorer then.
I only saw
Ronaldo and
Ronaldinho when they came back to Brazil though, and they were not even close to the great players they once were. Ronaldo was playing for Corinthians against Flamengo in the Libertadores so I was grateful for the fact that he was old, fat and rubbish. Ronaldinho signed for Flamengo last year and, despite moments of brilliance, in general he was just a lazy annoying tw*t who never justified his wages.
Kaká was the best player in the world when I saw him play for Brazil at the Maracanã - I remember the crowd singing "world's best" nearly the whole 2nd half.
Julio Cesar is most definitely the best goalkeeper in Flamengo's history and I used to watch him every week at the Maracanã. He was unlucky to play for some of Flamengo's worst teams ever but he single handedly kept the club in the 1st division at times. I get emotional talking about this guy!
Dejan Petkovic might not be a famous name in Europe, despite being Serbian, but he's a total legend in Brazil and one of the most classy number 10 I ever saw. Such a pleasure to watch this guy. I put him up there among the very best.
Adriano is a weird guy with serious psychological problems but when he's up for it, he's a beastly number 9. I saw him win games almost by himself at times. Love the guy despite everything else.
As for the games I watched in Europe, Liverpool players aside, I had the pleasure of watching one of my favorite players,
Clarence Seedorf, playing for AC Milan.
Andrea Pirlo came late in this game (against a Sampdoria side that still had Cassano and Pazzini) but I was also happy to watch him live. Both are genius of their positions IMO.
I went to LFC vs Arsenal so I also saw a very on form Robin Van Persie score twice as I'm certain everyone here remember. I also watched him for Holland, alongside Robben, Sneijder etc, but I wouldn't put those Dutch guys in the same category of the players in bold.
