To ask Nesta that question is like ur disrespecting him and the rest of defenders of his time, those guys where monsters back then and would be very devastating now .
Back in the days there are so many small CB but hard as rock and crazy jumping power. Baresi, Beckenbauer, Ivan Cordoba, Fabio Cannavaro, Roberto Ayala, Costacurta, Bergomi, walter Samuel, Lilian Thuram are not the biggest CB around but these guys are hard no nonsense type of CB that would eat Haaland for breakfast and Zlatan for lunch.
No, he didn't. He acknowledged Haaland's talent & ability but at the same time is confident that he could've defended against him. Only a nobody like you would think like that.
@user-yr7ey1gw9javerage stats paddler 🤡 Neymar,Zidane, Ronaldinho are more better footballer than Ronaldo the only thing that give edge to messi and Ronaldo is their fitness and dedication
@user-yr7ey1gw9jBro, R9 play at the peak of football defensive tactic, without technology and protection to the player like nowadays. Not every great striker is rated by how much goals they scored, the fact that top defender in serie A afraid of R9 is enough to confirm how scary he was
its probably because maldini is hailed so much and Nesta not so much people forget how good he was.....Nesta, Backenbaur and Maldini are literally the epitome of defenders....probably Baressi as well
Imagine, nowaday people mentioning Haaland against this BEAST. Ridiculous 😂 Holy shittt I dont think Haaland can ever beat this guy. Either with ball at feet, pace or physically. Nah i dont think so 😂 NESTA doesn't even have to be in his Prime, any day Nesta could take on him plus any player nowaday. Bro not even Lionel Messi can get past him, who tf is Haaland 😂
@@Djdkdkdndkzn1 too far brother, Ronaldo Brazil world cup Champions 2002, the best player, ballon D'or 3 Times, halland impossible world cup Champions winner 😁 euro too impossible,, Ronaldo de lima winner world cup, Copa America, Champions league winner he's too part squad Milan 2006/2007 evenhough only played Seri-A Italia, in athena Ronaldo photo with tropi and celebrate and got medal
Well no Barca won 4-1 messi had two assists and one key pass. Destroying doesn't just mean going past the defender destroying may involve playing an incredible pass too
On another video he says he played against Christiano and Messi in their primes when he wasnt in his prime and he could comfortably deal with them but he played against R9 in his prime but he couldn't handle him at all. R9 was the only player that he had no idea how to deal with.
Noooope I’m inter Milan fan for over 40 years he was his own limit as he loved to party, fuck girls and most of all he loved to eat!!!! ( in Brazil they call him Gordo /fat for a reason )and hated to train Don’t get carried with the Ronaldo fairytale The greatest was Marco van basten
He said that he watched the tape back after that infamous game against R9, trying to work out what he had done wrong. Nesta said he watched it a few times until he realised there just nothing he could do.
@@ronaldbibi209more like haaland strength, ronaldinho skills, CR7 finishing, Messi ball control. Super quick, super strong and COLD. That’s why his body could not do it for so long. Plus he is brazilian they never go over 30
@@mahzarX Which 2 seasons was this? Let's ignore his 2 first seasons in the Brasileiro, when he scored 44 off 47 as a teenager. Are you talking about his 2 seasons with PSV when he scored 54 in 57 apps? His season with Barca where he scored 47 off 49 apps? His one and a half pre-injury seasons with Inter when he scored 39 off 51 in the toughest league against the toughest defenders in the world? Or are you talking about the season when he won the WC with Brazil in 02 winning the Golden boot, or his 3 first Real Madrid seasons when an overweight, recuperating, slowed version of him still managed to score at a rate of a goal in less than 2 games. So which seasons do you mean here?
@@njldst2007 don't bring up seasons he was playing in weak, inconsequential leagues like the Brazilian and dutch leagues. I'm talking about his time in Barcelona. As for real Madrid and the Brazil national team. He was above average but wasn't peak Ronaldo and Messi good.
@@mahzarX Weak inconsequential league like the Dutch League? The first season R9 was in the Eredivisie, Ajax were the CL winners. The Dutch League was a Top 5 league at worst in the 90s, with several teams doing well in Europe as well as quite a few number of superstars and great players to have played in it then. No one mentioned Cristiano or Messi here, but neither had a goalscoring tournament as good as Ronaldo's 2002 WC, and that was his first major tournament right after the horrendous injury that cut him short at Inter. And as much as you want to poo-poo his Brasilerao goals, it doesn't change the fact he was doing it as a 17-18 year old, something Cristiano Ronaldo never came close to doing when he was playing in an arguably weaker Portuguese league (at their respective eras) at the same age. His time in the Brazil NT and the other club teams in the 90s is DEFINITELY era defining, heck, he's unquestionably the best player in the world of the late 90s and arguably the best player of the 90s as a whole because of his performances for both club and country. Beyond this, he was more than above average for a good 3-4 seasons in the 2000s, he was World Class, just in a completely different style than from his 90s form
Best players ever*** its quite easy to score goals but defending like the "old" italians is incredible. Maldini nevee tackled his positioning was to good.
@@mohamedabdullahi3914 yea obviously games dont usually end in a 5-0 battering where just the striker scores. U cant tell me with a straight face that defending is easier than attacking.
@@Annihilation99 On a very general level, attacking requires someone to be more composed and technical with the ball than a defender. Not to mention, that you standing in your own half, contribute a lot to your teams defense, whereas attackers actively need to make themselves useful to the attack.
because R9 is absolutely a beast, you know what he gonna do but you can't stop him or it's way to hard to stop him, R9 was a nightmare with a lot of Goal keepers and Defenders back then
This is pure facts! R9 was maxed out on every stat aside from headers. The guy's highlight reel from Barcelona or Inter Milan is enough to win a Ballon D'Or
not the injury stat 💀really sad tbh, this dude literally the first person who bring me interest to love this sport since i watch him in 2002 wc when i was kid, he's one of my top 11 fav of all time
Crazy thing is tho what he says about staying close not giving space and stuff against haaland is exactly what rudiger has been doing lol and it fucking works
People have no idea how beastly Ronaldo Fenomeno was at his prime...his drinbles when he is accelerating...if Nesta can go head on without flinching then know that they were cut from the same cloth.Respect Sir Alessandro Nesta
Nests was a beast , his problem was injuries. Nests and maldini never left Italy that’s why people don’t know them really good but these guys were really really good
He should’ve walked out when he said “I played against Ronaldo el fenómeno” bye ✌🏼 He’s one of the best defenders ever and he asked him this question lol
@@owensdagoatr9 destroy nesta in final even destroy marchegiani..that prime r9 before 98 fail bcz sick and 99 tendon injuries until 01 back again but with big body with vieri and recoba shave hair to bald for welcome from injured
I don't think Haaland would've scored a goal against the Milan team when they had Nesta and Maldini. His biggest achievement would be to touch the d line at max.
Those defenders were a different breed. They had to be. They were up against the like so of Ronaldo, Ronadinho, Henry, Pires, Berkamp. You had to be a 10/10 defender back then, and it still wasn't enough.
I'll never forget R9 dominating at Old Trafford and receiving a standing ovation from both sets of fans as he exited I couldn't believe what I was seeing I dunno if I'll ever see that again 😂😂
At that time, if I am not wrong, he just had 1 and half legs because of injuries he suffered when he played in Serie A. He was such an amazing phenomenon.
Nesta is actually very humbled with that answer. In his prime, Haaland would likely to score less. Don’t even try to disrespect Italian defenders, they were role models for decades
Bro people really dont understand what kind of monsters those defenders back in the day were. The likes of Maldini, Nesta, Cannavaro, Puyol, Thuram, Stam, Vidic, etc.
Nesta is an incredible human being just listen and notice how respectful he was to all of the players he mentioned while he answered that. I believe Nesta would have been very fine against Haaland.
The respect R9 COMMANDS among soccer fans and legendary soccer players is just immense Zidane,Nesta,Maldini, Roberto Carlos,Desailly, Ibrahimovic, Seedorf,Terry Henry, Eto,Ronaldhiño all have said Ronaldo R9 was the GOAT 🐐 back then even Mourihño said it himself.
Seria A in the 90s was the next level it was all about defence, but the strikers you had were next level. Ronaldo Boksich Ravinelli Vialli Salas Batistuta Weah Signori Crespo
That's false. Check your stats. Nesta played 4 times against Messi (all in the 2011-12 season) and Messi scored 3 times in those 4 games (+ 3 assists). And Nesta received a yellow in every single one of those 4 games. So no, he did not "tackle" Messi. He just couldn't stop him. Facts are facts. Check them.
@@lucasfootball637so messi average goal against 35 years old nesta are below one goal a match.. And you say he can't handle messi.. And just remember messi was in his prime.. And play with the best team in the world.. And nesta was 35 years old. Back then
I think y'all didn't watch live prime messi or his old days 2007-2012 to stop the man you need to foul on him, just watch the classico 2009 just 15min of game and you see own many fouls he took they wanted to break his ankle but no succes, the classico 2010 when mourinho consigns were to tackle him and nothing else even chelsea 2006 and the classico same year back then they were breaking ankles and knees😅
Bro said “I played against Ronaldo the Brazilian”. Thats all you need to hear pretty much lol. He played against the most dangerous striker that ever lived.
You ask the real CB who played against top top strikers R9, Terry henry, ibrahimovic, batistuta, rooney, CR7, Sheva, Crespo, Etoo,Adriano, Drogba, Raul, weah, vialli, Makkay, van nistelrooy, inzaghi,.......
@@caspeansea9619 Nesta vs Roy Makaay 2002/2003 Deportivo vs Milan 0-4 and the last Nesta winner Champions league 2003 ,, 2007 Roy makaay vs Nesta , Bayern vs Milan 0-2 and the last Nesta winner Champions league 2007😅🤣🎊 Nesta: Roy makaay easy
@@erwinkaka996 Yeah I remember that match watching as a 13 year old kid watching European football for the first time because I just watched EPL before that. UCL matches were in the early morning in my place that were my sleeping time as a school kid. The first UCL match I watched was Deportivo vs Bayern group stage where Deportivo won 3-2 with Makaay scoring hatrick. Now in my opinion Deportivo were the strongest. And like one month after that I watched Deportivo vs AC Milan from the same group with a pre set mind that Deportivo were the strongest club just to witnessed they got routed by Milan 4-0 lol. Since then I became a football fanatic.
He's the beast guys back there. He's against top attackers in their prime. Ronaldinho, Ribery, Trezeguet, R9, Young Messi etc. Hes defending the best midfielders: Nedved, Del Piero, Gerrard, Lampard, Xavi. He's facing best shooter: R. Carlos, Henry, Juninho, Ronaldinho, and more. Only Halland?
Do not underestimate Cannavaro for his size, they tend to hit the hardest in tackle or physical challenge, even Maldini said that Franco Baresi is the hardest tackler he ever saw. Ivan Cordoba even managed to out strength Ibrahimovic during his early day in serie A, even Cannavaro manage to win a header against Mertesacker that leading to italy 2nd goal against Germany(2006 wc semi final)
Italy was just nuts in a certain period of time. They had Nesta/Zambrotta/Maldini/Cannavaro.... and even if u managed to pass them u still had to past Buffon's gloves.
