The Phenomenon: Ronaldo (2022 DAZN Documentary)

[SlotBadger]

Free to watch on BBC iPlayer / download via Sky, etc.

BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001ffsj/the-phenomenon-ronaldo

 

[jonnie83]

Great watch. Probably the best striker I have ever seen. I wonder what records he would have broken if he was fully fit

 

[easley91]

Watched it at the weekend. Great documentary, thoroughly recommend it and it serves as a reminder that these guys are still human and feel stress. They're not robots without feelings.

 

[Rocksuperstar]

Came in here expecting to make the "Wrongaldo" joke at a Portugese fella. What a legend of the game, he truly had feet blessed by some powerful gods.

I could watch video highlight reels of him all day long and never get bored.

 

[cjbyid]

Look forward to watching this.

Best striker I've ever seen. He had everything.

 

[Gassin's finest]

Watched this yesterday. I always wondered what went down before the final in 98, it was so odd. Hell of a story between then and 2002 though. I remember that Brazil team being unmatched all tournament... Cafu, Carlos, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Denilson... and of course Ronaldo himself.

Still think we'd have won it if Seaman had just stayed on his bloody line.

 

[rabbikeane]

Was amazing to watch him in the Barcelona season, should have stayed there

 

[dontcallme]

Definitely the best striker in my lifetime, possibly the best player.

I remember watching a compilation of his goals for Barcelona, enough great goals to last half a decade. Then you realise all this was in 1 season when he was 20. No bedding in time, just smashed the league completely.

He maintained a record of just under a goal a game for several different clubs, in several different leagues until his knee injury aged around 25.

 

[SlotBadger]

Watched this yesterday. I always wondered what went down before the final in 98, it was so odd. Hell of a story between then and 2002 though. I remember that Brazil team being unmatched all tournament... Cafu, Carlos, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Denilson... and of course Ronaldo himself.

Still think we'd have won it if Seaman had just stayed on his bloody line.

There's a Sky documentary which is also worth watching; Brazil 2002: The Real Story. It features loads of unseen footage thanks to Juliano Belletti recording everything behind the scenes.

Brazil 2002

In 2002, drawing inspiration from Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos and Ronaldinho, the Brazilian national team won a fifth World Cup. Relive their journey with this Sky Original documentary. Enhanced for UHD.

www.sky.com

 

[Gassin's finest]

And then there was that hat-trick:

 

[cjbyid]

Yeah this was so good. I never knew he was out injured with a smaller ish injury and literally his first game back he destroyed the knee.

Had the privilege of seeing him in the flesh twice for Real Madrid and although it was the tail end of his career god he was fast.