Debating Cristiano Ronaldo's Role and Legacy

No way you're going to hear people when' never going to win it now. He's rubbish. he's this hes that like thats we go too The thing is it's going to be a different game. You come up against the France, you up against even a Germany or an Argentina They're not going to sit behind a ball and defending a two banks of four. That's what I'm saying, Not y. I don't remember our group stage games where we win the Champions League either. Oh We've done that now have we? Yeah. I don't remember either. Have we done that notot yet. But that's my point. My point is these games as long as you get through You want to start playing well towards the end of this tournament Yes guys, welcome to this episode of Reo Reacts. We're here out and about now. You know what? We had a barbecue at the villa, right Beautiful villa the AirbB villa. And we know what we said, you know what Let's find out what's going on. So a few locals were there. We invited them and a bit of food They told us to come out here to go to Barney's Banery. What a place it is by the way. What a place. come on watch how many screens? onene, two, three, four, five, six. It's not just the screens. It's the live audience out here live audience Before we were alone No man, we did it with a team, but Rio it's been England Neil Gana, Nil. you can hear fans are outside as well. having a good time Obviously Steee You know, I know this isn't your favorite game, but you watched it slightly Yeah, it's two hours in my life a game by twow hours life. But what do you reckon the reaction is going to be to this result back home in England I think it's going to be it' going be negative. There' going be a lot of negative noises coming out of it, but that's understandable. sort do overreacting in many ways. We'll get into overreacting later on this show over Ronalo. It happens all the way through football, no different with England. But Is a matter If you had have said before a ball was skicked this tournament after two games you' have four points and your qualify would have took it. one hundred percent. Yes, we haven't played ball in this game. We've had one good half of football in the first game didn't play Unbelievably well today I thought you think you have to give credit sometimes opposition. I thought Ghana they were diligent. They were set up well. They defended well to a man as a unit. They worked hard. they' aggressive, they're physical Tactically they got everything right today And they could have nicked a couple of times on the bkes. I' would had a penalty. I should have been know. I don't know why I the not penalty. Like long long junk by Konza right there. Yeah. and listen, it could I think there'll be an overreaction, but I've played in teams where we've won things and in the group stages. Do you remember the group stagage performances w in two thousand eight Champions Leagues st? you remember?,' what I'm saying y. I don't remember our group stage games when were won the Champions League either. Oh have we've done that now way. Yeah. I don't remember either. Have we done that not yet. But that's my point. My point is these games, as long as you get through You want to start playing well towards the end of this tournament. You don't want to be putting your best foot forward in the group stages and then Peter tos it's okay for us to say they didn't play well and they need to do better. We don't need to. they just need to do better. That's it. No you're going hear Pet. We're never going to win it now. He's rubbish. He's this he's that like that we go to The thing is it's going to be a different game. You come up against the France you up against even a Germany or an Argentina. They're not going to sit behind the ball and defending two banks of four like Ghana just did. They're just not going to do that. Now After the Last England game, you talk about how important the bench is going to be Do you think he use that well today Well Rashford was the one I thought who came on and was the best player when he came on he scored obviously. bothoth him and Saker were good. I thought as in tandem when they came on That is scary And I thought we would have just used that again because it worked so well. Rusushia' got ten minutes twelve minutes rest of time, I think, maybe, but. Morgan Roggers came on he done a little bit of here, but Yeah We can't expect the substitute every game to be pulling us out of it, you hope But they didn't have the impact this time that they had last time. again, we it could be different. If Sakerhot goes in, then you go, wow, I'm saying that though Obviously, we've just said Rashford Zakar, come on, great stuff. Is it time now to start them ahead of Anthony Gordon and Monni Medue I think there's a quest an argument for that. I was surprised that at least one of those didn't start Yeah. maybe fitness could be an issue. There could be stuff going on behind the scenes, fitness wise that they're meaning hes bed them in slowly, but en the next games against Panama, we're through Do you need to take any risks if there are any injury situations going on? I think The first knockout game That's when you know his plan. That's when you know who he feels there' best best team. Surely he would have done that now though because especially if you know the Panama game On paper, that was always going to be an easier game I don't think so. I think that easy If England are qualifying at this group regardless Yeah. So whatever team he puts out, they're going to qualify The next game in a champion when they get out of knockout stages, I mean you get out of group stages to knockout stages That's when you're going to see right this is definitely his best team now. Now we have to give a massive shout to Ghana the Black stars. They defended exceptionally well very well drilled by your former coach, mister Carlos Kiros. Yeah fromrom what you know of him Rio. Is that a Carlos Kiros setp team? Darren Fischher was messaging us in, you know, what's that group of United? And he said exactly what I was thinking This is typical Carlos Karos. set them up hard to play against, hard to beat, well drilled Tactically very good. And it may be boring for some to watch, but I think if as a former coaches perspective, he's got out of his team what he's set out to get. So you have to respect that. Well, he's qualified for the next round so ye Yeah, and they're through. Imagine what the streets are like in London right now. London London crying down Even in places like Germany. Right man, we got low still to come, right on this pod, but we'll be back shortly One one of the things that I have to say is that I don't think we're going to be seeing another team like that in his tournament. I'd be surprised we're going to see another African team who can match us if not be stronger than us physically. D you see how strong they were real in a few of our play. Oh my goodness. the pounded yamen, some of those bges Yeah were outrageous. L There was only one player that I saw survivive when it was soccer typical. But like but what I would say yeah is What could we have done differently? I think is the question. And I think for me personally, I think moving the ball quicker Moving aall quicker side to side, especially, right and making them have to shuffle across the pitch because the more you just play through the middle when they're a low block like that, you're playing into to their strength. When you get it wide, you can get one v ones. And if you switch it quick enough, you create a one v one overlap or underlap from a fullback two v one situations, then you get an opportunity to really unlock the defense like that and move people about. But the slower we approach the progression of a football The easier it was T Gana today. Yeah. And there was no underlaps. Yeah. There was none You was getting the ball into the right areas with the wingers and it was standing the full backs up But then there was no one making any inside rooms off them because that inside room, the defender sees it That takes his attention away a little bit. that gives you that halfy eye that you need to either come in and get ac cross in or go to the byy line yourself and that just didn't happen. Like a little bit disappointing in both Rece James and Spence in terms of like none of them really got beyond. It was quite conservative and you didn't need to be conservative because they were just playing on the counter. Yeah. And yes, it works. It does work. It works every single level. If you can just sit in absorb and you've got pace on the counter with the likes of a menu on that just send it, put it in an area. you're asking for a foot race And that's literally a tos of a coin L, so it is a good and decent tactic and they should have had a penalty, in my opinion from the the chance that they havebody g conent bos But I just think from an England point of view, You can have all of the possession Must have seen the way the game was going after twenty thirty minutes or after the first quarter, whatever you want to call him but his hydration breaks. You must have seen how it was going then That's the time to fix something. If you think you can go on and win the game then, don't wait till the sixty or seventih minute. what we doing? becausecause now they' they can see the finish line F sixtyin sixty seven minutes. they went he waited even longer than that. England played with Next to no risk. How many times did you see one touch F football and the final third movement of it. You didn't It was see that no risk. It was Lou Van Gl if they went and put more bodies forward They were getting in every about two or three times they go in with one b st ball over the top. You need to a threeree at the back. No, I agree, but obviously we weren't been able to defend it properly then And that's the issue. So if we over committed more players and leave less play at the back, they're not dealing with it with more enough players commit more we could be in trouble. Maybe that's the way they were thinking. I'm not sure. There was also looking across it a lot early doors in the first half. We didn't do it as much in the second half and I'm thinking Kaines sort of set these plays up. He's still outside of the box. He's not getting across the front of the box there. and we're putting crosses in. So Bellingham, essentially. That takes me to a point of players getting across players in the box. I've got a bone to put it with you both. Cristiano Ronaldo. Did he Did he message you Oh I got I Raldo scored against Ubeckistan everyone was wrong. No forget it, we were wrong real right. doesnn't matter who score against me. doesn'tatter who you score against. Do not matter who you score against. No one was moaning about or saying on that teams not the best team when Messi scores against them. It's fine. You got to score the goals. Let let me start off what camera? Mis Ronaldo, I just want to apologize because It looked like I was getting ono you the other day. Yeah. I'm not scared. I'm not scared Romy Key said, I'm scared, I'm not scared. I just want to say that I felt like you would have had a better game. You should have had a better game. I felt like the whole team wasn't really producing last game. So feel o got it I apologizing Tom Brady ralled him. Yes. You wayady' in the comments saying up I was hurt by that, you know. The goat Dastagreeing with me That's ridiculous, man And you didn't even come out in the comments and back me either. because I don't agree with anything you said about it. That was terrible, man. S you said Portugal better offough without him. Yep Do you still stand by that. In more sense. Scoring against Uzbeakistan doesn't change my opal too. Two good goals as all, by the way good finishes My point with this, right is Azbekistan rotation game. You can bring Ramos in for the big game. my thing is is that if they had another number nine, it was distinctly like different and better than Christiano. I would go, you know what? I understand it a bit more But no disrespect. It's not like you're changing Christiano and you're going to go Rub we' got massive upgrader That's my point. I think Ramos is an upgrade he' su for PSG Annoyance Now I don't think Rammas is an upgrade L I don't I think on on twenty twenty six, June, Christiano A Ronaldo, I think he is. So so a player a team So a player who subfreees club team B better than Christian Ronardo just againain, by the way, see the goals that two in the south. S you two goals that he score he scored, by the way.'s the difference between being sub for the European Champions and ends up for How many goals he did did he score in qualification Ronaldo. Yeah Probably low because he talks alsorobably low. I'm saying. I just want to say, shouldn'tn I'm not rolling strong black sta I'll put my hands up also. All this ar he's not a team player You give N no Mendes the free you kick you should gone, son, you take it, be a starff for a minute. Don't you think a little bit that was a little bit of PR when he scored the first goal. Hey look also't mean' one risk a little bit. Yeah He said to himself, what was the quote You know, he said he said didn't quote. He said in his quote, it was it was I care more about hard work than I care about football Be he knows hard work iss going to pay off in the end. And he did say it hurt him a little bit as well during the course of the week inn' it? Yeah, becausecause duke, listen, these guys, you don't get to that level without having an ego. It's a massive ego. Yeah Right And you don't do what he's done for as long as he's without having a massive ego, right? So he's going to be hurt by that. And trust me, he'd have seen every comment and he'd be remembering every comment and'd be coming back for you Joe. D I was going to say D saw You reckon you saw I said? Yeah, he watches the show man. A man Listen, Mr. Ronaldo. I'm sorry, man And I mean, I was wrong. Good. Good. It's good to see you apologise. Right. So we' got some stuff planned this week. Is it all locked in Weve got outfit side. Yeah, I've got a banger of an outfit, by the way. What's happening? Why are you guys not telling me what we're doing? L holding hat? You're holding a hat You got a hat? Yeah, I've all an unbelievable hat. But you're wearing a hat now Why'd you need another one? Yeah this one just a little bit different. I'll show you after the show on the phone. I've ordered it I want to make sure we're notatching? No, no. A a going be matching, orders. Listen. Everybody watching, thank you very much. The views have been unbelievable, the support, all the group chats. We're absolutely loving them. Make sure you watch out the Rio meets has been incredible c so far. Tier on R Sed seedal dropping soon by the way, guys. stay tuned. Oh my goodness. I we've got a couple of my little specials here. I don't worry. The villa, you know what the villa's doing It's attracting superstars. It is man. Listen, keepe on watching, Joe Bail, Stephven Nelson, Rria Ferdinand, signing out, Sir Ronaldo peace