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How good was Diego Ribas actually? #GOAT
New video about one of the most talked about players we've seen over the 2000s in football. In this episode we take on Diego Ribas who played for Werder Bremen, Juventus, Santos, Porto, Wolfsburg, Fenerbahce and Flamengo for most of his career.
0:00 Please like the video, it helps a lot
1:20 Becoming The Heir To Pelé's Number 10
6:19 Becoming A World Champion At 19
8:03 From Reject To Ballon Dor Nominee In 3 Years
12:26 The Decision That Killed Diego's Career (Or did it?)
15:38 The Unbelievable Comeback Of Diego
Diego was the kind of player who makes you fall in love with football as a kid.
Nope
@@user-et3sr8ks2p then you haven't seen him play
Exactly! He is the main reason I started supporting Werder Bremen and he truly showed how magical football could be.
Absolutely true!
@@rizandroey me too bro fell in love after he scored the halfway goal against aachen
Diego Ribas in seiner Werder-Zeit war der beste Spieler der Bundesliga. Einfach atemberaubend, was der Junge mit dem Ball machen konnte. Kein Bremen-Fan aber Diego Ribas ist einfach einer meiner Kindheits-Helden. So ein fantastischer Fussballer damals.
What a beautiful comment my brother
Sorry man I can't read Chinese 😢
@@user-my9qf6pq7bach amerikaner, hoffnungslose fälle.
Das waren damals geile Zeiten. Geiler Fußball. Auch wenn Bayern nicht so dominant war wie heutzutage 😄
Translated to english: "Diego Ribas was the best player in the Bundesliga during his time at Werder. It's simply breathtaking what the boy could do with the ball. Not a Bremen fan but Diego Ribas is simply one of my childhood heroes. Such a fantastic footballer back then."
Still got his autograph from the dfb pokal final. What an overlooked legend. A true brazilian magician, a touch of gold, free kicks...... He had it! Very humble aswell.
Oh wow. Congrats! Are you a bremen fan?
Here in Brazilian land, he played better than Kaka, however in Europe things changed a lot, people says his father/manager stupid decisions and greed ruined his carrer
Dude, in Germany we cheer for everything that is putting a serious challenge to Bayern 😂
Exactly! Kakas advantage was having way more exposure due to being at Milan instead of the small Bremen.
@chrisgoat6435 brother Kaka was the better player , I regularly watched them both at that time. It has nothing to do with Kaka being at Milan 😂
His 2011-2012 season at Atleti was amazing. He and Arda Turan were magical in the midfield feeding Falcao.
add in adrián to those three and we had a truly elite front 4
As a Werder Bremen fan I cannot see him as anything less than one of the greatest players to ever play in germany
Honestly I became a Bremen Fan because of him. Micoud was a total class act, but Diego just had that cheeky way of playing that made him extremely fun to watch
He never should have left :(
@@LuLeBe even when Diego is the better baller, i will always chose Micoud over Diego. We never saw the best Diego, he stopped devoloping at age of 23.
Diego also had his redemption at Flamengo, where he won loads of titles, such as 2 copa libertadores!!! It's such a pleasure to have a player of his caliber on my club's history.
Quem é europeu e vê esse Diego camisa 10 nem imagina q ele jogou de primeiro volante em 2021
@@luizansounds sim!!!
mesmo @@luizansounds
@@luizansounds e jogou igual um bagre batendo em todo mundo
@@luizansoundsfoi em 2020, essa mudança foi importante para a conquista do campeonato brasileiro
"Zico said Diego reminded him of his younger self" Quite poetic, then, that, years later, Diego was instrumental in helping Flamengo win the Libertadores - a trophy it hadn't won since the days of Zico himself
So many Brazilian legends... (Petition for a video about Cafu: Week 11/Day 77)
almost started researching for a video on Cafu a few weeks ago, but changed my mind sorry xd
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT Nooooo...
Ah i remember this guy. If you play any football manager during 2004 season. Diego is the top target.
Championship manager 03/04 Renato, diego, robinho 3 santos player i always look for on free transfer 😂
I believe he was at his peak in FM 2010. Scores and assists for fun
even in cm01/02 he is world beater, Diego Ribas da Cunha
@@bangrojai4868 Yep! Always used to look for him at the start of the game. Might fire it up again haha
YES!!!
You said it right, the fact that Klaus Allofs was able to replace Micoud (the greatest that ever played for Werder) with Diego is still unbelievable. Diego was the kind of player where you knew from the first game on that the season will be amazing. He was also known to be party animal and dated Sarah Connor (German popstar). All the girls loved him. Since you mentioned Micoud, you should make a portrait about him as well. At Cannes, Bordeaux and the French national team he played together with Zidane, being the exact same age and position, hence why he never made it to world star fame. But he had it all and was very similar to Zidane. Werder bought him from the bench of Parma and it was the same thing - the first game made clear that something special is abou to happen. 2 years later Werder won the double, he made everyone around him better. His nickname wsa Le Chef (Chef being Boss in German) and to this day fans worship him. There are many funny stories, like him never giving interview because he claimed he doesn't speak German (which he did and people just found out years later). And if you need more ideas, look into Pizarro or Ailton (two more Werder legends). Love your videos
So many legends of Werder that this channel could make videos about. Pizarro is one of my very favourites, but I must say the one player I always wanted more coverage of is Ivan Klasnić, in one part because he has always been underrated but the main reason being that he is the ONLY ever player to play for Werder Bremen and Bolton Wanderers - the two teams I have supported for my whole life! He was a huge player for Werder but also scored some big goals for Bolton and helped us navigate some difficult moments.
Oh mate. I'm 20 years old, Werder Bremen fan and reading about the great players we once had brings tears to my eyes
Selbst als Bayern Fan muss ich sagen, Bremen hatte damals eine sooo geile Mannschaft mit so unfassbar vielen geilen Spielern. Ach waren das Zeiten.
Ailton 👀
sarah...connor?
I'm a Santos fan, and I was 8 in 2002. That was incredible to see how we won, after many decades, an important tournament. Here in Brazil, the media as a whole was all about Kaka. Robinho had more attention from the media than Diego, also. For me, Diego was the best. Cerebral and skilled, he could be THE playmaker and also the scorer. My older sister is a São Paulo fan and she hated him so much for all he did to her team... He had a pretty decent career end playing for Flamengo (unfortunately Santos could not afford his return), firstly as a technical reference and after a couple of seasons as a mature leader. Even when he was not a part of the starting 11, he was still considered the main leader of the squad.
Diego's season 06/07 at Werder Bremen was 🔥🔥🔥 I still remember his 60 meters goal against my Home town club Alemannia
He made it with his left foot that is unbelievable because his dominant foot is the right one
@@andrerodrigues9168no he shot it with the right.
Man, die Alemannia. Was ein Stadionbau aus einem so traditionsreichen Club gemacht hat. Ich hoffe, der Aufstieg in die 3.Liga wird am Ende der Saison realisiert!
That werder bremen team was a very underrated squad. I loved watching diego and ozil dominate the midfield with Pizarro waiting to score every game. Love these type of videos
Diego in his Werder Times made me watch football . It was a pleasure to watch this video ty for making incredible stuff for the fans
As a kid I played so much FIFA 07 and boy do I remember Diego fondly from that era. Dude was silky smooth, like butter to play eith
I remember the Diego hype when he was 16. It was Freddy Adu hype. When he signed for Porto I thought he was going to go on to become one of the best players in the world. He kind of reminded me of Van der Vaart when he moved to Germany because I was thinking why is he going there? Unless it's Bayern why aren't you going to one of the best teams in the world? Then him and VDV both also did a similar thing when they got their huge moves to Real and Juve and never reached the heights they should have reached.
Werder was the second best team in Germany at the time
@@rexor9652 I get that pal but they weren't where people expected him to go. Girona are a top club in Spain today but you wouldn't expect the hottest talent in world football to go there. He was expected to leave Porto for a giant of world football after he'd dipped his toe into Europe.
@@SonnyK248 true
@SonnyK248 I believe he chose a club that wouldn't have to compete for midfield.
@@j4p4loko Well he didn't pull up any trees at Porto. I don't think big clubs were interested at that stage as he was in and out of the Porto team in the two years he was there. Then he absolutely killed it at Bremen. Juventus said he could be their next Platini when he went there but he didn't do that great. He has a history of being awkward with clubs. He slated Juventus on the way out and fell out with McLaren at Wolfsburg. I think he's just another case of a supremely talented young player who didn't get it done.
I never hear enough people talk about Eiður Guðjohnsen, a video on him would be class
The iceman !!!
Chelsea legend
That's because he was shit
Make one
Overrated player
As a German who watched the Bundesliga for more than 25 years I can undoubtedly say Diego in his prime at Werder Bremen was the 2nd best midfielder I have seen in the league in all these years. The only one I rate higher than him is Ribery. Diego was pure magic on the pitch, so incredibly talented. He just had that special flair and made everything look so easy, kind of like Ronaldinho. Unfortunately his transfers to Juve and Wolfsburg were really bad decisions and ruined his career to a degree. He had the potential to be one of the greatest players in history. It's sad that nowadays he's forgotten by many people.
What about kdb??
Thiago?
Never forgotten at FCPorto; 1-0 against Chelsea, goal by Diego!
Well, Van der Vaart and Diego have both been incredible in Bundesliga. Diego is my favourite but VDV was at the same level without a question.
@@Nairam10 Thank U. Although I'm a Leverkusen Supporter, Van der Vaart and Diego were my secret childhood heroes besides Bernd Schneider :D
Damn, that Diego and Robinho Combination 🔥🔥, still remember when Real Madrid signed Robinho, and rumours about Diego..
I still remember Diego fondly, considering how much he brought to my favorite team for three years. Filling the immense void that was there when my favorite player, Micoud, moved on from the club and absolutely living up to it. In a way, like many players that Bremen had during that time, he greatly benefitted from the guidance of Thomas Schaaf, who was great in just getting the most out of players like him, Micoud, Ailton, Klasnic and the likes. He knew how to handle players like them, how to get them into the system just right and had a clear vision on what he wanted them to do, even if it meant being a bit more lenient with some players from time to time. And yeah, so the moment I heard about the Juventus transfer and what the coach there was like, I pretty much knew how this would end. Honestly, it was a big shame, and that made him one of the bigger 'What if' scenarios in the sport that I can think of. I still miss that time when he, Özil and Pizarro got us to the UEFA cup final in 2009 a lot - I wish that time could have lasted longer, especially considering where Bremen stands nowadays. But that doesn't take away the fond memories either.
Please do one of abedi Pele 😢
That's actually such a good idea though -
make this top comment people... this has to be next
@@kai-kk7zz thx
Yeah, that's a great idea.
Yess, one of the best African footballer. So many people nowadays talk about Eto, Drogba but so little know about Abedi. Although he had so many records and two son of him still play now. Looking forward that video
Diego is one of the greatest leaders I've seen on Flamengo. We went from a Copa do Brasil+Libertadores winning season with him to zero titles and fourth place in the league after he retired
Being almost 40 and growing up watching players, like this, who never got their proper chance, thank you very much for bringing insight to players like Diego! The 90s and early 2000s were full of so many amazing players that still play that beautiful physical game! That being said, Kaka was always my favorite player when I was young!
Diego was my favorite player as a 9-year old. Despite being a Bayern München fan, I watched and liked Werder Bremen back then bc of him. He was a big reason that I fell in love with football. I had posters of him, I printed stuff from the internet and played with Werder Bremen on FIFA.
I know Diego boss extremely so much and he was a wonderful player to watch,mainly during his time with Santos and Werder Bremen but that debacle happened,good friends!!!
So many times now ive seen a video from you thinking "oh yeah, what happened to that guy?", pressed play, heard the magic words "so, listen to this" and enjoyed a fantastic story. Thank you for bringing all of these
they were calling Ozil "the next Diego". Today, I know who Ozil and am still currently learning who Diego is. Edit: If you're mad about the fact that I don't know him, I'll let you know I think he's absolute shit. No ball skill.
You can't be more than 23.
Özil was never as good in his entire career as Diego was at Bremen.
@@yaldabaoth2 did you forget the worldcup 2014 ?
You must be new to the sport?
Surely you started watching football after the COVID-19 era😢
I always bought this guy in Fifa 08 Career Mode to pair with Kaka....what a duo
Damnnn... We learn new things everyday... Such an entertaining and informative video ❤🎉
Great idea making a video about him❤
🇧🇷 Diego is one of my fave number 10 of all time! Will never forget that stellar goal he scored against Barcelona at the Camp Nou while playing for AthletiCo Madrid 🥹
Muito obrigado bro, great video, maybe when you get to 500K followers you could do a video talking about your story and how you started doing videos about the beautiful game ⚽️
The world may have forgotten but Bremen hasn’t. I was a child, the perfect age to fanboy over stars and Diego was the one player who made me do this. Everything here is pretty focused on Bayern all the time, of course it is the strongest club with the best players but during those three years, if someone tried a fancy trick on the pitch, people of all club affiliation would jokingly compare him to Diego, not any Bayern player. I am blessed to have witnessed the probably last time, there was such an idol at my club. Small note: We didn’t win all four encounters with Hamburg during the series of derbies. We won the cup semifinal on penalties, the league match-up and the UEAF-Cup tie overall, they did win the first leg tho. Doesn’t matter much, since we turned it around in the second leg (thanks paper ball) but I want to be fair.
Every time I hear so 'listen to this' my whole week just gets better
A few months ago I was casually watching some old Werder Bremen games to see a young Ozil playing and I was shocked when I saw a player I didnt know completely outshining him, that's the moment I discovered Diego and I´ve been watching a lot of his games and became a good fan of him. So it's very cool to see you making a video about this amazing player.
Great video about a wonderful player. Would love to watch one about Diego's compatriot and teammate (twice) Filipe Luis. Keep it up!
Thank you for the video - great work! Just a small correction: HSV won one of the 4 derbys. It was the first of 2 games in the UEFA cup semi finals. Didn't matter in the end as Werder won the second match and advanced to the finals. But just to be correct...
owh yeah you're right, didnt even register to me cause I was so focused on the fact they went through... to be fair in the hand, that's the real win ahah
as someone born in Bremen following the club for such a long time I really enjoyed the time Diego was playing for Werder Bremen. Micoud, Diego, Özil, de Bruyne...we really had some great playmakers on our teams. Back in the days when we were challenging Chelsea, Juventus, Bayern and others. Diego out of all of the ones I named might have had the best ball handling and it really looked like he and the ball were one unit.
I remember, as a kid in the states in the late 90s / early 2000s trying to find soccer content where i could [thank god for fox soccer Channel] and I still remember when I first saw THAT Diego goal against Aachen [excuse me]. That goal befuddled my young mind. I was like, "you can do that? That's possible for a person to do??" I still love that goal.
As a Flamengo fan I have nothing but gratitude, respect and admiration for trusting our project and take us back to the top, where we belong. My captain!
when playing FM in the 2000s, he's my number 1 signing in my squad on any team. Worth every penny.
As a brazilian, I can guarantee that this story is a little biased. Diego was the second best player in Santos, behind Robinho. He never corresponded in national team and was not very remembered here during most of his european career. He achieved less than it was expected of him.
Yes, it was a big team for Santos with Alex, Renato, Nenê... many of whom had better careers in Europe than Diego. The latter was wildly inconsistent: brilliant with Santos and Werder, good at Atletico, average at Porto, horrible at Juventus.
I've been watching the bundesliga for 17 years and Diego is still the player who has impressed me the most
I don't get football as much as i should have. But when i listen to you speak about these great men, I get goosebumps.
I still remember when, in 2009, an Italian newspaper wanted to prove that Serie A wasn't dead yet, because of the arrival of two great stars in Eto'o and Diego that Summer
Diego in Werder,was something else back in the day. When Juve got him i was hyped,but unfortunately this didn't work. But after Juve move,Diego had a good-decent career in Europe with Wolfsburg,Atletico and Fener he won Europa league and European super cup with Atlectico. And finish his career,with the best possible way for him as a legend with Flamengo winning Libertadores, championships,cups everything. He's was very good and entertaining player,a classic old school number 10.
I remember solely watching Bremen highlights to watch this guy glad he managed to turn it around at the end
Love your Chanel. Great work. Maybe you can do one off Aritz Aduris
I remember when I played FIFA 09 as a kid, with Bremen. I eventually had all the star players (Messi, Ronaldo...) in my squad (and all those with incredible potential in that game, like Anderson etc), but I always played Diego as my #10 and got him up to a 95 rating. Fun times
Anytime I see a new video uploaded I n your channel, I go so crazy and wild with a “so”😊😊😊
Man, this made me cry. He got his happy ending at last. I remember as a kid, hyping up a particular Brazil vs Argentina friendly sometime around 2003/4 and both teams, to my surprise, decided to play with absolutely unknown players (ALL the stars were missing and it got me second-guessing if this was a U-22 game). I was expecting Riquelme, Heinze, Crespo etc but got some unknown kid named Messi, while the other team had some kid called Diego, another one called Elano, and Ricardinho. Man who would've thought!! Way to go, son.
Diego was a spark of hope when we were at our lowest. It would have been interesting seeing him in Conte's Juve, but life just takes different turns.
The cliche KZhead narration voice killed me about halfway through this.
As a Brazilian is very pleasant to see your contents talking about our players, is good to see that someone really knows our football history, teams and players... thank you for the video
Mano. É só escutar o sotaque e como ele fala as palavras que são em português você que quem está narrando o vídeo é brasileiro.
I absolutely love your videos. They teach me something new about football and the players within the sport everytime I watch a new video. Also whats the background music used in these videos? It's so relaxing 😅
Diego is one of the best midfielders I've ever seen.
Your channel is amazing. I would like you to do a video about Iván De la Peña. He played in Barcelona with Ronaldo, Figo and Giovanni and at some point most people thought he was the best of all, only to... well check it out.
amazon prime should give you a lifetime contract!!!! you were meant to do this all your documentaries are really dope and your voice is golden!! keep getting blessed ive watching your videos for years👑
Im glad I grew up as a german kid watching the bundesliga when he was in his prime. What a joy to watch, I will never forget about him even if it was 20 years ago and I was still a little kid.
I followed Diego since his youth days in Santos and Brazil. He had an amazing career and was not forgotten at all. He ended his career on top at one of Brazil's top clubs Flamengo and won many titles. He is still very involved with commentator and is widely respected as a very successful former player.
Daily dose of Serotonin🎉
I was so happy when Diego joined Juventus ! His 60m goals in Werder Bremen is one of the greatest goals of all time !
I started paying attention to the beautiful game in the mid- late 00s after the 06 WC.. but really didnt get into it seriously until Euro 08 and after... And I was still learning the player pool until the 2010s.. so I remember that FIFA 11 was the first club fifa game I had played... (I played Fifa WC 06 a metric ton with my best friend) And as I would look at attacking midfielders during the transfer market I would always think to myself (who is this highly rated guy Deigo on Wolfsburg) lol Now I know the backstory of this.. so thank you for the video ...
Commenting this as I start the video, I'm really hoping you mention the incredibly funny way Diego got a red card for Porto in the 2004 Intercontinental Cup against Once Caldas. It's always the first thing I think of whenever I think of Diego.
I am a Werderfan because He played so good .That was in 2007. He was back then and now my favorite player . Still in the Present he is a fan favorite and rated like a micoud . What a Legend he was❤
Damn I remember those Werder Bremen and Schalke teams during that period, they were really tough to play against. How the mighty have fallen..
As a Porto fan, seeing the combination of deco and Diego would’ve been amazing plus having Josie Marino as a coach oh my God, it would’ve been iconic so sad true fans of the club never got the opportunity to see it happen 😢😢
As a Juventus fan, Diego was my favorite player at the time. I had big hopes for him. Unfortunately it was a wrong place wrong time kind of thing. Ciro Ferrara was incompetent at handling the player, or accommodating him in his 4-3-1-2 formation. I swear I had never ever been so hung up on losing a player in 2010-2011 when Luigi Del Neri decided he had no plans for him. Mind you in summer 2010 Pre season, Diego played two amaaaazing games for Juve. I know it doesn't mean much, but he looked hype and super fit. Can't believe we let him go like that. I sometimes think imagine if Diego played the 2011-2012 season under Conte. Beast mode potential.
Diago, Krasic and Elia we all burned those players, it was sad that Juve being in transition phase wasted such talents. I was so happy to hear the news that we bought them but so sad to see them all fail.
Conte would have 100% dropped him and played Giaccherini instead. Conte doesn't like players who don't run all game and pressure.
He is a true legend here in Germany. Great Documentary
i'm a brazilian and grew up with diego. He has magical. Later on he played ofr my team flamengo, became an idol, but he as not the same. Great player
As a football manager fan, Diego was class, what a legend
Diego was two-time Libertadores champion with Flamengo. Today he is a great commentator on the biggest TV in Brazil
Diego wow I even forgot about him. He was very sensational in Germany back in time.
One of my absolute favorite players ever, I will never forget him and I hope the world never does either!
I was a kid when my team Juventus signed Diego it was the best day ever because I had seen him play for Werder and he was brilliant. It was sad to see that Diego and later Krasic and Elia were so promising talents but they all failed because the team was in a transitional phase with lots of coaches and players going in and out.
Didn't exactly 'kill' his career did he? Playing for the likes of Porto, Atletico and Juve, plus Brazil with various trophies is a career many would dream of. Having talent doesn't always equal success.
I love your videos
Diego was a joy to watch. Such a great player
still a pretty nice trophy collection dope ending to a great career also great sportmanship on not retiring injured he came back and proved himself respect
Mano, tenho 19 anos e conheci o Diego pelo flamengo. Não sabia que um dos grandes ídolos do meu clube já havia sido considerado um dos melhores jogadores do mundo. Maior satisfação poder conhecer essa história e ainda rememorar um dos ícones daquele flamengo, uma época mágica.
Não jogou bem no mengão. Só na primeira temporada. Esse cara era o demônio no Santos em 2002. Depois que ele e Robinho se acertaram em campo, o Santos começou a ganhar tudo e terminou em 8o no brasileirão. O último a se classificar para o mata-mata. Daí para frente trucidaram todo mundo.
One of my favorite players as a kid🙌🏾❤️
When the video starts with "so listen to this..." someone show up who played for Fenerbahçe... Alex, Van Persie, Diego, Anelka... I'm happy bcs saw them in my team and feeling sadness bcs of miss them.
i recommend you to make video about the first prototype player Ruud Gullit now we understand about player who can play in any position thanks to football manager game mainly because player like van den borre who had all the position tick in game but imagine back in the day player like gullit who start play his career as central defender for harleem and managed to progress to right back central midfielder defensive midfielder right wing attacking midfielder second striker and striker succesfully palying in all that position truly remarkable player the first prototype player for me who embodied "he can play every where he assigned to"
Always bought Diego on FIFA. ..also i watch bundesliga with him at bremen alot. amazing player
Can you make a video on Dayro Moreno? Just saw a clip of him scoring a beautiful goal with Talleres and making a quick search of his career realized that his stats are pretty impressive. A video from you would be a treat addition to your channel.
now he is a sports comentator in globo, a tv channel.
I remember seeing Diego in the fifa 18 world cup mode and I was so happy for him
I was his sub in Werder 07/08 season , I was playing for the reserves I move from Werder just for him 😮 he was that good . For me he was outstanding player bad agent , if he move to Real ,not Juve if only … still king respect for the video
One day you on this channel would tell my story too. Love from india brother ❤ you are doing great ❤🇮🇳
I will never forget what this guy did in Flamengo on 2019/2020. He had direct participation on the two goals on the Libertadores 2019 final (and an almost-goal on on semifinal who would be legendary). Our team also won the Brazilian Championship that year. But in 2020 Rogério Ceni (YES that Rogério Ceni who was São Paulo's Goalkeeper) put him to play as a defensive midfielder and he nailed it. And it was essential to us to win our last Brasileirão until know. In 2022 we won the Libertadores, but Diego don't played many matches. He retired and club became a mess again. We need a real captain to put those egoistical stars in line.
Now he is retired, Diego is going to a lot of podcasts and TV programs, and he explained why he didn't signed with Real Madrid. He said it was no relation with titularity, but during all the negotiation, they are sounding like Real Madrid was doing a favor to sign him. Wasn't like if he was going to help the club to be champion, was more like if they are helping him letting he receive the honor to play for Real Madrid. Considering his personality, he didn't like that and signed with Juve which showed him much more intusiasm with his football.
The best 10 that Werder has ever had 💚🤍. He came to replace the best and became the best! Diego was the kind of player that made you fell in love with football as a kid. We will probably never see players like that again
Andreas Herzog was another great player....under Otto Rehhagel exclusively. But Diego was together with Mario Basler & Rudi Völler the greatest player I've seen at Bremen.
@@Raydensherajmicoud definitely was an amazing 10 as well. Not as flashy, but damn was he elegant.
Sorry guys, i am a big Werder Bremen Fan. The best player ever who wear our jersey is Micoud. Diego had the potential but he moved to early and did stopped developed at age of 23. At this time Werder had so many world class midfielder: Frings, Baumann, Özil and Kevin de Bruyne
Let’s not forget life doesn’t end after Europe. He went home and won 2 Brazilian leagues, 2 Copa Libertadores, Super Copa, Recopa, Copa do Brasil and was in one of the best Squad of Brazil history. The 2019 Flamengo of the Portuguese Jorge Jesus.
a fun fact is that during the pandemic with diego underperfrlormimg as a cam started playing as a cdm improving Flamengo's goal kicks and being a key player to win the Brasileirão 2020. Although that level of performance wasnt kept it was fun to see while it lasted
I remember when I watched the game Dinamo - Werder August 29, 2007 in the UEFA Champions League Qualifying. Werder won 3:2, it was great to watch Diego and the then young Luka Modrić who was still in Dinamo, a great game by both of them and a great fight in the match with 3 penalties :) Diego scored 2 goals from penalties, and Luka Modrić scored 1 goal from penalty. Werder immediately wanted to buy Modrić after the game, but it didn't happen he stay in Dinamo until the end of that season, it's a shame for Diego that he didn't not achieving the career he could have had.
This guy was my go to in championship manager and football manager. Special player
Loved him so much because of his character, I wish he played better at Fener
should have stayed another year or two at Werder Bremen. Just like Micoud said before him: "I've left a year too early!" Going to Juve was questionable, moving to Atletico was second choice and going to Fenerbahce was a big mistake after all. None of this would have hapened if he decided to stay in Bremen little longer.
That strike, while at Atletico. I still remember. He was a gem there.
As a juve fan that 2008-2010 squad was terrible. I don't think Maradona could have "fixed" Juve's problems