Kaka, not really at all close either

 

Sorry, stupid thread.

 

this is the only place where i can get an unbiased oppinion, thanks for the feedback so far ( even if it's stupid)

 

I didn't mean any offense earlier, it's just that I think it is pretty clear Kaka is the much better player. By very far.

The dude benched both Rui Costa AND Rivaldo within months of joining Milan. I think that in itself is a huge deal.

 

None taken, Rui is 11 years older than Kaka, i was thinking that this forum would vote more for Kaka, specially the under 30 crowd. Thanks for the input so far.

 

Rui Costa had a better footballing brain imho. Kaka is quicker but Rui Costa is more stylish. One of my favorite players, he was.

 

this as my opinion too. i`m a fan of rui costa football style who i see him was more talented than kaka in terms of ball possession, control, passing.. i classify him among the higher class players. i.e, above kaka.

so my vote go for rui costa.

 

Obviously. I think on the ball whilst dribbling, there is NO ONE I like to see more than Rui Costa.

Effortlessly glides past players. Amazing smoothness.

But this thread is in the Milan forum so I assume we are to judge Rui at Milan, which of course was always hot and cold. If I recall correctly it took him 2 years to score his first Serie A goal for Milan.

I still remember the celebration where he was lifted up by all his teammates roud: Milan 2006 was my favorite Milan team of all :hopeful:

 

His first goal wain in UEFA cup in the very first season he joined us. It was from a free kick. It was against a Zionist club.

 

..Was that the goal against Brescia? I remember him scoring a great goal for your lot against Brescia.

 

Nope, it was against Ancona actually. A freekick which crashed off the crossbar... For the massive transfer fee paid, and with him being an established offensive player when he signed for Milan, my criticism for him was his goal (lack of :doh: ) output. Wikipedia recorded his goal tally with Milan as 30, though I can only recall him scoring max 10 goals...

Back to the question: Kaka on one leg is still better than Rui Costa.

 

I don't remember I don't even remember the goal. My mind is telling me it was a freekick but I'm not sure.

 

The goal I was talking about:

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wait, did I just post a Milan goal? sinful.

 

The problem with Rui Costa at Milan was that he couldn't score goals.

Which is a pretty big shortcoming when you're an AM, no matter how good playmaker you are. So it wasn't a big problem for Kaka to steal his first eleven place as he brought an extra dimension in our attack which we surely needed at that point.

 

Don't think he even scored 10, maybe 5. I think vs Brescia was his first Serie A goal, but he did score in Coppa before that I think.

 

Rui Costa had his best season before he joined us. In his last season in Fiorentina he had the highest average rating of all players, higher than Zidane. I think he suffered a bit because we changed managers in his first season here. In fact Pirlo had better perfoemances than him when he got to play. Season after that we brought in Rivaldo and season after that Kaka. I would say he may have been the best first choice substitute we ever had those coming years.

 

If only we could return to having a competent management like then.

How far to fall in such a short space of time.

 

Rui was supercool. I have his name on my Milan jersey. Then again, I also think that Pippo is supercool.
So, probably Kaka was a bit better, being in his best years(hopefully) with us.

 

I like Rui a lot, a very talented player full of class but I think Kaka is on another level.

 

Both masters in their own areas. Rui Costa's vision and passing, Kaka's dribbling and scoring.

Both were much adored by Milan fans.

 

If the question is who I would pick at the top of their games, I'd pick Kaka. But at the top of their games, I would easily sacrifice a striker to accomodate both players in the same team.

Marvelous player Rui Costa was, particularly before he came to Milan

 

If the question is who I would pick at the top of their games, I'd pick Kaka. But at the top of their games, I would easily sacrifice a striker to accomodate both players in the same team.

Marvelous player Rui Costa was, particularly before he came to Milan

never did understand why berlusconi put pressure on ancelotti to stop the xmas formation when you were playing some of the best footie around to put in another striker

 

Both very likeable. Rui Costa is the most elegant player I've ever seen.

 

I enjoyed watching Rui far more than Kaka.

That said, even if I was never Kaka's biggest fan, the man was able to put the team behind his back like few have wearing the rossonero shirt. Kaka is faster, more determined, delivers (unlike Rui, who was an absolute choke), and has a real eye for goal.

In passing and making the game fluid and beautiful, Rui clearly takes the pick. I only take Zidane over him in grace of the game out of players in the last 15 years, more so than the divin codin.

 

qft

rui was a real maestro, i absolutely loved the way he played the game.

 

Me too, I'm a sucker for the graceful, elegant players. Rui may not have scored many goals for Milan but there's plenty of midfielders who can put the ball in the back of the net but few who seem to effortlessly float around the pitch with sublime technique and intelligence.

 

Comparing their times at Milan and Kaka wins any comparison by a mile. However, compare overall career and I think they are close. Rui was really quick in the mid to late 90s. Watch him with Portugal and you'll be surprised how fast he was. As for scoring, Rui scored a fair total for a central mid although not all that many. At Milan he was kind of jinxed. Kaka was always half playmaker half second forward, IMO, plus he took a lot of PKs.

 

I can't believe that we had Rui and Kaka in the same team ...

If Rui moved to a bigger club earlier than he might have reached higher levels ...

Even though they were different type Kaka was more important and more efficient to Milan than Rui.

 

Rui did reach higher levels, at Fiorentina, when they beat us 4-0. In those 3 months he was easily the best player in the planet.

 

Rui Costa and Batistuta were poetry in motion.

 

:thumbsup: What a combo. :strong:


Even though I said in my previous post I prefer Rui's style of play I miss the old Kaka, the one in his first few years of being at Milan. Not as elegant as Rui Costa, but when in full flight there was something graceful about the way he ran with the ball, in a high-octane sort of way. His trademark long distance shooting too, which had just enough curve and plenty of power. Kaka played beautifully in his own way. Not so much in his final seasons though.

 

Rui was a master in passing, in that category outdone only by Zidane, Laudrup and Ronaldinho of the players I've lived to see.

But in their prime, Kaka' overall is the better player of the two.