There are various reasons as to why he failed at Barcelona, not just Van Gaal. Barcelona would never have built the team around him the way Boca and Villarreal did, which is what Riquelme needs to succeed.
Fact of the matter is that he did fail, and despite doing great at Villarreal, Barcelona never had any intention of bringing him back because they knew he wouldn't succeed if they did.
Zidane had a better season, it’s not even worth debating. He was the player Juventus built their team around (like every season he played at the club) and was the best foreigner in Serie A. He finished the season earning a world record transfer to Real Madrid.
Zidane still had a much better season in 2001 than Riquelme did in 2003, and if this is your argument, you might want to actually start watching football instead of reading Wikipedia.
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A brief on Juan Roman Riquelme
His weakness:
1) a slow player;
2) always walk
(not running like other footballers);
3) need to play as playmaker
to fully utilize him.
His strength:
1) expert in dominated the midfield;
2) expert in shielding the ball
(despite mostly walking than running);
3) expert in short & long pass;
4) expert in nutmeg skill;
5) expert in free kick;
6) expert in penalty kick;
7) expert in corner kick
(even scored more than 2 goals
from direct corner kicks).
This thread makes you nostalgic. Of course, there would be peoole out there still beating this dead horse. Classic strategy with quotes from other famous players too.
Zidane actually did screw up majorly in his last Juve season, though it didn't matter so much when he secured the galactic transfer in the end (and money for a few good players for Juve)
This thread makes you nostalgic. Of course, there would be peoole out there still beating this dead horse. Classic strategy with quotes from other famous players too.
Zidane actually did screw up majorly in his last Juve season, though it didn't matter so much when he secured the galactic transfer in the end (and money for a few good players for Juve)
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Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh to Muslim.
Good day to Others.
I watch football for entertainment.
Among the entertainment was
Riquelme leading a small Villarreal team,
defeating Barcelona
with Ronaldinho, Xavi, Iniesta & Deco, 3-0!!!
What is Riquelme's contribution here?
1) a back heel assist;
2) a free kick assist;
3) successfully control the tempo of the match
despite faced a group of world class midfielders;
4) successfully dribbled many Barca players.
At other forum,
some said,
"he never been the conductor of a
great European team."
I don't care about it. 😄
Riquelme only need a functional team
to destroy them.