Whether we admit it or not, there have only been two kings of football in the last 15 years: Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Together, the two created the era of peerless twins, and steadily dominated the football world for more than ten years. More than ten years in the field of football has spanned three or four generations, some people say that the era of peerless double pride is too weak, some people say that the peerless double pride is too strong, and we will no longer discuss Messi and Ronaldo today, let's talk about the third person in football in the past ten years.
Neymar
Neymar has always been the most powerful contender for the third man in football, he has a gorgeous style of play, excellent ability, not tall, thin build, but can be like a fish in water on the green field of tough guys. After Messi and Ronaldo, Neymar once had the third value in football, and after joining Barcelona, he formed a historic-level MSN combination with Messi and Suarez, recreating the glory of the post-dream era.
In the last 20 years, the overall strength of the Brazilian team has been greatly reduced, and Neymar has almost single-handedly supported the Brazilian team forward. He could have been comparable to his predecessor Xiao Luo, but he slowly took a detour. Neymar is not mentally mature enough, he is very much like NBA star Kyrie Irving, who always wants to stand on his own. No matter how high your level is, there is always a mountain of Messi in front of you.
Messi is a peak that Neymar can never surpass, and in his opinion, as long as Messi is at Barcelona, he will never be the boss of the team. This is where Neymar is narrow-minded, in fact, the relationship between the two is very good, Messi has always taken care of Neymar very much, just like Ronaldo once took care of Messi. Originally, Messi's original intention was to gradually hand over the throne to Neymar, just like when Ronaldo handed over the No. 10 jersey to Messi, to achieve a perfect inheritance. It's a pity that Neymar didn't wait for this day.
What a script it is for Brazilians to take care of Argentines and Argentines to take care of Brazilians. But Neymar obviously did not have this patience, he left Barcelona early, went to Paris, wanted to become the boss of the team, only to find that Paris is also hidden dragons, with Ibrahimovic and Cavani in the front, and the genius Mbappe in the back. Neymar didn't really become the first core of the team until he left Paris.
Later, Messi joined Paris, and the brothers reunited again, at this time Neymar has long since lost his former edge, although his ability is still there, but he has long become mediocre, coupled with the pursuit of rising stars, Neymar is completely out of the discussion of the third person in football. Now Neymar went to the Yad Crescent to make money, and although he made more money, his career basically came to an end.
Mbappe
Strictly speaking, Mbappe and Messi do not belong to the same era at all, Neymar is 5 years younger than Messi, and Mbappe is 6 years younger than Neymar. Mbappe's peak and Messi's heyday were completely missed, and Mbappe was still a minor when Messi completed the feat of six crowns, so strictly speaking, Mbappe is not the third person in the peerless double pride era.
Mbappe's idol is Ronaldo, and his style of play is also a bit similar to Ronaldo, he is extremely fast, especially the starting speed, much like Ronaldo at his peak. At the 2022 Qatar World Cup, Mbappe showed his football talent to the fullest, and Messi, the king of football, also had to sigh the ruthlessness of the years.
Mbappe has only officially reached his peak in recent years, while Messi's form has declined significantly. And the two happened to be teammates in Paris for 3 years, at first Mbappe was very disdainful of Messi, on the one hand he was arrogant, on the other hand he was a fan of Ronaldo, so he was naturally not convinced by this aging king. But Messi conquered him with his skills, both in the World Cup and in the league, Messi was second to none, even though he was 35 years old at the time.
Later, I heard that Mbappe's home hung a portrait of Messi, and this report sounded like it was true. Mbappe only knows that Ronaldo is powerful, but he has actually played with Messi and understands how happy the team is to have such a super core. So Mbappe has made a huge change from initially excluding Messi to retaining Messi later.
In the 2022 World Cup, if the French team wins, then Mbappe will definitely be the new king on the throne, and win the Golden Ball Award and the World Footballer of the Year, then he will have a reason to become the king of the new generation, but unfortunately Argentina won the World Cup as he wished, Messi was officially crowned the king of the ball, and he also won all the important awards of the year.
Now that Messi is out of the Europa League, Mbappe is still in Paris, and he is bent on going to Real Madrid to pursue greater glory. The problem is that there is an even more powerful figure chasing after him, and that person is Haaland. Haaland's great feat of winning the treble this year has overtaken Mbappe in all aspects.
Mbappe has Messi in front of him and Haaland in the back, and it seems that neither of them can be the king in his career. And his age is 11 years different from Messi, so he is not the third person in football, and his position is very awkward.
Modric
Modric, the heart of the elegant midfield, was the only man who could win the Ballon d'Or at the height of his peerless duo. He ended the era when Mero took turns to win the Ballon d'Or, and fought his way out. Seemingly emaciated, but with a huge amount of energy in his body, Modric is very good at shooting violently, and he is never tired on the field, even at the age of 38.
Modric was born in war-torn Croatia, perhaps because of his childhood experience, his life credo was to keep running and fighting. Modern football pays attention to the midfielder, the magic flute is good at all positions in the midfield, he can be qualified as a midfielder, but in Croatia and Real Madrid, he is the first choice of the midfielder, attacking and defending, he is the metronome and brain of the team.
It's rare to finish runners-up at a World Cup and win the Player of the Tournament, and Modric did. Whether at Tottenham or Real Madrid, Modric is the most low-key and best midfield fighter. It's a pity that Modric played late, and the honor was still relatively not heavy enough, so he still can't talk about the third person in the Mero era.
Ribery
At the beginning of the World Cup, a man with a scar shook the goalkeeper and scored a goal, and since then he has started his star career, this person is the French star Franck Franck Ribery. He is small and unattractive, but he is the best midfielder since Zinedine Zidane. Franck Ribery has always been the king of Bayern, but Bayern was at a low point at that time, so after winning Peter Pan Robben, Bayern achieved two wings and returned to the top.
The image of Ribery shaking off Messi is still fresh in people's minds, and his passing skills are not inferior to Messi's, but because he is in a central midfield rather than a striker, he has not scored as many goals as Melo. But he's always been the league's assist leader and the brains of the team. was once nominated for the Ballon d'Or after Bayern achieved the treble, but unfortunately the final award was taken away by Ronaldo, which is a pity.
If he can win the Ballon d'Or once and help the French team win the World Cup, then Ribery can be called the third person in the Mero era, but unfortunately his peak and the peak of the French team were perfectly missed, and the French team in that period was in the stage of internal and external troubles, and even boycotted the game for a time. It can only be said that Ribery's luck is not good enough, but the strength is definitely enough.
Thomas Muller
I thought that 2010 and 2014 were the times when Messi shined, but who knew that the youngster Muller came out of nowhere, stole the limelight from Messi, and swept Argentina 4:0 in the 1 4 finals in 2010, and defeated Argentina again in the final 4 years later.
Muller has no visible football skills, and his greatest talent is his nose in front of goal, similar to Inzaghi's. Fans always think that Muller is lucky, and every time he can catch the shot on goal, but they don't know that this is the greatness of Muller. Football is a big field, the situation is ever-changing, and being able to run in the right place and score goals in the middle of it is the style of the event.
Muller was in the limelight a few years ago, but considering the overall strength of the German team and Bayern Munich team, Muller's individual ability was not fully recognized, and his form has dropped significantly in recent years, gradually moving away from the top three in football. If he could have maintained his form, Muller would have been Mero's **man at the time.
Ibrahimovic
Some people say that Ievee is the third person of Mero's era, which has some truth, and on the whole, Ievee should be the third person of his era. In terms of ability, Ibrahimovic is not inferior to anyone, he has travelled through many clubs in his career, and he has defected to sworn enemies in various ways, which is a taboo for athletes, but he doesn't care.
Ibrahimovic transferred back to Juventus from Ajax, because of Juve's ** door incident, Ibrahimovic joined Inter, from Inter to Barcelona, from Barcelona to AC Milan, from Milan to Paris, and then to Manchester United, and finally joined the Los Angeles Galaxy. Ibrahimovic spanned 7 leagues, and truly interpreted the "three family slaves" to the extreme.
Ibrahimovic is arrogant and jealous, so he has a strained relationship with many players and coaches, the most famous of which is that he threatened to play once he sees Pep Guardiola outside, because the boss wants Ibrahimovic to give up the central striker position, because Messi wants to play as a central striker. But Ibrahimovic has always been friendly to Messi, and has repeatedly said that Messi is the first person in football.
Eevee is such a character, black and white, no gray. Those he likes can be unconditionally supported, and those who offend him will inevitably be punished. Ibrahimovic's career is not perfect, but he has been in football for more than 20 years and has been in great form with every team, especially in the latter years of his career, and Ibrahimovic is still an important cornerstone of the team's championship-winning efforts, which even Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi have not been able to do.
Ibu is really similar to Lu Bu, he is rebellious, uninhibited, handsome, you can't get used to him and can't beat him, whether it's fighting or kicking. Ibrahimovic on the field is a star who is a god, and Ibrahimovic off the field is a good man who cares about his family. It is a great honour for a player to score a goal in his life to be selected for the Puskas Prize, and Ibrahimovic has won almost every goal.
The magical Ibrahimovic is the closest to Messi and Ronaldo in terms of ability, temperament, achievement, and peak length and height.
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