But Dida is not a goal keeper, he is like a barman or something. I never said Rooney's goals were anything special, and at no time did i say they were not borne out of errors, all i was trying to pint out was that in this forum and in too many outlets, excuses are always given for 1 person and the same excuse is not afforded to others because mainly of bias. My point is that how people can say Rooney was owned when he scored 2 goals in a match, neither of which was from set play like free kick or penalty. If he was owned then what exactly happened to Gilardino? If you ask me who came out on top within the duel of Rooney and Nesta, Id say Nesta but he didn't own him at all
I sense that you are inferring me from the above post, so I wil clarify my position.
Firstly, I have never used 2 goals to justify that Kaka is better than Ronaldo (Maybe by memory is a bit blurred with drink right now). I cannot be sure as to who are actually better. In anycase, I love watching both players, though given Kaka's well known humility, grace, and other "personal attributes" I would be lying if I did not say I favour Kaka more than Ronaldo. Beside, Kaka's performance against ManUre was more than just two goals. Kaka was simply amazing picking places between ManU backline and their midfield. He also carried ball a lot thereby relieving pressure on his teammates, and at the same giving constant reminders to United backline of his presence. In contrast, Rooney was pretty much anonymous for the majority of the match despite his endeavor. There is profound difference between two players general performances beside goals.
In my humble opinion, Kaka doesn't quite get the respect he deserve because of his general lack of entertainment in comparison to dancing players circulating in modern game. The manner in which he receives balls, and lays his first touch is totally unbelievable. I would tell local young boys training to watch Kaka's tape and disect his game. There was at least 4-5 occasions, where Kaka gave little feint or two before receiving the ball, which allowed to create half yard space to receive and keep the possession. No one in the world is effective as Kaka in terms of receiving the ball, and distributing it out of his feet. If you are talking about being elusive with ball, well Kaka is certainly not on the level of Ronaldo, but that would be his teammate in prime, but Christiano. Kaka at this stage of career is IMO is more technically refined than Ronaldo. Not when I have yet to see a guy who can dribble so fast without watching ball a single time through the motion. I like Christiano, I think he can so much in little aspect, that will inevitably make him greater player than Kaka is now in the future. But Kaka is a well matured wine that is ready to be opened up. Ronaldo has yet to achieve his maturity but could be even better.
Secondly, I do not hate Rooney at all. You are misunderstanding my EPL bias here. I have actually defened him in the past when people were using his CL goal record, and poor run of form, to criticise him heavily. I think Rooney is one of few honest players circulating the game, and I appreciate him for not diving every challenges that come in. The thing I hate is the hype that comes and goes with goals. If Dida had any sense of where he was standing at, and prevented that goal, then we would be speaking of relatively poor performance marked by one goal. But given the context in which the third was scored, suddenly Rooney becomes the best thing to be born after Jesus Christ. Judging from his overall performance, I don't think Nesta will be loosing sleep from playing Rooney, moreover, I can't see Milan adjust their game plan to make him less effective. The players who makes others adjust their game plan are the ones, IMHO, the really great ones. Bayern were scared living hell out of Kaka so put Owen Hargreaves (who I also like a lot btw), and Lucio on alert. Milan was scared of Ronaldo's pace so much that they literally gave inside cut to prevent him from causing havoc in their defence. That means lesser likes like Pirlo (1st leg in Milan), Seedorf (2nd le), and Scholes (the tie) to shine through. The matter of fact is Rooney is not getting those respect by opposition.
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Future will definitly show us who is the better player. But at the time Ronaldo is better.
