Funny how some people were still doubting his talent. Any bastard with half a knowledge of Football could see he was so far ahead everybody else in the continent. He almost came to Juve at one point, it was the Libertadores that changed everything and made him so sought after. Before he was just another promising South American, at least to European eyes. We had our chance.
That Robinho/Diego/Elano Santos was probably the last good Brazilian team, it was nowhere close to Parmalat's Palmeiras (Rivaldo, Cafú, Edmundo, Roberto Carlos, etc...) but it had a good system. Yeah, it sucks for several reasons. But one of them is that every decent promising player is taken away before they even reach 20 yo. So the league gets the leftovers. Average to below average fuckers with half a talent.
That Robinho/Diego/Elano Santos was probably the last good Brazilian team, it was nowhere close to Parmalat's Palmeiras (Rivaldo, Cafú, Edmundo, Roberto Carlos, etc...) but it had a good system. Yeah, it sucks for several reasons. But one of them is that every decent promising player is taken away before they even reach 20 yo. So the league gets the leftovers. Average to below average fuckers with half a talent.

