This is impossible!! | American Reacts to Cristiano Ronaldo Highlights

Are you the best footballer in the world right now? I think so, yes. In my mind, I'm always the best. I don't care what people think, what they say. In my mind, not just this year, but always. I'm always the best. I remember him coming to Nou Camp and being able to watch him there and just watching him warm up and then I got to see him at OT a few times. And his warm-ups are so dope. Just his juggling tricks and just him just messing with the ball and just showing off all the individual skills that he's capable of. All the different techniques. Just years of just perfecting his ability and what he does. But you can just see, it just makes it look so effortless. But you can also appreciate the amount of time that he spends on the ball just juggling, just doing moves and tricks on his own. Not even in a team session to do just the warm-ups that he does and just watching him warm up. It's just magic. That was dirty. Just that two-step. That quick two-step. Same foot. That little chop. I've done that a few times. I love that technique. I do a quick in-and-out, which I learned from him. But on the same foot. It's a lot more technical. It's a lot quicker. It's a lot harder to do that chop-chop. Just like that. Because the ball just stays stuck to your foot as you do it. Just when you go in-and-out too. And he also is really good at the out-and-in on the same foot. Never changing foot. Just sliding the ball around the shape of your foot and the shape of the boot. Doing the spin, which I first learned, the Ronaldo spin from another Ronaldo. Shout-out to Brazil. Vuri. The United can break now. Here's Ronaldo. He rides one challenge. Oh, look at this. Terrific, thrilling move. The length of the field. Cristiano Ronaldo. Ball is a good ball to Ronaldo by Bonucci. Smalling. Brilliant trickery here to find a bit of space against Chris Smalling. There are plenty who can open this game in a flash like Cristiano Ronaldo. Look at this chop. Did you see the defender just go flying? But I love just that crook chop right there. Again, full speed. Full speed. It's him. He's so explosive. He's so powerful. We know that he looks like a Greek god. Man works out, right? He looks like your prototypical footballer compared to like a Messi. And the thing is, Messi has just perfected like we talked about. It's not like Messi does a ton of stepovers. Messi does a ton of chops. Messi just does simple maneuvers. Drop the shoulder. Cut it. You know, one-two. But he's so quick and shifty on the ball. And he's just perfected that over the years and just being able to read defenders' feet. Whereas Ronaldo, you never know how he's going to beat you in terms of the stepovers, the scissors, the croids, the spins, the turns. Because he just has so much in the locker in terms of moves and technical ability from that side of things. Just totally different styles from two of the greatest players of all time. The two GOATs, honestly. That little chop. Into a meg. That's crazy. But I forgot that one, too. That little chop this way and then croif it back underneath your foot. One-two. It's such quick little touches that he has, but so powerful. Then he can just get out into space so quickly out of it. See ya. That's what I'm talking about. That out and in on the same foot. But he doesn't just do that. Then he goes straight into a megs because the defender's stepping as he steps out and makes the defender shift his body weight and he knows that. And he times it perfectly. He waits for that little body weight shift and then flick it back in through the legs. How you doing? Ankle breaker. He's so quick. So quick with those scissors. Outside or inside. Like just... Just same foot again. The ball's on the foot. He starts to slide it so he gets the momentum of the ball going and then he whips his foot just around the outside and then he's going. Whips it and then... It's that acceleration straight afterwards. I honestly... I learned so many moves from just watching Ronaldo highlights that I just would take and I would practice individual drills. Like this is the man that I learned so much from. Break. Ronaldo. Outstanding. Look at that. Great skills by Ronaldo. Twisting and turning away from Steve Davis. See ya. Look at that. No look pass. Bottom of the boot. I love this one. I mean that footwork right there is just ridiculous. It's like he's dancing. Watch this. Step over to start. Set up the defender. Now he wants the defender to stop. Right? This is what he does. He knows. He gets the defender to stop. Then shift one way. Then he goes the other way. Then as the defender starts to catch up he's back the other way. Then as the defender starts to catch up again he's back the opposite direction. Look at that. Look at that roll. Just that cut behind. Back to it. Back underneath. Just the one two. Like this is stuff that you can do just on your own. Like it's like he's just doing all this that you just practice and train on your own. Difference is that he's doing it to a sold out crowd in the middle of a match with a defender on him. Look at that. I love the step then back outside. So dirty. The thing that gets me too like if you compare him to Messi. Messi's so low to the ground. Right? A lot of Ronaldo's moves it's wild how he generates so much force and power and quickness because normally you think about it like dribbling a basketball you're low right when you do crossovers and stuff and even in a lot of football like soccer you're staying low with your steps. Ronaldo is a very up and down player and I think this is what throws people off too because he's just so he's standing there and the way that he can accelerate so quickly and just generate so much pace from that standing almost upright position is nuts. Like look how upright he is. Then he does that touch I talk about and then look at that scissors come around outside the ball throw the defender off with that step but right here notice how low the defender is notice how straight up Ronaldo still pretty much is in terms of his upper body right? And he just comes out of it and can still just accelerate through as that touch goes like he's gone lovely little step over and then he dives and then he dips in and goes. And Manchester United from a position of apparent comfort have to start all over again Ronaldo! Milestone Ronaldo with the run still he goes on he's got Dybala in support Dybala! Great save again! How did he do that? Great score! Ronaldo has remained on the pitch because he would be the player that's a treat for the rest I could I could watch him just slalom through and chop people up all day but let's dive into some of his goals let's watch some of his goals till we got to we got to we're showing off showing off CR7 baby Cristiano Ronaldo Gabriel Gomez Ronaldo Great goal! He was in! The captain Cristiano Ronaldo Ronaldo in an attempt to score again Oh my God! What technique that is like you notice how he keeps that ankle locked and just snaps and that ball is just whipping and then just slides out that outside curve top shell laces into that outward spin Ronaldo and he gets such power like look how far outside the box he is like the power to beat a goalie because you got to remember these are high level professional keepers right? This far out the degree of difficulty to score is just so much harder because the keeper has a lot more time to react to figure out the ball but since Ronaldo has so much power in his strikes the keeper doesn't have the time he normally gets from a shot that far out and then just spinning away from the keepers hand like he knows oh man We got a custodial one in there Look at Zidane going WTF like that bicicleta that bicycle kick is crazy I've had one bicycle goal in my lifetime I'll never forget it and that was a rainy pitch soft mud to land into but yeah I threw it in I've tried a few I've missed a few don't worry That's one of my favorite angles to score from when you get set up and you can just come in in one time and just curl it you just know it's so sweet you're like diagonal to goal hang on let's see if I can keyframe this right come on I've got to go even further internet's being slow look how he strikes it though look how he's upright again he's so upright and there's so much power in those legs and that kick but it's the other angle I want it's the other angle can I get it? it's kind of wild watching this in reverse watching that keeper just get okie doked alright here we go now it's finally cruising this angle I love when you get a ball here and you're on like the left side of the box when you're a right footed player right and notice again how far out he still is but you hit that on the one time and you know if you just you strike it on the inside right and you can get that inside spin on it and that curve top shelf just like slotting it in because that keeper he's stuck there look at that and he knows notice how the ball it kind of vanishes in slow-mo but notice where the ball trajectory is like that's to the right of the post but because he gets that spin and he knows you're aiming outside of the post because that spin is going to bring it back in into that corner of the goal right there look at that look at that spin that he's got one time that's a beautiful technique and just cuts right in no chance for the goalie way too easy for Portugal but the finish was right out of the top drawer although the hit it oh we got one of these absolutely brilliant you talk about technique this is one of the hardest techniques to do in football and so many people have tried but they can't emulate it because it's such a sweet spot that you have to hit this is one of the highest degree of difficulty free kicks that you can do the Ronaldo knuckleball and I watched a tutorial of him explaining this one time the way that he hits it because again he's so upright when he strikes the ball he comes in upright and he comes in very watch as he steps in and he hits it he locks his ankle and he doesn't fully finish his follow through notice that ankle right there like normally after you strike it in football like you kind of naturally follow through with it like he's trained his body notice how the ankle is notice how he's just straight down over the ball it's a hell of a technique to do right and he keeps his ankle locked from the point of contact so it's point of contact and it's still locked coming up whereas naturally you kind of swing through it right or your foot comes through and you have to hit the ball in a certain sweet spot as well and he keeps his ankle locked and the way that he snaps it right with the laces and notice how the ball goes up it's like a pitcher it's like a baseball pitcher it's a knuckle ball right so you think it's moving in one way and then it kind of does this it does this because the ball especially nowadays with the aerodynamics and velocity the ball just can really move and really knuckle so you strike it well like this notice the keeper's got no chance because it's so hard for a goalie to read because it's coming in left there right keeper's right notice how the keeper shifts to the right and then he's gone because then it knuckles so it goes like this and then it knuckles back it's such a wild technique where it's like you know if you strike it with the instep you know that ball's at least curling so you can try to read it or you hit an outswing ball you know it's gonna swing that you can read the trajectory of the ball the problem with this and why keepers always struggled with it in the premiership especially at his prime when he perfected this technique was because they couldn't read it they think it's going one way and they're trained with the natural spin thing and oh here it goes and then it cuts back the other way just the way that it moves it's wild I mean look at that you saw that you saw that come in and then knuckle out and then that's another part of his game his hops are ridiculous I remember watching him jump over every single player to win a corner it's crazy he's got all the physical talents and gifts in athleticism great in the air with his head look how much higher he is look how high he is that's crazy his head is level with the crossbar there and then just to generate that power I'll never forget that goal too and it could yet get worse for Switzerland here Ronaldo Hattrick hunting and Hattrick gets him wonderful and the celebrations tell you all you need to know about these players what a goal not too far out for him on a night win look how far out he is just the level of that strike they have scored inside six minutes needed that goal too wow silly crazy I mean again how far back is he the range this man has he's a cheat code watch this strike such power that he pulls in such a little bit of time it just knuckles down the keeper couldn't read it again because it had that sort of knuckle dick what am I doing that was a word slip for the day just dips down into it the keeper couldn't read that the keeper went down after that goal that was a crazy world cup goal wasn't it that was more of an inside spin to curl it in that top shell but he still has a really interesting inside spin curl technique too because he still loves to lock that ankle as he strikes it over the wall it's beautiful but look right look at the point of contact look at the strike notice how locked it is so even though it's an inside curl it's a mixture of that with his little knuckle dip so he gets such a harder dip and spin on it with just that massive lock of the ankle and doesn't finish the follow through again right instead of naturally coming through on the follow through and wanting to land more forward he manages to hold that and come right back down with it absolutely beautifully another special from Cristiano Ronaldo look how high he is I mean you talk about hunting balls it's a high point that Cristiano Ronaldo for Portugal it's gone in two minutes remain for Portugal to find an equalizer I've seen enough I'm too excited I tell you what man I hope it would be amazing I know with the teams that are out right now like it's going to be a hell of a road to get there but Messi got it Messi got his World Cup I mean how poetic would that be and how amazing for the game of football if Ronaldo was able to take Portugal to the World Cup final I'm rooting for it this has me so hyped for the World Cup right now Cristiano Ronaldo goes without saying you're Knoxville certified thank you for watching today's video guys listen I hope you enjoyed just diving into some clips if you're enjoying these breakdowns that I'm doing yes I used to play professionally I used to play semi pro I grew up kicking a ball my foot love the game have played in multiple countries have played for many years you know I enjoy it I follow it if you guys enjoy these breakdowns and what I do and you want to see more of this we'll comment down below let me know what else you want to see me react to who else you want to see me break down and react to it all helps all goes a long way all right everybody stay safe stay positive take care of this take care of this you know I'll catch you again love to talk about me I know got drive on the top but what you want 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