Why Rio Ferdinand screamed at Berbatov before Champions League Final

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Rio recounts the story when he stopped a training session and screamed at Berbatov before the Champions League Final.
Rio Gavin Ferdinand OBE (born 7 November 1978) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, and is now a television pundit for BT Sport. He played 81 times for the England national team between 1997 and 2011, and was a member of three FIFA World Cup squads. He is one of the most decorated English footballers of all time and regarded by many as one of England's greatest ever players.
Ferdinand began his football career playing for various youth teams, finally settling at West Ham United where he progressed through the youth ranks and made his professional Premier League debut in 1996. He became a fan favourite, winning the Hammer of the Year award the following season. He earned his first senior international cap in a match against Cameroon in 1997, setting a record as the youngest defender to play for England at the time. His achievements and footballing potential attracted Leeds United and he transferred to the club for a record-breaking fee of £18 million. He spent two seasons at the club, becoming the team captain in 2001, before he joined Manchester United in July 2002 for around £30 million, breaking the transfer fee record once more.
At Manchester United, he won the Premier League, his first major club honour, in a successful first season at the club. In September 2003, he missed a drugs test and was banned from football for eight months from January until September 2004, causing him to miss half a Premier League season, Manchester United's FA Cup triumph, and the Euro 2004 international competition. Upon his return, he established himself in the Manchester United first team and received plaudits for his performances, featuring in the PFA Team of the Year four times in five years. More club success followed with another Premier League win in the 2006-07 season and a Premier League and UEFA Champions League double the following year. His career at United, in which he won six Premier League titles and 14 trophies, ended when his contract expired in 2014, and he subsequently joined Queens Park Rangers where he played for just one season before being released from the club as a result of their relegation from the Premier League. He announced his retirement from professional football on 30 May 2015.
In September 2017, Ferdinand announced his intention to become a professional boxer, partly to help him cope with the death of his wife. His brother, Anton, also a centre-back, last played for St Mirren. Former England international striker Les Ferdinand and former Dagenham & Redbridge midfielder Kane Ferdinand are his cousins.
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@MrDESPREOCUPADO04 3 роки тому

Berba my favorite striker of all times. Such a class

@peakdennis1 3 роки тому

Ferdinand is probably jealous that he was nowhere near on Berbatovs level of talent lol.

@pergustafsson1155 2 роки тому

@@peakdennis1 What!!? He’s one of the best central defenders ever to play in the Premier League and a very big part of the success of Manchester United.

@peakdennis1 2 роки тому

@@pergustafsson1155 I meant in terms of technical ability. Fair enough he was amazing at defending and your right he was one of the best prem defenders ever, but Berbatov in terms of technical ability could make Ferdinand look like he's only kicked a ball 5 times in his life.

@critik1ll 2 роки тому

Same most underrated United player and one of the most underrated and forgotten player in the prem never hear his name. You hardly even hear Rooney talked about tbh yet I hear about Peter crouch or some name like that. The game is dead now Its not classy no more it's all money and dumb rules and shit

@FootkerSnookball Рік тому

@JohnnyHooker1 Jealous is certainly not the right word here. I think when you achieve a lot more than someone else you can't be jealous of that other person whether more or less talanted (which is an opinion anyway there's no particular right or wrong unless it's absolutely blatant, there may have been certain areas Berba had more talant but likewise with everyone everyone has certain things they're better at than others, but you're judged om what you do with what you've got). Rio was just saying he wanted Berba to do better because he had a lot of fails at ManUtd with a team that had great potential under a top manager as well. Rio would've had less disappointments in that period and Berba would've spent more than 4 years of his entire career at a giant club. Rio was a regular starter at a giant club for a dozen years and even before then he was getting a lot of adulation whilst at other clubs with good history & picked for 2 England WorldCup squads. Both bought by ManUtd for about the same amount but Berbatov was a flop at ManUtd.

@ashutoshsampat3661 3 роки тому

Berba was one of those effortless Geniuses. You see everyone working hard to become good but those people dont need to because they are naturally that good. So when you see them taking things casually in training you feel like they aren't doing anything, but the fact is they don't have to. They are just that good. Because of which people misunderstand them. Same thing is happening with Ozil also.

@MiguelBaptista1981 3 роки тому

That's why Berba only won two league titles in his life, both at Man U when he wasn't the main man. Same for Ozil. One Title. With Real Madrid, and he needed the best team Real had in the past 20 years and probably the best coach, the only one that disrupted Barcelona's tiki taka team. Bla bla bla. Talk and romanticizing about "effortless" results don't give results. History prooves that. Every great player with numerous trophies had to put his blood and sweat in field.

@sasho888prm 3 роки тому

@@MiguelBaptista1981 After he left they won nothing, now they are screaming for other reasons...

@4k99m 3 роки тому

@@sasho888prm ? Utd have one several titles including a premier league title since berbatov left.

@abrahamntienjem2659 3 роки тому

What are you on about. All talent is earned. Burba worked hard to be as good as he is and Rio clearly is not on his level.

@4k99m 3 роки тому

Won*

@mrrocrocmoney3924 8 місяців тому

Seeing this for the first time , Berbatov is a 👑👑👑, Royalty that's to describe his style of play ❤

@AliHussain-fz7pd Рік тому

Nah Berba was something else, he was sublime. One of the most underrated.

@lijoaugustine4670 2 роки тому

What Rio doesn't understand is that berba slows down time. So calm down man

@thewhizkid3937 3 роки тому

Berbatov was great for Manchester United. I still remember that team..

@mrknowledge4436 3 роки тому

No he wasn't.

@tsa_03 3 роки тому

@@mrknowledge4436 he was such a elegant player

@slepk7898 3 роки тому

@@mrknowledge4436 stfu

@mnb9162 3 роки тому

Berbatov was a bit mis understood. Fergie didnt quite know how to play him. So much ability but you have to build your team for him and United just wasn't prepared to always do it. Robbie Keane is a classic example. I remeber seeing him at Spurs and it worked because Robbie basically moved and worked for Berba. He was electric and selfless for Berba because he knew all you had to do was get it to him around the box and things will happen. United didnt quite play Berba in his correct position until later on. But then Fergie had had enough.

@itsmeprasad1987 Рік тому

Same thing happening with sancho

@besimsala20 Рік тому

Robbie Keane was better than Rooney and Tevez.

@ehsanrazaerh Рік тому

@@besimsala20 CONGRATULATIONS. YOU DON’T KNOW BALL 🤣

@peakdennis1 3 роки тому

Ferdinand can shout at Berbatov about work rate all he wants, the man has more talent, genius, class, skill and technique in his toenails than Ferdinand has in his whole body. Berbas style of play was based on moving around slowly because he felt it gave him a better understanding of what was going on, he was such a composed player with amazing control he could afford to be lazy. Ferdinand fails to understand that, probably due to the fact he was a defender and they often lack the class of midfielders and forwards.

@trtvitor1385 3 роки тому

Berbatov's style of play only works when you have Rooneys. Ferdinands, Evras, Nevilles - players that will work until they collapse of exhaustion. 11 players with the mentality of Berbatov would be walked over by an aggressive side. Berba is my favourite Utd player since Keane, but it must be frustrating knowing how hard you work on the pitch and not seeing the same.

@danielamador4306 2 роки тому

@@trtvitor1385 or technical players like Busquests iniesta and xavi who are not work horses.

@thebiglebrowski3695 2 роки тому

And yet he never had the stats to back up that talent, genius, class and skill. Just four 20 goal seasons in his entire career. Can you imagine what he would have done if he had the worth ethic. Also - Ferdinand was, relative to his position, a better player than Berbatov. What I mean by that is he was better compared to other defenders than Berbatov was compared to other strikers.

@kytr4318 2 роки тому

@@trtvitor1385 it worked at Spurs as well

@D3_XT3R 2 роки тому

Ahh yes. Rio Ferdinand, a serialeague winner, CL winner doesn't have enough talent as compared to fucking berbatov.

@faceit- 5 місяців тому

Berbatov was amazing player, such a genius.

@aleforzaroma 9 місяців тому

It's a miracle wooden footed Ferdinand even got to play with someone as good as Berbatov.

@latifzaman830 3 роки тому

Rio tells the story like when he experienced roy keane having a go at him during his early man utd career

@Nhilzer Рік тому

I'm sure he'd be the first to say Roy was right. You always learn with the ones that surround you, or don't, if you don't care as Berbatov...

@joecole6875 4 місяці тому

Berba saw the game on a much higher level than everyone else. A legend. Ferguson would have known what he was getting when they bought him.

@HristoRayanov 7 місяців тому

And this is why Man Utd will never be recognized the beautiful game. Attackers like Berbatov were a delight to watch (and that's coming from a Liverpool fan). Bergkamp, Torres, Berbatov, Van Basten - they were amazingly calm with a great first touch, great ball control and deadly finish. Three of those four had a great appreciation in their clubs during their time there. One did not. Guess who.

@wannarockful 2 роки тому

So this is why Fergie didn't pick him despite being the top goalscorer? Well done, Rio, you lost that final at that moment

@slepk7898 2 роки тому

Ye wtf was that our top scorer on the bench and barca still destroyed us what was the point i 100% sure berba would've have scored

@gntrihg 2 роки тому

Should have been Rooney and Berbatov starting up front. Chicharito should have been like a 60-70 min sub for one of them and we may have won

@zada4a 2 роки тому

@@gntrihg yea Sir Alex botched it

@simeonnangelov9372 Рік тому

@@slepk7898 He wasnt even in the group, not the bench

@FootkerSnookball Рік тому

@wannarockful "Top goalscorer" lol a quarter of Berbaflop's goals came in ONE game!! 1 meaningless 7-1 game that ManUtd win anyway without his goals. Tevez scored more important goals for ManUtd in 2 years than Berbatov scored in double the time Ferguson should've never bought Berbatov then we would've kept Tevez and therefore been way more successful particularly from 2009/10 to 2011/12 just compare the 2 player's careers, goals, trophies, contributions etc... Berbatov only scored in 11 games in his 'Best of a bad bunch season 2010/11' bare in mind ManUtd weren't far away from a Treble so they played a lot of games but Berba lost ManUtd the FAcup (the 2nd time he single handedly lost an FAcup semi-final for ManUtd). Hence why Berbatov never won the FAcup, nor ChampionsLeague. Nor did he win back-to-back PL titles with ManUtd, I think those 3 things are huge failures. Very few former ManUtd players who were only managed by Ferguson failed to win back-to-back PL titles and apart from the officials in 2009/10 I blame Berbatov for ManUtd just missing out on the record 4 in a row. When he was only asked to deliver for 1 game after Rooney put the team in such a great position but got injured late March and Berbatov & Rooney never scored again for the rest of the season when Rooney got injured he was on 34 goals, Berbatov 12 and that's how they finished the season. Not even Spurs wanted Berba back after that season ManUtd couldn't get rid of him couldn't sell him for anywhere near the amount he was bought for no big club wanted him including ourselves and eventually just didn't care about the price in 2012 sold for 10% what ManUtd paid to Trophyless history Fulham, more Berba's level. Replaced by better player who was actually a genuine top goalscorer 2012/13 (v.Persie). No the reasons Berbatov wasn't picked for 2011 CL final. He never scores against big teams I.e Only 1 goal vs a Top5 team in 4 years at ManUtd. Heavily contributing to his 2 PL title losses with ManUtd. He only scored in 3 ChampionsLeague games in his entire ManUtd career. All in group stage, none in knockouts and none vs an elite CL teams. Rooney, Hernandez & even MichaelOwen had all scored more recently than Berbatov who hadn't scored since Game 32 of 38 in the PL. All 3 had also scored more recently in the ChampionsLeague, several times each in fact (obviously, because Berbatov went 3 whole years without a ChampionsLeague goal late 2008 to late 2011). He's not going to start ahead of Rooney & Hernandez (Hernandez was ManUtd's most important forward that season). Berbatov was also the worst forward to bring on from the bench when thinking of all ManUtd's forwards in the Ferguson years I can't think of a worse forward to come on if we need a goal. If Berba can't score vs ManCity who were getting there but nowhere near Barca's level yet, why should Ferguson be confident playing him vs Barca?? Besides he came on in the 2009 CL final vs Barca and he was terrible. I really don't understand people arguing against this?????

@bso1469 2 роки тому

Berba got more footballing ability in one toe than this mugs got in his whole body

@gamra Рік тому

True

@ravecrab Рік тому

And yet Ferdinand had a far better career.

@TH0M5ON Рік тому

Poetic analysis. You a pundit?

@Caskchap Рік тому

Nothing beats persistence, unfulfilled genius is a cliche

@Nhilzer Рік тому

Yeah right... You're comparing a central back with a striker that didn't score that many goals because he was lazy and didn't care much about his mates, he thought he was just there to have fun... Go back to sleep kid, you'll never understand that when you love the game, you wanna always win.

@JB-cm8zd 3 роки тому

Berbatovs touch was so good u will have 2 think he had super glue on his boot

@FootkerSnookball 8 місяців тому

I think opposition goalkeeper's in big games must've had magnets on his shots or the stands in the crowd did, because he never scored when it mattered.

@nicksoncrant1351 3 роки тому

These are great. Keep it up gents

@HighPerformancePodcast 3 роки тому

Thanks! Will do!

@beckerntomo6972 3 роки тому

A man of passion and desire from Rio, He took the serious especially against us 👏🏾.

@TheDevananda 3 роки тому

I love Berba, but Rio is spot on here. The whole point of sideways transition is to create space by moving opponents out of position and you have to attack spaces when it's available. Otherwise you have to rebuild the play again. I'd be fuming too.

@giovannixxxx2219 3 роки тому

That's why Barcelona ate them in the finals

@KivVeigroeg69 3 роки тому

Sure yes , and then they got destroyed in two finals . Not learning from their mistake 😃 I am MU supporter btw.

@edderwright9042 3 роки тому

@@KivVeigroeg69 Wouldn't say they got destroyed in the first game, it was 2-1 and Rooney had a great chance to score and missed. Barca has the upper hand but United were very much alive in the first game and it was pretty tight. Second final they got destroyed yes.

@slepk7898 2 роки тому

Ye and Saf didn't playe Berba at the final big mistake

@BigBoss7777777 Рік тому

@@edderwright9042 it was 2-0 mate not 2-1 and yes utd got destroyed in both games

@banareshussain2185 3 роки тому

Absolutely cluless Rio Ferdinand and the other two have no idea what they are on about what a load of nonsense Berbatov was a great player by the way

@theboystevens 3 роки тому

You’re not listening

@banareshussain2185 3 роки тому

@@theboystevens what is it that I'm not listening to please do tell.......

@devasiaabraham4587 3 роки тому

Dont worry that means u have seen very less football

@kwameesco4907 3 роки тому

I’m berba in real life....I take my time with everything 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@peakdennis1 3 роки тому

Personally loved the way Berba played the game. But English football is about being a work horse more than being a slow, deliberate genius so it was inevitable players like Ferdinand would be having a go at him.

@gergister 3 роки тому

@@peakdennis1 Rio looks angry.. but you know.. you can't always get what you want (BITCH).. but if you try sometimes, you might get what ya need.

@Khalid________ 2 роки тому

@@peakdennis1 I think as well Berbatov was a rogue, United played within a certain system and he like to roam around the pitch in a slow deliberate manner like you’re saying. Fantastic player Berba, criminally underrated.

@ivanzlatanov7776 3 роки тому

Still big mistake SAF didnt select Berba for Man Utd - Barcelona final .....maybe if you play how berba says you win this final !

@WakaWaka2468 3 роки тому

Nah....

@solshields 3 роки тому

Just like the champions league final he played in 2002 .. oh wait

@ilianapostolov5129 3 роки тому

Sol Shields Berba was 20 years old back then x_X

@_EmperorPenguin 3 роки тому

We wouldn’t have won either way lmao

@mrknowledge4436 3 роки тому

Ivan Zlatanov777 Strange debate considering he hadn't scored a champions league goal since 2008 and never scored after the group stage for ManUtd and only finished his 4 year ManUtd career with just 5 goals including 2 at home to Celtic & 2 Vs Aalborg.

@mediacenterman8583 3 роки тому

1:02 He is talking about Ronaldo. Of course he was good enought, but the endless step overs pissed of Rio and RVN. Luckily CR7 conformed and excellled!!!

@mnb9162 3 роки тому

It would have been interesting to see what would have happened to Ronaldo if at 17/18 he moved to Real madrid etc. He got a great grounding at United and even though people love to criticise him whenever he speaks there is an underlying humbleness and work ethic there. I wonder if he maybe would have gone a bit off point if he was in the spanish circus. He moved to Real when he was a fully formed player, physically and mentally, so it wasn't an issue by then. But early on you may have seen him become more arrogant with a lot more stepovers and waste.

@stephenbuff Рік тому

Berbs was magical though 😂

@zhivkomarinov5442 3 роки тому

Alright big boy, but how many games you won, I how many he did ? The good player will stand cool, deciding the moment when he can use all his advantages. The game is not "Go there, because I don't know what to do with the ball, and just want to kick it somewhere, even that is outside of the pitch" ! That's why Barca won... two times in a row.. without Berba in the squad. And they have won with tactic and style, that Berba is talking about ;)

@alexandersakulin3127 3 роки тому

If Rio can see the space and Berba can see the space, it's Berba's fault for not being there.

@zhivkomarinov5442 2 роки тому

@@alexandersakulin3127 Oh, come on. Rio is the man, ho can sacrifice himself for winning the ball for the team. He is excellent in that. But Rio is not the man, that can see spaces, can make key passes, can create chances. Rio is a regular lumberjack, and it is not surprise his name is not quoted often these days.

@alexandersakulin3127 2 роки тому

@@zhivkomarinov5442 Glen Hoddle one of the most gifted players and managers England has ever produced would have played Rio in midfield for England and has said so. Rio can see the space mate.

@FootkerSnookball 8 місяців тому

Rio won may more games than Berbaflop did.

@carlwoods7768 3 роки тому

Rich considering his first few seasons Keane spent half the time busting his arse

@user-xs7ly6xb7l Рік тому

Rio mate, Sir Alex not picking Berba for that final was the mistake of the decade !!!!! You can shout as much as you want brother, but class and genius of DB9 was undisputed, and Sir Alex just made a wrong judgement before that final .... because of such shouts.

@bananahammock9119 10 місяців тому

Rio had no idea what the question meant 😂

@user-mc6wb4ls1p 6 місяців тому

Cristiano is the only one in that team better than Berbatov. I hope Fergie regrets his decision to not call him for that final against Barcelona because he could have affected that game A LOT.

@teddyeastside8051 3 роки тому

The Champions League final that they lost to Barcelona? Maybe they should have tried playing more like Barca if they wanted to win?

@zada4a 2 роки тому

Berba had the right idea but MAN U too stubborn and they even benched him. Alternate reality they play him and bench Rio, and win with Berba hattrick

@ashconbeats8414 Рік тому

Berba was a genius but he appeared lazy from the eye

@simba7856 3 роки тому

You talk about barcelona, that you been running on champion league final wembley stadium without touching a ball.you need to learn ABC of football to talk about barba. He forget his mess man city 4-3 Talking about winning mentality.

@MiguelBaptista1981 3 роки тому

Just imagine Rio in the dressing room of spoiled brats of today.

@pergustafsson1155 2 роки тому

Yeah, and Paul Scholes, Roy Keane and Sir Alex! That would teach them! 😁😁

@rajendranadarajan8931 Рік тому

Berba was a world class player. But I felt his arrival ruined the dynamic of Rooney Ronaldo Tevez.

@FootkerSnookball Рік тому

Wouldn't quite say WorldClass. Afterall he only spent 4 years of his career at a giant club and even with that his departure was overdue he didn't do well at ManUtd and he would've left 2 years before he did if any big team were willing to pay anywhere near what ManUtd had paid for him but not even Spurs wanted him back. He could do some world class pieces of skill (sometimes looked every bit as bad as how good he tried to look if it was pulled off, like the lazy pen vs Everton) and teams who don't care about trophies may like him in their team hence why Fulham did as they've never won a trophy in their history so Berbatov "did well" there, for their standards. Even there he didn't make the sort of impression that for example ClintDempsey did at Fulham. I'd say joining as a relaegation threatened team and getting them to a European final within a couple of years is doing well with clubs like that but Berbatov didn't do anything with Fulham and with Spurs he may have won the MickeyMouseCup but they couldn't qualify for CL. He's never won FAcup or ChampionsLeague or back-to-back league title's even in a Ferguson ManUtd team which is extremely rare. You're right about Tevez. Obviously Berba wasn't the reason Cristiano left he was going to leave anyway but it wouldn't have been much of a loss if ManUtd at least kept Tevez with the other very good players they still had Rooney etc...and a very reliable defence so they only needed another consistent forward with Rooney in 2009/10 like they had the next year with Hernandez. Tevez felt he wasn't appreciated he was a big game player but was treated more like a super sub and regular in only the lesser cups in his 2nd season when he was far more useful than Berba so it would've just been better to not buy Berba at all. I don't see how that great ManUtd team with that great manager aren't more successful than they were from 2009/10 to 2011/12 with Tevez instead of Berbatov and there wouldn't have been those annoying things like just missing out on feats like 4 PL's in a row and losing the PL on GD 2 years later and seeing Chelsea win things they shouldn't when ManUtd were a better more consistent team they underachieved while Berbatov was in the team. And literally Tevez was part of City winning 2012 PL so obviously it wouldn't have happened like that with him at ManUtd.

@praveenravendran4253 2 роки тому

Good one Rio, we need players your attitude in Man Utd which sadly don’t at moment

@kpwand 3 роки тому

And who shouted at Rio when he made mistakes? If there was no one then he's just the bully in the playground.

@littlebiits4216 3 роки тому

exactly, as an american we need to cancel rio ferdinand, #CancelRio

@frankmachin5438 3 роки тому

That’s easy - Roy Keane!

@kpwand 3 роки тому

@@frankmachin5438 Keane is a sociopath with anger management issues. Football, in that era, was filled with crazies.

@Taporeee 3 роки тому

Ermm. One Roy Keane

@MiguelBaptista1981 3 роки тому

@@kpwand You're a sociopath with passive-aggressive anger management issues I bet. You don't deserve to clean Roy's boots.

@MJ-sm2yu 8 місяців тому

This sounds like a painter & decorator critiquing Da Vinci.

@verycoolperson3781 10 місяців тому

Ferdinand is probably jealous because he lacks Berba's technical abillity

@Follow.Jesus.Christ 3 місяці тому

Ferdinand teaching Berbatov how to play, it’s a bit ridiculous 😂

@frankschrodinger1424 3 роки тому

I'm a good judge on who the great defenders are in the game and Rio was very average. Not bad at all, but not that great either - he just had the right players around him.

@aljazzier 3 роки тому

Ok. I'll take the bait! A very average player doesn't get 312 appearances for a highly successful team, as Man Utd were at the time. Playing 81 times for England wasn't too shabby either. Clearly your judgement needs a little re-calibration!

@VGZ33 2 роки тому

Berba really had to play for Barca or at least La Liga

@Nhilzer Рік тому

As if Pep would have been patient with him... Pep wanted to win, he wouldn't want a lazy ass like him, I liked Berbatov, but I would never take him on a winning team.

@VGZ33 Рік тому

@@Nhilzer You're right, but I think in the period between Eto'o and Suarez, that was the man for Barca..

@KivVeigroeg69 3 роки тому

And then what , Barcelona beat them , no sorry my bad . Barcelona destroyed them in two finals :D Ok , It was one of the best teams at that time but still . Man United used the wrong tactics .

@AndroBoy17 3 роки тому

Berba = Messi in slow motion

@Truth1994 3 роки тому

Shut up Rio, you’re not hard

@hasimikassim6603 3 роки тому

Take it 🖕

@ludiqtitan 2 роки тому

Funny story given the fact that Roy Keane busted his the first couple of seasons he was at Man Untd.

@andilentobekomadlala5227 9 місяців тому

i loved berbatov my self but i would not have left out tevezfor berba because of the press. the 3 for me were tevez , Roony and Ronaldo . The coached played berbetov over Tevez and Tevez left the following season Ronaldo left. if we gave tevez his contract the three upfront would have been berbetov , rooney and tevez to make it worse tevez did wonders at city which was the start of their dominance

@wolfmelody2787 Рік тому

Imagine berbatov with the hunger of c ronaldo

@uchihamadara6211 2 роки тому

Imagine Berba played for Barcelona

@-kr8206 Рік тому

He would have gone to play for them, but then Berbatov had a conflict with Stoichkov, before the conflict Stoichkov had talks with Berbatov to play for Barca.

@BH-pg8qe 3 роки тому

Literally makes stuff up rio

@TheVoyger123 Рік тому

Should've at least had him on the bench over Michael Owen. He might not have made darting runs but he had enough composure and intelligence on the ball to play the likes of Park and Rooney in behind.

@FootkerSnookball Рік тому

Rooney, Hernandez & MichaelOwen all scored more recently than Berbatov who hadn't scored since Game 32 of 38 in the PL and all 3 of them had scored at least 4 (Rooney way more) in CL since Berbatov's last CL goal.

@FootkerSnookball Рік тому

And Berbatov was the worst player to bring on from the bench if you need a goal when thinking of all forwards ManUtd had in the Ferguson years.

@todoryalanski5580 Рік тому

Who gave that cusual defender a platform to speak ? Ferdinant was a lucky defender which had a chance to play in the right time for the right team. Never achieved nothing special in terms of personal achievements ! The guy just has that huge mouth! Shut it out! Berbatov was and always will be one of the best in his prime! MU is the team that killed his career!

@bmwpwr19 Рік тому

Central defender telling a central forward how to play the game... oh please. Bad coaching on Fergie's part, failing to recognize the way Barca played relaxed, waiting for the right pass at the right time. We're not Barcelona, we're Man United..... Well we know how that turned out...

@user-vu6jh5dm7i 8 місяців тому

I think Berbatov to play in difrent team like Bayern Munich or Barcelona hi will by moore good for his stile and respect, Bayern is perfect for him but...

@craigbowles6778 Рік тому

Awww Rio telling stories that didn't happen again 🙄👍just saying shit for sake of it

@ozamrani22 2 роки тому

I wish Bruno will do the exact same thing to every player in that squad

@Opabrixtanbuli Рік тому

rio can say whatever the fuck he wants, but he'll never reach the football ability that Berba had, rio was an astonishing defender but let's face it he's not the smartest of guys and he doesn't understand the game like that, that's why he's not a manager right now and maybe if united did change to play the way berba played they would've won those champions league finals not cry about how they're man united and that's how they play because sometimes you have to adapt when it's the right choice

@Lucas-en3bt 10 місяців тому

I love people saying that Berba had more talent in his toenail than Rio. He may have been more talented but not to that extent in my opinion. But if it is the case, then why did Rio accomplish so much more in his career? Im afraid he has a point

@milenmetodiev8722 Рік тому

Rio talking about Berba feels like he doesnt understand the game, kekw!! Berba was pure Elegance... control, masterpiece of play!!!

@oligofreniste 3 роки тому

Wait is that the reason Sir Alex put him out of the squad for this match ?!

@martinh1309 2 роки тому

No he wasnt good enough compared with Rooney, Tevez and Ronaldo

@oligofreniste 2 роки тому

@@martinh1309 LMAO he was only the premiership goalscorer, and tevez wasnt even a squad member he was in City . Know your facts.

@martinh1309 2 роки тому

@@oligofreniste this is about 2009 you potato. Tevez was better than him in 2009, simple as. 2011 Rooney was in faaar better form from March-May

@martinh1309 2 роки тому

@@oligofreniste i know the facts, you dont

@oligofreniste 2 роки тому

@@martinh1309 loling so hard right now pls stop

@kw2836 3 роки тому

Borderline bully tendencies

@hst9 3 роки тому

Pussy

@okocha291 3 роки тому

Man up!

@thomasskeffington4539 3 роки тому

And you call yourself The Man, more like the nan.

@101RadioheadCovers Рік тому

TLDR: Rio kicks ball out of play, blames Berba.

@SpartanHoplite360 3 роки тому

That was defo more than three words 😂

@anthonyansell1430 Рік тому

Maybe they would of won against barca in the final if they played more like berbatov. English teams lack a composure and flair sometimes

@fernando7517 Місяць тому

Bervatov & Guardiola

@mickmc3832 3 роки тому

This perfectly sums up why rio never made it as a number 10 and berbatov did. How can you play controlled football if you rush everything.

@zada4a 2 роки тому

number 10?

@mickmc3832 2 роки тому

@@zada4a is that question?

@Sigurjon96 Рік тому

Ferdinand is a bully probably the most awful teammate ever. I never liked how Man Utd treated Berbatov. His career was flourishing at Tottenham then Man Utd ruined it. I know these types like Ferdinand they always pretend to know better than others and have this berating uncomfortable aura to them. It's annoying. He has this mafia mentality. Very hot-tempered and egotistical too. Vidic is a million times better defender. Ferguson only bought Berbatov so Tottenham couldn't have him. He didn't give a flying f about adapting the soccer play and style with Berbatov in the squad now. He just wanted to have him for himself even if it meant destroying his own career. It was similar to kidnapping or something. I can't even count how many angry moments I had with seeing Ferdinand making dumb mistakes and messing things up. Berbatov was the biggest star Man Utd had and they wasted it. Mistreated by fans, teammates and coach.

@dominichuston8612 2 роки тому

Defo Rio watched Michael Jordan documentary

@CT-sy4wj Рік тому

What a wanky question

@diamondgeezertunes Рік тому

Some players were gifted with skills ..others needed to train hard like a donkey .. If Berba trained harder to fit into the ethos of Man utd.. he would have been a monster like Zlatan

@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185 Рік тому

Popeye the sailor man

@BingDo9 Рік тому

That's not real leadership. Would he have scolded Ronaldo to play the way he'd wanted or listened to his commands?

@tapiwachinhema1380 Рік тому

Berbatov is legit

@SeanJepson7 Рік тому

Culture is also about attitude and beliefs. It’s a whole melting pot I don’t believe it’s limited to three immutable components.

@edsmith4821 3 роки тому

Which is why Berba was dropped for the final and frozen out of the first 11 by fergie As a Spurs fan I was pleased because he stopped playing in order to get a transfer to United .

@zada4a 2 роки тому

Ah but Berba at spurs was the best Berba. They played very good football for his style. I love watching highlights. In Man U there are too many big egos like that Rio guy.

@ZhangBangsFury 3 роки тому

this is toxic masculinity he's bragging with here

@edderwright9042 3 роки тому

Maybe you like today's soft footballers that are nowhere near that generation. Old men like Messi and Ronaldo are still dominating world football today, lol. Plz tell me who from today's generation of top players can come close to R9, Henry, Ronaldinho, Zidane, Iniesta, Xavi, Bergkamp, Rooney, Kaka, Gerrard, Rivaldo, Romario, Figo, Drogba, Eto'o, etc, etc. Today's footballers are mentally weak and lack desire and football intelligence of prior generations.

@AliHussain-fz7pd Рік тому

you dont need to police toxic masculinity in an all male environment.

@emililiev7968 3 роки тому

Berbatov was a great player, but he could done more, he didn’t ...he didn’t run enough...only few matches, he give the 100 % and when he did it, he did score a 2-3 goals, anyway was good ...but he wasn’t awesome

@zhivkomarinov5442 3 роки тому

Не приятелю. Ти просто не разбираш и не виждаш играта. Както и 90% от англичаните. Много на бързо ще ти обясня. За Берба ще се говори като за "бившият футболист на еди кой си", а за тоя дърводелец ще се пише "бившия защитник"...

@emililiev7968 3 роки тому

@@zhivkomarinov5442 Всеки си има мнение, можеше да бъде още поне 2-3 години в Манчестър, а за защитника, той просто има спортна злоба( винаги да спечели) не да се надява на равен или на дузпи, или мач за мач, излизаха за победа, има много и малко да се говори, вече не са активни футболисти, така че няма смисъл !

@trishennaidoo1309 2 роки тому

He would of made a difference in the final thought 😂 he had more skill in one one than Rio in his entire body

@Nhilzer Рік тому

What a dumb comment... Just watch how many trophies RIo and Berbatov have each other, then ask yourself why it is the case. You're comparing nonsense, as if we compared Berbatov to a goalkeeper...

@davidbale2094 10 місяців тому

Ferdinand doesn't have 1/10 of the brain and mind of Berbatov. And what happened with your mantality against Barcelona in the final? Nothing. So,Berba was right.

@stefanshaw5377 2 роки тому

i wonder how rio would do as man utd manger because we definitely need a player to manage from that era of united who works in that exact way

@internetenjoyer1044 2 роки тому

You cant just bring in people from the fergie era and hope the magic comes back; we've tried that

@chancesareshewears Рік тому

Berbatov would have won ya the final ya clown.

@ranvirchaudhary Рік тому

Trur

@meddem1744 Рік тому

Basically Berbatov let Rio figure it out himself to see if he can play football. He couldn't he got exposed and then Rio got mad at a legend and artist on the pitch named Berbatov.

@ravecrab Рік тому

No. Basically, the team were training around a game plan and Berbatov was too lazy to work hard and execute the plan. For all his individual quality on the ball and the fanbois defending him in these comments, Berbatov had a poor work ethic and didn't achieve anywhere near as much in his career as Ferdinand did.

@meddem1744 Рік тому

@@ravecrab Uhuu

@pantera29palms Рік тому

Rio Ferdinand was mediocre…we all know how good berbatov was.

@Absolute_Shambles Рік тому

He (Ferdinand ) is a bit of a Walter Mitty isnt he ...

@emililiev7968 3 роки тому

Lazy penalty easy safe 😅

@viktorplevnes9958 10 місяців тому

Berba is the smoothest player I have ever seen play...his touch is hard to explain if you haven't seen him in person...a bit lazy but efficient...I agree he could have done way more tho...I also can't stand Rio, what a player but what an unlikeable guy, now I understand Keane

@Trayson11 9 місяців тому

And that’s why they lost to Barcelona in the finals

@waavyjones9868 Рік тому

I hated them… with a passion!

@ianaspinall7948 20 днів тому

Three over inflated egos chatting absolute bubbles with zero actual content to it

@neilarmstrong3581 Рік тому

Didn’t he cheat on his dying wife?

@FootkerSnookball Рік тому

Lol BerbaFLOP go to Barcelona 😂 we couldn't even sell him back to Spurs no one that level or higher wanted him after his dire 2009/10 (which didn't include his shit pen vs Everton 2008/09 & also that season when he was crap when coming on vs Barca in CL final) ManUtd was the only giant he played for and he only stayed as long as he did (just 4 seasons) because we couldn't get anything close to what was paid for him & so just hoped he could finally deliver something as we're stuck with him but he was a flop and in the end we finally got rid of him when Fulham (a club who've never won a trophy in their history, which suits Berba as he cant handle pressure) bought him for 10% of what ManUtd paid.

@Ccveysi 9 місяців тому

The same Berbatov who was your top scorer in 2011 and top scorer for Fulham with 15 goals?Just because you’re writing that long text doesn’t mean you got a clue he’s one of United best strikers this century.Basta!

@FootkerSnookball 9 місяців тому

@@Ccveysi He scored in like 11 games in 2010/11 where ManUtd played loads of matches because they weren't far away from the treble so no it's you who doesn't know your facts. So even the season you conveniently decided to bring up, his "best of a bad bunch" season just after he cost ManUtd the record 4 in a row, he still couldn't help himself costing ManUtd yet another cup final/trophy with his misses at 0-0 in the virtual FA final that year vs ManCity and JavierHernandez was ManUtd's most important forward for ManUtd in 2010/11 scored in more games and against all types of teams and in every competition not just PL, only 1 less overall than Berba but a quarter of Berba's goals typical of him were in 1 meaningless game (Blackburn at OldTrafford) that ManUtd win without his goals. He was probably Ferguson's worse signing especially given his pricetag, a flat track bully at the absolute best. Not an important player at all. Can't think of any ManUtd forward in Ferguson era who played more than a couple of seasons who wasn't more important than him and all were not just better starters but all were better at coming off the bench and making impact than he was. I know that because Berbaflop was absolutely useless off the bench. He only scored 1 goal vs a Top5 team in his whole ManUtd career not including CommunityShield (which would only make it 2 anyway, also typical of him both were in stoppage-time when ManUtd were already winning both games). I know plenty of defenders & midfielders with better record than that vs top5 team in the same amount of games played. "Top scorer" lol you say that like he was RVN in 2002/03, Ronaldo in 2007/08 or RVP in 2012/13 when these players actually scored against many different opponents. Just count the difference. Berba wasn't picked in CL final 2011 squad (not just starting lineup, SQUAD) for a reason. He went 3 whole years without a CL goal from late 2008 to late 2011. Never scored in CL knockouts and never scored vs elite CL teams and only scored in 3 CL games for ManUtd in his 4 years at the club. For a player who played in ManUtd's best ever squad AND under Ferguson every year. He failed big time to never win back-to-back PL title's, never win the FAcup and never win the CL. IF HE WAS ACTUALLY GREAT LIKE YOU CLAIM THEY WOULD'VE NEVER FAILED TO DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS LET ALONE ALL OF THEM. They didn't achieve those things because he wasn't an important player simple as that, he couldn't deliver when it mattered, he couldn't deliver vs the big teams which literally cost ManUtd a couple of title's due to zero pts vs title rival and ManUtd lost a much better player in Tevez due to Berba's arrival so it was an even more horrific signing. Just compare the 2 player's careers, honours, goal tallies, contributions etc...chalk & cheese. ManUtd would've been way more successful than they were particularly from 2009/10 to 2011/12 with Tevez instead of Berba. Also Tevez was better than Berba even in the season that you hyped up Berba who didn't score anymore than Tevez but Tevez was playing for slightly worse team at that time. Tevez scored loads of "important" goals for ManUtd way more crucial one's than Berba in half the time Berba was at the club. Tevez even helped ManUtd a lot after he left by scoring loads vs what was still at that time ManUtd's biggest title rival in 09/10 & 10/11 Tevez more of a help to ManUtd even in a City shirt than Berba was whilst representing ManUtd.

@Ccveysi 9 місяців тому

Brother no disrespect I’m not reading that. Have a nice day tho🤝🏾

@FootkerSnookball 9 місяців тому

@@Ccveysi Good surrender. Now in future don't make stupid comments if you don't want the truth replied back to them. At least keep them to yourself instead of sending me bs. The length of message I sent is a reflection on how many plot holes there were in your comments.

@lloydthomas7339 10 місяців тому

Rio seems like he was a nob

@coolbian513 3 роки тому

rio was lucky to be carried by ronaldo and co average player

@ahmedhussien1139 3 роки тому

Ur Smoking crack

@gazw9595 3 роки тому

In other words You play fergies way the dirty way anything to win whether its doving, snapping players getting on the back of officials to sway choices 😅

@martinh1309 2 роки тому

Fergies way was dirty? Are you stupid?

@ranvirchaudhary Рік тому

Thats the manutd way

@ranvirchaudhary Рік тому

He is just too smart and too lazy for them thats all