FIRST TIME REACTION TO GHEORGHE HAGI! | Half A Yard reacts

[@jacksmith4460]

Hagi was a couple levels above Bernardo Silva, seriously, as good as Silva is, this guy was like almost Maradona good. He could turn a game at any point by himself from midfield, he was a beast dribbler too this vid just does not really show it off so much

[@halfayardtv2752]

🤩🤩🤩

[@NuTe-NdoiCiCrede]

@@halfayardtv2752 Hagi will never be a hero, or a legend, for us Romanians. the hero is vlad tepes, not a sportsman

[@alexandrupatru2892]

@@NuTe-NdoiCiCrede It's OK to have more than one heroes and, while Hagi wasn't an anti-corruption political hero, he united all generations to party in the streets for a common reason. It was magical. I had My first beer with My dad at that time. There's no shame in being Proud of anyone's or your achievements. Cheers!

[@titibox1]

@@NuTe-NdoiCiCrede who put you in charge of hero picking?

[@AdrianUng13]

@@NuTe-NdoiCiCrede If your hero it’s a cold blooded killer , but not someone like Hagi or Nadia , then there’s something wrong with you.

[@chilunliu]

Hagi was a menace, i remember when he was at Galatassary at almost 40 years old and single handedly put Arsenal in a spliff to win the cup final, ridiculous baller

[@m.dewylde5287]

He was only 36 years old, not almost 40.

[@EL-13]

@@m.dewylde528736 is almost 40 😅😂

[@musakaya5039]

HAGI is one of the greatest footballers and the best long shooter in the entire history of football.

[@halfayardtv2752]

👌🤩

[@manu150479]

the best long shooter, yes , Man :) for real !!!!

[@musakaya5039]

@manu150479 I'm sure you don't know that Hagi, throughout his career, scored 310 goals, the vast majority of which were from outside the box. Moreover, Hagi is the man who scored a goal from the central circle of midfield in both Real Madrid and Barcelona. i can't imagine another one who can achieve this.

[@manu150479]

@@musakaya5039 i know my Friend i know 😉 Hagi was my Time!!!!!!!!!!!! im 45 ( 1979) ! I See his career Life ! Was a Gift to See hin Play ! The Romanian Maradonna!! I have a Hagi Romanian Trikot at Home of this Time !!! Not only his Long Shots was famous , his dribbling and Passes too etc. ! He was a fuckin complete Player !!! A real Number 10 !!!!

[@musakaya5039]

@manu150479 I misunderstood what you intended to say. I thought what you said is irony, mistakenly. It's my bad, sorry!

[@AlexB-nt8bg]

What Hagi did in football is pure math into practice, a genius player, he's shots are powerful and tactical at the same time, lethal left foot and understood the trajectories better than most players. You may think is luck but it was pure intellect and the knowledge that your foot size hits the ball in the right angle and place every time.

[@jacksmith4460]

Hagi was my favourite player as a kid, what a player, kids at school wanted to be Ian Rush , and although I am a Liverpool fan, but I wanted to be Hagi. The Dip that he got on a football is insane, best range shooter of all time IMO, and one of the best dribblers ever

[@expatinbrazil]

Respect, brother!👊👊👊

[@tiagomota4734]

Yeah hes arguably the best long shooter in the world ...absolulty insane!

[@mirceaioanionita6542]

As a Romanian, i want to thank you! Hagi is a huge part of our history's football. Cheers!

[@halfayardtv2752]

Thank you for your support !🙏

[@MrAlpinab7]

@@halfayardtv2752 guys, check out helmut duckadam sevilla - romanian goalkeeper

[@petrescu529]

​@@halfayardtv2752în 2024 will play hes son Ianis Hagi

[@ciobyx6399]

He was at Real from 90 to 92 and at Barca from 94 to 96

[@sawyer303]

These guys did not do their homework at all

[@expatinbrazil]

Exactly!

[@sin_ghuru]

He is the only one who scored from the middle of the field for Barcelona and Real Madrid

[@halfayardtv2752]

👌

[@clarakam3858]

Hello from România! Gh. Hagi is our pride & joy❤❤ God bless him! Grate player❤❤

[@AlinJ.]

The King. ATG. Best left foot there ever was. Best long shooter there ever was. Sadly, he was prophetic when he told the Romanian press in 1998 that in three years Romanian football will be done. Accurate to a tee. 1998 was the last World Cup Romania ever participated in. He retired after that World Cup and some parts of Romanian media literally guilted him into coming back. He came back to qualify Romania to Euro 2000 and made it to the QF. Then he retired from the national team for good. We never recovered. We had a decent generation after his (Mutu, Chivu & co), but they were very unlucky and sadly they did not rise up to the level of their predecessors. Current generation is the worst I've seen in my lifetime. Bear in mind that Romania is not necessarily a small country. Romanian football nowadays is a joke (both in club and international football), but Hagi started his own football academy and his own football club in his hometown. It is the only place where any remotely talented Romanian fooball players are made. He never was a great football manager, but his eye for talent is second to none. There will never be anyone like him again and the biggest shame is that the Turks arguably appreciated him more than the Romanians did while he was active. Only after he was gone people started to wake up when they reminisce how great he and his contemporaries were and how right he was about our country's football. His son is a decent player too, but sadly he gets injured too often.

[@rapgod8673]

România is here with Hagi the most powerful and tehnique left leg gunnar of all time...And his playmaiking was out of this world. Farul,Sportul, Steaua, Real M,Brescia, Barcelona and Galatasaray was the team for he play . Enjoy Hagi game vs Argentina and Columbia at wc 94. Salut

[@halfayardtv2752]

🤩🤩👌

[@alexandrupatru2892]

As a kid, I enjoyed and loved the Columbia game until I found out Escobar ordered the assassination of a player that team's loss against USA, a team that was a host with basically no football history or skills. I scared and woke Me up. I wondered what the players felt and if they ever thought they were responsible for trying their best.

[@TheSweetVillain]

And to add more to his legacy for football, the man invested a big part of is personal earnings in a football club which he created from zero, with no fans or stadium. Being a club that started from zero without followers, the big corporations sponsors came only after long years so the man risked his personal wealth if the business would have flopped. That club now is among the best in Romania, won 2 leagues by now. Romanian league is not much at the European level, but this shows how big Hagi's commitment to football is. He creates football players in his academy starting from young boys. Besides being a big footballer ( a pleasure to watch ) he is also a true character.

[@GB-bx6gz]

YOU CAN LAUGH BUT HAGI WAS THE BEST LEFT LONG SHOOTERS TO CATCH THE 11” meters outside the lines !!! From Romania 🇷🇴 !!!!

[@mariusmaradin6637]

Indeed He was.

[@8bitromania263]

Gheorghe Hagi 125 games for Romania in world championships. 7 times player of the year, one in the 125 best football players in the world. Ethnically he is romanian machedon...or macedoromanian, a cousin of romanians, called The King in Romania or Commander in Turkyie, born 5th feb 1965 one of the best middle offensives of European football. Founded a football club and a football academy in Romania. One of the best romanians who ever lived, together with Nadia Comaneci (perfect 10 gymnast)

[@RamosRadio]

What an absolute legend👏🏾👏🏾

[@andreict1871]

- Hagi now both owns and coaches FC Farul Constanta, the very first team that discovered and promoted him when he was young (I'm proud to say that i'm i fan of this team too) - FC Farul won the 1st league in Romania for the first time in +100 years history with a lot of -21 years players which Hagi discovered at his own academy or with players that messed up their careers and got back in the game by Hagi. they are currently playing in Conference League. - In the last 7 years, the most important players of the Romanian national team have been trained by Hagi. One of them is his son Ianis Hagi. - Financially, Hagi's team has a budget of +3mil € while other top 5 teams has 2 times more than that, the 2nd team CFR Cluj with even 25+ mil € and FCSB who is owned by one of the wealthiest romanian, yet still FC Farul won the league. - Because of Hagi's fame and influence, he put pressure on the government to finally make a new modern stadium in Constanta after we had to play on a 70 years old ruin. 1 month ago they demolished it. when Hagi was in his prime at Galatasaray, he say in a press conference after the world cup in Romania his most famous words: "seeing the condition of the romanian football, you should make us a statue how we play".... he was and still is so right after almost 30 years... Hagi is by far also the best manager in Romania... they should indeed make that man a damn golden statue!

[@Sinan97082]

He is the reason why a young me with 13 (1998), who had a great condition and stamina but no technique playing in the defense became a right+left foot player with great technical scills and creativity. I trained like a mad guy every day ilitating the way he dribbled, tricked and shot. I was called for try outs but I was diagnosed with narcolepsis and could not manage it emotionally. But this guy has a different place in my heart!!! Before Ronaldo and Ronaldinho he was my idol!!!

[@crinacristina8319]

Thanks for your reacts. Greets from Romania. Cheerz guyz 🇹🇩

[@halfayardtv2752]

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[@catalinradu3262]

Hagi wasn’t mediated like others on that time, 1st reason why people doesn’t know his skills Remember : 1994-2002 Romania was the scariest team wich no world football team want to see on the pitch with 😂 Argentina,Colombia,Uruguai,Brazil,England,France,Croatia,Sweden,Nederland and many team from that time can confirm 👍

[@investoaddicts]

Not only he was one of the greatest players of all times now he is a couch/owner of his home town team and won the title this year with 3 times less budget than the other teams competing for the title, let's hope he will take them to UCL groups 🙏

[@MrCostellinho]

He played for Barcelona and also Real Madrid. In fact he was the first player outside Spain that played for both real and Barca. Legend.

[@halfayardtv2752]

Legend !

[@bumbard]

That may not be right, Michael Laudrup joined Real Madrid the same year as Hagi joined Barcelona, 1994. So you can't really say which one was first.

[@florinnistor9363]

One of top 5 number 10 in history for sure Now as a coch of his team he owns ,win 2 times romanian league...this man is born for this sport in any possition... Love and respect Mister Hagi

[@catalintrif6296]

Hagi was better than Maradona, he's just underrated because he's Romanian. I clearly remember the match from the 1990 World Cup when they played against each other, and Hagi was the dominating player among the 2 of them.

[@halfayardtv2752]

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[@catalinpetre3845]

Yes, but Hagi was younger.

[@catalintrif6296]

@@catalinpetre3845 by just a little bit more than 4 years, it's not that much. Maradona was 29 at the time I believe.

[@crock3251]

I feel like Hagi has an incurable disease that makes him only hit 30 meter bangers

[@talesofromania]

You can write a book about Hagi's right foot and end it with: and he was left foot.

[@halfayardtv2752]

🤩👌

[@M1nG1n97]

Trust me when i say this, if he would have been born into anoather country he would have definetly won the ballon d'or!

[@halfayardtv2752]

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[@madalinabogdan1782]

Top 10,number Ten of all time❤

[@tudorm6838]

He has also many amazing assists, not only goals, as the one against AC Milan, in Milano.

[@Truthwins52]

This video doesn't show his whole game! He was a 5 star dribbler, and passer too. Find his other stuff. He wasn't nicknamed the Maradona of his region for no reason. Coutinho isn't 1/3 of him lol

[@crock3251]

Fifa really gave him 89 shooting 💀

[@nannunbgd]

Hagi whas more good than Maradona!

[@allexredog]

@7:45 it was a trademark move, he didn't lost the ball and just kick it afterwards.

[@AB-jw3yx]

Love from 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@Truthwins52]

Let's divide football into two eras: the stone balls and the aero-dynamic balls - so since the 80s there has never been a better long-range shooter than Hagi, absolutely nobody! He was muchhhh better than both Silva's. As a rule of thumb: players back then as a whole were better than this era's simply cos they mostly came through rough street football as opposed to regimented academies where players are turned into robots of the system and JDP football didn't suck out all the free-expression. You will find this out as you continue to react to old school player -the superior technique. Today's teams though are better, as tactics are more nuanced, and diets are better. It was a trade-off: the rock n roll star for the country boy singer, so the collective is better.

[@floreaalexandruionut7717]

And Yes! He also player for Real Madrid. Barca and Real.

[@wertigo6429]

That s our King Hagi 🫡🇹🇩

[@JayTronik1]

Growing up in the period of Hagi and even seeing him a few times, I am amazed that people, even to this day, make reviews of him being in his prime. Respect for that.

[@marias3505]

people who didn't know bout him or watch his games don't actually understand what this mans rly did, it's crazy what he did, in this vid they had the best defenders and goalies ever, all in their prime, and Hagi made this look so easy, He ridiculed them all. top 3 best long shooter in the world fo sho. Romania could have gone all the way that world cup, and they would have destroyed brazil in finals. Wouldve been crazy if maradona played that cup instead of having the drug scandal n being benched, would've been insane.

[@MCMLXXXVICCXII]

Watched him several times back then. It was a ridiculous situation if you were about to witness one of the best shoot of your life or a casual pass, anytime in the game. If he was not one of the best player but he was one of the most entertaining for sure!

[@halfayardtv2752]

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[@adrianstere]

But wtf?! How can someone stop this freaking shots from +30 meters 😂😂 it was not fair! You can have a good defense, good goalkeeper, but in the end he will just score from 40 meters 😂😂😂

[@JDERU01]

Many Romanians comment, but at Hagi's retirement match, the Arena Nationala stadium was full of Turks. We only like to brag about him, but the Turks appreciated and respected him more than us. Long live the king!

[@tentisgabriel3490]

Bless you lads made me laugh on your reactions on dribbling of the King Hagi we call Hagi also Maradona from Carpathian Mountains:)

[@halfayardtv2752]

Thanks 🙏

[@trackingcalin1988]

He played for Real Madrid too. That midfield goal in white equipment is from Real.

[@Mamper13]

The King!

[@MackemdownsouthF.T.M]

Hagi and Stoichkov were both fabulous left footed players...they guaranteed you some magic

[@halfayardtv2752]

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[@tudorm6838]

I saw many of these goals live and two in the stadium. I can say that he was "magical" in training as well, you couldn't tell how he handled the ball.

[@neddhu]

He is one of the best long shooters in history.. probably on the same valour as Juninho Pernambucano...😊 But he was also a great passer, great dribbler and great captain...

[@redeemedfarmer2670]

Hagi is better then Maradona was…..Hagi played without drugs and he played for the team not for his personal glory….

[@halfayardtv2752]

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[@cristiantilman1801]

He played for Real Madrid too 1990-1992

[@andreicapraru121]

Hagi the Legend

[@ionutnegrea8273]

The King❤️💙

[@mariuss72]

for a player with 39 size boots, he had a fantastic strike, particularly with the left foot

[@halfayardtv2752]

Magical 🧙‍♂️

[@wethepeople7629]

Great video! I grew up watching Hagi and one of my most favorite players ever.

[@ruben4447]

He even beat Argentina while Maradona was playing.

[@nicolaiesorin]

Hagi is not from this planet is so special and i belive is the only person in this world with this skills.

[@schmerkel9048]

Send this comments to EA plz. 🙂 In FIFA is he the most underrated player ever .... And I don't know why.

[@FOOTBALWOLRD]

Bc is from romania! 👍🏼

[@madalinabogdan1782]

He played also for Real Madrid! You compare him with Bernardo Silva????😅😅😅 Disrespect for him….he is top ten playmakers/attacking miedfielder in History❤

[@mesutcubuk]

They say you can write a book about his right foot. And you finish it with ''He was a lefty.''

[@epsi4209]

You could write a book about his right foot, and on the last page you could mention he's left-footed....this is Gheorghe Hagi 10 !

[@r.e.ddienstleistungen1676]

His son is on his way, hagi training his so to be the next nr 10 ❤️🇷🇴

[@marioba9101]

Never

[@cristiancristian8213]

he was so good with right foot that people forget he's actually left-foot player :)) is that good he was :))

[@treishtrei]

The white kit was Real Madrid

[@jordan2104]

I watched some of these live on tv. Yeah, I'm old 😔

[@darius7095]

In Romania we have also Nicolae Dobrin who played for FC Argeș Pitești...is not as known as Hagi...but many players who played against both said Hagi was good...but if Dobrin had the ball at his foot you would n even touch it...he could play even after he drank a day before and score 3 goals with no problems...Hagi and Dobrin played in different eras of football and President of Real Madrid Santiago Bernabeu himself came in Romania at the time to negociate a transfer for Dobrin at Real with president of Romania at that time Nicolae Ceaușescu after he saw Dobrin playing at Real Madrid trainings where he was invited for about a week and officially in a friendly at one of Real Madrid legendary player retirement but Romanian Communist leader and also him refused the transfer so he stayed at Pitești.

[@mateidavidoiu2777]

he play with a lot of good players and against more , he play with baggio and guardiola but i can say his biggest achive has in 1994 world cup romania reach quarter-finals and beat argentina and maradona and was a huge news in romania all over, and in present he have a 24 years old kid named Ianis Hagi who play at rangers FC

[@trackingcalin1988]

The problem with today's footballers is that they train and play matches on 30 meter football field until they are 15 years old. I remember when I was 10 years old, I was running on the 100-meter field and I was shooting from 30 meters. You can't compare the trainings back then with the ones now. And nowadays you don't really have children who run outside all day from a young age. What you see today are little girls with better conditions, lighter balls, better fields, better equipment.

[@nick711ful]

GOAT.

[@sultanamihai4412]

he also played at Real Madrid

[@Magic-wo4sj]

You should ask Galatasaray fans what they think about him, although he is Romanian

[@cristianmicu]

smiling and proud at their reaction( i'm romanian myself)

[@ioanvictor2840]

Legend!

[@ninehundredxd8833]

Hagi played for both Real Madrid and Barcelona!

[@AB-jw3yx]

Legendd

[@cosminflorinchebac5609]

Now he is a owner of a fotbal team and coach.

[@vannycloocka]

He also played for Real Madrid guys

[@Keli3440]

You can see that they aren't really football fans😂.this guy is scoring bangers after bangers and they just chat in the background. The most ankward react to a football player i watched in some time 🥲

[@halfayardtv2752]

He scored so many bangers, we just got used to it👌we are huge football fans by the way 🙏

[@mitzabrigada1748]

Coutinho😂😂😂😂 Bro, Hagi had scored 260+ goals outside the box. Best long shooter ever.

[@lovinDaMusik]

Hagi was better than ZIdan by a mile! actually, no one from history of football never had a left foot like his.

[@ladinladun8829]

Just to be clear, for the moments that you watch Hagi was most possible the best player in the world, it was just the lack of mediatization and interest but if we remember when Galatasarai got Hagi they where the best team worldwide!!!

[@halfayardtv2752]

👌

[@turkeysoldierz]

Hagiii !! A damn Legend !!

[@GraaGGy]

REGELEEEE !

[@GalATAsaray0131]

💛❤️💛❤️💛❤️💛❤️💛❤️

[@bineguta]

True❤

[@RaresCocioban]

Romania had among the best players in the period 1990-2003 😍❤️

[@AntiTero]

my Football King!

[@lawrencec751]

And yes my Guy he played for Real Madrid as well 😅😅😅😅

[@iuliangheorghe6857]

At 7.03 he dribbled past Roberto Carlos!

[@mitzabrigada1748]

The best left biseid Messi that ever put o foot on a football

[@leonemontana8257]

He played at the world cup with Romania in 90, 94 and 98, also euro 96 and 2000

[@marias3505]

he played at real madrid and barca

[@robiagacitei5487]

how right he was....after him we truly fell off (talking about the things hagi said to the press)

[@easymoney887]

Watch Romania - Argentina , at World Cup ! We won against MARADONA ! 😉

[@bogdangavril448]

Big like

[@halfayardtv2752]

👌

[@florinsalam1085]

He played for Real Madrid and Barcelona

[@romeoanisoreac]

he did played for Real Madrid

[@Hume82]

O legendă! Te iubim Hagi❤❤❤

[@hypnos8365]

2:40 Real Madrid - Osasuna

[@icantsleepman77]

He did in fact play for Real Madrid

[@Catafairplay]

He played for Real Madrid too

[@MrKucukcocuk]

Also Hagi was Romanian soldier

[@iliestefanmihali2458]

Hagi number 1 Ronaldo and Messi are children next to Hagi number 1❤

[@halfayardtv2752]

Hahah 👌