THIERRY HENRY OR R9 RONALDO, WHO WAS BETTER?! | EMMANUEL PETIT VS FIFA 🔥🔥🔥

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Smithy speaks to Arsenal legend Emmanuel Petit about his fellow FIFA 18 icon's stats. Who was faster, Henry or Ronaldo? Who was better at finishing, Pires or Overmars? And who should be higher rated, Henry or Bergkamp?!
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[@richardwayoe9139]

You can tell Petit really understands the game

[@fxrtuneeee]

Rich Homie Agreed

[@chinmaster8549]

Do u really expect a WC winner not to understand the game?

[@orykay2252]

Chin Master his mean is he understand about the FIFA GAME not irl

[@TheYOUNGNOAH]

OryKay no he dont

[@rafaelchaparro8067]

OryKay were u dropped or something why would he talk about fifa

[@BeerdyBruceLeeCentral]

This video should be called: Proof EA have no clue what they are doing

[@lewismurray6583]

Beerdy - Bruce Lee Central true

[@alliii51]

Beerdy - Bruce Lee Central ikr

[@giovannigio3764]

And this video proof's Petit did not see the 100% Ronaldo. At Inter Milan he was just 0.2 slower then Usain Bolt on the 100m.

[@monkeyskywalker3]

Beerdy - Bruce Lee Central facts

[@MM-vr8rj]

@@giovannigio3764 yeah it's insane that a player who is not even that tall can be so fast. I wonder what his fastest run with the ball was.

[@vlaicurabca6987]

I refuse to believe that someone will criticize him for not guessing the correct ratings, the dude compared all the players like a philosoph he gave details about everything and maybe he is right in some stats and it is FIFA that was wrong

[@Gr1mdj]

You should trust Petit's judgement 100%, he played with and against all these players for years

[@aizatpaon2524]

Petit right..fifa wrong

[@thetruthofit398]

petit and fifa said r9 was better

[@haikhaikov483]

@@thetruthofit398 but Henry card since 2002 year, if EA create 2003-2006 years Henry card he can have rating 95-96

[@thrasherdave1428]

EA are a bunch of cretins so it doesn't surprise me at all

[@adolf9819]

O

[@jamesk5369]

Petit is very well spoken

[@toastdog214]

He's very... petite

[@danielmcdermott138]

Petit was spot on. Henry probably does beat him in the 'stats'. But Bergkamp had the instinctive creativity that can't be measured. In short: he's Dutch.

[@Robert97hsv]

Dutch? So he can't qualify for cups?

[@Art-gu9eo]

Robert P. Legend

[@arc4385]

Get rekt

[@nawfaleffendi9132]

Robert P. r u Dutch??

[@ikweetalles1406]

Robert P. Im dutch😂😂😂🤣

[@DarkorbitDarkGhost]

I am amazed by Petit , he made the video so educational and interesting .

[@KetwigKeith]

Bergkamp one of, if not the, most underrated player ever

[@sebastianmatarelli5602]

Football is a team game so I think he is underrated because the teams he played on didn't win the worldcup, euro, or champions league. He also wasn't successful in Italy so that's another reason he's underrated. A great great player none the less. Imagine if he stayed around a few more years at inter to play with r9.

[@foi2eman822]

Bergkamp made Maldini look stupid, which is no easy task.

[@StewartEvans52]

@fol2 i remember that match

[@foi2eman822]

Sebastian Matarelli didn't Bergkamp win ECL for Ajax in the early 90's?

[@andym28]

FoI2eman 82 yeah

[@gabrielbalog268]

One of the best cdms ever

[@ChrisPMT]

Gabriel Balog holding midfielder

[@Cfc-zy2ob]

Kante is the best

[@GabrielJesusMCFC]

Tell this person is a kid who just sits and plays FIFA all day. It's Defensive Midfielder, not CDM.

[@elliottbridgeman4330]

Gabriel Jesus fuck off it doesn't make a difference

[@J0ED_]

Cdm isn’t a position lol

[@CheekySport]

French World Cup winner. Can’t go wrong!!!

[@hamdeez5530]

Come onnnnnn!!!!

[@AM-hk4zr]

CheekySport I hate when people decide to mention trophies when comparing players. Its stupid!

[@nawfaleffendi9132]

abdullahi mohamud hahahahha

[@Sam-ng3of]

CheekySport Petit worded it correctly when he said Ronaldo was more "gifted" than Henry "technically". Bergkamp was just as good in that sense, imo.

[@RY-xc1cx]

France 2018 World Cup winners

[@juandaospina11]

This may be one of the best interviews!!! He left Gems in this 12 minute video! Everything he says is well argued.

[@AdamJSmithy]

cheers mate, glad you liked it. He speaks very well

[@cheeziepuss1843]

Fucking legend

[@Sorter18]

We still need Thuram damn ! and ballack Kahn Cafu ... many other come on EA ...

[@nkutschera]

*icon

[@jeremychin6671]

You can see that this legend is comparing players from actual memories rather than when most current players compare from playing the game fifa

[@Michael-fi7vu]

Jeremy Chin Well no shit? He was a footballer? How can normal people have memories of playing against pros...

[@nawfaleffendi9132]

Michael Bosinski you dont know he was footballer??

[@jordanjuniorallen123]

This was one of the most fantastic interviews about anything I have ever seen! My god! The guy is absolutely brutally honest about everything and never minced his words. It’s very rare now days. A lot of people beat around the bush as to not offend but, he actually spoke complete sense and logic and gave honest opinions without being disrespectful. Loved it

[@PeaceDweller]

Still rocking the same hairstyle from 20 years ago, legend!

[@Henry-ih3jh]

Why are all the PL best defensive midfielders French?? Petit, Vieira, Kante, Makelele

[@stivib5937]

Henry Bownes Xabi Alonso was better than all of them mabye vieira is close to him

[@nathdillon4315]

Stivi Bani HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'm sorry I'm dying Alonso is better then Vieira don't talk crap.

[@CL-qs7gg]

Stivi Bani r u dumb

[@mrshankly213]

Alonso was great, better than Viera? Stop sniffing glue.

[@reyes3989]

Henry Bownes jordan henderson ?

[@bak025]

Well analyzed by Petit, great player in his prime, good to see him again!

[@Bread_Garlichouse]

WC 98 was the most exciting one in living memory. There were 6 or so team who were very evenly matched at the top and all of them were star studded. Berkamp, Kluivert, Davids,Vieri, Del Piero, Maldini, Zidane, Petit, Vieira, Battistuta, Crespo, Ortega , R9,Rivaldo, Bebeto.....the list goes on. From 2002 WC until present, the only one where there were quite a few exciting teams at the top was 06. Other than that, a good number of the traditional powerhouses were in a rebuilding or lull phase.

[@robertlangdon494]

💯 this 98 world cup was like a a dream, all the big teams boasted the dream line up.

[@malou5290]

lol ozil is "like a dead body on the pitch". brutal honesty

[@theodorbjarkiernuson6590]

runs more than Alexis per game..

[@Sorter18]

When he was good everyone wanted him and now when he's showing as much as before everyone talks shit ..

[@realfan91]

he was like that at real madrid as well so i know what he is talking about

[@DarkorbitDarkGhost]

teddibangsi , i think petit means that ozil needs to be more aggresive and physical , which he lacks alot , he is not fast ,not strong , and and is not pushing himself to the limit in this departments

[@domixoxo]

out of context

[@thomaspriestley1904]

One of the best French midfielders 🇫🇷⚽️

[@ProgrammingNewbie]

Petit understood the game soooo well, he was always in the right spot on the field, he also scored in the final against Brazil in 98, he had a great career!

[@cbjfifa9387]

Even tho I'm a Liverpool fans I loved Petit as a player looking back at some clips on youtube the guy was just a machine apart from vieira and makelele he's the best defensive midfielder the premier league has ever seen.

[@sc0op15]

would Kante get a shout for you?

[@cbjfifa9387]

TheToastMan he's up there but not top 5 for me

[@matteastwood87]

Lee Cattermole is the best

[@Trigga_47]

Connor Mason Roy Keane?

[@matthull1379]

Connor Mason alonso?

[@gladiatorscoops]

Bergkamp passing 86? hahaha! seriously Bergkamp could thread the eye of a needle with his passing, also an incredibly clever passer of the ball. And Henry speed 94 is a joke, i agree with R9 speed 97, but for sprint speed Henry is 98 surely, baring in mind in one game vs Newcastle he reached a top speed of 39.2km/h. To put that into perspective Sane ran 35.23km/h the other day -the fastest since records began in 2014.

[@gladiatorscoops]

Also so many times you watch the players being interviewed and they completley disagree with fifa stats

[@ruddock7]

Did you see R9's speed for Barcelona before the injuries? I've never seen acceleration like it ever.

[@Franco.Adrian.Tortora]

Amen for that!

[@CJ0101]

How do you know Henry reached a top speed of 39.2 km/h, if records only began in 2014, after Henry had left Arsenal?

[@cryptobr236]

Ronaldo got to 36 km/h with at Corinthians at a 94 kg weight having had 2 knee injuries in the past. that was on a game against São Paulo in 2009. google it. I think R9 sprint at Barcelona was close to 42 km/h.

[@sc0op15]

its annoying even as a non arsenal supporter that wenger hasnt built his squad not even half as good as that legendary team today. There is no great partnership (or even any partnership) on the team, no harmony, no desire and you can blame players for it but most of it should lie with the manager.

[@funnyguy376]

Yeah u right. We have to wait and see...

[@muhammedrafiq9591]

TheToastMan I am a Man u fan and reckon Petit and Patrick were the best holding mids in their prime

[@garycheshire900]

The midfield battles between Petit / Vieira and Keane / Scholes during that era were legendary

[@leocoolllll]

Petit was spot on with every player... and he understands the game beyond the four lines

[@nigegeni]

i think petit will be a great coach

[@rossheely3219]

Henry is ma favourite player of all time but R9 was better

[@ritul2345]

ross heely Its sad that he was bothered all his career with injuries. His career was cut short by many injuries or else he would be on another level. Best striker with Pele, he was on that level.

[@Sam-ng3of]

ross heely Bergkamp was as technically good as Ronaldo.

[@ruddock7]

Bergkamp was technically good yes but Ronaldo did it with more speed, he also had more strength and was truly 2 footed which took him to a different level!!

[@haikhaikov483]

@@ritul2345only Maradona can compared with Pele, even Ronaldo cant

[@tonron888]

@@Sam-ng3of yea berkamp was technically , but then ronaldo had so much more, speed, strong, finishing, two footed

[@jigmewangchuk4085]

Yes! So true! Bergkamp had that footballing intuition that very few top level players possess. That’s why he made things looks easy just like Zidane.

[@hampusbaljan9479]

Nice to hear such player give good reasons to everything.

[@Neo-td8yk]

Petit knows as good as Henry was and he was great that Ronaldo was a different beast

[@mo2k638]

Neo Ronaldo was just slightly better

[@04foreverinvincible69]

Michael Fu r9 is better but Henry deserved the 2004 and 2006 ballon dor

[@Hashirazdhj]

@@michaelfusmusic9447 how was Ronaldo better in 2003 and 2004??? bring the stats and prove it.. henry from 2003-2006 was better than Ronaldo

[@DS-dw3pz]

@@michaelfusmusic9447 lol are you dumb.. 2003 and 2004 r9 was no more in his prime lol

[@jordandavis3867]

@@Hashirazdhj correct.

[@mariosergio2112]

Can`t compare Ronaldo with thiery. Ronaldo is from another planet.

[@Rocksteady365mac]

Of course you can, the two best strikers of that decade.. Henry was better. It’s a shame Ronaldo got injured because he wasn’t the same after that. Henry peaked at 26/27 whereas Ronaldo lost some physical attributes

[@njldst2007]

@@Rocksteady365mac Henry was not better. He never replicated his form for his country for one, and even at his peak was only a tad bit better than a declining R9

[@jurjen8703]

He seems like a great guy

[@DiabloDon]

(Young) R9 was the best I have ever seen on the pitch.

[@IamAliGamer_]

What a Legend, love Petit! 🙏🏼🇫🇷

[@TarekElsakka]

This man is an absolute legend. I remember the 1998 WC like it was yesterday even though I was very young at the time, but that squad had something no other team had at the time. It's heartbreaking to see what has become of France's national team in the recent years after all the legends retired. If we're being honest here and before someone jumps the gun and tells me "they were in the last Euro final", France should have beaten Portugal in because they had a much better squad and Ronaldo got injured in the beginning but they just weren't good enough and lacked chemistry on the pitch.

[@plsstop6977]

Football wisdom at its pinnacle - so in depth and spot on with his yet short answers!

[@collinsodhiambo3116]

The only reason Giroud starts for France is because he brings out the best in Griezmann who is france's most important player...

[@fathurmarco5539]

which is why he needs to start together with lacazette at arsenal

[@rowanhulst7474]

Collins Odhiambo that's not the only reason because he is still a Good striker

[@collinsodhiambo3116]

Rowan Hulst lets be real now if benzeama didnt have his issues he would have been starting no doubt...

[@kanyeste]

Proven right at this years World Cup

[@PaddyMcMe]

Giroud is a players player. Not one for the fans.

[@uniteddaily8039]

They should bring in legend managers like Alex Ferguson to FIFA

[@taketo5727]

XPERTGAMER HD agreed...it wouldnt hurt

[@ruhul135]

XPERTGAMER HD and alan padew 😂

[@internoterecords3569]

XPERTGAMER HD very nice idea

[@conorsmith8551]

And give them a genuine purpose whereby they enhance chemistry by 3 or 4 rather than 1 based on league/nationality

[@michalismichael7151]

@@conorsmith8551 no this is too much. An icon managet may give 1 chemistry to everyone and even 2 for the same nationality but I dont believe this will ever happen

[@tdotrtz2107]

Love his philosophies about football especially with Viera

[@zachh0637]

One of the best cdms/cms ever, great player and he is right about everything he was saying EA need to sort themselves out with some of the stats.

[@JB-vj5lp]

It’s funny because all of the pros think completely different of their teammates stats. Shows how useless EA are at making stats

[@benadryller3830]

6:30 when petit thought he was italian

[@MyTakeCoach]

best replies, spoke details always and didn't really give fuck about fifa. awesome video

[@Nickdd98]

Petit has some amazing insight, understands the game very well!

[@berknigdeli]

I would’ve loved to see Petit and Griezmann playing together. Two World Cup winners.

[@ak.7274]

Petit looks like a SAMCRO member!!! 😎 ..if u know what am talking about ur a legend!

[@connorroyse7914]

These explanations are incredible

[@chrisgerrard9025]

Damn amount of awesome players arsenal had back in days.n freakin unbelievable players France had n still does till this day.

[@TheSkillerzFC]

6:09 Bergkamp's Jawline dough........

[@timhansejordet9056]

MAKE PETIT A SKY SPORTS PUNDIT!

[@TheHotrod017]

Breath of fresh air having a former playing speaking his mind not saying the usual scripted answers...You can see the way he speaks, he was a winner, winners mentality

[@y1521t21b5]

Great insight right here.

[@manupetit342]

What a beautiful name;)

[@douwedenhaan153]

Great speaker

[@mikehoang]

U learn so much in this case interview.

[@Denis-zx6ro]

Best one yet.

[@dazzaMusic]

Looks good for 47

[@IrvineBrooks]

He not even think about it, he just said bergkamp

[@fallguy6196]

I love that I just pulled his world cup icon card. I love him his presence in the midfield and of course the greatest hair in futbol history

[@evanbrady3506]

LEGEND

[@thegoonist]

listen to what petit said about thuram and desailly at 8:00. then go watch that famous clip of the french national team with thuram and desailly etc preparing for the world cup final in 1998, discussing how theyre going to contain R9...then youll see how much of a GENIUS R9 is. just one more example (out of hundreds more I'm sure) off the top of my head: R9 owned desailly in a national team match....skinned and embarrassed him with one stepover. the clip can easily be found on any compilation of R9's skills. this level of humiliation of one of the greatest defenders of all time is one example of why R9 is the GOAT undoubtedly in my book. what petit said about bergkamp being naturally talented and gifted? R9 is the same, if not much more naturally gifted, no offence to bergkamp. R9 was art. one could watch his plays 1000 times and still appreciate them, still learn something new every time. i say it again, GOAT.

[@markushall148]

What does this have to do with a goat

[@burakulger1560]

Jon Sm o

[@HarrowNigga]

Jon Sm r9 was art, but bergkamp was a different mind, he was the closest thing football had to artificial intelligence

[@vanor1517]

@@markushall148 Jesus you are one uneducated child😂

[@footballhighlights540]

One of the rare french players who is actually french

[@internoterecords3569]

Great guy on and besides the pitch!

[@HamsaT12]

Chelsea legend. Loved his goal against arsenal at Highbury💪🏿

[@haikhaikov483]

93 Thierry Henry card rating since 2002 year, but why EA not create 2003-2006 years card? Beacause in thats years Thierry Henry was prime not 2002 and i think he can be 94-95 rating

[@Rocksteady365mac]

Best in world at that time

[@Jamiegallagher03]

Ronaldo Luís Nazàrio de Lima is best

[@brodbrod27]

Legend

[@ilzatorres]

Saudades de vc Petit 🌟

[@MrMessyb]

Only thing with R9 is he didn't get many assists at all. Henry got loads and was a better passer of the ball. Henry to this day has the assists record in the premier league, 20 in one season. R9 was a better dribbler and defo had more skills!!

[@michaelfusmusic9447]

Actually Ronaldo had 149 career assists in 616 games. Henry had 151 in 918 matches.

[@BORRZZ]

I tried a 2 cdm formation on fifa 20 with prime petit and veira never conseed more than 5 shots

[@mohit0953]

HIS EVERY SINGLE WORDS ARE TRUE AND SENSIBLE

[@pantatbuduk]

I just want to see how's he doin now , WC98 best moment ever :)

[@chrisgerrard9025]

4:00 Lmfao how tf henry has more psychical then r9? :-D i think r9 was really really strong especially with the ball. None could threw him off

[@jumbo7750]

Physical = Stamina, Aggression, Jumping and Strength. R9 has more strength than Henry

[@realfan91]

Henry was very good phisically

[@aminkausar7409]

And somehow r9 was faster he was quick but henry was jus electric

[@mitchp7714]

Amin Kausar r9 is 10x better than Henry you troll Ronaldo is remembered for winning world cups Henry was remembered for a handball

[@conoregbulam1827]

Aggression counts in physicality learn your FIFA card

[@StraightEdgeAlexxx31]

good lord france has had some incredible players

[@fabianhidalgo8591]

Very interesting listening to him.

[@BatmanBateman.]

this is such s beautiful video

[@amirulfaiz1626]

Loves this FIFA drunk series

[@d.s5508]

Man with all these world class players we’ve had all these years, how have we not won many titles, a champions league, etc.

[@sebastianmatarelli5602]

Should've went all the way in 03-04. That was the year with all the big guns under performing and getting knocked out early. Lost to ranieri's chelsea. 05-06 was a wonder run but i guess it was barca's time. Injuries in 01-02 stopped us from progressing. We went into big european games relying on grimandi, stepanovs and luzhny which wasn't ideal. freddie missed some key games in europe that year. 02-03 was a bottle job to a young ajax team. Outside of those years it wasn't really arsenal's time to win the big one.

[@Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo]

Giroud is underrated, everyone expects him to beat players and dribble around dudes because that's what we expect now, but Giroud's penchant for the spectacular and reading of the game is really good, and I'm not even judging of his Arsenal career, that season Montpelier won the league, he was one of the best strikers in Europe.

[@BlackDragon31000]

He is just very slow but he is good at finishing

[@AdamJSmithy]

Great player in his day! Some of these questions were tough. Sorry Emmanuel

[@razvan2632]

my wish was always to see Henry and Ronaldo in the same team....

[@doubless79]

Man that’s bad man u really want others to be suffocated

[@AztroZ-cz5js]

Henry can't clean R9 shoes... he was the best of all time... weak knees fuckt him up

[@africanexpert6682]

Without a doubt

[@michaelsenkyire1089]

I agree!!!

[@kfh2577]

One of the greatest midfielders to play in the premier league!!

[@lmaox265]

He's my cm and is a beast, I guess his pace is pretty low on fifa. But still enjoy it

[@TheBrocktonBlockbust]

Ronaldo card is severely underrated. Physical 76? If you listen an interview of whoever played with or against him ( Vieri for example ) says Ronaldo was big, mean, and insanely strong. And before all his injuries he probably was the fastest player who ever stepped on a football pitch with and without the ball, both in pace and acceleration ( every defender that played against him tells you that, top defenders like Maldini, Nesta, and the ones who played against him in 1996/97 season in La Liga ). Dribbling, Shooting and Passing are more subjective ratings and its pointless to argue with that... but the physicality, no way: 99 PAC, 94 PHY in my book, at least. Edit: just think that at their prime, both Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka ( two of the fastest players the world has ever seen ) couldnt surpass Javier Zanetti, or Cafù ( two wing backs really fast, and past their prime ). Ronaldo would constantly obliterate them. Im not talking about the first 20m, because on that distance R9 was just inhuman, but on the long distance at full pace.

[@finnishvanderlinder6096]

Phy stats consists of aggression jumping stamina and strength and his physical is so low because of his very low aggression which is 47 according to fifa. His strength on the prime card is 85

[@willianfurtado2889]

Is this a question off course ronaldo is better. Ronaldo is top 10 best player of all time and if wasn’t for the injuries he would be the best player of all time, fact .

[@dylanjones9136]

Petit is my favourite cdm and french player

[@DaiNguyenDC]

He completely right about comparing Henry and Bergkamp. Bergkamp have something really special that althought you train 10 years or watch 100 games you still not get it.

[@kanyeeast9329]

why tf is this channel called SOCCER am

[@shilley67583910]

Kanye East Football AM sounds shit that’s why

[@hollygould855]

It’s been a tv programme for years now probably longer than you’ve been alive mate shows how much you know

[@londonlad5760]

So Americans don't get confused

[@georgebryant7721]

better than soccer

[@epicflynny1250]

Kanye East it has a nice ring to it

[@BlessedEraProduction]

Zidane crash Ronaldo dream from winning the world cup back in 1998, Zidane crash Ronaldinho dream from winning the world cup in 2006, Italy crash Henry from shining at 2006 finale

[@jameswalker6864]

Henry did nothing in the 2006 WC final, I agree.

[@BlessedEraProduction]

@@jameswalker6864 He suppose to be the star of that tournament

[@callum_jl8782]

Petit speaks really good english

[@TwistedSoul2002]

Man- this guy saw into the future!

[@grinchoi1]

Ronaldo was a blitz....I dont think any striker compares against R9

[@jujs3311]

i think Romário it's at the same level of R9, And also i think that Romário it's so much underrated

[@jaalde1]

Would Drink a beer with him :D

[@chrisalbert2662]

What a legend

[@shakamellow5224]

Very good point

[@upast5527]

Dennis Bergkamp the best

[@emrahshaini1662]

Even Zidane say that the R9 was the best player.

[@mo2k638]

Emrah Shaini nah he said Henry was the best

[@broxy2007]

Mo 2k no he didn’t, he said ronaldo

[@longvo8800]

@@mo2k638 No he didn't dumbass, this is the actual quote by Zidane himself when talking about Ronaldo : "bon, d'accord c'est mon ami, mais pas seulement, pour moi, c'est le meilleur, le meilleur de tous, il fenomeno." He never in his life said anyone was better than Ronaldo, let alone Henry.

[@yacineterki3542]

I know that I can compare them because of the different positions but for zidane was the best ever who played football and touched

[@Rocksteady365mac]

Hong Long Vo lol well Gilberto Silva always said Henry was the best striker he ever saw...

[@seans4136]

I love petit not only is he a club legend but he is not afraid to criticise the current arsenal team!!

[@zikemoo5854]

You can say this player is better but Petit said why this player is the better one. I liked his explanations a lot and love how he explain and why he pick that one player. Petit says the truth ea don’t know what they doin