Rex wrote:
Marcelo is a top class defender too, and has been for at least the last 4 years. He is better than Roberto Carlos ever was. Now that was a guy who couldn't defend to save his life.
Marcelo hasn't even consistently been Madrid's best LB over the past 5 years, let alone being better than Roberto Carlos was. His competition with Contrao is similar to the one we currently have between Gibbs and Monreal. Contrao is the more reliable LB IMO but Marcelo has got more magic going forward. They have both gone through periods when they were the preferred choice; last season Contrao was generally Ancelotti's 1st choice but Marcelo was usually brought on when they wanted to take more risk going forward (see CL final for example). Marcelo is currently their 1st choice LB though, dunno how much is that down to Contrao's constant injuries. I remember Mourinho playing Contrao in a lot of big games/CL with Marcelo getting the nod in majority of the other games.
Roberto was around the late ninenties widely ragarded as one of the top 5 footballers on the planet. That is right, I'm not only talking aboutLBs here, but that includes forwards, #10s, CMs etc Marcelo is unlikely to ever reach that level IMO.
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