The Rondo - Enemies in Soccer

I'm not gonna lie, I was going head-to-head with this one player

He had a penalty, I was praying he was gonna miss. He was ahead of me, he was like starting. I was like, man, this guy, miss

And he missed. He missed, why? Everyone was sad, I went like this. Rahimovic in the building, goals the Rondo

we got a special guest in the building, a true road man, Warren Palmer himself

Tell him your name, man. Name's yours, innit? But people also call me Uwe. We're gonna talk about arch-nemeses to start us off

Ooh, okay. Some players have those rival clubs that they always go off against

Who are some of the biggest arch nemeses in football? I'm not going to lie, fam. Whenever I see Messi against Real Madrid, bro

I just remember them just kicking him down every game. Sergio Ramos getting a red card, bro, and he didn't care

Messi would just get the ball from midfield, just run through everybody, score. Remember Champions League? Yeah

Semi-final, eliminate them, send them home at the Bernabeu. Different level. Imagine your biggest eye being, like, 16 years old

Like, he was tormenting them as a child. Oh, my God. It was mad. Like, you ever have any enemies like that on them streets, man

Messi was the number one up. He was. The number one up for Real Madrid. You get me

Like, this man was carrying the ball from halfway, going back and forth like that, man

It's mad. It's mad. It's mad. Messi was a different level. All right, we got some other examples here, guys

Steven Gerrard versus Everton. Ten goals in the Merseyside, though, right? You know what's crazy, though

Like, I don't really remember Gerrard going off against Everton like that. Like, it's not really vivid in my head like that

Do you remember? I don't. The only thing I remember from Steven Gerrard, was me being like 10 years old, 12 years old, man

Just watching him shoot the ball from like 30 yards out. 30 yards. And the ball's this high off the floor the entire time, man

Just like, you know one of those balls, like you remember when Thiago hit it, when it's like, it slowly just, you know

levitates above the ground. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He doesn't hit the ground, but it hits the net. I just love Jarrad because he had those strikes

in his bag all day. How many goals does Messi have in El Clasico in his career You guys know He probably had 100 I say he probably had like 35 26 26 against one club is crazy especially when that club is

I don't even have 26 in my career, bro. Messi has some dude's whole careers against each of the individual teams in La Liga that

he played against for all of us. Nah, honestly, he's different gravy. Different gravy. All right, another La Liga arch nemesis

Ronaldo versus Sevilla. How many? Seven goals in 18 games. Oh, fam, he hated them

He hated them, bro. Honestly, whenever Ronaldo played against Sevilla, he knew he could rack up his goal tally for that season

He's like, yo, I got to catch up to Messi. I got to get right. We're playing against Sevilla. Let me mark that on my calendar

I'm coming with three that game. Every time. Every time. You know who also went out on the international stage

Landon Donovan versus Mexico. Oh, my. Landon Donovan at one time. He's underrated

He's underrated. I think not in terms of his skill. He was like very much a classic older prototype USMNT player where he's a bruiser and like he was going to get it done

But in terms of his impact and the aura that he had, I think he's underrated all the time

Yo, Landon Donovan has the most international assists in history. A lot of people don't know that

Yeah, he has more than that. Which is crazy. Across every international team

More than Messi, more than Ronaldo, more than all those guys. Really? Landon Donovan. Yes. Landon Donovan, most international assists, bro

If you think about it, though, back in the day when we were watching World Cups, like 2014

Or no, he wasn't in... Was it the one? 2014, the one he missed? Yeah, he didn't make 2014

Yeah, we were weirdly getting called up. 2010, 2006. like, Landon Donovan was integral

2002, like, everybody knew who he was. It's just a shame that it didn't work out for him in Europe

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, he had, where did he play in here? He played at Everton on loan for a little bit

That was a good little stink, but, like, I remember he went to Bayern Munich on loan and actually, like, cost Jürgen Klinsmann his job

It's crazy. Imagine being that bad. It's like, oh, I wonder why he didn't get called up

for the 2014 World Cup, man. He's like, bro, that's payback. That's payback

You cost me my Bayern job. That's so mad. What makes players go off against some clubs but not others Is it pure hatred or is there like something else that makes them just elevate their game i think once you have one good game against that club just go there thinking in a school yeah yeah like like suarez against norwich at one point this guy

was just kicking the ball man was half volley from half he's doing it was mad actually now honestly

i think at the end of the day like it just comes to a point where like a player i feel like if they

could exploit a weakness in that team yeah and if they have them in their bag and i think it's

a mental game too for the other team you're like yo every game this guy's cooking us like you try

to come out amped like you could do something about cr7 bagging against you like damn you get

it's probably i think you're right though you're like once you get in your head like i dude i own

these guys yeah you're gonna go out there and you're gonna ball every time and they know it too

yeah as well you know i mean yeah they definitely do yeah if you're a if you're a sevilla center

back and you got a mark prime or not though are you like extra scared that game or are you still

as locked in like you got you guys both played a pretty high level when you're playing against

someone who always lights you up are you like oh i gotta play against this guy today like i feel

like it's more of like a team thing because i was a forward myself yeah so it's like i can't really

go all the way back there and defend him you know i'm saying all i can do is watch but i think that's the worst part of being about being a forward is like if there's a forward attacking and doing this

thing and scores a brazy goal like you're just watching it happen like it's cinematic because

you're just like standing with the center back you're standing with the center backs on the other

team just watching your team trying to defend helplessly and they're just dribbling through

when there's nothing I can do. I'm just watching like, damn, he's going past one. He's going past another

He's going past another goal. Like, ah, like, how am I going to match that

Have you seen the reactions of Declan Rice's goal? Of like the whole Real Madrid team? Oh my gosh

What was Mbappe? Mbappe was like... Fair enough, bro. Fair enough, bro

Fair enough, bro. Fair enough. Raheem, what was your like go-to reaction

Someone just scored a screamer against your team and you're like 50 yards away on the other side of the field

What are you doing? Are you hitting with like a shoulder shrug? Are you just like Okay it was a difference All right if I was on the field I be like damn like bro we really just got scored on If I was on the bench that game like if my coach benched me for that match and we got scored on like me and my other teammates we would be like hot in our face

Like, yo, we didn't even get scored on, bro. Because it's like, bro, you know what I'm saying? I'm trying to score

I'm trying to get in the game, right? And we're trying to get scored. I was like, yo, sub me in so I could do something

Yo, subs are toxic in football, for real. Like, when you're a sub, you want the team to not do so good

Really? So you can get in, bro. That is true, bro. I'm not going to lie. I was going head to head with this one player

He had a penalty. I was praying he was going to miss. He was ahead of me. He was like starting. I was like, man, this guy, miss

And he missed. He missed. Everyone was sad. I went like this. If you're on the bench and you're mad about it

would you rather your team lose so you could say, I told you so, or would you rather win? I'm a team player, but I need a team to lose too

The team's better with me, isn't it? The thing is, if the team wins, bro, I know I'm not playing again

So it's like, yo. I don't want the team to be doing well if I'm not in the team. Yeah, like, honestly

I do, obviously, but at the same time. But, like, not really, though. Yeah. I know every player feels this, bro

If you're not playing, if you're not on the field, you're going to be mad

All right, what about players who go off against their former teams? What do you think is behind that

And if you're playing your former team, like, you're extra locked in, right? I always had this thing where it's like, I never understood why people didn't celebrate against their old club

Yeah. Like, why not celebrate against your old club, fam? That's true, man. You know what I feel like if you, especially for players who only stayed at the club like on loan

Like I'll see like a player, like they've been at a club for like six months on loan and they score against them and they won't celebrate

I'm like, bro, you weren't even at the club that long. You're acting like you're a club legend

Like the hands up. He has his hands up. Where's your own loan, bro

He's like, nah, man. I was here for six months. I can't celebrate

I can't do it. I'm like, bro, surely you don't fall in love with the club after six months

Like if I score against my club, I only was on loan. I'm celebrating, bro. Like five months, I'm wigging until I die, bro

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