In an interview with Milan based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, legendary Inter defender Marco Materazzi has named Il Fenomeno Ronaldo as the best player he ever played against during his playing career.
The Brazilian tormented defenders with his frightening pace, physique and tricky for years for the likes of Barcelona, Inter and Real Madrid in particular and the form he showed then has led to the belief amongst many that he is one of the best players of all time.
Materazzi and Ronaldo were not at Inter together but got to face off against one another on several occasions during their careers and Materazzi said: “I was lucky enough to play against all the strongest players. I think the best was Ronaldo, the Brazilian one. He was very strong and very fast.”
Materazzi then went on to back Inter president Steven Zhang who recently came in for a lot of criticism from some due to the way he took to social media and hit out at Lega Serie A president Paolo Dal Pino for his handling of the situation in the early days of the Coronavirus outbreak.
“I am on his side, unlike many who have criticised him.”