Classical front waist, synonymous with elegance and art. There is no shortage of excellent classical forwards in the history of football, Such as Platini, Valderrama, Zidane, Rui Costa, etc., all of which are among the leaders.
Unlike others, Riquelme is always full of controversy, with people who like him praising him for having skills that are not inferior to Maradona's, and those who don't like him for not accepting his way of playing. Slow pace, too sticky ball, little running without the ball, the need for the team to build tactics around it, and the reasons for Romi's personality, his career did not have many outstanding honors. Riquelme is said in world football: "Heaven has given him an enviable talent, and genius is destined to walk alone". Yes, he looks like an outlier on the football pitch, out of place in the fast-paced sport of football, but his calmness on the pitch, scalpel-like passing and wild imagination have brought countless visual feasts to fans.
Looking back at Riquelme's career, the club, from 1996 to 2002, Romi played for Boca Juniors in the Argentine league, in 2000 helped Boca regain the 22-year-old Copa Libertadores, and in the Toyota Cup of the same year, Romi's two assists helped Palermo score twice, Boca also beat the powerful Real Madrid, riquelme became famous.
Riquelme landed at Camp Nou in 2002, but Louis van Gaal, then Barca coach, did not like his soft style of play, and Romi played in unfamiliar positions for a season. A year later, with rijkaard's arrival and the arrival of Ronaldinho, Riquelme completely lost his position and was loaned to the yellow submarine Villarell. In this small city with a population of only a few tens of thousands, Riquelme has regained his life, bringing the team from the middle and lower reaches of La Liga to the third place in the league, and Diego Fran, who is also fed by Romisheng as the golden boot of the league. In the Champions League the following year, Villarreal made an unprecedented breakthrough in the final four, and if it were not for Romi's penalty loss, Villarell would have done a miracle that year. But the sweet days didn't last long, and in 2007, because of the conflict with the head coach and general manager, Romi returned to Boca, and never returned to the European continent since, when he was 28 years old.
In terms of the national team, Riquelme has not been satisfied. In 1997, the national team debut, in 2002, the mad Bielsa, who was the head coach of Argentina at the time, did not appreciate Romi's playing style, and Romi was therefore missed the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, and Argentina was eliminated in the group stage. The 2006 World Cup was Riquelme's only World Cup and dominated that wonderful 26-foot pass. Against Germany in the quarter-finals, Riquelme's corner assisted Ayala to score, but the substitution of the 73rd minute also completely deprived Argentina of control of the midfield, Klose equalized the score and eliminated Argentina in a penalty shootout. In the same year, due to much criticism, Romi announced his retirement from the national team for reasons of his mother's health. In June 2007, under the call of Basile, he returned to the national team and finished second in the Copa America. In 2008, he led Argentina to the Beijing Olympic Championship as an overage. In 2009, because of the disagreement with Maradona, he announced his withdrawal from the national team, and the national team tour ended here, when he was 31 years old. In January 2015, Riquelme announced his retirement.
Looking back at Riquelme's career, except for a bad year at Barca, he did not play for the top giants and did not win a championship that he could hand out. But this does not have the status of Romy in the hearts of fans, as the last classical front of football, people appreciate his calmness on the field, as well as the ability to control the rhythm, the slow movements hide countless killing machines, a small range of ball protection and dribbling that no one can match, and there is also a long-range shot and free kick kung fu.
Genius is destined to be lonely and untamed, and his maverick style and unsociable personality make Riquelme not receive an honor that matches his ability, but no one denies that he is a master of football, and the picturesque foot technique is mesmerizing, and many years later it will still make people fall into it and cannot extricate themselves.
Riquelme did not have a classical front waist after that, because modern football requires a large range of motion for the front waist, the ability to advance quickly, and to participate in the team's defense, with more emphasis on the overall operation, and there will be no more "stadium commander" role. This has also led to a significantly smaller personal style in modern football, so there are now very few players with characteristics.
To this day, I still turn over the image of Romi when he plays football from time to time, and I still revel in that wonderful picture and can't help myself. The man who can play football while standing, looking back, is already a legend.