Just taken a quick look at the list - Ronaldinho #9 is a shocker.
He is a great footballer, but athlete ....... you are having a laugh. He has skills that are undeniable, but his work rate and fitness are questionable ( not as bad as Ronaldo .... but bad ).
They often put stats on Champions League games of distance covered by players in a game - over 90 minutes most world class midfielders ( Gerrard, Lampard etc etc ) cover around 11,000 metres.
Another athletic pursuit that gets no mention is rugby - those guys take as much punishment as American Football players but without the padding.
Mal Skelton
