{"id":23900,"date":"2025-07-20T14:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/23900\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T14:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:02:10","slug":"didnt-need-flashy-tricks-pedro-neto-names-chelsea-icon-as-one-of-his-favourite-ever-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/23900\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Didn\u2019t need flashy tricks\u2019\u2026 Pedro Neto names Chelsea icon as one of his favourite ever players"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pedro Neto is one of Chelsea\u2019s star wingers, with the 25-year-old really proving himself at the Club World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/pedro-neto\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Neto<\/a> scored three goals in six outings as the Blues went on to win the competition. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/cole-palmer-leads-the-way-as-three-chelsea-players-named-in-club-world-cup-team-of-the-tournament\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WhoScored named Neto in their Team of the Tournament<\/a>, so his performances did not go unnoticed.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> have had other talented wingers like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/eden-hazard\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eden Hazard<\/a>, Willian and Arjen Robben.<\/p>\n<p>Neto has now included one of those names in his all-time favourite XI, which also features the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"672\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2224954919-1024x672.jpg\" alt=\"Pedro Neto celebrates with his winners' medal after Chelsea FC v Paris Saint-Germain: Final - FIFA Club World Cup 2025\" class=\"wp-image-311319\" \/>Photo by Carl Recine \u2013 FIFA\/FIFA via Getty ImagesPedro Neto names Eden Hazard in all-time favourite XI<\/p>\n<p>Many would consider Hazard as Chelsea\u2019s greatest ever winger, so it is no surprise that Neto has included the Belgian in his all-time favourite XI.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining why he chose Hazard to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/news\/article\/pedro-netos-all-time-favourite-xi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Chelsea\u2019s official club website<\/a>, the Portuguese said: \u201cI liked the way he entertained people. He didn\u2019t need flashy tricks \u2014 the way he played with the ball, his dribbling, his movement, the way he went past people, it was unbelievable. It was enjoyable when he had the ball. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople would think \u2018what is happening now?\u2019 It was so natural to him. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a>, the toughest league in the world, he made it look easy. That\u2019s remarkable. You don\u2019t see many players getting past four or five players like that. With the toughness of the defenders here in the Premier League. Sometimes it seemed easy for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/legends\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea legend<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/john-terry-explains-why-chelsea-fans-may-not-see-another-eden-hazard-for-a-while\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Terry also discussed Hazard<\/a> briefly last month. The retired central defender was speaking about the Blues\u2019 transfer policy and claimed that the club would not be signing a player like Hazard any time soon because of it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/enzo-maresca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enzo Maresca<\/a> at least has Cole Palmer, who can be very Hazard-esque at times. It was his two goals that gave Chelsea a 2-0 lead against Paris Saint-Germain in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/club-world-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Club World Cup<\/a> final.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-893882488-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea's Eden Hazard during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Southampton\" class=\"wp-image-288462\" \/>Photo by Craig Mercer \u2013 CameraSport via Getty ImagesPedro Neto\u2019s all-time favourite XI in full<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned earlier, Neto also included Messi and Ronaldo in his team of his favourite ever players. There was also room for compatriots Rui Patricio, Nelson Semedo, Ruben Dias and Pepe.<\/p>\n<p>PostionPlayerGoalkeeperRui PatricioRight-backNelson SemedoCentre-backRuben DiasCentre-backPepeLeft-backMarceloDefensive midfielderSergio BusquetsCentral midfielderAndres IniestaCentral midfielderLionel MessiRight wingerEden HazardStrikerCristiano RonaldoLeft wingerNeymarPedro Neto\u2019s all-time favourite XI via Chelsea\u2019s official club website<\/p>\n<p>It is definitely not a bad team! There is probably not a defence in world football that could stop that midfield and attack from scoring.<\/p>\n<p>If Neto continues to shine like how he did in the US, then maybe he will be in someone else\u2019s all-time favourite XI in the future.<\/p>\n<p>The above would also be good news for Chelsea, of course, who will be looking to build on an excellent campaign next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pedro Neto is one of Chelsea\u2019s star wingers, with the 25-year-old really proving himself at the Club World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[21339,21340,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-23900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-eden-hazard","9":"tag-pedro-neto","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}