Classic Images Thread

Lev Yashin training in Flamengo 1965

 

Stuart Pearce after scoring a penalty in a shootout against Germany at Euro 96. He screams off his frustration after missing a penalty six years earlier in the World Cup semi-final penalty shootout against West Germany.

 

No that was against spain days earlier. wrong uniform, wrong time of the day, wrong celebration

 

Love the kit, however, time and place be damned.

 

Roberto Carlos' Free kick in France in 1997


Redondo changing direction

 

Try this in woman's football and you might lose you hand.... this is a classic shot though, even David Letterman produced this shot on his show once.

 

Martin Palermo and Adolfo Bautista (CD Chivas vs. Boca Juniors)

 

Keane vs. Haaland

 

Rivaldo vs. Turkey







Some classic confrontations

 

I was reading about Enzo Bearzot in the latest edition of World Soccer and it had this wonderful picture in it ...



... of Dino Zoff, Franco Causio, Sandro Pertini and Enzo Bearzot with the World Cup on the table on the flight back to Italy from Spain in '82.

 

Color image from the same occasion.

 

Not proud of it but a scene many will remember of the 2010 WC Final.

 

Fight to win ..

Rincon's save goal by his head in the line ( against Schalke 04 last year)

Priceless.

 

In the same vein...

 

but that was " IN"

 

Something you don't see in the game anymore. A full blooded challenge. Delivered courtesy of Billy Bremner.

 

bling bling

 

Gerd Müller and Franz Beckenbauer 1976

 

From what is that nice picture taken?

 

'Kicker' report of Bayern's preseason preparation in July 1976.

 

Ruud Gullit towers above everyone in the local derby Sparta - Feyenoord in November 1983. At the right a certain other key-figure in the history of football, who was voted as second best player of the 1983/1984 season.