View Full Version : Name the single best and worst moment of a career
Excape Goat
18 Oct 2006, 11:47 PM
That is how players sometimes are remembered for just one moment in their career.
Maradona
Best: 2nd goal against England
Worst: Maradona leaving or escaping from napoli after he tested positive for drugs.
Gazza
Best: his goal against Scotland.
Worst: Too many
Baggio
Best: his goal against Czechoslovakia.
Worst: Missing the PK against Brazil.
Zidane
Best: Perhaps the 1998 WC Final....
Worst: Obviously.....
Roberto Carlos
Best: His freekick against France
Worst: Henry's goal at WC 2006.
Pabs
19 Oct 2006, 07:59 PM
Del Piero International
worst: twice missing the 2-0 goal in the 2000 European Championships
best: scoring the 2-0 goal in the 2006 WC semi-final.
lanman
20 Oct 2006, 01:01 PM
Gazza
Best: his goal against Scotland.
Worst: Too many
I always associate Gazza with his free kick against Arsenal in the 1991 FA Cup semi final. His lowest point would probably be the final the same year when he injured his knee - he was never the same after that.
Bertje
20 Oct 2006, 01:11 PM
Cruijff
Best: His goal against Den Haag in the 71/72 season. Even though it looks great I've seen way prettier, but never have I seen a player react so fast. He didn't even need to look.
Worst: Missing in front of an open goal against Real Madrid for Ajax.
Bertje
20 Oct 2006, 01:14 PM
Van Basten
Best: It hardly get's better than his bicycle kick against Den Bosch.
Worst: Obviously picking up his injury against Groningen. That's where all the nastiness started.
dannytoone
20 Oct 2006, 01:34 PM
Van Basten
Best: It hardly get's better than his bicycle kick against Den Bosch.
Worst: Obviously picking up his injury against Groningen. That's where all the nastiness started.
I think a good nomination for his worst would be telling his team to injure Cristiano Ronaldo in the first 5 minutes of the game, and then telling them to ignore all fairplay rules and take the ball for a run at goal.
And losing regardless.
Cassano
20 Oct 2006, 01:34 PM
Totti
Best: Winning Roma their first Scudetto in 15+ years/ Winning the World Cup
Worst: Being banned from Euro 2004 for spitting at Poulsen
Bertje
20 Oct 2006, 01:36 PM
I think a good nomination for his worst would be telling his team to injure Cristiano Ronaldo in the first 5 minutes of the game, and then telling them to ignore all fairplay rules and take the ball for a run at goal.
And losing regardless.
I think you were looking for the World Rivalries forum.
lanman
20 Oct 2006, 01:37 PM
I think a good nomination for his worst would be telling his team to injure Cristiano Ronaldo in the first 5 minutes of the game, and then telling them to ignore all fairplay rules and take the ball for a run at goal.
And losing regardless.
And the Portuguese only acted in the true spirt of the game throught that match as well, didn't they?
dannytoone
20 Oct 2006, 01:37 PM
And the Portuguese only acted in the true spirt of the game throught that match as well, didn't they?
Reciprocation is a master skill of the Portuguese.
Winston Smith
20 Oct 2006, 01:44 PM
Landon Donovan
Best: Getting to the quarter finals of the World Cup 2002 and being hailed as one of the players of the tournament
Worst: Trundling back to MLS bruised and beaten, after a year on the bench for Bayern Leverkusen
dannytoone
20 Oct 2006, 01:46 PM
Landon Donovan
Best: Getting to the quarter finals of the World Cup 2002 and being hailed as one of the players of the tournament
Worst: Trundling back to MLS bruised and beaten, after a year on the bench for Bayern Munich
wasn't it leverkesun?
Winston Smith
20 Oct 2006, 01:53 PM
wasn't it leverkesun?
Duh. I was thinking of Owen Hargreaves :D .
dbzclips
20 Oct 2006, 04:57 PM
PELE!!!!
Best: Hmm... Many:
- His hat-trick against france as a 17-year old
- His 8 goals in 1 game
- I could name MANY others, lol
Worst: When he indentionally broke a player's leg, fathering a few illegitamate children
guado
20 Oct 2006, 06:46 PM
Landon Donovan
Best: Getting to the quarter finals of the World Cup 2002 and being hailed as one of the players of the tournament
Worst: Trundling back to MLS bruised and beaten, after a year on the bench for Bayern Leverkusen
it wasn't a year either.
it was a few months.
Spartak
20 Oct 2006, 07:04 PM
In a glittering 20 year career it can be argued that Paolo Maldini's best and worst moments came in a 12th month span:
Worst
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/gen/fifa/20040603/i/1479525604.jpg
11 months later...
Best
http://www.theworldgame.com.au/media/8551milan2.jpg
ThreeApples
20 Oct 2006, 07:09 PM
it wasn't a year either.
it was a few months.6 weeks, if you don't count winter break training.
jerrito
20 Oct 2006, 07:23 PM
In a glittering 20 year career it can be argued that Paolo Maldini's best and worst moments came in a 12th month span:
Worst
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/gen/fifa/20040603/i/1479525604.jpg
11 months later...
Best
http://www.theworldgame.com.au/media/8551milan2.jpg
Those pictures are great evidence.
Excape Goat
21 Oct 2006, 07:36 AM
Beckham
Best: Scoring the goal from his own half during his breakout season at Man Utd. Or his freekick against Greece.
Worst: Missing the PK against Portugal and/or Turkey. May be getting sent off at WC 1998.
Rivaldo
Best: His 3 goals against Valencia.....
Worst: Holding his head after got hit by the ball on his leg against Turkey at the WC Finals.
Winston Smith
21 Oct 2006, 10:05 AM
it wasn't a year either.
it was a few months.
Oh for crying out f-cking loud.
Landon Donovan
Best: Getting to the quarter finals of the World Cup 2002 and being hailed as one of the players of the tournament
Worst: Trundling back to MLS bruised and beaten, after a a few months on the bench for Bayern Leverkusen