Cubillas talks about Europe x South America, Donovan and Pelé

MIGkiller · Jun 6, 2003

Nice interview in the FIFA website with the peruvian Teofilo Cubillas, one of the greatest south-american players of all time:

http://www.fifa.com/en/display/article,69729.html

The players today are different. You do not have the same level of talent. In my day, it was hard to pick out one ‘best’ player because there were so many. Now it is also difficult to choose, but because there are so few instead of so many. Ronaldo is a great player and I have seen (Zinedine) Zidane play some brilliant football and do some spectacular things with the ball. Also - though I wouldn’t call him the best - Landon Donovan (US international) is a tremendous player. He is a great talent and has fabulous skills. I like to watch him play very much. I think he will only get better as a player, and that is good for football.
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I bet our Yank friends are going to think he said that Donovan is the #3 player in the world. Lol

Alphonse · Jun 6, 2003

This guy does not le sense make

pololo · Jun 6, 2003

I don't understand why FIFA ask him a question about the football in USA,shouldn't he talk more about his Peru days(which is more interesting)

StillKickin · Jun 6, 2003

What I don't understand is, if the guy wants to say something nice about an American football player, why can't he?

miko · Jun 6, 2003

Originally posted by StillKickin
What I don't understand is, if the guy wants to say something nice about an American football player, why can't he?
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Maybe there is nothing good to say about them!

Excape Goat · Jun 6, 2003

Does he still work for Universion(Spanish language station in the US)?

ruudboy · Jun 6, 2003

I find it interesting that he even knew who Landizzell was.

MIGkiller · Jun 6, 2003

Originally posted by pololo
I don't understand why FIFA ask him a question about the football in USA,shouldn't he talk more about his Peru days(which is more interesting)
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Well, he does talk about Peru, although he's more concerned about the present:

Peru is going through a difficult moment and it saddens me. It has now been five consecutive World Cups without a Peruvian team. We still produce great players like (Nolberto) Solano, (Claudio) Pizarro and many, many others. But when it comes to the team concept and organisation we have big problems. Our clubs usually go out of the Copa Libertadores in the first round and to add to our problems, the other smaller nations in South America – like Venezuela - are quickly becoming more competitive.
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pololo · Jun 7, 2003

Originally posted by MIGkiller
Well, he does talk about Peru, although he's more concerned about the present:
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Yeah but i don't understand why FIFA ask about football in USA to Cubillas,he's got nothing to do with it.
It's like asking Maradona about football in USA,pointless.

BadReligion · Jun 7, 2003

Originally posted by pololo
Yeah but i don't understand why FIFA ask about football in USA to Cubillas,he's got nothing to do with it.
It's like asking Maradona about football in USA,pointless.
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If they asked Maradona about football in the US he would immediatetly make it political. With him being Castro's favorite mouthpiece, some of the stuff he says is amazing..

"They let in the people that dropped the nuclear bomb but they won't let Diego in"
-maradona on WC2002.

sidspaceman · Jun 8, 2003

Originally posted by pololo
Yeah but i don't understand why FIFA ask about football in USA to Cubillas,he's got nothing to do with it.
It's like asking Maradona about football in USA,pointless.
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I think he lives in the US now. Maybe that is why they asked him.

Martin Fischer · Jun 8, 2003

Originally posted by sidspaceman
I think he lives in the US now. Maybe that is why they asked him.
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And he played in the US as well.

Plus, sorry to tell you, but FIFA will always have a disproportionate interest in the world's most lucrative market than it deserves. Deal with it.

astabooty · Jun 8, 2003

Originally posted by sidspaceman
I think he lives in the US now. Maybe that is why they asked him.
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He lives in South Florida. He regularly attends Gold Coast Soccer games to watch his two sons play for the Hollywood Strikers. The sons are around 20 and are pretty good. The older son has an awesome freekick.

pololo · Jun 8, 2003

Originally posted by astabo0t
He lives in South Florida. He regularly attends Gold Coast Soccer games to watch his two sons play for the Hollywood Strikers. The sons are around 20 and are pretty good. The older son has an awesome freekick.
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Well their father was a awesome freekicker,he usually don't need to shoot with power to curl the ball over the wall.Just a simple touch and he do the job,watch the two goals he scored against Scotland in World Cup '78

condor11 · Jun 9, 2003

that free kick against scotland has to be in the top 3 world cup goals from a free kick

astabooty · Jun 9, 2003

Originally posted by pololo
Well their father was a awesome freekicker,he usually don't need to shoot with power to curl the ball over the wall.Just a simple touch and he do the job,watch the two goals he scored against Scotland in World Cup '78
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i have only heard of Cubillas from my Peruvian friend, i have never seen him play, i'll try watchin the clips.

the son of his i talked about earlier puts ton of power on his free kicks. i have seen him take many very powerful (and accurate) freekicks from 30-40yds

Robert Lanza · Jun 11, 2003

Growing up in SoFla, Nene was one of my favorites when he finished his career with the Strikers. He ended up playing for a watered-down version of the Strikers in the ASL, and even at 40 was head and shoulders above his opponents.