First the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_125_greatest_living_footballers#The_Americas Argentina: 10 * Gabriel Batistuta * Hernán Crespo * Mario Kempes * Diego Maradona * Daniel Passarella * Javier Saviola * Omar Sivori * Alfredo Di Stefano * Juan Sebastián Veron * Javier Zanetti Brazil: 15 * Carlos Alberto * Cafú * Roberto Carlos * Falcão * Júnior * Pelé * Rivaldo * Rivelino * Romário * Ronaldinho * Ronaldo * Djalma Santos * Nilton Santos * Sócrates * Zico So there, Brazil has more great players than Argentina by a LOT. Even if you disagree with this list you have to accept that as many Brazilians have been left out of the list as Argentinians, even though I can't remember any great argentinian players not in the list. But brazilians there are many. And not to mention the departed greats: Vava, Garrincha, etc.
LOL! What did you expect? That list was made by Pele, who happens to be a Brazilian. Are we supposed to take it seriously? It even includes some women players.
what do u expect, one country produces ball players, the other just spends wc after wc hacking opponents to bits and diving for 90 mins at a time. thats when they are not headbutting opponents or scoring with hand balls. of course brazil will have millions more high quality footballers than argentina, why would u think that a good player is one who can waste the most time rolling on the floor or arguing with the referee. no , of course not. the best players are the ones with the most flair, or the most complete game. im not saying that argentina hasnt produced magnificent flair players, but by simple numbers u can see that when one team sends out ten men to play football, and the other sends out 2 men to play football and 8 to kick the chit out of the oponent, the one with the most ball players will be the ones who impress the viewers the most
whats that supposed to mean? i have an opinion, i voiced it, get over it. argentina has produced some of the greatest players in history, far more than england over the past 30 years, no contest, but come on, we are not talking about england, were talking about brazil. england put out 4 players to score and 6 to break up play usually, so were almost as destructive as the argentines, brazil doesnt usually play with destroyers, they play with ball players, they also have a population size which dwarfs that of englands and argentinas. so why complain when brazil has more flair players than argentina, it is common sense, u dont even need to list them
Netherlands 13, Compare it with population and the Brazil list becomes not that impressive Dennis Bergkamp Johann Cruyff Edgar Davids Ruud Gullit René van de Kerkhof Willy van de Kerkhof Patrick Kluivert Johannes Jacobus Neeskens Ruud van Nistelrooy Rob Rensenbrink Frank Rijkaard Clarence Seedorf Marco van Basten
I think he died after the list was made. They shouldn't limit it to living players, because the moment somebody dies it is outdated. It is a ridiculous list anyway. It is obvious they were trying to include as many countries as possible for political reasons, and they even included two women so they US could have some representation.
I don't really think this list is that great. Not only is it made by a Brazilian, there are plenty of players missing. And why exactly has it been posted in the Argentina forum? F'ing troll.