hi friends when i was younger i used to play as defender id like to know in your opinion whats the 10 best performance ever of defenders players heres my list not necessarily in order ok 1- brazil england - wc 1970 - bobby moore - best performance ever of a defender in a football/soccer game in my opinion 2 - italia brazil - gaetano scirea - wc 1982 3 - france paraguay wc 1998 - carlos gamarra 4 - internacional vs cruzeiro - elias figueroa - brazilian legue 1975 5 - italy france - world cup 1998 - paolo maldini 6 - milan barcelona - ucl 1994 - baresi 7 - germany vs france - wc 1982 - ullie stielike and marius tresor 8 - franz beckenbauer - germany uruguay - wc 1966(as midfielder) - (germany vs italy 1970 wc too!!) 9 - bert vogts - germany holland - wc 1974 10 - sol campbell - england vs argentina - 1998 wc maybe i forgot some games but these list i was ready in my mind now......as soon i remember more ill put here
Gentile giving Maradona a ruthless kicking during the 1982 World Cup. Italian defensive expertise at it's best. God, how I wish those days would return.
Franz Beckenbauer, 1970 vs Italy. Broke his arm but still kept going- what a legend. Sadly, Germany lost that match. However, Italy was also doomed because they'd gone into the grand final to play arguably history's best national team- Brazil 1970. They lost the match 1-4( Good for me because I'm a mad brazil fan).
Not sure if it was a top-10 performance all time, but Pepe was outstanding in the Final against France on Sunday...Man-of-the-Match by a wide margin. Big time performance in a massive game
I would dispute this one as Beckenbauer was stilling playing in midfield just like in WC66, it was there early 70s that he moved to Libero, at WC70 he was still an midfielder.