We go with photos of three footballers who could reign as the best of their time and in the end they stayed on the road ..................... they never played in a big club and some of them did not even reach the first division of their country but even so they are remembered as authentic cracks by those who saw them play live ................ because of some of them nor do we have images to contrast their quality through the video ........... in these players, reality and legend come together in equal parts ................. and besides being good footballers, they all have in common that they were revelers and that they didn't like training much TRINCHE CARLOVICH Of this Argentine player there are no television images to contrast the supposed enormous quality of which those who saw him live speak. ROBIN FRIDAY Another kind of Carlovich that moved through the lower categories of British football. Drugs and crime marked his career and led to an early death. MÁGICO GONZÁLEZ Of the three, it was undoubtedly the one that achieved the most international renown, even competing in the World Cup in Spain in 1982. A player of undoubted talent who even in the 80s came to be compared to Diego Armando Maradona for his inexhaustible technical resources. In Spain he triumphed at Cádiz CF, a team whose sole objective was not to go down to the second division. The fact that he liked the party more than football was surely what prevented this player from going further than he did. Despite everything, he was chosen as the 10th best player of the 20th century in Central and North America by the IFFHS.
Franz-Josef Hönig, Willi Schulz and Uwe Seeler of Hamburg before the 1968 European Cup Winners Cup final vs. Milan.
24 March 1973 – Günter Netzer out, Allan Simonsen in – symbolic changing of the guards for Mönchengladbach in the 1970s.
Clash between Paulo Futre and Paco Buyo in one of the most controversial moments in the history of the Spanish league, a match that is still remembered today.
Netzer alongside Breitner when they both played for Real Madrid in the mid-1970s. Coincidentally, the two Germans played the same number of games as Real Madrid players: 100 each.
This is the game that made José Antonio Camacho famous. Camacho was a young man of only 19 years old and he played a perfect match defending the best player of the time, the Dutchman Johan Cruyff. In the image both players.
THE WHITE SHIRTS OF FC BARCELONA AND ATLÉTICO MADRID AND THE RED/ BLUE UNIFORMS OF REAL MADRID As incredible as it may seem, FC Barcelona came to play with a white shirt as a second kit for several seasons. Nowadays this I suppose it would be impossible since the white color is that of the eternal rival, Real Madrid, but until the 70s this was common. Here is an image from 1952 when FC Barcelona won their first international title, the Copa Latina: Another from the 1957-58 season: Here are two more images from the 70s: Finally, a video of the 1978 Uefa Cup against Aston Villa with Johan Cruyff demonstrating his quality as a player. Whether Real Madrid has played in red and blue (the colors of FC Barcelona) on any occasion is not officially clear. The only possible precedent that I know of was in 1957 in the Paris Tournament against Vasco da Gama. According to some chronicles Real Madrid played with blue pants and a red shirt but this is not 100% confirmed. I leave images of that game that, being in black and white, do not allow to distinguish the colors although it does seem that the shirt and pants can be of different colors: Finally, comment that the other great rival of Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, also played in a white shirt on some occasion, as in this photo corresponding to the Final of the Generalisimo Cup (current King's Cup) in 1956:
MARADONA CUP Today I read in the Spanish press that the possibility of creating a new tournament called the “Maradona Cup” is being studied, which would face the champions of the Eurocup and the Copa America at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples. This first edition would be disputed precisely by the two countries that marked Maradona's life as a footballer; Argentina and Italy. But this idea is not new since in the 80s and 90s two official editions of the Artemio Franchi Cup were played, which also faced the champions of the Eurocup and the Copa America. 1985 Artemio Franchi Cup: France 2-0 Uruguay. In the picture Platini, Luis Fernández and Giresse 1993 Artemio Franchi Cup: Argentina 1-1 Denmark (5:4 penalties). In the picture Maradona and Batistuta
The Italian players wearing the kits of the 24 competing nations of the 1990 World Cup. The two kids in front sport the kits of the hosts and defending champions. Aldo Serena tweeted this photo last year.
NATIONAL TEAMS IN WORLD CUP WITH THE T-SHIRTS OF OTHER CLUBS Today all the teams in the world have 2, 3 and even more different kits throughout the season with which to play their matches. Therefore, if two teams match their main colors, one of them will have no problem changing their usual shirt for another with different colors. But this has not always been the case and years ago when a team traveled to play outside their city there was a risk that if they did not also travel with the substitute jersey there would be a color match with the starting team that could make it difficult to start the game. Generally, this is solved by offering the visitor the second kit of the home team or offering the visitors the shirt of some other team in the city. Well, this situation occurred in several World Cups, as incredible as it may seem today. 1934 WORLD CUP - GERMANY 3-2 AUSTRIA In the match for third place, the German and Austrian teams faced each other and both wore white t-shirts and black pants. The most curious thing is that at the beginning neither wanted to change their shirt so the two jumped into the field playing with white shirts. The spectators were not sure which player belonged to each team and that was a real mess. At halftime it was 3-1 for Germany and then the Austrians decided to change their white shirt for the blue one of Napoli, ending the match with a 3-2 German victory. 1950 WORLD CUP - SWITZERLAND 2-1 MEXICO When both teams met in the group stage they were already eliminated (Brazil qualified). Switzerland played red and Mexico burgundy, two very similar colors. To solve this, Mexico played with the Cruzeiro shirt, a blue and white striped shirt. 1958 WORLD CUP - GERMANY 3-1 ARGENTINA In the first match of both teams in that World Cup, the Argentines had to change their first kit because according to TV it was confused with that of Germany and they played with the yellow IFK Malmö jersey. 1978 WORLD CUP - FRANCE 3-1 HUNGARY The last time (that I know of) that something similar happened was in 1978 when France had to play in the Atlético Kimberley shirt (green and white striped shirt) because their starting uniform coincided with the white shirt of their rival, Hungary. The game started 40 minutes late because the numbers had to be put on the Atlético Kimberley jerseys, which were not numbered when they were handed over to the French team. That was an inconsequential game since both teams were already eliminated in the group stage (Italy and Argentina qualified in that group). These are the 4 cases that I know of, but there may be some more.
Incredible dummy to set up the shot. Would have been one of the most amazing goals if he had put it on target.