Greater Performances of the 50's, 60's 70's 80s and 90's

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  1. carlito86

    carlito86 Member+

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    Highest ranked players in the 1998 World Cup according to FIFA
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    FIFA Awards - World Cup 1998 "Golden Ball"

    Players with the most assists in the 1998 World Cup
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    Players with the most goals in the 1997/98 Champions League


    1st place
    Alessandro Del Piero:10 goals


    2nd place
    Thierry Henry:7 goals


    3rd place
    Fillipo Inzaghi: 6 goals


    19th place
    Zinedine Zidane: 3 goals
    UEFA Champions League - List of goalscorers 97/98 | Transfermarkt



    Players with the most assists in the 1997/98 Champions League


    Mini Jacobsen
    5 assists in 5 games


    David Beckham
    5 assists in 8 games


    Roberto Carlos
    5 assists in 9 games


    Zinedine Zidane
    5 assists In 11 games
    Most Assists :: UEFA Champions League 1997/98 :: playmakerstats.com



    Official Serie A player of the year

    Ronaldo nazario
    Serie A Footballer of the Year - Wikipedia



    Guerin d'Oro Serie A player of the year

    Francesco Totti
    Guerin d'Oro - Wikipedia



    Players with the most goals in Serie A 1997/98


    1st place
    Olivier Bierhoff: 27 goals


    2nd place
    Ronaldo nazario: 25 goals


    3rd place
    Roberto Baggio : 22 goals


    29th place
    Zinedine Zidane:7 goals
    Serie A - List of goalscorers 97/98 | Transfermarkt




    Most Assists in Serie A 1997/98
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    Serie A - Most assists 97/98 | Transfermarkt



    Highest rated Serie A players in Serie A 1997/98 according to DBS Calcio


    Zidane in 85th place
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    Juventus players ranked ahead of Zidane in Serie A 1997/98

    Edgar Davids
    Alessandro Del piero
    Moreno Torricelli
    Angelo peruzzi
    Antonio Conte
    Angelo Di livio
    Fillipo Inzaghi
    Mark Iuliano
    Didier deschamps
    Zinedine Zidane





    1998 FIFA world player of the year/Ballon D’or winner:

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  2. Wiliam Felipe Gracek

    Santos FC
    France
    Feb 3, 2024

    the best player of the tournament ...

    World Cup 1998 : Thuram ........ easily on my view .........

    Serie A Calcio ....

    Juventus ..... players......

    Del Piero .....and Davids ..........better than Zizou .... for sure .....


    at Uefa Champions League ........]

    1996-1997 and ....... 1997-1998 .......seasons ...


    Zidane played very very well before the Finals... against Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid

    ...

    I remember very very well Sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United... always amazing and impressive...
    always hypnotized

    with the greater performances of Zizou... especially against Manchester United... in these seasons... 1996-1997 .........and 1997-1998 ..............

    ...

    Ferguson

    Sir wanted to sign Zidane at all costs.
     
  3. Wiliam Felipe Gracek

    Santos FC
    France
    Feb 3, 2024

    ...But ... I agree with you ... dear Mate ... !..


    i won't to vote by Zidane ........1997/1998........... season ..........!
     
  4. Wiliam Felipe Gracek

    Santos FC
    France
    Feb 3, 2024


    Hahahahaha ! that's it my friend !
     
  5. Velvet Takahashi

    Kawasaki Frontale
    Japan
    Apr 10, 2025
    Do you ever stop talking about Zidane? just wondering....
     
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  6. Frank73

    Frank73 Member

    Inter Milan
    Brazil
    Mar 22, 2025
    Italy
    Premier League will never achieve the charm and poetry of classic serie A. They have an idea of sport that is closer to USA's. Sheiks' owned movielike supeteams filled with hypertrophic egos with their arrogance, their antics and their laughably emphatic goal celebrations will never hold a candle to eighties italian football.
     
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  7. Isaías Silva Serafim

    Real Madrid
    Brazil
    Dec 2, 2021
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    Really, in fact the market is inflated there. They are paying a lot of money in players who aren't worth the value. ManUtd payed nearly 300M in Sesko, Mbaumbo and Cunha lol 80M or so in Maguire, Chelsea spent the same on Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo. Not that they are bad players but they aren't worth the value invested
     
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  8. Frank73

    Frank73 Member

    Inter Milan
    Brazil
    Mar 22, 2025
    Italy
    2020's Premier League vs. 80's-90's Serie A is like comparing the latest Star Wars trilogy to the original one.
     
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  9. Isaías Silva Serafim

    Real Madrid
    Brazil
    Dec 2, 2021
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    Probably. The best players of Premier League on 20s are KDB and Salah. The best from Serie A are Ronaldo, Zidane, Platini, Maradona, Zico, Baggio, etc... no comparison at all. Except maybe collectivelly. The best team of Premier League is probably ManCity 22/23 while Serie A is Sachi's Milan on 89/90. The later is individually much better but collectively, ManCity 22/23 is better as a team. This is what peopple call "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts"
     
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  10. Frank73

    Frank73 Member

    Inter Milan
    Brazil
    Mar 22, 2025
    Italy
    Plus the tawdry showmanship, plus the mobster attitude of many players, plus the overfilled calendar...plus the horrorific tatoos...
     
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  11. Wiliam Felipe Gracek

    Santos FC
    France
    Feb 3, 2024



    ..............
    ..


    On ..... Ruud Gullit ......

    Since you're a true Italian, perhaps you might be familiar with this information and these prophecies coming from Giovanni Galli, the former goalkeeper for AC Milan and Napoli.


    Giovanni Galli defeated Nostradamus, the super Prophet, in the own Art of Prophecy itself.


    I've seen Galli talking in several documentaries about Ruud Gullit...

    He was very very impressed with Ruud Gullit...

    when he saw...
    Gullit playing against FC Barcelona...
    in the Joan Gamper Trophy


    Because AC Milan was focused on playing against Barcelona after this match. In another friendly, soon to be announced on the European teams' calendar or Schedules .

    .....The AC Milan board... had annual reports and cassette tapes on Gullit since 1985/1986 season .

    Giovanni Galli made the following prophecy about Ruud Gullit: :

    Galli says :

    " When Diego Armando Maradona experiences a slight technical decline,

    Ruud Gullit will surely become the best and most complete player in the entire world easily, faster and as soon as possible ."

    Galli...Gullit is the most complete player I've ever seen.
    No injuries, 100% fit and healthy to play in .
    ....

    Galli was accurate that As Nostradamus never had before hahahahahhaha .


    Between May and July of 1988... Galli's prophecy was fulfilled about Gullit


    with the Italian championship and Euro-cup titles in 1988 confirmed . " !


    Unfortunately after...

    Ruud Gullit began to suffer from chronic injuries to his right knee.
     
  12. Wiliam Felipe Gracek

    Santos FC
    France
    Feb 3, 2024

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  13. Wiliam Felipe Gracek

    Santos FC
    France
    Feb 3, 2024

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  14. Wiliam Felipe Gracek

    Santos FC
    France
    Feb 3, 2024

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    Who was the best Italian player in your opinion??????
     
  15. Frank73

    Frank73 Member

    Inter Milan
    Brazil
    Mar 22, 2025
    Italy
    Among those those that I am knowledgeable about for having seen them countless times in whole matches, I would say Baggio and Maldini, I can't help aligning to common opinion. In terms of sheer talent, I would say Zola. Runner-ups are Signori, Donadoni, Baresi and an handful of the 82 heroes (Tardelli, Cabrini, Scirea). Never that fond of Totti and Del Piero
     
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  16. Wiliam Felipe Gracek

    Santos FC
    France
    Feb 3, 2024


    What do you think so about Dennis Bergkamp at Averages ????????
     
  17. Wiliam Felipe Gracek

    Santos FC
    France
    Feb 3, 2024


    .......
    ...

    Italy today has...
    several players who are
    highly underrated

    and forgotten already .

    due to the simple... concrete fact

    that they are players
    ... without a CNPJ ( company registration number)
    of Global Marketing

    and advertising companies


    ....
    no media on top




    For me ....... on Italian players ..

    honestly ......

    Roberto Baggio I wouldn't put it in my List and on my view ...never never never ...

    Baggio is very bad in decisive games.

    And very media-savvy like Maradona.

    Also inconsistent.


    Baggio ......... very very limited ....physically ..prone injury player .and ...limited ..... at whole defensive Job ....





    Evani ..........from Ac Milan .........

    For me... he was slightly better than Roberto Baggio.

    Evani...

    1989/1990... season...Serie A Calcio ...

    He gave numerous assists and pre-assists.......... 18 ... Assists ...serie A Calcio 1989/1990 ..

    He was skillful too...

    Nutmegs, sombreros...croqueta ....shorter dribbles ... roulette... 360... a la René Houseman, Diego Maradona, Paulo Roberto Falcao, Zico , Rijkaard Frank and Zidane Zinedine

    He tackled much better than Baggio...

    He had much more stamina, endurance and mobility to cover the entire field.

    105/68 ........... length ...width ........meters ....

    It helped a lot...

    at higher-pressure mentality on this moment.


    at Attacking Set-Pieces ...........simply Out of this World the Levels



    ..........

    other italian players better than R. Baggio ...easily ...on my view .. !




    G. Meazza............Il bambino d'oro

    Clearly much more important
    to Italian football than Baggio easily and calmly without a doubts .


    Giacinto Facchetti ..1963 until .1968 ...



    Roberto Donadoni
    Scirea
    Antonio Cabrini
    Rivera Gianni
    V. Mazzolla ..the father ....
    Riva
    Dino Zoff
    Bruno Conti
    Marco Tardelli
    Paolo Rossi
    GianLuca Vialli
    Roberto Mancini
    Brio
    Claudio Gentile
    Giancarlo Antognoni
    Luis Monti
    Orsi
    Silvio Piola
    Schiavio
    P. Fanna ...
    Antonio Di Gennaro
    Tarcisio Burgnich
    Luigi De Agostini

    Alex Del Piero ............
    Zola ........




    .........
    ..

    I see Baggio as being on Francesco Totti's level.
    more with more pure talent and genius side !
     
  18. Wiliam Felipe Gracek

    Santos FC
    France
    Feb 3, 2024

    ....

    I say this about Roberto Baggio...

    I watched practically all 699 of his entire career matches.
     
  19. Wiliam Felipe Gracek

    Santos FC
    France
    Feb 3, 2024

    ...

    Another fraud... In the same vein as Roberto Baggio It was Dennis Bergkamp , Ronaldinho Gaucho and Djalminha .. !


    Players who make a living... solely from highlight reels.


    [You watching the entire matches...]being

    discerning, objective

    and fair with the Images ..nd smaller Details ...on these games ..
     
  20. Wiliam Felipe Gracek

    Santos FC
    France
    Feb 3, 2024

    ...
    Honestly, and once again, you surprised me a lot.

    with Roberto Baggio vote !
     
  21. Wiliam Felipe Gracek

    Santos FC
    France
    Feb 3, 2024

    .......
    ..

    FRanco Baresi and Paolo Maldini

    they are very very highly Over-rated

    by ignorant people of the Football World ...

    and sadly mental illness spectators

    Yes, they were great players, yes...

    But...

    People treat them...
    as if they had

    won
    3 World Cups
    for Italy...

    like Pelé did it for the Brazilian National Team side or Mario Jorge Wolf Zagallo...
     
  22. Wiliam Felipe Gracek

    Santos FC
    France
    Feb 3, 2024

    really .... surprised me Alot .. !
     
  23. Wiliam Felipe Gracek

    Santos FC
    France
    Feb 3, 2024

    ...........
    ..
    Look, I'm saying this... and I would vote for Paolo Maldini as the best player of the year 1993/1994.


    But people generally have a lot of prejudice and a great deal of ill will towards the defenders.

    in these awards overall
     
  24. Isaías Silva Serafim

    Real Madrid
    Brazil
    Dec 2, 2021
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    Didn't see him live. Mostly highlights and one or other full matches for example world cup semifinal 1998 and ManUtd vs Arsenal at old trafford in 2002. So I don't have much authority to speak on this. But he seems like a very technical player. In terms of technique, he was better than Henry. Had one of the best first touches in history and delivered milimetric and perfect weighted through balls. But maybe I'm overrating him based on YouTube highlights
     
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  25. Wiliam Felipe Gracek

    Santos FC
    France
    Feb 3, 2024

    ....well....... I agree with you on this

    Highlights are definitely the worst tool available to properly evaluate and analyze any player with a fair way " really Real " .

    And unfortunately...

    Your generation has become extremely addicted to highlights...at You Tube ...


    The more these football journalists talk about football, the more I realize how little of them truly understand it.

    In a deep, real way, based on real facts;

    In a truly historical context.


    This first touch skills... is based on Cruyff's technical school.


    Gullit and .Van Basten

    they had first touch skills..
    on the same level from Bergkamp... maybe better ....


    Gullit and Van Basten

    They were also the sons of Cruyff's technical school.


    They are similar in all technical attributes.

    They are alike.



    the own ...Romário ......

    ..
    It had the mannerisms of the Dutch technical school.
     

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