Zagallo was the 11th best player on his own team Bozsik won a World Cup? Van hanegem won a World Cup? Just make a t shirt with a logo saying football died when the Berlin Wall fell and it would be better for you I refuse to indulge in this madness
Van Hanegem ... i like him ... by stronger personality leadership bravery mental aggression tackles marking but mainly ... by passing skills ... Long Range Balls .... Deeper Passing skills plays one-twos Crossing .. Vision First touch skills ... well played the Final in 1974 .. ! Hungary Summer Olympics: 1952 Central European International Cup: 1948–53; runner-up: 1955–60 Balkan Cup: 1947 FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1954
I think there are great tournament players. It is not the same exact list as great players. There needs to be a healthy appreciation of a player who can provide week-to-week excellence for years on end, even if that particular player lacks that tournament-of-a-lifetime which burns into the psyche of spectators. Otherwise, there is no need to play every week, and players can pace themselves with one mediocre performance after another, and just show-up to highly anticipated tournaments or high-stakes matches only. Vincent Kompany on the Difference Between Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard Maybe Kevin De Bruyne could not differentiate himself from the rest, in less organized, national team matches, but there are elements of his career that far surpasses that of those who may stand above him in conventional all-timer lists. ESM Team of the Month appearances is not the be-all-end-all, but neither are big tournament performances for the national team. I agree that for a player's individual legacy and glamour, it is far better to shine in a couple of memorable tournaments. However, in terms of pragmatic value added for his team, competitively speaking, since the vast majority of the season-to-season schedule would be the forgottable week-to-week games that are not to be taken for granted in terms of points added, there is unmistakeable merit in being exceptional in that regard also. If we just add up all the competitive games (that require some level of showing up to produce a victory) of various legendary players, with no added weights for occasion, I think Kevin De Bruyne would have his fair share of excellent games at a rate that might surprise even the greats.
yes ... I know on de Bruyne's Assists and Pre-Assists .... great performances ...year after year i saw all the Assists already .... 305 assists ...something like that ! Bundesliga .... Barclays Premier League ..... he was my player already at Football Manager .. !
til the moment ... Top-50 all time ...for De Bruyne ... don't believe on this ...honestly .. but .. Top 100 until Top 200 all time yes ... De Bruyne ... is on there yes .
I would say it depends on how you measure his body of work, because I do think the Manchester City system somewhat masked his deficiencies, allowing him to accrue ESM Team of the Month awards more-so than his sheer individualy ability would normally allow, but on the other hand, he was unleashed by that particular system to such devastating degrees that I am not sure whether you can easily look over them. We cannot isolate a player's excellence under certain systems, and pretend it is that player's individual ability in its totality, but we also should not ignore the potency of that player's heights under those conditional settings. Kevin De Bruyne probably would struggle to match the excellence of many legendary players if placed into their particular sets of circumstances, but I personally struggle to name many players who would thrive as much as Kevin De Bruyne in terms of his productivity under his maybe fortunate-sets-of-circumstances, as he had really good levels of stamina, excellence in delivery (from both feet), and when given the space and time to display his amazing assets, was basically an assist and pre-assist creating machine. There might be players who might be able to match the quality of the delivery with both feet, but not probably not in conjunction with his off-the-ball intelligence, stamina, and speed to find the spaces to deliver them from.
Despots,Drugs,bribery,cheating and rigging I rather watch Goodfellas than this crappy World Cup movie
Plus: Harald "Tony" Schumacher got to be completely marginalized within german football community after publishing a memoir where he clearly stated that german NT players had been doping-enhanced all along the 80s. Plus: Some brazilian players, especially Branco, were drug-stunned by the argentinian staff during match Argentina vs Brasil at WC 90. Brazilian players would approach the benches at game stops to get some water, and argentinians would give them water bottles containing Roipnol. Branco claimed he felt his legs like melting. Plus: reportedly, there have been orders from FIFA directive group towards referees to penalize Warsaw-pact NTs at WC82 (except western conutries dear Poland). Soviet Union was denied a couple of clearly deserved penalties in their debut match against Brazil.
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That’s a trophy Johan Cruyff won for Johan Cruyff NOT for the Netherlands Oh my gosh mate OH MY GOD You are really something else
846 - Since Opta have the metric on record (2003-04), no player has created more chances for their teammates in the Premier League than Kevin De Bruyne. Maestro. #MCIBOU pic.twitter.com/1MYEsFOWvT— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 20, 2025 With great players reaching monumental moments, comes interesting factoids and narratives. The best player in the league during his stay.
This a video comp of Cesc fabregas at Arsenal Cesc Fabregas left Arsenal at 24 years old For me the most gifted passer of the ball I’ve seen in my life