Champions League 2020-21 #CeferinOut (43 Viewers)
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only boomers remember that excitement when Ronaldo got the ball in a dangerous situation. Nothing has been more exciting for me in football ever since (disregarding club stuff) Just a brutal unstoppable one man armyPeople of a certain age would say differently, but I agree that he has become forgotten a little over time by people who don't follow football as strictly.
I've worked with several people over the years who were 50 or so years old who watched Juve live playing against their teams in Europe (Villa, Liverpool, United, etc.) and when I ask them about the games they always say what a hell of a team Juve were, with Platini and Boniek in particular, the toughness of Gentile, but they always mention Scirea, just an unbelievable defender and footballer, could do everything, and always with precision.
He has fallen into the shadow of Beckenbauer and Baresi in a similar kind of role, and I think a lot of it is because of multiple successes over a period of time. Scirea won the World Cup and the European Cup, ICC, many trophies, and he was extremely likeable, but he doesn't have multiple tournament success, didn't play in such a dominant international or club team. You can tie this argument in with that I said in the other thread (De Ligt?) about Juve not taking their chances to win multiple tournaments when we had a great team (80s and 90s).
I've worked with several people over the years who were 50 or so years old who watched Juve live playing against their teams in Europe (Villa, Liverpool, United, etc.) and when I ask them about the games they always say what a hell of a team Juve were, with Platini and Boniek in particular, the toughness of Gentile, but they always mention Scirea, just an unbelievable defender and footballer, could do everything, and always with precision.
He has fallen into the shadow of Beckenbauer and Baresi in a similar kind of role, and I think a lot of it is because of multiple successes over a period of time. Scirea won the World Cup and the European Cup, ICC, many trophies, and he was extremely likeable, but he doesn't have multiple tournament success, didn't play in such a dominant international or club team. You can tie this argument in with that I said in the other thread (De Ligt?) about Juve not taking their chances to win multiple tournaments when we had a great team (80s and 90s).
Back in my village we had only black and white TV so I saw R9 in black&bright shirt and instantly assumed he was Juve because I knew Juve had black&white kits. Turns out he was inter but after his transfer to Barcelona I switched to supporting the real Juve. The 2003 final was really hard to watch btw
Circling back to Beckenbauer I find it very hard to judge players from before the 80s because football was so different. He was GOAT in his time that's all you can say with great confidence.
Circling back to Beckenbauer I find it very hard to judge players from before the 80s because football was so different. He was GOAT in his time that's all you can say with great confidence.
You have to look at the team that they played in as well rather than the stats. I say Xavi and Iniesta should be together in the first team, they were surrounded by stars but they were by far the most important players. I take CR7 over fat Ronaldo because he has been clutch for years and can single handedly take teams through.
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