the better defender - gentile or scirea? (11 Viewers)

[HelterSkelter]

from what ive read,and correct me if im wrong,scirea was the smooth,classy defender and gentile was rough and gruff.i havent really seen too much of scirea's footage,but i once saw this footage of italy vs argentina at the 1982 world cup finals,and the way gentile manmarked maradona out of the game with his rough approach was pretty amazing really.

leave club loyalty aside.in terms of pure skill,which one of them was the better defender?

i really havent seen enough to draw a conclusion,so i thought id bring up the topic over here.

 

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[sateeh]

havent seen enough of Scirea, but seen a few clips for Gentile and hes a real tough defender.

would be interesting though, to have a comparison.

 

[#10]

Defending as a team Scirea, but one on one Gentile.

 

[Elvin]

Gentile was tough, really tough (like Canna and Puyol for example)

Sciera was smart (like Nesta and Maldini)

So I pick Gaetano

 

[Gill_juve]

gentile was very good but scirea was above all defenders

 

[Juve_Kosova]

Gentile was tough, really tough (like Canna and Puyol for example)

Sciera was smart (like Nesta and Maldini)

So I pick Gaetano

lol and wich of them is Gaetano ??

 

[isha00]

lol and wich of them is Gaetano ??

Claudio Gentile
Gaetano Scirea

:wink:

 

[Desmond]

I'm tempted to say Scirea, but Gentile was nearly unbeatable man-on. He wasn't your typical tough guy either, he had the brains to go along with it.

Club stature aside, I'd have to give it to Gentile I think.

 

[Falafel]

Gentile was tough, really tough (like Canna and Puyol for example)

Sciera was smart (like Nesta and Maldini)

So I pick Gaetano

puyol???

 

[Gep]

Gosh! think this debate is for our older members who are ............Hmm lets say around 35-45 years old. Jeeks that you?

 

[Azzurri7]

puyol???

Puyol actually is a world class defender, and really reminds me of Cannavaro. Though Fabio is by mile ahead of him.

 

[Gep]

Puyol actually is a world class defender, and really reminds me of Cannavaro. Though Fabio is by mile ahead of him.

Puyol looks like he panics when he has the ball. Too rash for my liking to put him in the world class catergory. Nesta is relaxed so too was maldini. Thats class!

 

[Dominic]

Puyol is shit at centreback, he was way better as fullback. He makes so many clumsy mistakes and is often caught being defensively unaware. An average defender made to look better than he really is. Kind of like Balzaretti on Juventuz.

 

[Bjerknes]

How Puyol can be considered "shit" at centerback is beyind me... he is still better than Kovac, Boumsong, Materazzi, Barzagli, Thuram or any other stopper continuously discussed on this forum. Puyol is not as good as Cannavaro however he still is top ten in the world of centerbacks.

If Puyol was such "shit" Barcelona would not have reached the final of the Champions League last season with the players lining up in a 2-5-3 all the time.

 

[Dominic]

Don't be petty about the choise of words, of course it's all relative. Puyol as a centreback is far behind the best of the world in that position.

 

[JCK]

Leggrotaglie.

 

[Joaco]

Scirea.
Gentile was a world class, but nothing as Gaetano.

 

[Joaco]

Puyol actually is a world class defender, and really reminds me of Cannavaro. Though Fabio is by mile ahead of him.

If you ask me Puyol is playing better than Cannavaro right now. Anyway, we all know what a kind of defender Cannavaro is

 

[sateeh]

If you ask me Puyol is playing better than Cannavaro right now. Anyway, we all know what a kind of defender Cannavaro is

just watched the madrid derby and Aguero just made cana look like Raul Bravo

 

[Falafel]

How Puyol can be considered "shit" at centerback is beyind me... he is still better than Kovac, Boumsong, Materazzi, Barzagli, Thuram or any other stopper continuously discussed on this forum. Puyol is not as good as Cannavaro however he still is top ten in the world of centerbacks.

If Puyol was such "shit" Barcelona would not have reached the final of the Champions League last season with the players lining up in a 2-5-3 all the time.

na actually in champs league he ruled, especially his faking in order to get sheva and milan out of champs league. messi cheated on chelsea, n the goal on arsenal was offside, thats y they won the champs league