Who is the greatest Italian player ever? (1 Viewer)

[Dostoevsky]

What's funny? Isn't he a legend already?

 

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[Quetzalcoatl]

Yeah, I'm gonna vote for Zoff, Sicrea or Barsei although I wasn't even alive when they played because others say they were the best. Now that's retarded.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

What's funny? Isn't he a legend already?

zoff is NOT better than Buffon i dont care if the former played 60 years

 

[Dostoevsky]

Age is not the point but for how long he was on the top and IMO Gigi is on his way there.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Longevity doesn't necessarily equal greatness.

 

[Dostoevsky]

There's a big difference between a World Class player and a legend.

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

Even if you don't think Zoff was better than Buffon, Buffon still isn't top 5 in terms of best Italian players of all time.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Age is not the point but for how long he was on the top and IMO Gigi is on his way there.

top of what? one season is modern football in games is tantamount to 4 when zoff played. Buffon has nothing more to prove in my book.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

But how can you say that in your opinion, someone you have never seen is better than someone else? I think people tend to think of past legends as having immovable status as the best.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Even if you don't think Zoff was better than Buffon, Buffon still isn't top 5 in terms of best Italian players of all time.

Baggio
Maldini
Baresi
Buffon
Gentile

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

"Zoff was a goalkeeper of outstanding ability and has a place in the history of the sport among the very best in this role, being named the 3rd greatest goalkeeper of the 20th century by the IFFHS behind Lev Yashin and Gordon Banks."

From Wiki, but Buffon can't be on that since he's not retired.

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

Baggio
Maldini
Baresi
Buffon
Gentile

Scirea
Maldini
Baresi
Gentile
Meazza

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Scirea
Maldini
Baresi
Gentile
Meazza

respek

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Have you guys seen Meazza play?

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

If you are one of those "can't vote for them because I never saw them play" guys, you are an idiot, and I can prove it in one instance.

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

respek

Thanks, bred'ren.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Have you guys seen Meazza play?

nope but the ones on my list i have

 

[Dostoevsky]

"Zoff was a goalkeeper of outstanding ability and has a place in the history of the sport among the very best in this role, being named the 3rd greatest goalkeeper of the 20th century by the IFFHS behind Lev Yashin and Gordon Banks."

From Wiki, but Buffon can't be on that since he's not retired.

He was a legend indeed but sorry, IFFHS are fucking retards.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

If you are one of those "can't vote for them because I never saw them play" guys, you are an idiot, and I can prove it in one instance.

So basically it doesn't matter what any current or future player does becuase those past legends have a premanent staus as the best. And it's premament because there's no way you can compare them.

Anyhow, off to watch inter drop points to Genoa.

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

So basically it doesn't matter what any current or future player does becuase those past legends have a premanent staus as the best. And it's premament because there's no way you can compare them.

Anyhow, off to watch inter drop points to Genoa.

That's not true, but when talking about Gentile, Scirea, and Baresi, they were some of the, if not THE, best defenders to ever live. Baresi and Gentile invented zone marking, and Scirea made it an art.

In terms of "older" players in general, have any players won 5 CL trophies since Di Stefano?

Some older players have so many honors and some had scoring records that are not and will not be rivaled, ever.