The thing is, Yashin was an ice hockey goaltender until he suffered a facial injury in his late teens, and decided to concentrate on Football. He still would occasionally play goaltender in pickup games with friends, and it is interesting to speculate on how much of his hockey experience shaped his football career Edit:- Do you fancy a look at Paco Gento and/or Jef Jurion? Two of the most interesting players of their time, and (especially so in the case of Jurion!) a bit unjustly forgotten today.

@sithvsjedi9696

Жыл бұрын

A great goalkeeper obviously 😊. It must irk his biggest fans that Oliver Kahn was the only goalkeeper to win the Golden Ball (whether one thinks he deserved it or not is a different matter).

@mori5481

Жыл бұрын

@@sithvsjedi9696 golden ball didn't exist in 66

@simoncaton1226

Жыл бұрын

@@mori5481 this is something that irks me sometimes about history. We have many awards today that didn’t exist before and people will say that “x player is the only person who has won x in x number of times”

@mori5481

Жыл бұрын

@@simoncaton1226 agreed, I think someone mentioned it with Messi since this is his second one but I'm damn sure Pele would have gotten 2 as well

@richehb6318

Жыл бұрын

Petr cech grew up playing hockey too but switched to football as he couldn't afford the equipment! Adds value to the theory

I'm still shocked that Netherlands have never won the world cup at least once with all the great teams they've had

@MihailParshin

Жыл бұрын

I´m more shocked for Hungary. They were the best for years, they didn´t lost any match in so many matches, but then they lost final of WC. The most important match of them all. That is one very big tragedy.

@daarom3472

Жыл бұрын

Trust me, in the Netherlands we're shocked as well. I'm convinced if you could field an all-time best 11 the Netherlands team would be the best in the world: Van der Sar Krol Stam Koeman van Bronckhorst Rijkaard Gullit Seedorf Robben van Basten Cruyff France/Brazil/Germany would be close though.

@bigpoppa3999

Жыл бұрын

They've been agonizingly close so many times.

@bigpoppa3999

Жыл бұрын

@@daarom3472 nah bruh Brazil's all time simply isn't fair. Nobody would stop their attack and their defense would be all time too. There's simply too much Talent.

@daarom3472

Жыл бұрын

@@bigpoppa3999 I fancy Holland's midfield though, and I don't Brazil's offense would be very ahead of NL's. van Basten and Cruyff both won 3 ballon d'or and both could've had more. Robben is a bit lower tier though I agree. Brazil would probably line up with Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Pele and Garrincha, very good front line as well but probably a bit less tactically apt.

damn, remember when Messi used to be mocked for not having an international trophy? good times.

@zeo4481

Жыл бұрын

Imagine dragging your country to 3 finals and being mocked for it. Messi might have the single best international career after Pele yet people only care about 1rst place

@keysersoze5032

Жыл бұрын

we get it hes the goat. Calm down

@______yawn6419

Жыл бұрын

@@keysersoze5032 just say you're mad

@azuesky_

Жыл бұрын

​​@@zeo4481ragging? He had Lazezzi, Tevez, Maschereno, Di Maria, Higuain, Dybala, Aguero among so many other world-class players in their aboute primes playing with him throughout his career lol. You know Argentina is considered 2nd strongest team after Brazil in all time lists right? This not a mediocre team like Portugal, Belgium or something. Only time ronaldo had a decent team was for this worldcup at 38

@blast2686

Жыл бұрын

@@azuesky_ decent team but terrible manager

I think Rummenigge and van Basten deserve honorable mentions

@PassivesAbseits

Жыл бұрын

I'd rather mention Sammer and Seeler as the 2 best Germans to never win the World Cup.

@reintaler6355

Жыл бұрын

​@@PassivesAbseits why?

@sagarranjan4585

Жыл бұрын

@@PassivesAbseits Ballack and Rummenigge for me

@jackbale5846

Жыл бұрын

Oliver Kahn aswell

@hijlkecornelisboorsma1058

Жыл бұрын

without van basten his injurie look at the strikers the netherlands would have in 94 bergkamp kinking up with van basten. also ruud gullit could play in every line, he started as a sweeper then played as a second striker and played in midfield with ease to

Eric Cantona, Roberto Baggio, Pavel Nedved, John Barnes , Hiristo Stoichkov , Andrei Shevchenko , Peter Schmeichel , Brian Laudrup , henrik Larssen , Paul Gascoigne, Marco Van Basten - some of my favourites who have never won the WC.

@stephenduke412

Жыл бұрын

Paul Scholes

@SKa-tt9nm

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Stoichkov was dominant in the ‘94 WC. Fun fact - cantona never played at a WC. Neither did Jean Pierre Papin. France missed both ‘90 and ‘94 before winning in ‘98.

@AblemanSy

Жыл бұрын

Brian Laudrup? You mean Michael for sure. Brian was decent, but not that special.

@patrickexiler9255

Жыл бұрын

@@SKa-tt9nm Papin played in Mexico in 86

@BloodyofHistory

Жыл бұрын

Maldini

Great video as usual. Quick disclaimer, Puskas actually played in two World Cups; 1954 with Hungary and 1962 with Spain. He switched his international allegiance after he emigrated there following the 1956 Revolution. Admittedly he was 35 and just past his peak, but it either says a lot about how good he was (or how poor the Spain team was) that he could still walk into the XI at his age.

@justhuy7960

Жыл бұрын

I would say that Spain team was really unfortunate, not only missing their star player Di Stefano, they were also drew into same group with Brazil and Czechoslovakia, winner and runner up of the tournament

@desmondachocky537

Жыл бұрын

@@justhuy7960 Di stefano was actually not even spanish.His native land was Argentina n to this day Argentines have never considered him an Argentine coz of his betrayal to switch allegiance to play for spain having have been a madrid legend.It's the exact scenario that Messi would have found himself had he accepted the offer of playing for spain.But Messi truly loves his country n would not here none of it,even though it would have been an easier route to his international success.He remained loyal to his country n he was indeed rewarded this past sunday despite the challenges n heartbreaks he faced with his national teams in the past.

@applehack97

Жыл бұрын

@@desmondachocky537 "never considered him an Argentine"? You clearly don't live here, otherwise you'd know how proud people are of our land being where "Maradona, Messi and Di Stéfano were born". Sometimes he's even included in our national "best of" lists despite having played only 6 games for our national team

@desmondachocky537

Жыл бұрын

@@applehack97 Dude,I know what am saying,Argentines especially the older generation coz the younger ones don't know him that well n his history,do not recognize him as one of their own coz of his betrayal.There is a reason why the only notable sports personalities that Argentines appreciate the most for the longest are only two.Maradona n Messi.Do u ever hear them mention Maradona,Messi n Di stefano?Di stefano is only appreciated in spain,in madrid to be specific n those are facts.

@applehack97

Жыл бұрын

@@desmondachocky537 and I know what I'm saying as well and he's beloved by many of different ages, stop talking nonsense, Di Stéfano is super well regarded as one of the greatest nation and world wise

Didn’t realise before that Puskas and Yashin legitimately look like twins

@wolfpackpete6408

3 ай бұрын

I wasn't aware Puskas missed 2 years of playing. He would've likely been the all-time top scorer if this hadn't been the case.

Thank God Messi has avoided ending up on this list.

@andythecrimson8877

Жыл бұрын

😁

@liberatedentrepreneur149

Жыл бұрын

Easy when the refs get him to glory 🤷🏼

@commieslayer7046

Жыл бұрын

@@liberatedentrepreneur149 agreed the euro 2016 and the three peat was rigged for penaldo.

@BIadelores

Жыл бұрын

@@liberatedentrepreneur149 I agree I can't believe refs and Fifa rigged the Euro 2016 the way they did, unacceptable.

@Embargo88

Жыл бұрын

Easy because the refs saved pessi

Cruyff was a joy to watch and played with a team that were also a team that were so exciting to watch.

Well done, a worthy list! Afaik Puskás was nationalised by Spain, like di Stefano, and actually played at the 1962 WC, the one you mentioned that di Stefano couldn’t participate in.

@Daneelro

Жыл бұрын

BTW good effort from HITC Sevens to properly pronounce his name, but both "s"-es should be pronounced as an English "sh", not just the one at the end.

Re. Yashin: Growing up in Leeds in the 80's, 20 years after he retired, whenever we were playing football in the park, the keeper could shout "Russian Goalie" and that meant they were allowed to play out and only come back to their area when they were needed. That is his true legacy.

@MC-xv2tn

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@balramsharma2590

Жыл бұрын

I didn't understand

A great list. I feel lucky that I have managed to see a few of these players live: in chronological order: Distefano and Puskas with Real Madrid, Zico and Platini. (have also seen Pele and Maradona). All of them in friendly/exhibition matches though, but still.

@ParthPatel-no7kc

Жыл бұрын

Great for you, which player impressed you the most among those you watched? Would also like to know your top 10, if you have something like that in your mind.

@SKa-tt9nm

Жыл бұрын

Amazing!

The next generation will claim its “greatest footballer of all time”. Zico had some amazing speed and foot power, gracefully moving past opponents. Platini was a true artist, every game a tour de force. There was never a more prolific and consistent goal scorer than Puskas, his team made football look like child’s play.

@deuscaritasest1278

Жыл бұрын

Yah . . Zico n Cruijff Platini amazing.

@JusticeKasiroori

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. And the next and the next. Personally, I don't think Messi is the greatest but among the greats

@atmmoggio8393

Жыл бұрын

@@JusticeKasiroori I have watched Messi since he was like 17. He is clearly only second to Pele, no caps. I think making a top ten list would be problematic, but guys like Cruff, Puska, Yashin, Backenbeur, Zico, Maradona, Gard Muller would make it.

@SKa-tt9nm

Жыл бұрын

@@JusticeKasirooriI’ve watched football since 1986 and read the extensively about it’s history stretching back to 1930. Messi is the greatest ever and it isn’t close. Maradona had the most dominant stretch (1985-1990), but Messi has been better across his career.

@ParthPatel-no7kc

Жыл бұрын

@@atmmoggio8393 Can't say I watched Messi since the beginning but he was the clear goat for me before I looked into Pelé. They are the top 2 for me. Similar players in my top 10 as well, apart from gerd Muller. His overall gameplay apart from goalscoring isn't worthy of a top 10. Di Stefano, Eusebio, Platini etc. are much better picks.

You should do 7 best players who never won the champions league next

@superstar_h_gamer5211

Жыл бұрын

Ronaldo Nazario

@hatim3453

Жыл бұрын

Maradona comes first then R9 nd Zlatan

@superstar_h_gamer5211

Жыл бұрын

@@hatim3453 maradona had few chances tho Ronaldo had a chance and didn't

@mashar1

Жыл бұрын

Vieira

@hatim3453

Жыл бұрын

@@superstar_h_gamer5211 then Buffon nd R9

I would include Modric on the honorable mentions list

Not having Modric on this list or even on the honorable mentions is CRAZY.

@Micek1911

Жыл бұрын

@@DDeglane16 He mentioned Wayne Rooney😭 Call me when Wayne Rooney wins 3 UCL's in a row, a balon d'or and carries his country to the world cup final💀

@Micek1911

Жыл бұрын

@@DDeglane16 Watch the video again

On a similar note, could you do one about the greatest players never to play at the World Cup at all? A full XI would be interesting, I can think of several forwards and midfielders who fit the bill but no defenders.

@YeTism

Жыл бұрын

George Best and Di Stefano stand out.

@archstanton6102

Жыл бұрын

Giggs?

@soundscape26

Жыл бұрын

Defenders will always require a bit more research.

@anteveic327

Жыл бұрын

@@YeTism Litmanen and Weah too

@soundscape26

Жыл бұрын

@@anteveic327 Cantona and Rush.

When I was a 16 year old kid during the 82 world cup . me and my mates here in England were blown away by Zico .

@reintaler6355

Жыл бұрын

Or that Brazil team in general, I bet

@soundscape26

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Zico is one of the players that don't get enough love.

@wobblertv8083

Жыл бұрын

@@reintaler6355Best team never to win the world cup .Was gutted when boring Italy knocked them out , Even more than when England went out of the competition .But Italy had the striker who on that day just caught fire .

@ParthPatel-no7kc

Жыл бұрын

2nd best Brazilian of all time for me, top 15 minimum.

F.Y.I. Di Stefano has won an international tournament with Argentina the South American Championship (Now Known as Copa America) in 1947.

7 successful signings made on the back of an impressive World Cup

@kieronparr3403

Жыл бұрын

Are there any?

@SKa-tt9nm

Жыл бұрын

Puskas to Real (even though it didn’t happen immediately after the WC). - dominant Gary lineker to Barca in ‘86 - great start to his career there, bad last year. Hagi to Barca in ‘94 - when he played he was great, but oft injured. Limited by 3 foreigner rule.

Zico was unlucky to share a decade with Maradona and a country with Pele and Garrincha, otherwise he may be talked about way more

@ParthPatel-no7kc

Жыл бұрын

He's a top 15 player for me, maybe top 10 and 2nd best Brazilian ever. If he won the WC in '82 he would be more common pick in people's top 10.

West Germany prevented so many greats from possibly lifting a World Cup.

Please do - best XI who never played in the world cup

@Beansontoast93911

Жыл бұрын

That’s good I like that

@soundscape26

Жыл бұрын

Nice one

@MikoyanGurevichMiG21

Жыл бұрын

George Weah is leading that line for sure.

@soundscape26

Жыл бұрын

@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 Ian Rush, Eric Cantona and George Best good contenders as well.

@michaelscott7166

Жыл бұрын

Dixie Dean, the first number 9, would be in with a shout.

Not even mentioning Roberto Baggio???? The Man Who Died Standing.

@NEELZE99

Жыл бұрын

Who?

@ryanergo754

Жыл бұрын

For me personally, he is worse than everyone in this 7. But, he could have made the honorable mentions in place of those fraud English players.

@nightprowler6336

Жыл бұрын

@@ryanergo754 worse? Stfu. Watch how Baggio played, he played the same style Messi plays and dribbled defenders same way. The only difference is that Messi won UCL and World Cup, Baggio won none.

If Cruyff played in 78, I have no doubt we would have won

@SKa-tt9nm

Жыл бұрын

@@simonpitt8145bottled what? He didn’t play.

I appreciate you opinion and you explanation of this list alfie.

Nice list. I'd also add: - Steve Bloomer - Leonidas da Silva - Josef Bican - Zizinho

@F1Krazy

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure Steve Bloomer should count, he retired 16 years before the first World Cup was even held

@hellowalkman4506

Жыл бұрын

@@F1Krazy i understand but he's arguably the greatest footballer born in the 19th century.

@gumdeo

Жыл бұрын

Bloomer, the first superstar of the game.

I didnt forget his tears in euro 2004 final😭😭😭

@chestersabajo5527

Жыл бұрын

Ronaldo?)

@simon_reacts1236

Жыл бұрын

He was the closest to reach World Cup in 2006 but only lost by a penalty in the semi final

Also for what must be the millionth time I'm asking you to make a top 7 playmakers of all time list. As it's one of the few general all time bases you haven't covered.

awww i really thought Baggio was gonna be mentioned, oh well the seven you said were very good as well so i cant really complain

As a German I’m biased, but emitting Uwe Seeler from the list is a crime. He should arguably be in the top 7 instead of Zico. But not even an honorable mention is incomprehensible

@SKa-tt9nm

Жыл бұрын

I’d personally throw in Karl Heinz Rummenigge ahead of Uwe, but would be curious to get your thoughts on why Uwe was better? I also briefly thought about both Bernd Schuster and Toni Schumacher. One quit the national team too early but was dominant in the early 80s and the other was the best goal keeper in the world for much of that decade. But was controversial for a variety of reasons.

@ParthPatel-no7kc

Жыл бұрын

@DDeglane16 agree with your praise of seeler and him being better than rummenigge but Zico was much better all round player.

@ParthPatel-no7kc

Жыл бұрын

@DDeglane16 I see you were just trying to show the qualities of seeler, my bad for misinterpreting your comment.

DeStefano, Puskas, Eusebio, George Best, Cryuff, Platini, Zico, Van Baasten, Güllit, Baggio, Maldini, Laudrup, Robben, George Weah, Cristiano Ronaldo, Casemiro, Modric, Debruyne, Neymar, Marcelo, Dani Alves, Zlatan. You can add Salah and Haaland in the list in few years.

Brilliant video 🎉 Insane to think about the netherlands and how they even with Cruyff could not win one final. I somehow feel like he didn’t take it too hard though😅 P.S all though the source material might be a bit scattered “the rise, fall and rise again for KÍ-Klaksvíkar Ítrottafelag” in the Faroe islands and the increasing number of wins/points in european matches for multiple teams in the division,over the past decade, could be an interesting video. Merry christmas🎉

@thesweeperkeeper4830

Жыл бұрын

The Dutch got drunk with some prostitutes the day before the final

@jvillanueva2978

Жыл бұрын

Netherlands would have won in 78 had Cruyff had played I think.

Great Video. I miss Roberto Baggio though…

Maldini didn't even win any Euro considering the talents he played with. Wish he was included in 2006 team even without playing time he'd have at least a medal, like R9 in 1994.

Loved this video Alfie, pretty much a re-affirmation of your prior greatest of all times list, and can't say I disagree.

The best country never to win was the netherlands, they've had several superteams, imagine facing an attack of Frank Rijkaard, Marco van Basten, and Ruud Gullit for example.

@AholeAtheist

Жыл бұрын

Sneider, van Persie and Robben. It's sad, really.

@AblemanSy

Жыл бұрын

Frank Rijkaard wasn't really part of the attack though.

@Not_Thebadguy

Жыл бұрын

@@AblemanSy Yeah, I know, midfielder, no? It's close enoug in my opinion.

@AblemanSy

Жыл бұрын

@@Not_Thebadguy Yeah, defensive midfielder. Great player of course, but not an attacker :)

Glad that you put Di Stefano on top who's the most complete footballer being a CF/SS on paper only as he dropped as deep as the DM position and started the play while also scoring loads of goals. His RMCF goalscoring record stood for more than 50 years

@obitouchiha4739

5 ай бұрын

And to think he held that record while playing deep.

I am pretty sure Zico has Paulo Rossi shaped nightmares to this day.

One common denominator in Puskas (54), Yashin (66), Cruyff (74), Platini (82+86) and up to last week Messi (2014) not winning the World Cup. The Germans.

@gumdeo

Жыл бұрын

Yes, for all but Yashin. Even if the USSR reached the final, they were not going to beat England at Wembley.

@roboi2241

Жыл бұрын

@@gumdeo Russia might not have beaten England and France might not have beaten Italy in 82 or Maradonna's Argentina in 86. The point was they never got the chance because of the Germans.

How about 7 greatest footballers never to feature in the WC, there are some good exemples such as Weah sr. Yossi Benayoun Frederic Kanoute And im sure there are much more

@Banquet42

Жыл бұрын

Giggs Haaland?

@soundscape26

Жыл бұрын

@@Banquet42 Haaland still has a shot at it... he's young and the WC will be expanded to 48 teams so Norway surely has a chance going forward.

@olayinkaamara385

Жыл бұрын

He's done this video already back in 2018. m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/doilsrdmpbfTXbA.html

@amirilan4435

Жыл бұрын

@@olayinkaamara385 :0 i was unaware

@olayinkaamara385

Жыл бұрын

@@amirilan4435 Fair enough 👍

Best player each decade from the 1870s to the 2010s

If this was a 22 man squad, then Eusebio would have been in it for sure

@matthewsantos6282

Жыл бұрын

Eusebio should’ve easily been in the top 7

@kamaaljones258

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewsantos6282 100% one of the all time greatest

@kamaaljones258

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewsantos6282 100% one of the all time greatest

@matthewsantos6282

Жыл бұрын

@@kamaaljones258 Definitely top 10 of all time for me alongside: Ronaldo, Messi, Pele, Maradona, Cruyff, Di Stefano, Beckenbauer, Puskas and Platini. I'd probably have Eusebio either 8th or 9th

@dhaanushl6465

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewsantos6282 Yes. Eusebio 1 World Cup 9 Goals. Cristiano Ronaldo 5 World Cup 8 Goals.

Pretty much every Dutch player to ever exist. Cruyff, Robben, Van Basten, Gullit, etc.

@steve4812

Жыл бұрын

Lmao

@ricardohurtado5646

Жыл бұрын

It’s crazy that this tiny nation consistently produces this much talent, and yet they are treated like footnotes.

@PessiTheFraud

Жыл бұрын

@@ricardohurtado5646 Argentina stole the WC from them

@gumdeo

Жыл бұрын

Rijkaard, Neeskens, Johnny Rep (best name ever).

@captainfalconmain6576

Жыл бұрын

@@PessiTheFraudyou clearly didn’t pay attention to the much

the image of wayne rooney gave me an idea. 7 great strikers who severely underachieved at the world cup

Denis Law, Bobby Charlton and George Best were all winners of the Ballon d'Or all playing for the same team. Extraordinary !

My first guess was Eusebio, and I still think he should have made the list. Though I can't think of who I'd drop from this very fine 7.

CR7, Cruyff, Di Stefano, Eusabio, Platini, Yashin, Puskas

7 greatest players who never played in the World Cup would be interesting. George Best, for sure. In this generation it’s no longer Bale, maybe Jan Oblak?

@tarikelnageh511

Жыл бұрын

Eric.Cantona, George Weah

Technically Cristiano hasn't officially retired, so who knows. But it's probably very unlikely with him being at the 2026 WC

@daleviker5884

Жыл бұрын

If he's at the 2026 world cup it will be as a spectator. (Come to think of it, a lot like his 2022 world cup.)

@han6061

Жыл бұрын

....

@HarshvardhanKanthode

Жыл бұрын

@@daleviker5884 It was quite a sad year for him, if he was just a few years younger he could have had a great WC with this Portugal Squad. It seems his confidence got broken after he got benched by Ten Hag

@antonioytm

Жыл бұрын

Bro Ronaldo i by far greatest player who never won WC

@gerardomalazdrewicz7514

Жыл бұрын

@@antonioytm "Ronaldo" is R9, and won 2 WC. Di Stéfano (as you admitted) and Cruijff (as you forgot) are are arguably GOAT contenders (unlike Cristiano), and neither won the WC.

Excellent video as always Alfie. Fun fact about Puskas; he was also an excellent coach. He even went to Australia in the late 1980s-early 1990s to coach National Soccer League powerhouse South Melbourne. IIRC he won the league & the cup competitions with SMFC, and two Dockerty Cups (a cup competition open only to teams based in the State of Victoria). One of the players in that South Melbourne squad was Socceroo star Ange Postecoglou, who rates Puskas as his biggest playing AND coaching influence. P.S. Any chance of doing a video about the recent debacle at the Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City derby? For those who missed it, that A-League match had to be called off in the first half because of morons from a Victory supporters group throwing missiles (one of which, a metal bucket, struck the City goalie in the head, leaving him with a deep gash in his face) & invading the pitch. I'm actually a Victory fan myself, and to say these criminal filth are an embarrassment to the club AND the game, is a massive understatement... :/

@ParthPatel-no7kc

Жыл бұрын

Great of you to mention his coaching abilities. He also coached greek giants Panathinaikos to their first ever ucl(european cup at the time) final in 1971. They lost in the final to Cruyff's Ajax.

The Platini x Zidane comparison is quite interesting. Honestly can't put one over the other. Happy Holidays! 🎄

@areebsiddiqui758

Жыл бұрын

Zidane is a legend and a breathtaking footballer to watch but also MASSIVELY OVERRATED.

@JayTechZM

Жыл бұрын

@@areebsiddiqui758 how was he overrated

@soundscape26

Жыл бұрын

@@areebsiddiqui758 What? 🤔

@areebsiddiqui758

Жыл бұрын

@@JayTechZM The world cup win massively inflated his stock. He didn't even deserve to win the Ballon'dor that year, he wasn't the best player that season, just had a good tournament. Juventus was where Zidane had his best years and was known for going missing for extended periods. He came up with magical moments but was never consistent, even at his bests. A lot of people don't like stats but if we measure Zidane's output he was bang average. His goal and assist record was nothing special for the player he was built up to be. The Zidane Madrid signed was already declining and past his best. At Real he was known for a few iconic moments beyond which he was below par. One of the weakest of the so called Galatico signings Real made but people hold him up in such high regard because they only remember the highlights and the elegance. Recency bias and aesthetics are the only reason people even rate Zidane. In truth he wasn't half the player Platini was. Then there's the delusional folk who try and put him in the GOAT debate BeCAuSE hE wAs sO ClAsSy. Just because a player is easy on the eye, people make them out to be a lot better than they actaully are and Zidane is the perfect example.

@JayTechZM

Жыл бұрын

@@areebsiddiqui758 I was expecting the stats retort. To say he was massively overrated based on goal involvement stats would be minimising his impact alone. That's the issue I have with the current generation of football enthusiasts who boil down a players impact to just stats when stats are their to compliment the eye test. His impact was beyond goals and assists but his movement and football brain superceded his statistics. He's rightfully rated for what he did on the pitch. The France v Brazil 06 match speaks volumes of what he did. Sure he assisted a goal, but even if he didn't he put on a clinic that is regarded as one of the greatest individual performances in football history and he had many of those without scoring or assisting. France themselves were on the verge of missing that very world cup until he came out of retirement and pulled them to Germany. After he retired France were garbage till around euro 2012- WC 2014, so no. I'll comfortably disagree with you on him being overrated.

Ruud Guilet could sweeper, winger , front man at a top level. To me Pele and Maradona are top 2 . Maldini best defender of all time I think.

Glad to see this list was finally updated for Messi to no longer be on the list

Video idea : what the hell happened to South African football after the 2010 world cup. Can't even qualify for the African Cup of nations now, and the head of our FA who was found guilty of bribing fifa for the 2010 tournament is still in charge...

I agree with all of those picks and the 7 honourable mentions. The only thing I disagree with is Maradona fighting for the bronze. He was more skilled than Pele and Messi; no one has ever had Maradona's skills. He could do with a golf ball which most premier league players today couldn't do with a football.

@jakobkristensen9445

Жыл бұрын

No. Messi and Pelé are so much ahead of Maradona in both longivity, club career and individual awards (Pelé has 7 retrospectively, while Maradona has only 2).

You should do one for the worst players to have won the world cup

@BitigoBlack

Жыл бұрын

Lol... Khedira jumps to my mind.

@anthony8900

Жыл бұрын

@@BitigoBlack Kevin Großkreutz is even on the same roster. Sami Khedira as one of the worst players to ever win the WC is one of the worst takes i've ever seen lol.

@yasin_GD

Жыл бұрын

@@BitigoBlack nah he was quality

@RaduIosif

Жыл бұрын

Mustafi

@areebsiddiqui758

Жыл бұрын

@@BitigoBlack Did you actually just say that or do you not know who Sami Khedira actually is?

Roberto baggio?

I suggest a Best XI current and a Best XI all-time players whose countries never qualified for the FIFA World Cup.

@HITC Sevens how long does it take to make these videoes? I am sure the amount of research you have done goes to great length.

Ferenc Puskas. What a legend.

It’s so weird that Messi will not be in these lists anymore

@vb2388

Жыл бұрын

Yes, cause Messi is a World Cup Winner Sorry, just wanted to write that…still feels weird 😅 Like DiCaprio winning the oscar after a long time…needs time to getting used to

@lil_zadeh6064

Жыл бұрын

@@vb2388 so true it will take some time to get used to it cause his ENTIRE career he has had the pressure of being in Maradonas shadow and people telling him he can’t be the goat until he wins the World Cup now that he’s done it it feels weird because it feels like 15 years of football has been leading up to this moment

@vb2388

Жыл бұрын

@Netaji-The British Slayer yes even I agree with that

@matija5555

Жыл бұрын

Because he got 5 -6 penalties just to make people like you happy.

@vb2388

Жыл бұрын

@@matija5555 I thought Messi couldn’t score pens, “he succumbs to pressure”, then how did he score 2 pens in the QFs of the World Cup against Netherlands, another pen in the SFs of the World Cup against Croatia and 2 pens in the Final of the World Cup against France ….he didn’t miss a single pen in the KO Stages of the World Cup

With the greatest respect to Ronaldo, I think Cruyff is the greatest to never win it.

@solid_ice6639

Жыл бұрын

Ronaldo is far better than cruyff and it’s close between him and messi

@gerardomalazdrewicz7514

Жыл бұрын

@@solid_ice6639 R9 is not far better than Cruyff. Cristiano is not better than Cruyff.

@solid_ice6639

Жыл бұрын

@@gerardomalazdrewicz7514 you never watched cruyff played ronaldo is far better it’s not even a conversation

@alyjam

Жыл бұрын

@@solid_ice6639 Ronaldo won the World Cup though.

@solid_ice6639

Жыл бұрын

@@alyjam I meant the better ronaldo cr7

1960 European Cup Final Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Real Madrid: 3-7. Puskás and Di Stefano were two of only three players to have scored a hat-trick in a European Cup final, with Puskás being the only one to ever score four goals. Enough said….. 0:05 0:05 The other was Pierino Prati for Milan in their 4-1 victory over Ajax in 1969.

Interesting thought based on the start of this video. If Messi was born in say Albania, would you get Albanian players who are like Julian Alvarez, who were inspired by Messi and wanted to be like him. Because there was a picture of kid Alvarez posing with a younger Messi. So I wonder if in this hypothetical situation, that would happen but in Albania and make that national team better.

@dinamomagreb

Жыл бұрын

Messi wouldn't get anywhere near the amount of attention he has gotten if he was Albanian.

Who cares about winning World Cup Cryuff achieved more then Pele everything Barcelona have today is thanks to him that blueprint will stay forever TRUE LEGEND

Can’t believe that 3 times Ballon d’OR winner Marco van Basten didn’t make the cut or the honorable mentions.

@obitouchiha4739

5 ай бұрын

And instead he puts a bunch of English players.

Could you do a list of the 7 greatest players to never play in the world cup.

I think you need another list, this time of players who also never won the Euros or Equivalent... I do think Ronaldo winning that is very close to winning the World Cup for example.

@soundscape26

Жыл бұрын

Some argue that winning the Euro is harder than winning the World Cup... I think Alfie himself did a video on that last year.

@soundscape26

Жыл бұрын

@@JonasRodgers Just because it has Brazil, Argentina and the odd African surprise? The Euro is more levelled. His video made a good case for it looking at both sides, but the World Cup worth 3 Euros, no way.

@alyjam

Жыл бұрын

Maybe. But the audience is absolutely massive for the world cup and that's when CR7 always struggled. For many people who are not really into football, "Ronaldo" is the Brazilian guy who won the world cup.

@soundscape26

Жыл бұрын

@@alyjam For younger people, sub-30 mostly, Ronaldo is CR7, not Ronaldo the phenomenon. He stopped playing at the highest level some 15 years ago already.

@daleviker5884

Жыл бұрын

"Some argue that winning the Euro is harder than winning the World Cup". And many argue that the earth is flat, too.

Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 433) I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored. If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.

We need a video ranking every team that should have won a trophy eg Tottenham under Pochettino , Belgium under Martinez

The way your talking about Ronaldo in this is crazy

If Messi was born in Albania, he could have represented Spain instead

@Zach-mw5so

Жыл бұрын

Or Switzerland

@alyjam

Жыл бұрын

@@Zach-mw5so Ah yes, Switzerland, the country that treats their migrant workers with respect unlike crappy Qatar so they actually play for Switzerland without being bribed.

You really hate Ronaldo

@subhranildas3797

Жыл бұрын

@Landya Pandu Shut up pessi fan.

@blast2686

Жыл бұрын

@Landya Pandu he was disrespectful to messi😂😂😂 How delusional

@Embargo88

10 ай бұрын

​@@landyapandu7903Nah Pessi just needs 5 penalties

Ronaldo has been a first Class professional for over 22 years that has won everything in the game accept the World Cup! Bring him back to Man Utd to be a player/assistant Manager to Ole or Outsider like Zidane cos we gladly have him back at our club!

Great video. As always you have a great knowledge, and you are by far my favorite football historian on KZread. But I have one problem... To answer the "Is it necessary to win the World Cup to be considered the greatest of al time" question... Some people are saying that a player should win the WC to be considered GOAT, while you are taking the complete opposite direction by saying that he could have been from Albania. The truth should be somewhere in the middle. The most fair solution would be to suggest that to be considered the GOAT you should at least equal you own countries best result. Let me give some examples. - Are you from teams like Germany, France, Argentina and Brazil which have won the World Cup before, THEN YES! You have to win the WC to be the single greatest player ever. - Are you from Netherlands or Portugal it will probably be enough to win silver or bronze "to pass the World Cup test". Had George Best had a greater longivity and passed through to the quarterfinals in a World Cup, it should have been enough to make him a GOAT-contender too. - But lets take a modern example. A lot of people are expecting a Haaland vs Mbappe era for the next decade. But Haaland are from Norway and will never have a realistic chance to win the World Cup. Thats right!! But that doesn't mean that he doesn't have to do anything at the WC at all. Mbappé has won the WC and equalled Frances best result. Norways best result was Round of 16 in 1998. So For Haaland to equal Mbappés WC win, Haaland at least has to get Norway to another round of 16. That said, they will both have to win a lot of Champions Leagues titles and a lot of ballon d'ors and dominated an football era too, to even be included in the GOAT-debate. If not, then this "have they done enough at the world cup to be possible GOAT-contenders" talk are not even relevant. - And what if a player is from Sierra Leone? Or Luxembourg? Then they will probably have to qualify for a continental championship or at least make it to the play-off qualifying round for a big tournament AND win a lot of ballon dors and Champions League titles. The World Cup achievements is a fine parametre to judge the greatest of all time, but it has to be done in relative terms, and to even be included to this debate a player must have been dominant force in football for many years and won a lot of titles individually and at club level.

Puskas should be higher than 4th imo, criminally underrated player with insane longevity.

@vb2388

Жыл бұрын

He wasn’t as complete as Di Stéfano, Messi, Pelé etc

@fifaelregala2610

Жыл бұрын

@@vb2388 thats a only during his older days when he focused more on scoring. In his pomp was a very complete player

@realmadridkingsofeurope1394

Жыл бұрын

@@fifaelregala2610 from what I’ve seen from him, he wasn’t He was known more for his goalscoring than anything else

@ParthPatel-no7kc

Жыл бұрын

Undoubtedly better than cr7.

@antonioytm

Жыл бұрын

@@vb2388 Well complete doesn't mean greatest.

Interesting vid but Heskey is a notable omission from this list.

@badabing8884

Жыл бұрын

😂

Are you going to do "what's happening in Australia "?

Puskas is extremely underrated, for me the third best player in history after Messi and Pele

@SKa-tt9nm

Жыл бұрын

Probably the greatest pure goal scorer ever, only Gerd Muller is in the conversation.

@gumdeo

Жыл бұрын

Best European-born player, for sure.

@BloodyofHistory

Жыл бұрын

@@SKa-tt9nm cr7 in

@ParthPatel-no7kc

Жыл бұрын

@@SKa-tt9nm Puskas was a left forward for the most part of his career and not a 9, his playmaking abilities were very impressive. Miles better overall than gerd muller. Eusebio is also better than muller.

12:12 minutes: Ronaldo hasn't been regressing for the last 18 months. He's had a bad last 6 months, but his first season back at United was pretty good.

@Luis-ww8mp

Жыл бұрын

Just shows how much he knows about Ronaldo. Not surprised he put him sencond

@HarshvardhanKanthode

Жыл бұрын

@@Luis-ww8mp yeah I found that weird, Di Stefano was great but he didn't play through THIS era, with teams as good as Bayern, Juve, in the CL and La Liga teams like Barca, Atletico and Sevilla as they are now. Plus almost every record Di Stefano had at RM Cristiano has broken it

@wanking3432

Жыл бұрын

@@Luis-ww8mp He doesn't know much about Ronaldo. He thinks Ronaldo doesn't do much outside of goal scoring. But then you see Ronaldo's records and he has the 4th or 5th most assists in Football history and when he left La Liga in 2018, he had the 3rd highest assists in La Liga history behind Xavi and Messi.

@gerardomalazdrewicz7514

Жыл бұрын

@@HarshvardhanKanthode 5 UCLs? how did Cris break that? And don't say "he tied it", you said "at RM".

@yemi3266

Жыл бұрын

@@gerardomalazdrewicz7514 it's pretty obvious cr7 is clear of di stefano

Zico was head coach of fc goa in isl

I was hanging in there for the Neil Franklin reveal. Sad now.

Ronaldo should have been a no.1 on this list

@gerardomalazdrewicz7514

Жыл бұрын

But he won 2 World Cups. Cristiano is too high on this list.

@antonioytm

Жыл бұрын

CR7 by far better than all of these

I would have put Baggio ahead of Zico.

Congratulations to Argentina for winning the 2022 World Cup. Now, the citizens of Argentina are smiling. Lionel Messi brought Argentina to the championship because of the factor of bringing in the name Diego Maradona.

Still hoping for that Austrian Wunderteam video at some point after the greatest pre-war player was mentioned in this one 😊.

I know Mexico isn’t such a powerhouse but I think Hugo Sanchez deserved an Honorable Mention

Maldini is the best player to never win the world cup, just based off the fact alone that i assumed he won a world cup in 2006.

@ImGodTheMaryBanger

Жыл бұрын

Lol if it weren't for a dive against Australia Italy would have had to go to penalties. Admittedly Italy were likely to win that but the dirty tactics came out before 90 was up... Lololol Maldini 06 🤣🤣🤣🤣 had to cheat against a terrible side like Australia 😂😂😂😂😂

Ranking every PFA Players' Player of the Year winner on playing ability.

CR7 is the best player of all time with or without world cup

@alyjam

Жыл бұрын

@mmartijn78

Жыл бұрын

Cruijff is was at everything.

@ThrE3-GeS

Жыл бұрын

@@mmartijn78 cruiff has Not 5 ballon de or, not 5 champions league titels and no european champions he is also not fifa all time top scorer. He has no chance

So what when they have never won the FIFA World Cup trophies,they have been the all time greatest respective players to have ever pioneered this sport with the number of respective accolades which they have won in their entire respective careers,good friends!!!:-D

As a Messi fan the fact that Ronaldo isn’t number 1 is crazy who is de stefano

@Lshadows13

Жыл бұрын

🤡

@alyjam

Жыл бұрын

Whata re you talking about? Ronaldo won the World Cup in 2002. Watched it on TV.

@CxstaOfficial

Жыл бұрын

he should def be there

@obitouchiha4739

5 ай бұрын

Ronaldo won the World Cup in 2002 though.

DAY 64: Hey Alfie, could you do a video on the life, career, controversies and tragedy of Justin Fashanu. It'd be your best video yet and it's a criminally underheard story. ❤️

I don't think Ronaldo is finished. This his first, (bad) patch. And he's older

@kestonsmith1354

Жыл бұрын

I agree, it seems to be an agenda against him

Ronaldo has 118 international goals which is most of anyone has done for their men's football/soccer national team.

@SKa-tt9nm

Жыл бұрын

We know. Doesn’t make him the best player.

@obitouchiha4739

5 ай бұрын

Ronaldo also has the most games in history, don't forget that.

I would have put Eusebio at 7 over Zico, but very minor. Great list.

Would you do a video on colin bell or bert trautmann

It is tough list to compile... But some mention of the likes of Eric Cantona, Hristo Stoichkov, and George Weah would suffice.

Gabriel batistuta would be another honorable