kiki
Banned
Yes.
We had the legendary charruas that won everything in the 20´s, La Grande Italia of the 1930´s , the Magic Hungary in the 50´s (Higdekuti,Kubala,Kocsis,Puskas and Czibor IN THE SAME ATTACK), the amazing Brazil of the 60´s ( Garrincha,Didi,Vava,Pele and Zagalo IN THE SAME ATTACK and then Jairzinho,Pele,Tostao,Gerson and Rivelinho).
At clubs level, the great Real Madrid, the excellent Benfica,Man Utd and Inter and, in Southamerica, Santos,Peñarol and Independiente, the traditionally three best clubs emerged from that continent.
The 80´s were also excellent, with those mighty teams from Germany and Italy, the 1982 Champagne France (Platini,Fernandez,Giresse and Tigana), the surprising Argentina led by Maradona and, of course, the 1982 Samba team (Zico,Falcao,Socrates,Cerezo,Oscar,Junior) and the second great Holland generation led by Gullit,Van Basten , Koeman and Rijkaard ( and, again, Mr Michels in the bench).They were the basis of the most dominating club of the late 80´s-early 90´s: Milan AC.
In the 90,s Figo,Paulo Sousa and Ricardo Costa gave Portugal its best ever generation, Brazil had also extremely good teams led by Romario and Ronaldo and, of course, there was the 1998 French team of Zidane,Barthez,Deschamps,Henry,Blanc,Thuram,Anelka and Desailly.We didn´t have, however, a dominating club even if Cruijff´s led Barcelona seemed the most appealing of all.
Over the last decade and a half, two teams have clearly been the best: Tiki Taka Spain and current Wunderkids Germany with Messi´s led Argentina as the major disappointment.We have also had a great club at Barcelona and the reemergence of Real Madrid,Milan,Man Utd and Bayern Munchen as well.
But none comes close to the 1970´s in the mixture of deepth and competitiveness.Also in the personality of teams expressed in their style.
At club level, the best ever Ajax ( and Feyenoord), best ever Liverpool ( and Celtic and Forest) and best ever Bayern (and Hamburg and Gladbach follen¡¡) were seen during those years.The best ever italian team, IMO, has been the 1970´s Juve, with 8 players starting also for their national team.Independiente, in Argentina, won a lot over those ten years too.
And the NASL¡¡¡
It marked the end of Pele´s reign and the begin of Maradona´s kingdom with , in the interim, the two greatest european footballers leading the way and the revolution in football with TotalVoetball or TotalFussball: yes, Sir Johan Cruyff and Sir Franz Beckenbauer.
And Riva,Mazzola,Rossi,Rivera,Deyna,Muller,Neeskens,Lato,Resenbrink,Krol,Netzer,Rummenige,Maier,Muller,Zico,Rivelinho,Carlos Alberto,Pasarella,Kempes,Best,Dalglish,Keegan..and even Bobby Moore¡¡¡
At coach level, best ever, with the likes of Herrera,Michels,Lattek.Happel;Revie,Clough,Weisweiler,Goetthals,Juan Carlos Lorenzo,Bearzot,Zebec,Paisley and Bobby Robson.
And at national level, the amazing Orange Wave in 1974-1978 and the amazing Bundesteam in 1972-1976.We can include also 1970 Brazil and the 1979 Argentina team ( including the best junior player of the world, Diego Maradona)...and if we stretch it a bit...what about the 1980 German team led by Schuster and Rummenige?
Oh my God..oh My God¡¡¡ is there any doubt, after reading those lines, that football has never been better?
We had the legendary charruas that won everything in the 20´s, La Grande Italia of the 1930´s , the Magic Hungary in the 50´s (Higdekuti,Kubala,Kocsis,Puskas and Czibor IN THE SAME ATTACK), the amazing Brazil of the 60´s ( Garrincha,Didi,Vava,Pele and Zagalo IN THE SAME ATTACK and then Jairzinho,Pele,Tostao,Gerson and Rivelinho).
At clubs level, the great Real Madrid, the excellent Benfica,Man Utd and Inter and, in Southamerica, Santos,Peñarol and Independiente, the traditionally three best clubs emerged from that continent.
The 80´s were also excellent, with those mighty teams from Germany and Italy, the 1982 Champagne France (Platini,Fernandez,Giresse and Tigana), the surprising Argentina led by Maradona and, of course, the 1982 Samba team (Zico,Falcao,Socrates,Cerezo,Oscar,Junior) and the second great Holland generation led by Gullit,Van Basten , Koeman and Rijkaard ( and, again, Mr Michels in the bench).They were the basis of the most dominating club of the late 80´s-early 90´s: Milan AC.
In the 90,s Figo,Paulo Sousa and Ricardo Costa gave Portugal its best ever generation, Brazil had also extremely good teams led by Romario and Ronaldo and, of course, there was the 1998 French team of Zidane,Barthez,Deschamps,Henry,Blanc,Thuram,Anelka and Desailly.We didn´t have, however, a dominating club even if Cruijff´s led Barcelona seemed the most appealing of all.
Over the last decade and a half, two teams have clearly been the best: Tiki Taka Spain and current Wunderkids Germany with Messi´s led Argentina as the major disappointment.We have also had a great club at Barcelona and the reemergence of Real Madrid,Milan,Man Utd and Bayern Munchen as well.
But none comes close to the 1970´s in the mixture of deepth and competitiveness.Also in the personality of teams expressed in their style.
At club level, the best ever Ajax ( and Feyenoord), best ever Liverpool ( and Celtic and Forest) and best ever Bayern (and Hamburg and Gladbach follen¡¡) were seen during those years.The best ever italian team, IMO, has been the 1970´s Juve, with 8 players starting also for their national team.Independiente, in Argentina, won a lot over those ten years too.
And the NASL¡¡¡
It marked the end of Pele´s reign and the begin of Maradona´s kingdom with , in the interim, the two greatest european footballers leading the way and the revolution in football with TotalVoetball or TotalFussball: yes, Sir Johan Cruyff and Sir Franz Beckenbauer.
And Riva,Mazzola,Rossi,Rivera,Deyna,Muller,Neeskens,Lato,Resenbrink,Krol,Netzer,Rummenige,Maier,Muller,Zico,Rivelinho,Carlos Alberto,Pasarella,Kempes,Best,Dalglish,Keegan..and even Bobby Moore¡¡¡
At coach level, best ever, with the likes of Herrera,Michels,Lattek.Happel;Revie,Clough,Weisweiler,Goetthals,Juan Carlos Lorenzo,Bearzot,Zebec,Paisley and Bobby Robson.
And at national level, the amazing Orange Wave in 1974-1978 and the amazing Bundesteam in 1972-1976.We can include also 1970 Brazil and the 1979 Argentina team ( including the best junior player of the world, Diego Maradona)...and if we stretch it a bit...what about the 1980 German team led by Schuster and Rummenige?
Oh my God..oh My God¡¡¡ is there any doubt, after reading those lines, that football has never been better?
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