This is a channel that I created to share some footage of football's past greats. I spend a lot of time watching old games, often obscure ones, and I thought that the excerpts of those matches would be of interest to some of the more thorough followers of football. There's a lot of compilations of legendary players of the past, like Alfredo Di Stéfano, George Best and Raymond Kopa - the beginning of the TV era (mid 50's to early 60's) is something I'm very interested in. There's also a focus on highlighting footballers from the wrong side of the Iron Curtain, who often don't get the credit they deserve because of the lack of exposure.
The usual format of my videos is an all-touch compilation, where every notable action of a player is captured - including their mistakes, which throws some people off, but I'm more interested in an accurate picture than I am in creating the favourable image of a player. I do highlights compilations from time to time though.
No one changed what the defender thought he was going to do, so many times in one dribble possession, the way Best did...His name? What a Coincidence!!!!!
I love this compilations because it show the acceleration, the versatility, the touch in muddy bumpy terrain, the near miss chances, and the danger he created that was also finished by teammates
King Cantona is tne catalyst that transform Man Utd from a "mediocre" club to be amongst the elite, his aura itself is the main reason why Man Utd was a force to be reckoned with in the 90's, his attitude towards training and drills has been well docunented to be the sparks the inspiration to all the younger players
Count how many times he leaves a confused defender sitting on their arse! My grandad (who played alongside Matthews, briefly) used to tell a story when Stan was out injured one week. The centre forward was asked how his replacement had played and replied something like "He did OK, but when Stan crosses the ball he makes sure the lace is on the far side of the ball so it doesn't hurt my head".
@@sharkinthepark yeah, I’ve read that about him somewhere as well. That’s an insane skill (if it’s not a myth), probably even crazier one that his dribbling.
Look at 0.59, when George unhesitatingly goes fully in for a 50/50 ball with 'hardman' Alan Mullery - part of his greatness is that he could do ANYTHING on a football field (except, possibly, goalkeeping!). When Messi etc see a 50/50 ball they dive the other way!
I think the old television cameras can make it look slower than what it actually was ! You only need to see old footage of Babe Ruth to know what I mean !
Para mi uno de los más extraordinarios, técnicos, completos, versátiles, esteticos e inteligentes play makers goleadores de toda la historia. Ser durante un lustro 1980/1985 el mejor en los tiempos de Maradona, Zico, Falcao, Keegan, Ardiles, Francescoli, Mathaus, Boniek, Rumenigge, Socrates, Antognoli, Cubillas, Kempes, Laudrup, Gullit, Butragueño, Borghi, Valderrama, Scifo, Bochini, etc; no es para cualquiera. Su enorme capacidad de conducción y ductil ejecución estratégica, fue una rara mezcla entre los colosos sudamericanos como Distefano, Sivori, Schiaffino, Didi, Maschio, Rivelino, Riquelme, Ronaldinho etc y lo mejor que dio Europa como los Puskas, Rivera, Cruyff, Baggio... mucho más completo y determinante en el juego ofensivo de sus equipos que Kopa o Zidane, sus 3 balones de oro con tan solo 30 años de edad podrían haber sido más al igual que Van Bastem, de no haberse retirado temprano. Menos ejecutor individual que Pele, Garrincha, Sivori, Best, Maradona o Messi, su visión y juego de equipo más similar a los europeos Puskaa, Luis Suarez y Cruyff, siempre en control, elegante y con la cabeza levantada en su rol de play maker resiste la comparación con cualquiera. Uno de los grandes placeres de la vida, un espectáculo en sí mismo. CASI MEDIO SIGLO DESPUÉS ES ABSOLUTAMENTE INOLVIDABLE
I was at that game. Juve stayed in a hotel near my school and when I was coming home I saw Michel Platini, Paolo Rossi and Zbigniew Boniek sat in the ground floor window as I was walking past on my way home from school.
That 3rd goal was all the more amazing for the players he beat, which included Nobby Stiles and Tony Dunne. In another game, at Old Trafford, Nobby was up Greaves' shirt the whole game but Greaves still scored. I had a good view of it. Nobby was no more than 3 feet away but Jimmy coolly stuck it in from close range. A great tussle between a magnificent defender and the greatest goalscorer.
If memory serves Juventus won this, with a Boniek goal created by Platini? Platini was a terrific player, but I always thought that for France he was over-rated. Tigana and Giresse made him look better.
It is only the massive tv and msm coverage of today that gives players that "great" title.Matthews , Finney , Mortenson and Wor Jackie Milburn would be megastars if they played in todays era.
Der größte Spieler aller Zeiten!wenn den Ackerplatz sieht,wo er gespielt hat und mit heutigen Plätzen vergleicht-trotzdem seine Ballbehandlung,unglaublich!
I was there at this game. The brilliant Jimmy Greaves is without doubt the greatest goal scorer this Country has ever produced. 44 goals for England. In 57 caps. Beaten only by people with many more caps . EG Rooney, Bobby Charlton who needed double the games. Jimmy v Kane? No contest. COYS. We have produced the best two strikers who ever played for England. Jimmy wins .
The difference between George and the rest is you can actually hear the women scream every time he gets the ball and this was in the 1960s you wouldn't get that with Messi or Ronaldo even in the modern era what Elvis is to music George was to football.
