"He (Angel Di Maria) has so many skills to be a super-superstar and he behaves like a no. six, he behaves like a helper for others, like a Real Team Player. Amazing Mixture!" - Thomas Tuchel
@@danielamselli4980 Zlatan scored 50 goals in 2015/16. Ok, Di Maria is not a striker will be assessed more on assists or chances created but cone on, 50 goals overshadows it.
it's his fault that he always chooses teams jam-packed with stars. But then again, it's not his fault because most players want to play alongside stars. It's the sheep mentality of people, not just Di Maria's mentality
I'd say Edison Cavani. Overshadowed by Ibra, then Neymar even Membape. Now CR7. There are only a few seasons where he's the club main man. Even at National level, he's overlooked because of Luis Suarez. But he's, imo, one of the finest striker in the generation
he's rated quite highly, but agree only at Napoli was he the main man. I remember at the WC 2010 actually both him and Suarez were overlooked due to Forlan.
One player I can really appreciate, especially for his time in Wolfsburg is definetely Edin Dzeko. Tremendous striker who had the bad luck to be born in Bosnia Herzegowina. If he had been born in a country that could win stuff, he would be appreciated as much as he deserves to be
@@trevorjoneill707 well depends. In Wolfsburg he was sort of overshadowed by Grafite, at City he was definetely overshowed by the likes of Aguero and Balotelli and Roma didnt really matter so noone paid attention
Perisic would’ve been a good shout for this list, he was always good at every club he played for but was never the main man because he played with de bruyne at Wolfsburg and with Lukaku at Inter. And that’s not even mentioning the national team he has been excellent in every single tournament he’s played in but was always never as talked about as the big stars of the Croatian team like Modric, Rakitic and Mandzukic.
This video surely deserves a sequel! There's no shortage of examples to pick from. Loved the inclusion of Coutinho, he certainly deserves more attention and praise, even here in Brasil! Alfie, If you do a following to this video in the future, I have some names I'd like to suggest: Bebeto (especially in 1994's Brasil) David Villa (Barcelona and Spain) Claude Makélélé (first years of the 'Galáticos Era') Jari Litmanen (at club level)
Van Hanegem is a great example, star player of the Feyenoord team that won the European Cup and arguably the Netherlands' second best player ever, ahead of van Basten, Gullit, Robben etc., yet he is rarely mentioned anymore. Besides having brilliant technique and vision, he was nicknamed 'the Crooked' for his outside of the boot curling passes across the pitch, he was a notoriously tough tackler, very physical despite his lack of pace, and regularly scored double figures in the Eredivisie as well.
@@finnmcneil7393 He was the guy with the most assists this calendar year and was still not nominated for balon dor top 30 . Nah , Muller is without a doubt the most underrated player of all time.
An extraordinary genius who has a lot of talent but goes unnoticed ... but I'm always been a Di Maria fan. That one goal against France in 2018 alone is enough to show his ability... Di maria ❤️
Yeah Pippin was second best In the Records behind MJ had MJ not existed, well Pippin might not have been as prominent but I doubt that so he would have been the best, arguably the whole of the Bulls Team has that argument because in a Way Pippin and MJ and to a degree Rodman were the stars the rest were probably very good and had those three not existed then one of them could have been a Star. Albiet the Bulls might not have won as many things as they did
Can you do a documentary on the afc Wimbledon on the nine promotions in eleven years, how they’re a fan own club and how they have a stadium in plough lane now. The story of they lost the club, how the F A allowed that and won’t allow that anymore. How they went up the English football leagues.
In Portugal, we call that João Pinto, João Vieira Pinto to not be confused with the other footballer João Pinto who was a legend in the 1980s and 90s for FC Porto.
Chiellini was so much easier to notice because he was fast, strong, agressive and played loud. But I liked Barzagli much more. He was more consistent, dependable, technically and positionally reliable. Things you can't see, measure or quantify, but over time it was pretty clear that he was Juve's best defender.
I think we all agree Barzagli was the best of the 3 but Bonucci had the best distribution. Correct me if I am wrong because I haven't watch Italian football properly in years... Also Chiellini had a lot of red card! I even remember he was a younger coming on for Juve against arsenal in the champions league, Juve had a man sent off so 10 men at Highbury and Chiliellini just came on and got sent off in like 20mins, leaving Juve down to 9 men. Who else remembers that? Cesc Fàbregas just bust on the scene at that time
For a second part of this (absolutely brilliant list) I would suggest Thomas Müller. I feel like outside of Germany he rarely gets the kind of recognition he deserves. I would genuinely argue that he's overall, pound for pound a better player than Neymar and other "Ballon d'Or Winners in a world without Messi and Ronaldo " contenders that grab more headlines and attention.
Yes, but he gets not as much attention because he's not flashy, you don't see him dribbling, yet his killer instinct as a player is 2nd to none. He always is at the right place and sends the ball in the right direction at the right time.
@DDeglane16 I agree. I would not say he has been better than Neymar but Muller is the best german outfield player of his generation and he has never won the best german footballer of the year not even once.
Great list Alfie! If you ever do a part 2, perhaps Sandor Kocsis? Scored so many goals for Hungary but in comparison to Ferenc Puskas he's somewhat overlooked
Pele always tends to overshadow the rest of the 1970 world cup winning Brazilian stars even though there was numerous star players on that team even without Pele they would still likely have won the world cup but its always Pele who gets the credit.
A name that comes to mind is Santiago Cañizares, goalkeeper for Valencia during their really good period of early 2000s. He was one of the outstanding GKs in Spanish football, but he happened to coincide with a rising star like Casillas. Cañizares was very highly regarded in Spain and would feature for the NT some times, but Casillas was most often the first choice and would become far more recognized internationally. It's fair, as Casillas really was a top-3 world class GK, but Cañizares was also brilliant in his own right, and could have been a bit more widely known if Casillas hadn't burst into the scene at such a young age.
From an arsenal fans perspective, who went to every highbury game during pires time at the club, I got to disagree about his inclusion. Everyone was well aware of him being just as important as Henry. It sounds like sounds like the opinion of someone that is too young to remember the period. If you wanted an example of an under rated player at arsenal during the period, Gilberto Silva is your man. "The invisible wall" is the most under rated player I have seen at arsenal, he even got heckled by arsenal fans.
I think fans of the teams that all of these players played for fully appreciated them. It is 'outsiders' to whom Pires was likely very often overshadowed by Henry.
I am from Mexico and over here we only had the EPL on cable for a few seasons in the late 2000's. I remember Gilberto Silva had a pretty wild goal-scoring run during one of those seasons. It was crazy to see a defensive midfielder score that often and it added a little extra flavor to Arsenal matches. Definitely an underappreciated midfielder.
@@HITCSevens Gotta say I agree with ben. Pires was one of the three main men at arsenal at the time and still gets mentioned a lot. he might be somewhat underrated nowadays, but that's true of every player who has been retired for over 5 years.
@@HITCSevens Pires ability should probably be mentioned more akin to the likes of Giggs or Ginola. They still get a retrospective look and rightly so as building the bricks of what premier league widemen should be. Heck, even Beckham’s crossing ability from wide is still a referenced hallmark of the league even if it pales in comparison to his fame. That Arsenal left wing and Robert Pires’ contribution to it is actually something to be highlighted and built upon. It’s really some of the best footballing offerings the league has given us since ‘92. It was a definitive step forward to the European technical quality where we are now.
Man Utd fan here, and I’m glad to see Carrick on a list of underrated talents. Even having watched the club for nearly 3 decades, he is one of my favorite players of all time, very much an English Pirlo to me.
Loved that you highlighted Coutinho and Wim de Kromme in this video! Van Hanegem especially, as an American grandson of Dutch war refugees (my Opa loved footy, the class Dutch players especially, him and my Dad were/are Massive Oranje and PSV fans ) I grew up watching the players that won Euro 88 and broke into the team throughout the 90's after but always regaled with stories of Abe Lenstra, Faas Wilkes, Sjaak Swart, Willem van Hanegem, Barry Hulshof, Arnold/Gerry van Muhren, and of course Coen Dillen and Willy van der Kuijlen being my Opa and Dad's respective favorite players...plus many others! My favorites were Van Basten, Cocu, and I loved watching all of the great Surinamese/Dutch talents too! Davids, Seedorf, Rijkaard, and Gullit just blew me away. The amount of truly class players being produced by these two tiny countries from the mid-1930s on is just wild!
Juninho Pernambucano was overshadowed in the Brazilian national team, also Jorge Burruchaga was an incredible player in his prime, very elegant on the ball, quite fast and athletic and had great vision but he is not as well known as his teammate Diego Maradona.
A great example would be Benzema at Real Madrid, massively overshadowed by Ronaldo. One of the best strikers of this century..but he gets no credit Frank Rijkaard was Massively overshadowed by Ruud Gullit too
I would say that Benzema even gets overrated these days. I also would not say that Benzema was overshadowed by Ronaldo, more like he was being underrated or being overly criticized when he was underperforming.
Goalkeepers, even if the best player on a team, are rarely the most appreciated. So it's kinda fitting they don't even get credit in a video with the purpose of giving credit to those who are overshadowed. This video could have been 7 goalkeepers, but it wasn't, because they were overshadowed by attacking players^^
I'd have to add Nándor Hidegkuti, whose role as a deep-lying centre forward (the original false 9?) was pivotal to the Aranycsapat era. Also, from the great French team of the early '80s, dominated by Platini, Marius Trésor - a defensive rock who retired before the 1984 Euros.
Criminal to leave out Thomas Müller on this list. Never made world XI, despite his consistently fantastic goal contributions per 90. World cup, WC golden boot, 2 trebles, broken Bundesliga assist record-Lewandowski, as fantastic as he is, has much of his success due to Müller shadowing him
He's not even the best Müller. Not even the best striker called Müller. Not even the best striker called Müller who is a one-club-man at Bayern^^ Still though, i don't think he's underappreciated, i think people know what a unique talent he is.
@@Jonathanizer Gerd Muller was not an one club man for Bayern. You are driving home why he is overshadowed or underappreciated. He is not someone who is consistently underrated but he gets overlooked a lot.
@@brunaciompi1717 OK so i didn't know Gerd Müller played in the MLS after Bayern. Not sure if Fort Lauderdale really should count as a professional club, but i guess technically it was.
Would love a part two. I also believe Keylor Navas deserves this title. Was behind Casillas until he left, then behind Courtois went to PSG and is now behind Donnarumma. All while being an elite level keeper where ever he has played. Multiple champions leagues and league titles, as well being a great servant for Costa Rica especially during their run in the 2014 World Cup.
You missed the obvious one IMO. Edinson Cavani. When he arrived to PSG, he was overshadowed by Zlatan. When Zlatan left, Neymar & Mbappe soon arrived and once again put Cavani in the shadows. When he left PSG and joined United, he soon was overshadowed by CR7. The whole career of Cavani can be sumbed up as him being the second wheel. That's a shame considering the fact that he's always performed well
Mark my words, Marchisio will be a phenomenal Coach if he decides to become one. He always had this "stying in the background, giving the spotlight to others, but still having full control of the pitch and the way how the game is played" - vibe. He was phenomenal in his days and that over a long period of time.
I love you Alphie, finally Our great willem whom I am named after is being talked about. In the Netherlands there was long a duscussion if he was the most important player for the dutch "Total football".
Weird how nobodies mentioning di Maria got the opportunity to be the main man at Manchester united, but it didn't work out. Some players are just meant to be behind the scenes supporting players. They deserve more credit though
Lovely video as always. I know that you enjoy the word “myriad” but just fyi it does not require “of” after. Think of it as more akin to many than to millions when describing a number.
Some footballers are overshadowed. This suggestion hopefully not. Day 5: Top 7 second/amateur teams in football (Hertha BSC II which almost won the DFB Pokal, Real Madrid Castilla who lost to their first team in the spanish cup in 1980 but got into Europe, Wellington Phoenix Reserves who play in the NZ National League)
You should do Man City 11/12 vs Man City 21/22 combined XI. It's finally been long enough for City's first post-takeover club heroes to leave the club, so there's enough of a difference between the two sides to make a really interesting video.
Best German Premier league players of all time I'm posting this request on behalf of another fan/subscriber who has made this request 255 times/days. His name is Ryuzaki Taiyou so all credit goes to him.
HITCSevens, please do a video about the best XI in the Premier League since 1992 in each position e.g Schmeichel, Cech in goal, Neville, Azpilicueta, Walker at right back. It would be brilliant.
I fully agree with you in this list and hope to see Angel Di Maria boss to be shining once again with Paris Saint Germain and Argentina national team alongside Lionel Messi boss,good friends!!!:-D
Pires was absolutely first class My French friends at the time loved the style that he brought to the game. That Arsenal team was unbelievable. The first 11 was the stuff of legend.
Could you do: 7 3-way transfers, 7 best underdog youth league runs or 7 luckiest players- talent in comparison to titles won or players played with. Thanks
Rooney as an honorable mention is a bit far fetched. He was Englands star for years and after Ronaldo’s departure from United he was their star for a few years too.
Pires ability should probably be mentioned more akin to the likes of Giggs or Ginola. They still get a retrospective look and rightly so as building the bricks of what premier league widemen should be. Heck, even Beckham’s crossing ability from wide is still a referenced hallmark of the league even if it pales in comparison to his fame. That Arsenal left wing and Robert Pires’ contribution to it is actually something to be highlighted and built upon. It’s really some of the best footballing offerings the league has given us since ‘92. It was a definitive step forward to the European technical quality where we are now.
You should look into Jorge El Mágico Gonzalez, a player Maradona, said was better than himself, but never gets much love from being from a small country
If u ask any arsenal fan about thier glory years, they all remember pires bergkamp and henry. Most of the midfield credit went to Patrick Vieira ..but who people still tend to forget is Gilberto Silva.
The thing not to be forgotten about Ángel di María is that he was one of the best players of Man United until during one of his matches somebody broke into his house and held his family at knifepoint IIRC. Anybody saying he was a bust should ask themselves how should he have kept performing in circumstances like that. And it say a lot about how good a player he was that even then he had the 3rd most assists in the whole division. He is more fairly appreciated outside of England, I think. People aren't concerned with the one season at Man Utd when you have a decade and a half at Benfica, Real Madrid and PSG.
You should do a video on the 7 best player-managers ever or the most clubs represented by the same player and manager duo, for example Benitez and Rondon
0:55 I think NBA Basketball Legend Sam Jones is a great example. He died on the 31st of December, but it was overshadowed by Betty White dying a couple of hours later.
I saw Nicky Butt playing for Birmingham a fair bit and must query your suggestion of him as an honorable mention. What do you think happened to him by that stage if his inclusion for consideration in such a list is truly valid?
robert pires was one of my fav players ...... he was truely criminally underrated .. carrick was the solution to the English golden generation, but they went with stardom, rather than quality .... Di Maria is basically criticized in England ... rest of the world knws hw talented he is ..... one bad season (whr he was initially good in beginning) doesn't defines a players career ....
Because of politics is why Wayne Rooneys name is not mentioned,the most overshadowed player in the history of football if he did follow Ronaldo to Real Madrid,he would still be playing like Bale,but because of the signing of Ronaldo than and now is put a burden on his legacy,at Manchester united, his own country,turned there back on him...one of the greatest
Di María was awarded man of the match in the 2014 Champions League final. This made CR7 so annoyed that he bitched about looking over at Di María in the dying minutes before Ramos had scored the 93rd minute equaliser, and saw that Di María had apparently given up... I think anyone who'd just put in a man of the match performance in a major final, could be forgiven for feeling gutted that it seemed they were mere minutes from losing and their great game was in vein. Di María was probably exhausted. He worked harder for the defensive side than CR7. CR7 overshadowed Di María at Madrid. Messi overshadowed him for Argentina. Then at PSG, Mbappé, Neymar, Messi, Ibrahimović...
Di Maria's issue at United is more than just being 'deemed a flop' - it's the fact he never wanted to be there, made that fact known, was petulant and inconsistent and just generally both he and his wife treated United like it was beneath him - he wanted to go to PSG from Real, but Real didn't want to sell him to them, so he came to us instead, and he acted like it.
Try to make a video on UCL winners that were not winners of local league. I think is important as in my opinion champions league should only be made from league winners from all European countries
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