Is there anything under the eye of heaven so exquisite, so divine, as this marvelous sequence, 9:20 - 9:33, equal in baroque genius to that of any of the finest passages of JS Bach? Who could not weep, in utter joy, in watching this? Heaven protect the immortal soul of Di Stefano!
@@DanWotanBarrett Sorry for being a bit of a rude person but you didn't answer my question. No, I only discovered him a few weeks ago. As a madridesta, I am fascinated by him. I consider him to be the goat and Pele to be the king of Football. I hope you can answer my question and who's your goat or top 5 list?
This is probably the earliest extensive video of him, and gives us an idea of what he must have been in his prime, which was certainly between 1947 and 1958. He was known for running the 100 mt. in 11" in his 20's, and the few short videos of him with River Plate show a super-quick and agile player. How many of these plays of him traversing the pitch from back to front scattering opponents, all the while playmaking like a wise Yoda and netting one goal per game, have we missed?
the combination of being a deep-lying "regista", moving all around the pitch, basically orchestrating the attack, and on top of that being technically fantastic, able to dribble through opponents easily, AND a prolific goalscorer... this combination of traits, at this level of skill, is pretty much unheard of as far as I know. an icon from a time when football was not so specialized as it is now... you don't have a defined role, you just do everything you can to make your team win! and the impact he had on Real Madrid speaks for itself... i put him 4th behind Maradona, Pele & Cruyff. a legend.
There's no point talking to the PlayStation generation about this era. They wouldn't understand the level of skill on this surface. The layered feints and deceptions only Pele and Best ever eclipsed. The heavy water absorbent ball, the surface water and the relentless pace inside which only the best ever buying time. This was real football. What could Messi or Ronaldo do here?
You also underestimate Messi and Ronaldo much the same way the "playstation generation" underestimate these genius players. As either Wenger or Ferguson rightly said, the best players will adopt to any generation they find themselves in.
This is mind-blowing to watch. To have such a deft touch & close ball control & sharp change of directions while dribbling to leave defenders stranded on basically, a water mud hole of a pitch, coupled with the heavy medicine like ball they played with & heavy boots used back then, is extraordinary. Imagine Di Stefano playing on today's billiard ball pitches. He'd be even more unplayable.
@@McFlashh His ball control would look more fluid today. Billard ball pitches, football's that move quicker aerodynamically when touched. Lighter football boots for greater feel & ball control. Watch a Cristiano Ronaldo video circa 2007 to 2013. And you'll see how quickly & smoothly the ball moves across the billiard ball pitches, with no lumps & bumps, when he's running with it. That means, the player can pick up pace at faster knot speeds.
Brilliant performance by Alfredo Di Stefano, of all the match compilations of him this is perhaps his finest. He was such an attacking threat and orchestrated many moves with his deft dribbles and intelligent movement.
Yeah, I absolutely loved this one as well. The game against Eintracht is an obvious stand-out in terms of its importance and his contribution to the final result, but I feel like on this day he played even better.
@@HarmsFootball The Frankfurt game was very one-sided and Madrid were basically playing an exhibition game. His performance in 62 final against Benfica was outstanding, at 36 playing against a top team he was immense contributing defensively & offensively, But this compilation features more individualism with his deft tricks and dribbling which makes it stand out.
@@patrickgillard6666 exactly. Pele, Di stefano, Cruyff garrincha etc had to play in sucj conditions..even Maradona too sort of Modern fans don't consider it and belittles them
video quality may increase, field standard may evolve but players motivation and skill can not get any better in football field, cause it is in the ultimate human level at any point of time in history. Long live football...
Agree. As many people who watched Di Stéfano playing at that time have always said: you can see some imagees or footage of DS when he was in his thirties (in this video he was 33), so just imagine what kind of player he was when he was 26 or 27...
Cc mon frère. Je te vois très souvent sous des vidéos RU-vid de foot d’époque. Mon top 10 histoire selon moi : 1 Maradona 2 pelé 3 Messi 4 cruyff 5 Di Stefano 6 Cristiano 7 beckenbauer 8 platini 9 gerd muller 10 Zidane. Quel serait le tien il m’intéresse ?
@@juliencazarre5628 je l ai mis a egalite avec Pele et Maradona mais si il fallait n en choisir qu un c est effectivement Distefano D ailleurs Pele en 2015 je crois avec un costard rouge avait dit que Distefano est le n 1 devant lui et Maradona Maradona en 2020 a dit la meme chose Georges Best a dit pour une interview pour SoFoot en 2O15 comme Charlton dans les annees 90 qu il n a jamais vu un meilleur footballeur que Distefano Il suffit de regarder la video de dessus a 32 ans dans la boue avec un ballon lourd imaginerais tu un autre jouer comme ca ? non Sur le podium je repete c est Distefano Pele Maradona Cruyff ensuite et Messi car ce dernier moins complet dribble mieux que tous mais c est son seul avantage Maradona qui etait vif precis et complet est audessus de tous niveau technique et toucher de balle Pele etait aussi complet avec une superbe toucher de balle digne de Puskas etait aussi extremement intelligent il savait mieux que tous ou allait le ballon et l adversaire a la fraction de seconde mais il etait en plus agile fulgurant il etait le meilleur en saut Cruyff dont l idole et modele etait Distefano etait tres rapide aussi endurant technique partout sur le Terrain avec une bonne vision de jeu sur ce dernier point Platini a depasse le maitre Cruyff Platini est peut etre meme le plus intelligent de tous mais sur tout le terrain pas aussi genial que Pele pour prevoir ou allait le ballon et l adversaire mais presque Mais quand a Distefano il etait inhumain non pas qu il creait des choses spectaculaires comme Pele ou Maradona mais inhumain car il etait complet infatigable intelligent il faisait tout On ne va pas dire que c etait le meilleur dribbleur mais ses feintes montrent le niveau , feintant mieux que Pele Messi ou quiconque ses feintes de corps et ses passes faisant penser a Zidane ce que les videos ne montrent pas aussi ce sont ses buts en scorpion mais comme disait Distefano ce ne sont pas le nombre de buts qui font le meilleur joueur
@@sohelbashar6925 Distefano is the Goat : 'Di Stefano was the greatest player in history, even better than me' Maradona (2020) “People argue between Pele or Maradona. Di Stéfano is the best, much more complete.” ― Pelé ( 2011) "Alfredo Di Stefano. The greatest footballer I have ever seen " Georges Best ( 2005) “He was simply the most intelligent football player I ever saw. If I had one player to choose, out of all of them, to save my life, he'd be the one.” “He totally controlled the game. You looked at him and asked yourself: ‘how can I possibly stop him?” ― Bobby Charlton “Di Stefano. My hero. For me, he was the most complete footballer in history. That’s my opinion” - Eusebio “He was my favourite player, and what I most loved about Di Stefano was everything he did he did for the team.” - Johan Cruyff “For me the two best players were Alfredo and Pele. He attacked, he defended, he passed the ball, he fought hard and did all of that in a career that lasted over 20 years. He had everything.” - Just Fontaine “Alfredo Di Stéfano was the greatest footballer of all time - far better even than Pelé. He was, simultaneously, the anchor in defence, the playmaker in midfield, and the most dangerous marksman in attack.” - Helenio Herrera “Di Stéfano was a great player and saw things others didn’t see. He knew the game back to front and was always physically and mentally well-prepared. Di Stéfano ranks among the greatest players for me.” - Ferenc Puskas “Di Stefano was the most important player in the history of Real Madrid and the best footballer of all time.” - Florentino Perez “Di Stéfano was one of the greatest footballers ever. He had such great balance.” ― Alex Ferguson
Jean Ditou Pelé & Di Stéfano are the two best. They had the fewest weaknesses in their game. The two most *_complete_* players. With most of the other great's, ( Best, Maradona, Ronaldo(R9), Zidane, Messi ) i can spot weaknesses, in their game when assessing them. Not so with Don Alfredo & O'Rei Pelé. I think only Cruyff & Beckenbauer run them the closest in terms of completeness, even though Maradona & Messi were more skillful players, than them This is were most people go wrong, when assessing players. They conflate a skifull player with being the *_best_* , even when the player is limited elsewhere in their game. I. e. One-sided footed, lacking great ariel & skifull heading abilities like Maradona & Messi & prolific, venomous goalscoring like Maradona. Di Stéfano & Pelé excelled in those areas Maradona & Messi lacked & could give them both a run for their money in the areas Maradona & Messi were super strong in, like dribbling & creative passing.
@@johnpacino007 there is a total footballer that is to say who played constantly in all the positions and complete footballers that is to say all the capacities
@@johnpacino007 Often people confuse complete footballers with total footballers and this does not fully demonstrate the level of the player because there are also other factors for example R9 is one of the best footballers in history but he was neither a very complete player nor a total player
Some of them are bought from private collectors, some are available on different torrent aggregators, and, of course, tons of historical games can be found on footballia.net (once they're back up again).
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Just woundering how fast he was in his prime are there clips of him running at full speed?I know that fifa is dumb but is there an active player you can compare him with?What is sublime is that he doesn't have to run at full speed to direct play.What about long passing(with those heavy balls)and his defending?Was he capable of recovering the ball and tackling players?
He was very active in defensive phase and this is why I have a hard time comparing him with any contemporary players. You'd essentially need a hard-working playmaking midfielder who scores a goal per game if you'd want to emulate him. He really could do everything. As for his speed - he was relatively fast, but it was never one of his outstanding qualities (although we don't have almost any footage from his earlier years in South America). His passing was top-notch as was his overall technical ability (I'd probably compare him to Iniesta in that particular component, never flashy but always sublime and effective).
@@HarmsFootball Iniesta was Barca system player. That came with pros & cons. He played his whole career in that system with Barcelona & Spain. You throw Di Stéfano into any football system & he'd sill come away as the most commanding force. Technically, he had the midfield guile & passing range of Kevin De Bruyne. The clinical goalscoring potency of Cristiano Ronaldo & the fast, surging midfield dribbles of Michael Laudrup. Plus, having the roaming engine & defensive interception midfield play of N'gola Kante. There's no active player around that combines all those qualities into one player, like Di Stéfano did. Him & Pelé are the two most complete players in my estimation, as they didn't have a weakness.
Su quei campi spesso impraticabili; con una palla appesantita dalla pioggia; con quegli scarpini pro-vesciche..... Di Stefano: al livello di Schiaffino!
