Michael Laudrup || The Greatest Playmaker || 

Louis Figo said the best player ever was Michael Laudrup bro

Zidane was overhyped my media.

@@louayker4249 yes I know. Most of the 90’s players that signed for Nike and adidas were media hyped. I can remember that Nike comercial with van gaal as the helicopter pilot, that was a sick commercial tho, but the players featuring in it where incredibly media hyped after.

Zidane was a bit more technical and all-rounded than Laudrup, and had his best performances on the biggest stages, so he definitely got a lot more attention than Laudrup. Especially in the 2000s when more widespread television broadcasting meant more people could watch the World Cup, Zidane put in absolutely incredible performances for France and his story of coming out of retirement to save France was newspaper bait. Laudrup on the other hand would never get that sort of opportunity with Denmark and actually chose not to join the Danish team when they won the Euros, which would’ve given his name much more legendary status.

Zidane's match winning credentials put him on top, but Laudrup was more graceful.

But Laudrup wasn't a player to sleep on. He had great character as well.

I wept when my country lost, if our team had defeated Brazil the team would have gone to the final and won, Our attack was fantastic, both Laudrup brothers, the elder and the younger, Jørgensen the computer from Milan and Udinese on the left, Sand the bundesliga topscorer as a striker up front, we had Scmeichel on goal, our final four in the back were all offensively minded defenders, all attack and no holding back. Heintze and Helveg as left and right back, Gravesen as defensive midfielder cleaning up. Great team, played beautiful attacking freeflowing football, the kind we play when we are children, our best team at any World cup.

Don't forget Rijkaard, Gullit and van Basten as well 👍

I want the link

@@joshuahutelian2018 sadly RU-vid took the video down.

@@joshuahutelian2018 A copyright holder blocked it -> ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9zUsCZvol-I.html

It's on DailyMotion

@@2face789 Sounds good 👌

Zidane was a leader on the pitch as well and tbh more consistent. But yeah Michael Laudrup should be considered among the very best in his position. Him and the less known Allan Simonsen are the best we have had from Denmark.

Simon Jørgensen what set Zidane apart was the titles he won. I believe that if Michael laudrup were from Brazil or Argentina he'd be in the greatest ever conversation.

The difference bettewen laudrup and zizou shine in right place in right time WC 1998 /Euro 2000. And made a outstanding goal on UCL in 2002. Laudrup can one big performance in the big stage. Thats is the difference. Technically,pace,elegance, vision, quality is equal.

Jon Pool yes I agree

Zidane is a dog, Laudrup is a cat. Who actually doesnt really like the pro enviroment since it is a dog world. But the Cat is by far the most inventive ,intuitive, creative archetype. Zidane come from France and Laudrup from Denmark, Yet Laudrup achieved way more than Zidane. More goals and more passes that lead to goal. Laudrup was the creature so that is the reason he did not made many goals with his head. He was actually quite good at it. Yeah Zidane achieved some success at world cup, in winning them. Yet Laudrup also got to 3 world cups and did also played remarkably well. The Second World cup he got to did not went well. That team got to old and payed that prize. Not Laudrup faults Laudrup won the federation cup though. Every club he played on became Champions. Laudrup did not need to be a Zidane, it was Zidane that copied Laudrup. His skills was so good he did not need to fight on man to man, he played effectively around them.

Why you say "even if he didnt give it all" I watched him play in his last 2 years, but never saw him being a mediocre in the field, maybe he didnt run has he was 25 but still, for me he was a giver

@@tacuazinful To be honest I'm not quite sure if you actually read my comment to begin with. Or perhaps it's my phrasing that is too vague, that has somehow mislead you? If i had to simplify my point. It would be that the level of football, at the time was too easy for him. Hence why he rarely had to give his all.

@@benjaminandersson6269 he was schooling the swansea team in training when in his late 40s. Point being, he'd be excellent and brilliant regardless of what era he'd be playing, thanks to his strong sound technique and immense talent And he'd probably be even more impactful in the later years given the eased referreeing standards on physicality and the focus on attacking, pacey gameplay.

@@tacuazinful that is not what the original commenter meant. In case you want a proper detailed elaboration of what he exactly means, read about or watch some videos about what johan cruyff and also Michel platini have meant when they said it, that "Laudrup didn't give his best". Of course Laudrup got the job done with whatever he gave on the field and i myself rate Laudrup in high regards from all that ive seen of him. But if players like cruyff and platini say the same exact thing about michael, there has to be something they saw him do in the training grounds where they were alongside him, which he refrained from doing in actual matches. Laudrup has also been called a bit too "unselfish" for his and his team's own good, especially in front of goal, which probably if he would have been selfish enough, would have won them more games if he himself had finished a chance instead of making a pass, or maybe he would have the personal accolades he deserved and hence put him in a place among the greats whose names arent forgotten. Maybe he used to do even more mesmerising things in the training sessions and play much better in there than what we saw in the games.

correct

“That’s why he was magnificent..”

@@ZidaneBaggio99 i checked the translation of "bedre end resten" that shows up in the captions below in that clip, it does mean "better than the rest"

Chinmay Pednekar I stand corrected. Thanks for the clarification 👍🏼

scholes??????

Add Zico to the list 👍

Hey man, thanks for making all those Laudrup compilations. Thank you for taking the time and effort to put all those clips together, which otherwise would have been lost just like this gentleman's name is lost in todays football. Michael is the best attacking footballer, the best playmaker, hands down! And he is my favorite player. Thank you once again for giving me and many others a chance to watch this man weave his magic!

Read my mind. If he had played and won in those two games he'd be arguably a top 10 player ever as it is I think he's about 12th

Because Laudrup was ahead of his time. People love comparisons, he was so great he had no comparisons until 25 years down the road.

You think playing on bad pitches with defenders being allowed to be a lot more physic than today was easier than playing on perfect pitches with everything recorded and looked through again and again? Playing on pitches of different quality really needed great technique. When Laudrup played attackers were in no way protected like today.

I agree, he has the same heir of class about him, only problem is he does not do it consistently enough, ans Laudrup consistently underperformed according to his team mates, meaning he could still go that bit further and really put on a clinic for everyone to witness. I personally love Ozil, but Michael is leagues better day in and day out

I would love to state mine of course! My favorite footballers of all time: 1) Ronaldo Nazario 2) Michael Laudrup 3) Diego Maradona 4) Marco Van Basten 5) Lionel Messi

What no Maradonna? no Pele'?

Where did you get that from, he scored 10 as much him self.

35 seems a bit low to me. I think he had around 20 at his first season at Madrid only. On his all career he probably is closer to 100, if not a bit more.

As this low figure of 35 kept bugging me (37 on transfermarker) I counted the ones on the video 'Ultimate Passing Compilation', and I think on this video alone, I saw around 70 distinct assists in club and national team. A bit more realistic.

He said he was the best he played with, and he was among the 5 best ever.

I think there were once Michael said to Inieasta to play None egoistic, THEN he will become dangerous for the opponent.

That is OVER Maradona, Cryuff, Bernd Shuster, Allan Simonsen, who's was earned the title as the best player of the Year.