On the eve of the Greatest Show on Earth time to look at some of the best ever to play in it. Here is my best eleven players of the World Cup.
G Banks (Eng)
C Alberto (Bra) B Moore (Eng) F Beckenbauer (Ger) G Fachetti (Ita)
B Charlton (Eng) J Cruyff (Hol) Gerson (Bra) Z Zidane(Fra)
Pele (Bra) D Maradona (Arg)
If you have a better eleven please feel free to post.
This is FIFA's own (official) best ever World Cup XI:
Lev Yashin (Soviet Union)
Djalma Santos (Brazil)
Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany)
Bobby Moore (England)
Paul Breitner (West Germany)
Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)
Michel Platini (France)
Bobby Charlton (England)
Garrincha (Brazil)
Ferenc Puskás (Hungary)
Pelé (Brazil)
GIANLUIGI BUFFON (IT)
CAFU (BR)
BOBBY MOORE (EN)
FRANZ BECKENBAUER (GE)
PAOLO MALDINI (IT)
LOTHAR MATTHAUS (GE)
GARRINCHA (BR)
ZINEDINE ZIDANE (FR)
DIEGO MARADONA (AR)
RONALDO (BR)
PELé (BR)
Lev Yashin (Soviet Union)
Bobby Moore (England), Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany), Franco Baresi (Italy)
Johan Cruyff (Netherlands), Zinedine Zidane (France), Michel Platini (France), Diego Maradona (Argentina)
Pelé (Brazil), Roberto Baggio (Italy), Romario (Brazil)
(10-06-2010 13:18 )cosmonaut Wrote: [ -> ]This is FIFA's own (official) best ever World Cup XI:
Lev Yashin (Soviet Union)
Djalma Santos (Brazil)
Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany)
Bobby Moore (England)
Paul Breitner (West Germany)
Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)
Michel Platini (France)
Bobby Charlton (England)
Garrincha (Brazil)
Ferenc Puskás (Hungary)
Pelé (Brazil)
That shows the absolute crass stupidity of fifa not to include Zinedine Zidane one of the greatest players to ever grace the game and unlike some of the others in that line up he actually has a world cup winners medal.
Try showing me a player who made very difficult things on a football field look as easy as zidane and you wont find him.Easily in the top three players of all time.
Peter Schmeichel (Den)
Lillian Thuram (Fra)
Franz Beckenbauer (Ger)
Bobby Moore (Eng)
Roberto Carlos (Bra)
Lothar Matthaus (ger)
Zinedine Zidane (Fra)
Diego Maradona (Arg)
Ronaldo (Bra)
Pelé (Bra)
Eusebio (Por)
(10-06-2010 13:18 )cosmonaut Wrote: [ -> ]This is FIFA's own (official) best ever World Cup XI:
Lev Yashin (Soviet Union)
Djalma Santos (Brazil)
Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany)
Bobby Moore (England)
Paul Breitner (West Germany)
Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)
Michel Platini (France)
Bobby Charlton (England)
Garrincha (Brazil)
Ferenc Puskás (Hungary)
Pelé (Brazil)
No Maradona and Paul Breitner in their starting XI...crazy.
L Yashin (USSR)
Cafu (Bra) B Moore (Eng) F Beckenbauer (Ger) P Maldini (Ita)
J Cruyff (Neth) M Platini (Fra) B Charlton (Eng) Z Zidane(Fra)
D Maradona (Arg) Pele (Bra)
(10-06-2010 18:05 )Danzig Wrote: [ -> ]No Maradona and Paul Breitner in their starting XI...crazy.
Maradona had a drugs ban, so perhaps he is not too popular with the FIFA hieararchy.
(10-06-2010 21:00 )aaron Wrote: [ -> ] (10-06-2010 18:05 )Danzig Wrote: [ -> ]No Maradona and Paul Breitner in their starting XI...crazy.
Maradona had a drugs ban, so perhaps he is not too popular with the FIFA hieararchy.
Still think he should be judged purely on his brilliant football talent than anything else.