Who is the best footballer of all time? The discussion is always there, present in football lovers. And an era dominated by two records like Leone Messi Y Cristiano Ronaldo rekindle the debate.
Before we both broke in, Diego Armando Maradona, Pelé, Alfredo Di Stefano and Johan Cruyff, almost with complete agreement, they were considered the greatest. Leo or CR7 sit at the table of those giants? the English magazine QuattroQuattroDue He was encouraged to give his answer and published a ranking of the 100 best players in history.
Messi appears first, Maradona second and Cristiano Ronaldo third. They complete the Top 5 Pele Y Zinedine Zidane. Cruyff appears sixth and Of Stefano It ranks at number 12.
The controversy broke out immediately among football fans. It is that, whatever the choice of the English magazine, the controversy would continue to exist. Those who lived Diego’s time in Naples or were moved by the World Cup Mexico 1986no doubt, they will put Maradona above any other mortal.
There are many issues that can be balanced in choosing one over the other, including personal taste. This is why rankings of this type have been drawn up with such disparate elections. Some people give more importance to a given factor than others.
Therefore, the decision of the criteria is the key. “We chose the players we thought they were the most influential in their particular era, the most memorable, the players who amazed us with their talent and their successes “, To explain QuattroQuattroDue after making this particular list official.
In addition to Argentina, one of the countries where this publication generated the most emotion was Brazil. draws their attention like Pele, Three times world champion with Canarinha and multiple champion with Santos, at least he does not enter the Top 3. And they also made fun of him.
hahaha look what they did! British magazine FourFourTwo only placed PELE in 4th place among the best players of all time … THE KIDS ARE CRAZY! “tweeted the official account of TNT Sport Brazil.
Wrong or not, the decision to leave the Brazilian star off the podium was motivated by the fact that he never played outside America (Santos and New York Cosmos were his only clubs). They maintain the superiority of European football, even if, curiously, The ten Brazilians shone in the World Cup and Intercontinental Cups against the main stars of Europe.
FourFourTwo Top 10
- Lionel Messi.
- Diego Armando Maradona.
- Cristiano Ronaldo.
- Edson Arantes do Nascimento, “Pele”.
- Zinedine Zidane.
- Johan Cryuff.
- Giorgio Best.
- Franz Beckenbauer.
- Ferenc Puskas.
- Ronaldo Nazario.
Among the Argentines, in addition to Messi (1 °), Maradona (2nd) e Of Stefano (12th), five other players appear in the Top 100, all of whom have already retired: “Charro” Giuseppe Manuel Moreno (51 °), Daniele Alberto Passarella (58 °), Omar Sivori (71 °), Javier Zanetti (96 °) and Mario Alberto Kempes (99 °).
Argentina is the sixth country with the highest number of footballers in this rankingbehind only Brazil (17), Italy (12), England (9), Germany (8) and Holland (7) and drew six with Spain, given that Di Stéfano was of Spanish nationality, and France. Also two Uruguayans (Juan Alberto Schiaffino and José Andrade) and a Peruvian (Theophilus Cubillas).
In addition to Leo and CR7, six other active footballers appear: Andres Iniesta (20 °), Manuel Neuer (28 °), Gianluigi Buffon (45 °), Daniel Alves (73 °), Luca Modric (79 °) and Sergio Busquet (88 °).
From 1 to 100: this is how the ranking is completed
- 11- Gerd Müller (Germany)
- 12- Alfredo Di Stéfano (Argentina-Spain)
- 13- Michel Platini (France)
- 14- Zico (Brazil)
- 15- Garrincha (Brazil)
- 16- Bobby Charlton (England)
- 17- Paolo Maldini (Italy)
- 18- Romario (Brazil)
- 19- Giuseppe Meazza (Italy)
- 20- Andres Iniesta (Spain)
- 21- Franco Baresi (Italy)
- 22- Marco Van Basten (Netherlands)
- 23- Eusebio (Portugal)
- 24- Xavi Hernandez (Spain)
- 25- Carlos Alberto (Brazil)
- 26- Ronaldinho (Brazil)
- 27- Ruud Gullit (Netherlands)
- 28- Manuel Neuer (Germany)
- 29- Socrates (Brazil)
- 30- Raymond Kopa (France)
- 31- Lev Yashin (Russia)
- 32- Lothar Matthaus (Germany)
- 33- Stanley Matthews (England)
- 34- Valentino Mazzola (Italy)
- 35- Matthias Sindelar (Austria)
- 36- Luis Suarez (Spain)
- 37- Francisco Gento (Spain)
Source: Clarin
