Why Di Stefano Matters | The Genius Of Don Alfredo
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- Alfredo Di Stefano is one of the greatest footballers of all time, and he's also one of the most important.
Di Stefano changed the way in which the game was played, and he forever shaped the footballing future of a city, a country, and a continent during his time at Real Madrid.
In this short documentary, HITC Sevens takes a look at why Alfredo Di Stefano is so important. - Sport
Vicente Del Bosque's overlooked legacy in football as a suggestion
I love one of his quotes in which he said "when I was the manager of real Madrid,the only thing Barca celebrated was the club's birthday"
😂🤣
@@lalitthapa101 🤣🤣🤣
I still don't understand how FIFA don't have him as an icon
A CF with 80+ defending would be mad
Licensing
They don't have the liscencing.
What would they put him as.
And for S o L a R, that is called Ruud Gullit thank you
Probably because his estate didn't grant his license to EA
Di Stefano would be a nightmare to face. I can’t imagine having a player that scored 30+ goals a season that drops and wins the ball and gets assists as well. I would like to see the amount of assists he got in those seasons but unfortunate no one counted but I would imagine it would be high. Imo top 3 best players ever.
2009-2012 Messi
@@suuuuuuuu124 without the defensive aspect though
@@felixcrookston2237 In Argentina, in important games, Messi wins balls, against France he won 4 balls for Argentina, Messi, has to face way more physically optimized players than Di Alfredo or Pelé, don't be a nostalgic loser because that's very tiresome.
@@ChristianDoretti oof, coming on a bit aggressive there by guy. The game being more physically aggressive nowadays is a strange claim to make. Given how fouls and y/r card rules have become more strict over the years (coaches instruct defenders to foul messi tactically to avoid getting sent off, coaches back then instructed defenders to break his legs.) It is faster paced though, and over the years di Stefano's do everything philosophy has influenced the game positionally. Goalkeepers need to be ballplayers, and strikers have to contribute defensively by pressing and winning the ball high, an idea guardiola helped further in his use of high pressing. In short, Messi is living in a generation of football where forwards are asked to contribute defensively, and also played for 4-5 years under a coach who used high pressing tactics, it's his job. Messi did it because he was told to, Di Stefano did it because he felt like it. Not saying messi can't defend, he's not an excellent defensive forward tho, (like say salah, mane, Sanchez and vardy) he's just a modern one who is required (or at least should be) to defend as expected. As for your singular example of one game where messi one four balls (which is nontheless impressive) it's obv only one example, and also I'm not surprised it was for Argentina, where he's required to do more hands on work unlike at Barcelona where for the last five years he and similarly Ronaldo, will only do what they feel like, cause they're The star man and their teammates can take care of whatever they can't be bothered doing. (Although this season he is doing a lot more as Barcelona have nearly become Argentina national team 2.0) no need for the hostility though man, if you disagree you disagree. Also I don't expect you to read all of this, I've written more in this comment than I have in school this year, oops
@@ChristianDoretti Pele is the Goat , just talking straight up facts
Videos like these are why HITC Sevens is better than most CZcams channels. There are quite a few players whose influence has been forgotten, this could be a new series.
I really hope this becomes a series. There’s plenty of players like Di Stefano who modern fans should know more about.
The whole revie era at Leeds has been whiped from peoples brains because that don revie team at Leeds was one of the best teams in Europe at one point and played physical hard football whilst playing really nice football at the same time and this is coming from a Saints fan
"If I had to choose to play with Di stefano, Christiano Ronaldo or Kaka, I would play with Di stefano"
-Zinedane Zidane
Di Stéfano, Top 5 of all time
@@capa1575 Nazario de lima play with him already. I think he talks about Christine
Don't you mean Zinedane Zadine?
Jese Lingard said that...
“But if I could choose anyone in the world, it’d be Jesse Lingard” -Zidane
Di Stéfano should be everyone’s Top 5 Greatest Players of all Time imo...
The man could play multiple positions on the field including defence..
Could score and create goals just like Messi..
And even though he didn’t play in a world cup but was able to be decisive for Argentina in their SA championship win by scoring 6 goals in 6 matches..
My 4th
Lahav Zaken...My 4th as well 👍🏻
mPky1...what’s my comment got anything to do with Messi?
@@vb2388 Could score and create goals just like Messi..
@@vb2388 This is answer on earlier question. But I here to tel you he playing for spain too.
The fact Di Stefano had signed a contract to join Barcelona before he got spirited away to Real must make it all the sweeter for a Madrid fan, and left a sour taste for Barca fans.
like you cant even imagine
This ain’t even how it happened my family is from Spain and I’ve always been told that the fact was that Franco stopped Barcelona’s success thru making it illegal for them or anyone unable to sign foreign players , that is expect for Real Madrid . There have been finals were Barca players lives have been threatened if they went on to win .
@@avelardaniel74 What you're saying is wrong also, Di Stefano was signed by Barcelona from River Plate in 1953, Madrid signed him from Millonarios though Millonarios could only make use of his federative rights until the end of the 1954 and could only transfer him with River Plate's consent. The latter had their federative rights recognized for 1955 onwards which was only when Barcelona could field him and call him their player. Barcelona made him go to Spain in 1953 even though they didn't have his transfer rights, things go to so bad that at one point FIFA banned him from training with Barcelona and had to arbitrate a dispute between the two clubs. The RFEF didn't intervene on anyone's behalf, if anything the only time the RFEF ever intervened judicially to help a club out in a transfer dispute was during the Kubala saga when Barcelona again signed a player without a legal transfer of federative rights of the player's parent club, The Spanish federation lobbied so hard that they got Kubala in spain, helped him become a Spanish citizen and baptized him as a catholic in the home town of the RFEF's president (Muñoz Caleros), so the myth about Franco's biase against Barcelona and Di Stefano falls apart in this respect. Both clubs agreed to share the player as per FIFA's arbitration, when Barcelona's president at the time returned home with the resolution the popular mass of the club asked for his resignation and then a special board agreed to sell the rest of the player's transfer rights to RM at a profit, probably because Kubala was no longer injured, Di Stefano was over weight and Daucik, the coach at the time was unsure having two star players was a good idea.
The ban on foreign players in 1953 was lifted for players signed before the ban had taken place only after both club presidents begged for a moratorium. Those are the facts.
people want to make this Real Madrid VS Barcelona a Franco vs Catalonia thing, and it's worked wonders for the Barca Mythos. but Madrid was and is the bastion of republicanism, not Catalonia.
@@avelardaniel74
If your family says so, it must be true.
Barcelona at the same time were full of foreigners.
With Kubala at the forefront.
Lo que hay que our. Madre mia
@@avelardaniel74
Then tell your Spanish family that they are just telling bullshit
Finally for once the Comments aren't just video suggestions
Imagine in 50-60 years being a granpa trying to tell kids how awesome players like Ronaldo, CR7 or Messi were and they just brushing them aside, much like we do with Di Stefano today
Also that River Plate team, the Machine, is legendary because most people said they basically played with 5 forwards....almost no defense necessary because they would exert so much pressure on the rival all the match
Nice one Alfie, he had similar influence to Madrid as Cantona did when he joined Man Utd in 1992.
A good one would be 7 countries most likely to win FIFA world cup in future that haven't won already. Reasons such as rich history, growing popularity, large population, etc
(eg, USA, Netherlands, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria)
Similar but Don Alfredo’s influence are greater.
This man was literally God in Madrid and when he died a part of Madrid died with him .
When Peréz tried to over turn the acquisition of Cristiano he was the only one who had the balls to tell him he was wrong about Cristiano and Calderon was right .
If we see he made real Madrid
Imagine if Real Madrid never followed Di Stefano's advice for signing CR7 - they would probably have never won 4 UCL titles from 2014 to 2018 onwards.
Di Stefano is Mr. Real Madrid.
@@Timliu92 Fr the biggest legend of Real Madrid
For me, he is the greatest ever. Far more complete than any player has ever been, an absolutely incredible club career (13 League titles, 5 European Cups, and lot more accolades), an influence bar none for any club, and a legacy that still stands tall in the football world. He was a total footballer before total football even became a proper philosophy.
There have several legendary footballers. There have Pele and Maradona, Cruyff and Beckenbauer, Platini and Zico, Puskas and Kocsis, Muller and Eusebio, Garrincha and Stanley Matthews, Charlton and Moore, Baresi and Scirea, Maldini and Carlos Alberto, Zidane and R9, Messi and Cristiano, etc. But Alfredo di Stefano reigns supreme, above all the footballers to have existed, and possibly to ever exist.
After Pele.
Well Pele could and did everything Di Stefano did and that's why he is the greatest.
@A Footballing Genius Pele is no1 dispute the rest
@A Footballing Genius elaborate.
@A Footballing Genius why do you say so?
Phenomenal Video
His Prime Moments Fifa card should be
97 - Overall
93 - Pace
97 - Shooting
98 - Passing
96 - Dribbling
88 - Defending
92 - Physical
Played Goalkeeper in Super Classici!!! He's The Craziest and Bravest of the Kings
When I started watching futbol, the question was who was the best player ever, DiStefano or Pele, or maybe Cruyff? By the 90's, Maradona's name had replaced DiStefano. Strangely, DiStefano name didn't just fell to 4th or 5th, it kept falling to the point that he is usually not mention in the top 10 or even top 20. There is no explanation for it, although I think that lack of footage and focus of WC results has hurt his status.
It’s just recency bias. Normal, as Di Stefano played in an era where football wasn’t really that well documented through video. Thus him lacking the WC caps doesn’t really matter much. WC winners from 40s and 50s rarely get mentioned.
Reading back match reports from his time seriously worth it, he was considered a God, the total footballer.
Which match reports u recommend?
@@langletprolet8378 hah I think the one I was thinking about at the time I wrote that was against Milan, he was called a God in that
Don’t understand how such a good video can have so little views
Quality videos that provide education are not popular in this generation because nowadays the world is most full of Ignorant foolish people who don't like educational content, they only like stupid content because they don't have the ability to understand good content
@@mebansharaisantasticokhong7312 sadly you are right. There is so much information out there with never enough time to view everything. People prefer stupid s##t like snapchat, Instagram etc.
The world moves at too fast pace to take everything in. Watching a video like this would interrupt snapchat or Instagram for them
@@emmetthynes1397 the world has become a parody- people 50 years ago would joke that the world would be full of Mindless robots in the future! I think their jokes became true
Because unfortunately kids only know about Cr7 and Messi and they think there was no football before their time.
Because Millennials think football started 2003
Alfredo di stefano the most complete footballer i had ever seen Esuebio and Bobby charlton said...in reality its true
day 5: reviewing fifa 20’s icons: how accurate are they
Good idea as some are incredibly inaccurate, for example Zidane being higher than Cruyff, Giggs being the same as Figo and Rivaldo, Moore being the same as Puyol (and even lower on his PIM) + Rush being equal to Kaká and Laudrup
@@canarycatchup I'm interested in seeing your views on the icon ratings you mentioned, I.e. which one of them you want to be higher rated
Zebre: 0 out of 10
A biography of santiago bernabeau would be amazing someone who literally made the biggest club in sports history but most people don't even know he existed
Fun fact: After the Munich Air Disaster, Real Madrid offered Alfredo Di Stefano on loan to United, but the move was rejected by the FA on the grounds that he would would hinder the progress of a British player.
Wow
starting from today I will put list the most requested videos here each week to let him see our video ideas, so please do not be angry if I take your idea because I just want to show HITC sevens the ideas and not to claim it as mine:
XIs
XI of most own goals scored since 2010/of all time
XI of most capped players
XI of players who are born in France but represent African nations
XI of players who are born in Africa but represent France
XI of players who have most yellow / red cards in Europe top league
XI of players who are sons of professional footballers
XI of players who could have represented Phillipines/ Suriname/ India/ East Germany
XI of players who played for rival clubs
XI of players from Spanish / Portuguese speaking countries
XI of players who are captains for their countries/ clubs
XI of homegrown players in PL
XI of players in the bottom half of PL table
XI of players in relegation zone in top major European leagues
XI of players if the Roman Empire/ Holy Roman Empire reunited
XI of players who flopped in the Premier League but recovered and starred in another club
XI of players who everyone thought would flip but became amazing
XI of players with retired shirts by their clubs
Sevens
7 nations / clubs who did not have a golden generation
7 most inconsistent players
7 best goalkeeper performances of all time
7 best players who never commanded a transfer fee (3 transfers min,)
7 best forwards who never scored a hat trick
7 players who returned from retirement
7 countries with good national teams but bad leagues
7 youngest and oldest European top-flight managers
7 countries with better women national team than men’s
7 teams with the most hardcore/ devoted fans
7 players who starred at a young age but didn’t live up to their potential
7 managers who never was a professional footballer
7 clubs or nations lacking in 1 specific position
7 countries who never had a player in any of the top 5 European leagues
7 best national team managers without an international cap
every XXX since XXX
every Dortmund striker since Lewandowski
every Juventus striker since Del Piero
every Man Utd goalkeeper since Van der Sar
every Inter striker since Milito
every English captain since Moore
every Barcelona CB since Puyol (debut)
every AC Milan striker since Shevchenko/ Inzaghi
where were they 7 years ago?
Atalanta Champions League squad 2019/20
Where are they now?
2013 U-20 World Cup dream team
2016 Euros dream team
Others
every player who would have won the Ballon D'or if it was introduced before 1956
every player who would have won the Ballon D’or if it was open to all players between 1956 and 1993
every golden boy recipient ranked
most successful club from every European country (in Europe or in domestic league)
best XI of each decade (starting from 1930s)
best manager from every European country now/ ever
best player from each Brazilian state
worst XI to have a PL medal
documentary on Akinfewa
documentary on Kosovo’s football team and its league
please give a like and also a suggestion below if you have other suggestions
You are an insane person to do this
@@karungkaimal ok will put it in with other title winning teams
every la masia product since
7 best club academy graduates series
What could have been Canada XI (Tomori, Hargreaves, Begovic etc.)
man I love these type of videos
hope you never stop doing those
Image one player who had the entire opposition, from GK to striker, on strings and in his pocket for 90 minutes. I can't wrap my head round that, but Di Stefano did it every single game, year after year. No other footballer has ever done that. Pure Genius.
Would you say he's the best?
Great video, love your content on historical football, it's not given enough time by football fans
Thanks a lot for this amazing video
The Great Footie Historians, HITC SEVENS 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾‼️
What an incredibly accurate video.
Congrats.
Maybe one on the great Real Madrid president Santiago Bernabeu would be just as fitting.
It is believed that these two legends are responsible for converting Real Madrid into the undeniable biggest club on earth on any measure
As a Millonarios fan I was ecstatic during the entirety of this video. The last 30 years our team has been living a great debacle, one of our only comforts was the "glorious" history of this club, mainly driven by tales of El Dorado and the legend of Di Stefano. Great video Alfie, looking forward to your book. Only those Santa Fe idiots would be able to waste having one of the best defenders playing on their side.
The fact that this only has 11k views is an abomination. Another wonderful video Alfie!
What a great channel you have.
So informative and getting out information that doesn't involve the merchandising that is Messi and especially Ronaldo.
Every time I go to Spain and speak to the older generation thy all tell me how the blonde arrow was the most influential and greatest player in history.
I've been watching alot of Di Stefano lately, and what really impressed me is how he picks up the ball in defence, midfield or attack. He really was an orchestrator without parralel. With a level of fitness like I've never witnessed till today.
Out of what I've seen he and Maradona are the greatest players in history.
There's just a couple of errors I believe you make on this great video.
There is no proof Franco had anything to do regarding Di Stefano or Spanish football. No matter how much Barca fans try to promote it.
It would have been the Spanish FA and not the government involved in any decisions concerning the blonde arrow or any other football decisions.
And it is totally factual that the city of Madrid fought against Francos forces for three long years ,where as Catalonia no matter how much they like to lie surrendered with in a matter of weeks.
Still to this day you can see monuments and buildings that were damaged by Francos forces in the Spanish capital.
I'm still waiting for a Catalan to show me the same in Barcelona.
Apart from that your videos are great and the more people that view them the less ignorance in the football world.
Big thumbs up.
Big thumbs up for the comment as well. Quite informative, and I’d definitely take a closer look at the history of it.
thnks to ur channel ive come to knwn a lot abt some of d true legends of d game frm d past .... keep doin these kind of videos .... or else people here in my country only knws abt Pele and Maradona frm past ...
Hey hits sevens love your channel and vids been subbed since 10k!
Amazing how the greatest Argentine players have Italian blood - Di Stefano, Maradona and Messi.
Yoy should make a separate video about that Real team. Generally I love football history so the more retro video you do, the better it is with me
I don’t know why people call Ronaldo real’s greatest ever player without thinking twice. Di Stefano is an underrated genius.
You can also make a video on bernebeu
Because his footage is in black and white and he never played in champions' league era many fickle fans will discount him.
@mPky1 Possibly. But some people instantly ignore it because the clips are old.
As great as Di stefano likely was, it’s hard for me personally to rank a player that I’ve seen limited footage of at best above the likes of ronaldo who I watched do near super human things on a weekly basis.
@@archstanton6102 he won 5 champions leagues in a row, lol.
@@ladykiller226 You likely wouldn't be seeing Ronaldo's footage in a Real shirt today if not for Don Alfredo
I love these videos
Di Stéfano was the first historical Football legend I have learned about after Pelé and Maradona, when I read the book about the greatest players in history when I was 15. Since then, names like Puskás, Kubala, Zico, Socrates, Eusébio and him have been ingrained in my memory as the greatest players ever, next to Maradona and Pelé of course. It was the time when Messi and Ronaldo weren't known yet. I knew the more recent guys like van Basten, Beckenbauer, Müller, Klinsmann and such because they were mentioned a lot but these old or less mentioned South American legends were new to me.
Great video, I like how you don't forget and actively campaign for the greats of the past! If I may add one tiny point of criticism, there were a few pronunciations of Spanish and Portuguese that were off. Of course nobody expects you to sound like a native speaker, but I think now some names might not even be recognizable to a native speaker. For example, Gerson, who you rate so highly, is not pronounced with the G sounding as in 'get' or 'spaghetti', but rather sounds like Zherson, pichichi is pronounced pitchitchi and La máquina and El Monumental have the stress on a different syllable. Obviously it's not super important, but as a Dutchman I always greatly appreciate it when I see a video where Dutch names are pronounced correctly, or at least as close to correctly as one might hope for from a foreigner. Example, most English people know about the letter J in names like Ajax or De Jong, but when I hear Willem II being pronounced as Willem tway (the phonetical English spelling of the number 2, or twee in Dutch) it makes me feel like the person went the extra mile. But if you don't have the time for it, that's totally cool too. Keep the videos coming, loving them!
Surprised that Real and Barca fans don't debate more about Di Stefano and Cruyff more than Messi and Ronaldo
Because like all the "superclubs", most of their "fans" are not from Madrid or Barcelona and have only watched the team in the last 15 years, on their sofa. Or highlights montages.
Di Stefano is not talked about by a lot of Madrid fans themselves or don't even know him while most barca fans know about cruyff's influence on fcb
DI Stefano Sivori Maradona Messi ... I mean we dont know WHO the next Football genius will be ... but we Know for sure WHERE he will be born 🇦🇷🇦🇷
Idea: Ranking current best XI from each top 5 league and retired best XI from same leagues (I.e. 10 teams head to head ranking)
thanks love from india
i was about 5 when i first heard & saw Di sefano, as a child i thought he was the greatest player ever now all these years later i think the same
Idea: all time Premier League 11 from a single country.
All Italians, French, Irish eg.
Can you make a video where you explain the meanings of football teams in the former Soviet Union. Examples: CSKA Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Dinamo Moscow, Dinamo Kiev, Dinamo Dresden, Zenit St. Petersburg, Shaktar Donetsk, etc.
7 best club academy graduates series please!
Greatest Ever !!!
I wished you would tell more about the partnership with Puskas. To me they seem like a single player with four legs.
One of the best of all time, 5th or 6th best for me
This is a great argument on why DiStefano is the greatest of all time.
A video on Henrik Larrson would be great ! Similar to the Zidane video ! Thanks Alfie
Pele ,Maradona and Di Stefano are best 3 all played when defenders were allowed to tackle
Can you do one on Stanley Matthews?
Please make a one abt Johan Cruyff and Luis Suarez the Spanish one the ballon dor winner
Am I the only one that always wonder what the song In the back ground is because it’s good I would listen
Idea: Best European City/Region XI's if players had to play for the city/region they were born in.
Could you do a video about Hungary, I feel like they aren’t talked about enough thanks
Can you do every League 2 club's player who is most likely to make it at the highest level?
8:24 what is that trophy called? I swear I've seen it before
7 best players who played their entire career at one club
Please do one video about the life of Eusebio
A player who everyone thought would flop but became amazing. Could be a 7 or 11
I know the chance of Alfie reading this is close to zero, but is there any chance that there is gonna be a video about the Austrian wonder team of the 1930s at some point? If anyone could do them justice it would be Alfie.
The most complete footballer of all time bar none.
Would you say there will exist a player like Di Stefano?
A combination of Beckenbauer, Xavi and Maradona...GOOD GOD!!!!!
Best XI of players who have come from Benfica and Sporting Clube de Portugal Academies like Ronaldo and Silva
Day 69: XI of most own goals scored since 2010/of all time
Best Squad/7/Starting XI of players with English nationality playing outside of the U.K.
Make a documentary video about Serie A 04/04 season's title stripping
I am a 15th liker of this video,good friends!!!:-D
The way he plays is like fuck it I’ll do it myself
Best homegrown XI in premier league. (This means players that played for more than 3 years in England before the age of 21.)
Did he mention Di Stefano's Super Ballon D'Or?
do part 3 for start one bench one sell one like casemiro kante busquets or david kuiz mustafi phil jones
Most aggressive XI players with the most bookings in the top five European leagues
The fact u said county my o instead of mayo like mayonnaise hurt a lot
To be honest, I did not expect a mention for Swinford in County Mayo in this video
All time Premier League 11 vs All time La Liga 11
And same could be done for other Leagues
SeriesA, League1 and Bundisliga
As a Series and ranking which league comes 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th in historic 11s or rather in your case 7s
Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol, Zidane, CR7, Messi, Roberto Carlos, Sergio Ramos, Ronaldo 🇧🇷, Casillas, Raul, Fernando Hierro, Ronaldinho, Pique, Dani Alves, David Villa, Floran, Busquets,
LW- Cristiano Ronaldo, ST- Di Stéfano, RW- Messi, CAM- Iniesta, CM- Xavi, CM- Luis Suarez, LB- Roberto Carlos, CB- Ronald Koeman, CB- Carles Puyol, RB- Sergio Ramos, GK- Casillas. Bench- Fernando Hierro, Ronaldinho, Dani Alves, Puskas, Modric, Pique, and Jan Oblak.
@@DaggerofTime No Lazslo Kubala?
The only team the pele’s santos could not defeat. Di stefano’s real.
He played for barcas 2 rivals wow
You promised a similar video on busquets.We are waiting for it
7 most legendary penalty kicks ever.
Zidane’s Paneka against Buffon in the final of the WC 2006
@@vb2388 Antonin Panenka's pen against West Germany in the Euro '76 final.
Every Man Utd goalkeeper since Peter Schmeichel, where are they now?
Pelé & Di Stéfano always top my list, as the top two players of all time, because they were the two most complete players in every facet of the game.
Total skill sets from dribbling, passing, ball improvisations, goalscoring, playmaking , tackling.
They were equally adept with both feet. Great headers of the ball & great team organisers. floating all over the pitch during a match. Simple the best!
Best players who represented more than one nation.
Eg: Diego Costa (Brazil & Spain)
Michel Platini - France and Kuwait
Day 13: What could have been Canada XI (Tomori, Hargreaves, Begovic etc.)
Without Di Stéfano it'd just be Madrid CF, that's crazy
Nah. Without a Spanish monarchy, they'd be Madrid CF.
Brandon Hey I’m guessing he means Di Stefano put Madrid on such a map, the monarchy took noticed and bestowed Real to them.
I dont understand how your voice breaks at the end of every sentence or comment lol we can barely hear you sometimes
As a Colombian I never knew that the Colombian league hosted Di Stefano in his prime
I did because I'm a millonairios fan
@@SebasVacano I'm an America de Cali fan so anything until aquel 19 was history I didn't care to look up
@@ojosmacabros lol my stepmom is an america fan
Day 61 of 7 players who are wrongly compared to another footballer (either different style of play or big difference in quality)
Fastest players in ever position
Wonder why you didn't mention 1947 Copa America
Day 22- best 11 of athletes from other sports based on their footballing ability
13:48 are you sure that isn't Jack Grealish? 😂
What about his international career? Didn't he play for 3 countries?
Is Di Stefano the greatest Real Madrid player of all time?
Yes
Probably.... Ronaldo, Puskas and Gento deserve a shout tho
I don't think Franco would have stood for Barcelona be coming the dominant team in Spain. It might not have been Real but one of the Madrid clubs would surely have received his backing.
Barcelona would've been neglected by Franco because Catalan identity was seemingly banned during his Dictatorship.
How fast was he?
If you wanna know for a future Fifa card I would say 89-93
Well, according to a lot of EPL "fans" football didn't exist before 1992, so, doesn't matter how good Di Stefano's records are, or what his ability was, football wasn't around back then... smh....
Eusebio, Maradona, Pele, Giuseppe Meazza, Bobby Charlton , George Best etc.... All conclude.
Di Stefano was the greatest player in History
Don Stefano also said Pele was the best.
@@djjdjdbdjsj5353 and Pele said George Best was the goat