Franco Baresi, Fabio Cannavaro or Paolo Maldini: Who was Italy’s best center back? | Extra Time
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- ESPN FC’s Alejandro Moreno, Dan Thomas and Frank Leboeuf scroll through social media to answer your best viewer questions in Extra Time, including:
(0:00) Will Newcastle be able to attract big-name players after its impending ownership change?
(2:57) Which teams would Frank and Ale most want to manage?
(4:43) What world football stadiums do they regret not playing in?
(6:07) Who was the best Italian center back between AC Milan’s Franco Baresi and Paolo Maldini, or Real Madrid and Juventus’ Fabio Cannavaro?
(7:11) Would Ale rather stay at home for the rest of the year or spend the year in a commentary booth with ESPN FC anchor Sebastian Salazar?
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Maldini was the best I've ever seen. I'm 49, so I've seen a lot of defenders too..!
I support you.. Maldini was great back then probably the best
BadGrandpa UK I prefer Nesta tough
Berasi is a very close second in my eyes, tho Maldini is arguably the greatest of all time
F.BARESI IS YOUR'RE FAVOURITE DEFENDER FAVOURITE CD IN WORLD..
What did he excel at the best? I remember him late 90s
People who are saying Maldini recklessly, probably do not know how magnificent Baresi was.
Saying Maldini ain't reckless. The fact that Maldini his arguably the best left back in history and the question is about center back just tells you what a brilliant defender he was. U know quarter of a decade playing at the highest level can't be reckless😂
Without Beresi there wouldnt have been the Maldini we all got to watch and admire. Same way Nesta wouldn't have reached the level he reached without Maldini there teaching him. Beresi was ridiculously good, so strong in the tackle for quite a short CB. Maldini learnt so much off of him when he played at Left back and moved onto partnering him at CB. If I had to pick one id give the slight edge to Maldini just because he was a little more mobile in his prime and could match Beresi in his reading of the game, tackling, timing, leading organising etc.
Maldini Barker I am in no way, shape or form saying Baresi is better. I’m saying Baresi was an absolute phenom of a defender and people should consider him before just saying “Maldini, easily”
gladiatorscoops I think Maldini edges Baresi also.
Bro we all know the Magnificent Baresi was good but I oppose that Maldini was better
Maldini was playing high level football at age 42 starting as left back for milan.. the man was made of steel... Maldini is definitely one of the greats
I concur with Frank, Franco is the ultimate defender of all time in football history, never mind just Italian football but you can’t deny how divine Maldini,Cannavaro,Nesta were those Italian defenders are beyond legends they’re the art of football when it comes to defending, hands down 🙌
And NESTA? Don't joke guys.
Tempesta Perfetta .......
Nesta was always better than cannavaro, cannavaro just had a tremendous 7 games in 2006
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Just like luka modric in 2018 smh
Darragh Farrell So is Modric
John Villa Not quite true my friend
Karl Andy Augustin are you mad you do know that cannavaro played for real
Only in terms of CBs...The Mount Rushmore is..
1. Franco Baresi
2. Paolo Maldini
3. Alessandro Nesta
4. Fabio Cannavaro
Nesta was easily better than Cannavaro..
I remember a 35yr old Nesta absolutely bossing and grounding an in-prime Messi in the early 2010s..
Your memories a bit off then grandad, Nesta even gave an interview saying he got the runaround from Messi. Agree Nesta was better than Cannavaro, not a world of difference between the four though. Cannavro was past his best by the time he'd gone to Madrid.
@@BluesFanUK_ I vividly remember watching that game. For an old man like Nesta to keep up with Messi the way he did was impressive.
@@BluesFanUK_ the 2-0 loss by Barca to Milan is the one that he is referring to there is even a Video on youtube showing how Messi was getting tackled to the ground by Nesta
Scirea!!!!!
maldini >>>>>>>>
As much as I love Maldini.
when it comes to Pure defending , Baresi was a Pure Beast..
Baresi was a beast, but anyone who watched Maldini I guess anyone who is around 50 years old now knows that Maldini is the best defender of all times... Dude at his 39 won the Champion's league dude lol.
Maldini, leadership charisma, and clean tackle, seldom you can see he act emotionally coz he play safe n smart.
I would choose Maldini but then again he learned everything from playing alongside Baresi. So Baresi is the best of all time.
No mention of Cannavaro? He was immense at the 2006 world cup, captaining the winning team. Held Italy together against Australia when they went down to 10 men. And he outjumped Per Mertesacker on that corner he had no right to win against Germany. Also started the move for them to score their second in that match when he tackled Podolski. He also turned the fortunes of several clubs he signed for like Parma. When he left Parma they went bust soon after... He was so fast. Neither Baresi or Maldini were close in the speed stakes. And he was a better dribbler than both of them too.
@@omnitheus5442 they wouldn't have won it, if materazzi had not insulted zidane's sister...
@John Smith If ZZ was still on the pitch and the manager wasn't so incompetent to sub of Ribery and T.Henry before the P shootout they would've won.
YEP......1THING PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW IS BARESI IS A FAVOURITE DEFENDER OF YOUR FAVOURITE DEFENDER.2 ME CARNAVARO CAN BE REPLACED EASILY WITH NESTA.
your logic is not that great messi learned most of his stuff from roni does that make roni the goat?nah fam maldini is the goat baresi the second best and i would put nesta as the 3rd option ahead of cannavaro
Nesta was better than Cannavaro. Maldini just edges it though. He could play left back, centre back and on the left of a back three. Versatility wins!
Wainy cannavaro was phenomenal World Cup 2006...striker couldn’t win header against him, don’t forget he isn’t tall for a centre back....I agree nesta n maldini was more consistent...man utd champ league Rooney couldn’t even make a turn to with nesta n maldini closing him down
I'm italian for me it's so difficult say who is the best between these three absolutely beasts. But cannavaro was very versatile too: he played as right back sometimes in Napoli and in Italian national team, he played as left back in Parma and he was right foot, he also won the golden ball, but I must say that Maldini and Baresi was one of the couple I've ever seen in my life, probably the best. (sorry for my mistakes, my english is terrible)
Yes Nesta was better than canavaro
I agree Nesta is my favourite CB of all time that I was lucky enough to watch him play on tv as a child till he retired. I love Cannavaro an amazing complete CB too he’s up there with the very best but Alessandro was just that extra better & harder for opponents to pass him or dealing with him than Fabio.
baresi ???
Alessandro Nesta any day anytime and I watched Baresi, Maldini and Cannavaro
Maldini and baresi played 196 games and just conceded 23 goals
Cannavaros performance in the world cup has been the best performance i have ever seen in my 31 years of life
Nesta is so much better than Cannavaro.
@@ciaronsmith4995 In your dreams maybe but they are both at the same level.
@@zorashki Nesta has always been considered to be better by actual viewers of Serie A. Cannavaro had a good year in 2006 and was great too. But Nesta is the far superior defender. Enough. Since 2000 Sandrino was the best in the world. Nesta is a genuine contender for the best defender EVER. Canna close, but still behind Sandro.
Baresi against Brazil in 1994 has to be the best defensive performance ever
You may consider Gaetano Scirea a libero but he was as good as any of these three mentioned player. And Nesta was an excellent centre back.
6:10 is what you're looking for
I don’t know who it is, but either way, Alessandro Nesta deserves to be in the discussion. One of the absolute best CB’s in the last 25 years
Edit: I commented before reading all the others, I’d assumed that not everyone would recognise and recall the greatness of Nesta. I’m so pleased to have been proven wrong. Some REAL football fans up in here, I salute you.
Never saw Baresi. Saw Cannavaro at Juventus and Madrid and particularly during the 2006 World Cup (dayum! he's good at that tournament and put Van Dijk's last year Liverpool performance to shame). And I saw Maldini at the twilight of his career and oh boy, never seen a defender so elegant and so good to this day!
Nöelノエル Baresi was class it’s a shame you never saw him
@@StevieMc1971 Yup. Gutted I was born too late to saw him in his hey days.
Maldini was great but elegant isn't a adjective I'd use to describe him as a player
Nöelノエル Nesta best ever
@@jonpool9030"You don't make a tackle unless you're a bad defender that puts you in that situation" is what Maldini said when asking if should do a dirty tackle more often than not. Considering as the best left back in the world while he was playing at that position and the best centre defender when converted into CB, Maldini defines the word 'gracious defender' and everyone who knows football associate him with many things like 'one of the best defender ever,' 'the Italian rock' and 'elegant defender' is certainly up there too.
Fantastic, Frank,Dan, and ale, always make the show interesting. I like the way Frank rid of the question, And Dan repeatedly pushes him to answer it. Yeah, that was brilliant.
You should include Gaetano Scirea, arguably as good as Baresi.
I was waiting for someone to give him a shout. Brilliant defender
@Adrian Baccellini Interestingly Rai Sport Satellite did a special show about Scirea on Saturday. A special show where his wife was interviewed one on one and went through his whole career with Italy and Juventus. From his early days to when he joined the ranks. of making the most appearances in Italian league. Plus they showed footage of matches including when Liam Brady was at Juventus which I have never seen before. It was a very nice show.
I'd say Newcastle is a nice place either way you can surely travel to surrounding areas......
Very easy. Maldini. He's arguably the best left back ever and he was immense at center back hence the reason you guys asked the question. Mind you the others were great also but the fact he also played left back tells you everything. Greatest defender of all time. A quarter of a century playing at the highest level says it all.
Maldini Barker as center back Baresi was better Maldini was great defender but he played majority of his career as left back.I still remember great Milan teams from late 80s early 90s and Baresi was absolutely mastermind of that great defense.
@@mywifesexualpartner984 I know. Don't get me wrong, i only saw Baresi during Italy's 1994 world cup campaign so I honestly don't know much about him. But the fact that if there is a greatest left back argument Maldini would be on it and like the question about center back and he's been referred to has being the best center back then that tells you his qualities. Longivity alone makes him better than Baresi. That's my opinion. For the record am named after him😂
Yeah Maldini all the way.. Even if he played mostly as left back, I know if he play as a center back he would still perform well
Baresi was Captain of Milan for 17 years from 1980 to 1997 so longer then Maldini and the question was who was better center back not defender which I gave you answer. Baresi was better center back. They called him Italian Beckenbauer and that’s not just my opinion but also managers who coached both of them like Sacchi and Capello also AC Milan fans respect Baresi way more then Maldini there is a reason Franco is called internal captain.
@@mywifesexualpartner984 Milan fans turned on Maldini after the 2005 loss to Liverpool,that's where the relationship got soured. Like i did say, I never saw much of Baresi but if there is a conversation about the best lb Maldini is in the conversation and the topic is about the best cb and his name is there then. Am gonna side with him. But like most of us commenting its all about opinion. Some even say Nesta
Nesta: Am I a joke to you?
😂😂😂 .. Maldini all the way
@@mosports8737 oh for sure, but Nesta shoulda been in the conversation
Mo Sports Nesta better in defending in my opinion
Watch Mr Barasi 1994 World Cup final. One of the greatest defensive performances in history. One man defence v Brazil....has Romario and Bebeto in his pocket........he also played the game after injury made him miss most of the other games.....true LEGEND.
Paolo maldini all day 🇮🇹
NA.......F.BARESI IS THE GOAT.N HE IS YOU'RE FAVOURITE DEFENDER MALDINI....GOAT.
Franco Baresi hands down.
Maldini was a magnificent player - don't get me wrong,
However, with Baresi we are talking about possibly the greatest defender who has ever lived. He's at the very least up there with the likes of Beckenbauer and Bobby Moore etc.
I think some people clearly never saw him play or have forgotten just how good he was. He was unbelievable.
I could name about 10 italian defenders better than Cannavaro.
Ok name atleast 5
@@davidanyasike2821
Nesta
Costacurta
Scirea
Facchetti
Gentile
Want me to continue?
Hooooooooooooooooooza South Africa represent.... Thank you Ale 🙌
Grew up in Italy and it’s always been Baresi, Costacurta and Alessandro Nesta in that order. Paolo Maldini was often lauded cos he could play anywhere in the back four.
Nesta was a class above Cannavaro. I also believe Nesta was a better natural CB than Maldini.
He was
Where's Nesta though?
ALESSANDRO NESTA
Seb got called out lol
Nesta
All world class but Maldini could play all 4 defensive positions, that's a different level.
That's not the question tho.
Maldini could play all that's why I'd say he was the greatest
Weird reading everyone pick the more modern backs. Baresi is the correct answer. He pocketed many class players at club and international levels for a long time. His forward passing is also remarkably underrated -usually due to focus on his defending.
Maldini.. even though Baresi was a beast too even when he was entering his final years.
If you watched Serie A in the late 90's and early 2000's you'll know that Nesta has always been better than Cannavaro
Those in the UK and football Italia fans may recognise my name. I'm also fortunate to say I've met both Baresi and Maldini. Both legends
Baresi is the greatest CB of all time! He made defending look like an art... leader of the best defensive side ever AC milan of the 80’s! Watch him in the 94 world cup it’s ridiculous how amazing he was! Takes the ball without fouling, that is what the best do...
Bobby Moore
Players look at it in this order 1) money 2) location 3) team standings 4) manager
Nesta !!! He made defending an art . He was better than cannavaro and as a cb he was almost on par with maldini and baresi and eclipses every defender in terms of technical ability.
Ridiculous for some of you to say Maldini learnt "everything" from Baresi. Maldini was naturally a great defender and born leader, he didn't need Baresi or anybody else to teach him anything, just like Baresi, Nesta, Tassoti, Cannavaro, Costacurta not needing anybody to teach them anything. All naturally very gifted, superb defenders which we unfortunately do not see today.
Funny because Maldini always stated that he learn the most from Baresi.
It's like people really forget how Cannavaro won the Ballon d'or & led Italy to win the WC on Germany. It's rare to find defenders achieved that (besides Franz Beckenbauer).
Football tragedy never saw Cannavaro Nesta partnership at club level together 🤦🏻♂️
Nesta at least deserves a shoutout
Nesta. He was a beast.
Alessandro Nesta
Been fortunate to see Cann and Maldini live when i lived in italy in 1999/2001 but let me tell ya NESTA was the best . Ok never saw Baresi live BUT baresi was in a defence with world beaters as was Cann in real madrid and Juve. Nesta was with favalli, pancaro, negro, couto, sensini and mhihajlovic!! Without Nesta in defence they would not of won serie A or others comps.
Nesta is the best defender in football history in my opinion and I’ve been watching football since the 80’s
I think nesta and Maldini have a more accomplished career and are great together as a paid. But cannavaro is my personal fav defender ever cause it was amazing to see a 5”9 warrior dominating defensively
Alessandro Nesta without a doubt. Franco Baresi was the standard for a long time and Paolo Maldini was a freak of nature who made the transition to CB look easy but IMO he was the best LB of all time. Cannavaro was good but nowhere near those three. I love Franco and Paolo but Alessandro was just out of this world. Just ask Messi.
id say baresi maldini might have been a deadlier player in counters but baresi was a force just look at his game against brazil in 94 after returning from bad injury he played for the entire game marking romario and bebeto destroying every last one of their attacks
I like all 3. Have to give Maldini the edge, because he played both at full back and centre back. He excelled at both...
Maldini played as a left back for majority of his career.
Yeah they should have said defender in general
National team is a dormant one than club level
Maldini was a left back. He was a good cb but not as good as Nesta, cannavaro, Baresi or even Costacurta. Maldini is the best player out of any of those but as a left back
Newcastle is an amazing city. These guys are being longditudinist! (I'm from London not Newcastle btw).
Franco Baresi is the Professor of defending.
Gaotana Scrirea, benched Baresi from the Italy bench until he retired. It's amazing how people actually forget how good he was.
Not better than Baresi, though.
Without Beresi we wouldnt have got the Maldini that we all know and loved. For me the greatest defender in my lifetime is Maldini. Even in his retirement year he kept CR7 in his pocket all match.
I always thought Baresi was the best defender, a true sweeper
Maldini learned from/off of baresi, if I was to be asked that question I would pick maldini he’s like a more polished version of baresi in a way and has experience in left back. Either way franz Beckenbaur clears all.
Franco Baresi was the best ever CB who could play also as a sweeper.
Maldini was all round defender who could play in all position in back line with equal effect.
Third is Nesta - The modern gr8 Italian defender. Without him Italy and AC Milan would struggle from 2003 - 2012.
Good that it was titled with first name. Otherwise Inter fans would think it’s Giuseppe Baresi.
Frank Baresi The King of all defenders
I belive Baressi was the best Center Back and one of the reasons was because he was a leader and another one was dat he could also play Defensive Midfielder if he had too
Nesta name should be up there too, he's on the same level as Baresi, Maldini and Cannavaro
Maldini is the best center back. No doubt..Or who has doubt?
Mo Sports Baresi all day long
Militao
Me, you clearly are not old enough to remember baresi
@@tonron888 Haha but what I can clearly remember is that Maldini was very good
@@StevieMc1971 I oppose Maldini all day
Dan is such a tremendous knob with his pundits.
Best natural talented defenders in history
We agree that Nesta and Maldini might be better than Cannavaro when you look at their Career, but man the level Cannavaro recahed during the 2006 WC i wonder if a player will ever repeat that. Zidane is the only opponent who scored against them, on a penalty kick, that shouldn't have been given.
Maldini was left back though, and in my opinion, Nesta was way better than Cannavaro, despite he was too easy to get injured, but no doubt, Baresi was better than Maldini and Cannavaro, but there will be an serious argument for Scirea, Bergomi, Vierchowod if they were in the list.
Beckenbaur and Maldini are all time great all round player. Their achievement and longevity speaks for themselves. But I think Baresi is the greatest defender of all time.
The thing is neither answer is wrong. You're getting world class from all 3
Baresi and Nesta are the two best centre backs I've ever seen for Italy. Maldini was an excellent centre back as well but his prime was at left back (best ever in that position IMO) and he falls just short of the Baresi and Nesta level in central defence.
Cannavaro was a brilliant defender also but he's not as good as all the guys I just mentioned tbh.
"Attackers have the fan defenders have the game "
In the end of day, the all among the best defenders of all time. A prime maldini, baresi and cannvaro is definitely going to put van djik, maldini, laporte, koulibaly at the bench.
Nesta is.
Who is 'seb' ale referring to??
Nesta the sublime defensive technique
Maldini the most complete and strongest
Cannavaro the best at anticipating and super smart
Baresi the best leader .
Maldini
I have a hard time choosing Italy's two greatest central defenders -- Nesta, Baresi, Cannavaro. Which one is the third man?
Was baresi that good never got to see him play
Watch '94 wc final. Franco missed most of that wc through injury, had a surgery and bossed brasil in a final. He was that good.
Maldini is the best defender out of the three no question, but I would still place him in the left back position. It's a close one between Canavaro and Baresi for me, maybe Canavaro, also being a key part of that Euro 2000 squad.
Nesta.
I love how people who have never been to the north east think it’s horrible 😂
There are some great areas for players to live like around Durham or up to the Northumberland coast towards Bamburgh...
Most players from Liverpool and the Manchester clubs don’t live in the cities they live in villages out in the country
Baresi, Scirea, Nesta and Maldini for me.
Nesta was godly in his prime. All 4 or them are Italy best cb u could play all of them in a back 4 maldini Lb baresi nesta cb and cannavaro rb because he more agile
Maldini spent most of his career as LB played there for probably the last 5yrs, Baresi was the best CB, players like Nesta and Cannavaro learnt from him
Dude what? Nesta was already the best defender in the world at Lazio, he didn't "learn" from Maldini.
For me it’s Maldini , Nesta , Barisi , Cannavaro
Pisses me off nobody ever mention Riccardo Ferri Italy and inter Milan centre back !!!! The guy was an absolute beast martial arts expert too.. Gullit in an interview without been asked said that he loved playing against the best defenders on the planet and he said that the toughest one was Riccardo Ferri .... very elegant and hard as nails !!! Van basten also told gullit that he hated playing against Ferri!!!!!!!
Any experts here remember him????
Matey on the right looks like Charlie Sheen's friend in 2 an a half men....
Baresi was in another level, maldini follows then canavarro even tho canavarro won the Ballon d oro he is still not as good as those two monsters
Cannavaro is the best CB I’ve ever seen. For a guy his size he could out jump anyone and he was as brave as a lion. His tackling and anticipation were also the best I’ve ever seen. Cannavaro all day long for me
Nesta was a lot better than Cannavaro.
Italy's best centre back is Cannavaro (Ballon D'or winner, World Cup Winner) Baresi. (World Cup Winner) Maldini Milan Legend....
*Lingard
The new spelling for legend
Of the three Baresi was the best center back
Maldini played as a center back only in the last years of his career,
He's a left back,not a center back.
I would have included:
Baresi,Nesta and Cannavaro.
why does espnfc hate Newcastle so much? its a great city
Off course the legend paolo maldini and nesta they're best thank canavaro
Love Cannavaro for obvious reasons but I'd rather put Nesta with Maldini and Baresi
Baresi is arguably the best centre back of all time. Maldini learned his trade off him.
NESTA!!!