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- From Zinedine Zidane to Diego Maradona, HITC Sevens take a look at some of the greatest attacking midfielders in football history.
Particularly honourable mentions go to the likes of Gianni Rivera, Andres Iniesta, Luis Suarez, Michael Laudrup, Roberto Baggio and Nils Liedholm.
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You had to miss out Iniesta, Xavi, Gullit, etc in this video, so make a another video for the 7 best Central Midfielders! Not Attacking, not Defensive, just Central Midfielders. So other great Players can be in the series!
Vlado Svraka agreed
Vlado Svraka it's greatest ever, not greatest in the 21st century.
hello walkman i know mentioned only some examples
Vlado Svraka are you going to put iniesta and xavi in the same league with zidane, zico and maradona? Who are they?
Tedi Mulyadi they were the Midfield motors of the Golden Barca Era as well for the strongest Spanish National Team ever.....both of them were also under the Top 3 of Ballondor voting in 2010....they ARE under the Top 7 of the best Central Midfielders ever....not Attacking, not Defending as I said.... Maradona is a attacking midfielder and yes with the list of the 7 best Central Midfielders we could also mention Zico and Zidane
It's Diego godin at 5:26 looks like he is a time traveller
Subhradip Bhattacharyya you are the next skill amma
Subhradip Bhattacharyya No.
too many people don' know how good baggio was despite a tremendous injury at 19 which forced him to play with a knee and half(he said that himself)
Baggio was a supporting striker. That's a whole different position
zizou may be no. 7 in this list, be he will always be no. 1 in our hearts
Russel Keith nope
Haha ur funny
Russel Keith no
Ronaldinho
Ronaldinho is number one in our heart not zizou cause his magic mame people love football
Oh come on hitc sevens do my list! I'm literally always the first person here.
Top 7 champions league rivalries!!!!!!!
doosh doosh don't think that true.
example 13 shut up dweeb I'm not trying to compete with you
doosh doosh dweeb that poor. Come on man I'm not even saying it in a bad way ,but calling me a dweeb is just so cringe.
doosh doosh ever considered maybe they're not arsed with another vid on that irrelevant league
1. Barcelona vs Chelsea
2.Arsenal vs Bayern
3.Liverpool vs Ac milan
4.Real Madrid vs Atletico
5. Inter vs Bayern
6. Manchester United vs Bayern
7. Real madrid vs Juventus
Xavi isn't attacking mid
Xavi was kind of a at taking midfielder with Iniesta tho do research mate.
@@lovepeaceisneverguaranteed7385 Nope. Both are CMs. Barcelona and Spain do not play with AM (classical 10s) they all use CMs so they can't be considered as attacking midfielders.
True but he basically played as attacking midfielder during the time he had 20 assists in La Liga
This guy likes to suck Messi and Barcelona off, so no surprise he always includes them whenever he can
Rui Costa honorable mention. That shows how good he was
He was a genius, and his ability was wild. His first touch, and how he plays is like music.
Diego Maradona interview in 2012 :
"What about the 1990 World Cup quarter-final against Yugoslavia in Italy? - I haven't forgotten it. I admire your style of football and that particular game was an incredible one. I was upset when Ivkovic saved my penalty, but luckily we went through to the semis. From that generation of Yugoslavian players I remember Dragan "Piksi" Stojkovic and I often ask how he and Dejan are doing. Piksi was an incredible footballer -- moved across the park with such ease -- it was like dancing with the most beautiful girl. He was a true star."
You should make a list of central midfielders not attacking nor defending
Wow gullit, rui costa, hagi didn't even make the honarable mentions this just shows the amount of great players the cam position and how difficult it would have been to narrow it down to seven players😅
Alex Johnson I’m pretty sure gullit and hagi were in the other lists of players that just missed out at the start
Sam Gollings i am talking about the ones in the description
Aryan Dewan ik
Aryan Dewan well mate read my comment carefully and see the video then u'll understand it😂
Alex Johnson finally some love for RUI COSTA !! Thank you !!
Good video! Keep it up
You're guys know more about football than any other in this world
messi is playing as midfielder right now ,,he is beast
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI he posted that 4 years ago
Baggio should have made it
Baggio was a mix between an attacking midfielder and a second striker. Back when he was in his prime, that position was called a tretaquartista.
But your are right, he is criminally underrated. In his prime, he was incredible. For me, he's among the top 10 best players of all time.
How is kaKa atleast not in honorbale mentions he was as good as iv seen attacking midfielders before he got injured
He was great but he shined only forba while. His pro career on the high level was just 10yr long and he played in the very top form for only 4 or 5 yrs. After leaving Real he wasn't anywhere close to what he used to be.
After kaká left real madrid he just got worst but nobody can forget how good he was in millian and brazil
Kaká not being here is criminal
Finally someone who really saw Zidane play football and remembers how good he really was. Plus remember that Redondo owned him every time they played eachother. Thank you sir.
Well, congratulations for saying ZIDANE IS OVERRATED!!! Finally Someone dared to point this out in spite of the outrage this will cause among Real Madrid fans. So again, CONGRATULATIONS ON ZIDANE IS OVERRATED!!
On the other hand, I would have excluded Di Stefano because as you said in the video he wasn't a midfielder all the time and I would have included Roberto Baggio, who was a true midfield genius in spite of suffering several knee injuries through his career.
I am a Real fan and I am not outraged at all, I completely agree with what he said. Zidane is way too overrated.
I also agree about Baggio, he is criminally underrated. But he was more of a second striker than a midfielder.
@@michaeltrumph121
Maradona was also a second striker
@@lior995
Nope, he was an attacking midfielder. He went deep at times and acted a bit like a second striker, but he was an attacking midfielder.
How is he overrated when he won everything in football individually and team trophies
@@DBDYAKU Zidane sneaks into this debate essentially for winning two trophies: The World Cup in '98 and the Champions in 2002.
About the '98 WC, France was home club and everything was arranged for France to win it. Still, France barely managed to get into the final after beating Paraguay in the last minute, beating Italy in the penalties and suffering to defeat Croatia.
It must be said that Zidane was suspended in the last game of the group stages and against Paraguay after receiving a red card and France had to battle without him. Then Zidane returned against Italy and Croatia and he played well, but wasn't decisive because he didn't score nor assist. In this matches, Leblanc, the penalties and Thuram where the ones who kept France alive while Zidane was in the second line.
Then he played the final against Brazil, a team that was crumbling after Ronaldo had an episode before the final. So Zidane scored 2 goals and people still believe Zidane was decisive all over the WC and thus won the Ballon D'Or and everything that year, but in reality France wasn't lead by Zidane and rather was a good team where every player did a little part. Same could be said about France winning the Euro in 2000.
About the Champions, Zidane lost 2 finals in Juventus in 96 (I think) and 98 against Dortmund and Real Madrid, both times Juventus was favorite and yet they lost and Zidane wasn't decisive nor couldn't turn things around for his team because he was a good player but not like Maradona or Ronaldo in the sense they could single handily carry their teams on their shoulders.
So eventually Zidane decided to move in 2001 to Real Madrid, a team that had won 2 Champions in the previous 4 years because obviously he knew it would be easy to win in a team that was already in a team that was already winning.
Still, it must be said that Real Madrid won more titles in the 5 years before Zidane (96-2001) than in the 5 years 'Zizou' played (2001-06).
In conclusion, winning a lot of titles doesn't make a player automatically "Great" because for that matter Iniesta or Xavi would be way greater than Zidane and I wouldn't include either of them in this list.
KDB will be on this list by the end of his career
KDB will be better than Zidan, Zico or Charlton??
I wouldn't bet on that right now, but he is definitely an honorable mention
You really made the best out of this incredibly hard list. Of course you got a lot of critic because of Zidane and Charlton, but tbh everything you said is true. A lot of people confound great players with likeable players. Zidane is my favourite player in history and is far mire likeable than Platini, but there is no doubt about the fact Platini was better.
Cruijff probably is the most likeable player in history and one of the most intelligent, but it his true that Di Stefano and Maradona both had better careers and stats. He is one all of the best of all times, but not better than those two. Even id nearly everyone in the world likes him better.
Thanks Battist! Yes, we'd definitely put Zidane above Platini in a top seven most likeable players video!
HITC Sevens I have a question. You said you want to make a Best XI of all time video. Right now you have released goalkeepers + defensive spots + 4 midfield spots. Will you use two centre-backs and if so which are the last two videos you will release? Creative strikers and pure finishers? Or just one video with all kind of strikers?
Just one more video for strikers and the final XI will have 2 centre-back's and 2 strikers.
Maradona is overrated, never won the top continental cup for clubs or country and Argentina did better without him in his career. His one world cup win was thanks to cheating. Cruijff was the visionary general and master of total football, star of 74 world cup, sadly missed the 78 world cup finals, but had a magnificent career anyway as star of dominant Ajax and also Barcelona, where he was more important than Maradona. He played a crucial part in the development of the sport and must be in the all-time top 3 with Pelé and Messi. Di Stefano scored loads of goals and won European cups in probably the greatest club side of all, alongside Puskas, but didn't play in a world cup finals, the one major drawback to his reputation. Platini (I'm not keen on him either) is underrated now but was quite brilliant, another intelligent general and outstanding for France in 84 Euros, unlucky in 82 world cup with the infamous defeats to West Germany, otherwise he might be a regular in lists of the top 5 of all time.
mizofan yeah I do think cruyff is better than di stefano
Zidan the greatest midfielder of all time dude
Gerrard >
Zidane was certainly great but you can't say he was better than Maradona.
Paul Scholes!
Theres simply no comparison between Zidane and Maradona. Zidane only won 1 league title with a Real Madrid of galacticos, Maradona won not 1 but 2 league titles with a club like Napoli when serie a was the best league in the world. Zidane played 2 world cup finals but with the best France of all time, Maradona played 2 world cup finals with a decent Argentina. Zidane is way below Maradona
Top 10 last 20 years
1.leo messi
2.ronaldinho
3.kaka
4.zidane
5.rivaldo
6.totti
7.baggio
8.berkhamp
9.del peiro
10.rui costa
Messi isn't an attacking midfielder. Also, Ozil should be on the list. He has the most created chances since 2005/2006.
@@tobioduntan If Messi isn't an attacking midfielder how did he win 4 times (tie with Xavi) IFFHS best playmaker of the world? Why he scores lot of gol outside the box in the center part of the field?
Cruijf most influential footballer off all time
Fair analysis particularly if you go back and watch some of the games re Zidane etc. Big fan of Zico btw
You always see videos about the most fearsome club rivalries of all time. How about a video of the tamest?
Though I don't completely agree with your list, I do respect your opinion and you made some really good points and u definitely agree with your no 1.
On a side note can u do the top 7 greatest great player rivalries which is similar to the ronaldo vs messi rivalry of today
I agree about Zidane, he was very inconsistent, what makes people overrate him is his performance in 1998 and 2006 world cups, there he was better than most, including Platini. Maybe I would put him a bit higher though.
My 7 would be:
Maradona
Cruijff
Di Stefano
Platini
Zidane (because of the world cups)
Xavi (the least shiny but the most effective of all time, his teams, led by him, dominated the world in club and nations competitions)
Zico
Xavi was a central midfielder not a CAM
What of Don Andres?
@@EagleEyes77 I love Don Andrés, probably my favorite player personally maybe tied with Xavi... he did score very few goals in his career, if he had scored more he'd be on the top
He was not very good at 1998. He only surpass R9 by 2 goals in the Final. The key of France victory if goal keeper and defenders.
@@nguyenai1337 yes but he did score those two goals. Imo he was amazing but then he was expelled so as you say he surpassed Ronaldo only after scoring those two goals
Didi should have come fourth as he was the spark of the 1958 World Cup, created the "Cristiano Ronaldo" freekick(who took it from Juninho who took it from Zico who learnt it from didi), was thrown out of Real Madrid because he made di stefano jealous (he was a dictator at the club), and even got pele to say he was better than him. But you should have saved him until the top 7 central midfielders instead of placing him 16th on this list. He is really underrated
Zico was world class, he should have been easily above Platini. However platini winning the European championship edges above Zico.
However in terms of gifted Skill Zico was much better. Let us not forget Zico was the greatest footballer in the early 80s. One of the All time Greats.
he is a legend in football anytime or anywhere in the world ,he is ball father
WHERE THE HELL IS KAKA
Baggio over Kaka
HITC : what do you think of Dragan Stojkovic ? He was considered "Maradona from Balkan".
At WC 1990, in the match against Argentina, he proved to be the better no. 10 playmaker than Maradona.
In the same tournament, after he scored winning goal against Spain with his free-kick at injury time, the commentator said : "It's the best free kick you have ever seen in a world cup".
He is one of my favorite player off all time, because his skills are close to Hoddle. Like Hoddle, pitch condition didn't matter to him.
Diego Maradona interview in 2012 :
"What about the 1990 World Cup quarter-final against Yugoslavia in Italy? - I haven't forgotten it. I admire your style of football and that particular game was an incredible one. I was upset when Ivkovic saved my penalty, but luckily we went through to the semis. From that generation of Yugoslavian players I remember Dragan "Piksi" Stojkovic and I often ask how he and Dejan are doing. Piksi was an incredible footballer -- moved across the park with such ease -- it was like dancing with the most beautiful girl. He was a true star."
Another one plagued by injuries.
One of my favourites.
For whatever reason people forget these old eastern bloc players.
Boban, Savecivic, Stoichkovic, Prosinecki.
1.Cruyff + Di Stefano (might be considered a striker), Platini, Zidane, Maradona, Zico, (not a lot between these 5) then probably Charlton, ahead of Gullit, Baggio, Iniesta, Rivera, Hagi, Laudrup, Didi, ..or Ronaldinho could be included in this category to compete the 7
Glad Zico got in, I saw him playing for Flamengo against Liverpool in 1981 and his passing was off the scale.
A really great video. now please make a video on greatest dribblers of all time.
Spot on with Zidane.
come on, not even a african nº10?
Jay Jay Okocha or Abedi Pele must be in the honorable mentions, in the minimun...
i dont even say more but only say this, Anderson Luís de Souza a.k.a "Deco" is not a name that a lot can remember, but for me is always a name to be remembered, and to all fans of football in the World.
like i say, good video, make the central midfielder like a lot ask for (for Xavi be nº1, obvious), there are 11 positions in football
goalkeeper, right back, center back, left back, defensive midfielder, centre midfielder, right midfielder/winger, left midfielder/winger, attacking midfielder, second striker and Striker
maybe Romário must be in the SS role :v
You'll do well to find a bigger Jay-Jay Okocha fan than us, but it's pushing it to put him in the same bracket as those featured here. The reason for the positions being divided as they are is to give us a final XI at the end.
yes i know, the classic 4-4-2 formation
thanks for the response
Damn son where'd you find this ?
In this list, I put
1) Maradona
2) Cruyff
3) Di Stefano
4) Platini
5) Zidane
6) Zico
7) Charlton
I lost interest as soon as you said Zidane in 7th!, he played at a much higher level than any of the others in this list, the others played at times when you could get rat arsed the night before a game and it was acceptable, when Zidane played that just did not happen!
Lone wolf number 7 was too high for zidane xavi laudrupp nedved and guilet should have all been placed higher than him
Sorry mate but no - zidane is actually quite overrated and shouldn’t make it into this list
@@jsquire5pa but when did Redondo mark him out? Certainly not thre 2003 Milan x Madrid game
@@omalone1169 98 champions league final
@@alexandersmith1944 ahhh I will look into that...Redondo is one of my favourite players ..just a shame about injury
1. Diego Maradona
2. Johan Cruyff
3. Alfredo Di Stéfano
4. Michel Platini
5. Zico
6. Iniesta
7. Zinédine Zidane
Z10>xavi>iniesta
1. Maradona
2. Cruyff
3. Di stefano
4. Platini
5. Zidane
6. Zico
7. Charlton
8. Hidegkuti
9. Laudrup
10. Kopa
H M: Gullit, Masopust, Kaka, Socrates, Baggio, Netzer (Xavi, Didi, Suarez, Iniesta = CM)
The best attacking midfielders playing right now
7- Mesut Ozil
6- Eden Hazard/ Roberto Firmino
5- Philippe Coutinho/ David Silva
4- Isco
3- Kevin De Bruyne
2- Paul Pogba
1- Luka Modric
Should be a greatest CM list also. Xavi, iniesta, pirlo, scholes, xabi alonso, matthaus, gullit
I genuinely rank both Xavi and Iniesta ahead of Zizou, for the exact reason you spoke about.
Try to make the greatest footballers in each decade
Baggios is in my team fr
7 best players in Brazilian League's history
My opinion:
1. Pelé
2. Zico
3. Garrincha
4. Falcão
5. Tostão
6. Ademir da Guia
7. Rogério Ceni
@@lucaspaes33 ronaldo nazario?!!!!
My opinion:
1. Pele
2. Ronaldo nazario
3. Garrincha
4. Romario
5. Zico
6. Djama santos
7. Didi
I am slightly disappointed that Iniesta didn't make it, but that's football, and there are bound to be some people who are just better than him. Good one as always, mate!
Cheers Jagua, I'm a huge Iniesta fan so it was tough. Honestly don't think there's that much to separate him and Zidane.
HITC Sevens Just three FIFA Player of the Year awards and one Ballon D'Or, I suppose. 😃
The struggles of playing in the Messi-Ronaldo era!
Yeah, Leo and Cristiano! Very tough to grab any individual award with those two around!
Could you please reveal the seven most underrated goalkeepers ever?
Jagua Nana are you seriously put iniesta in the same level as zidane, zico and maradona? Who is iniesta?
Gunter Netzer I like him so much one of my favorite German player after Pierre littbarski.
Bernd Schuster, Heinz Flohe, Olaf Thon and Netzer are my favorite Germany players. Actually, in his early career, Rummenigge was also one of my favorites, but when he changed to become a goal poacher in 6 yards area, my mind changed.
should have done a 7 for attacking mids, center mids, and defensive mids
People won't agree but Wayne Rooney in his prime
Did you watch the 2006 World Cup? Zidane deserves top 3, and will headbutt you if you don't fork it over
He'll have to come headbutt me then, as there's no chance on Earth I'm putting him in the same bracket as Cruyff, di Stefano and Maradona.
HITC Sevens agree to disagree then. If you're judging Maradona by his peak though, I think it's only fair to do the same for Zizu. For reasons of their careers taken as a whole, I think di Stefano and Cruyff beat Maradona,
Maradona was brilliant for 15 years, it wasn't as though he had a brief spell of genius like Best or Ronaldinho. We're not just judging them on their peak, but if we were, Maradona would still be miles ahead of Zidane. Like you said, just have to agree to disagree.
I watched, so it reminds me of one name : Juan Roman Riquelme.
In the match against Germany, after leading 1-0, Jose Pekerman made a blunder by taking him off. He was the creator; taking him off, meant Argentina lacked of creativity and Germany had chance to win. And yes, Germany won.
If Pekerman didn't make that mistake, Argentina may have won the tournament with Riquelme.
Oh he's as good as overrated Maradona
No Okocha?!?!? Even in honourable mentions list
Zico ,maradona are in top ranks without them the list is in complete
how is kaka not in their top 35
because hes overrated. one good ucl run doesnt make him all time great.
Imo, Youri Jorkaeff was the better playmaker for France than Zidane. But Zidane winning goals in the WC 98 stole the show.
Zidane was one of the most consistent players of all time in is position if not the most consistent player of all time at his position.
van Hanegem should feature in this list
RIQUELME10 - Just ask Ray Hudson
Honorable mention:
VALERON
DE LA PENA
+Based more on pure skill & talent rather than overall performances and career history.
Along my journey, I passed by a young lad donning the old "Yellow Submarine" kit - perhaps a tribute to JRR10? Glorious!
zidane>platini surely
Raffy Clarke Hall nope
No
Platini is now widely underrated, but surely one of the very greatest
Raffy Clarke Hall no way in hell
It depends on what tournament you’retalking about. League tournaments no doubt Platini was better, but World Cups Zidane was better
You should do a 7 best box to box midfielders of all time, the fact that the likes of gerrard have been missed of both midfielder lists is criminal
1-maradona
2-cruyff
3-zidane
4-ronaldinho
5-di stefano
6-platini
7-gullit
Zidane doesn't belong.
And Ronaldinho was a left midfielder
Gullit ?
Yaw... Dragan Stojkovic made fool of him in the match between Yugoslavia vs Netherland and Red Star Belgrade vs AC Milan in mid-late 80s.
Stojkovic also made Franco Baressi, Frank Rijkaard and Paolo Maldini looked mediocre in that matches.
He also showed that he was better than Maradona in the match vs Argentina at WC 1990, from where he was selected in the team of the tournament.
Stojkovic was the most entertaining attacking midfielder, number 10 playmaker. And as a coach, he was entertaining too with his football skills.
Thank you HITC!!
1. Zico
2. R baggio
3. G Hagi
4.Rivaldo
5. Messi
Is paul scholes in the conversation, or is his position ambiguous? If zidane, Henry, pep, Xavi, and other players have great admiration for him, I would think he would have made the list in one of these midfield positions.
Scholes probably would have benefitted from a central midfield seven, rather than an attacking or defensive one.
Michael Laudrup, end of.
They are idiots for not including hum, no knowledge
michael laudrup is the best passer of the ball ever, if this guy is not no.1 on best passers list.. he is a cm btw
Lw
If not for political issues on Yugoslavia, we would have chance to see more of Dragan Stojkovic at Euro 1992, WC 1994 and Euro 1996. In terms of skills and techniques, a lot of fans said he was on level with Maradona, Messi and Ronaldinho.
I love Zidane, watching him play was magic, so talented, you can't be better than ZZ.
Plenty have been better
@@michaeltrumph121 not many are better than Zidane he has a short temper but he's a baller
@@simplyNuzi
At least 20 are overall better players than him.
@@michaeltrumph121 as I said not much
@@simplyNuzi He's too inconsistent
Ronaldinho should be there
Pele should be here and not in the strikers list...
for some unknown reason Ozil, kante and James Rodriguez aren't even in the honourable mentions
also you should make a list for central midfielders (CM) because it's a different position to DM and AM
It's criminal to not even put Ozil in the honorable mention. Same as Fabregas.
You better have pele in the next video of strikers/forwards
razza119 Of course they will. It would be absurd not to - even if there has been a slight massaging of his goals total since his retirement.
Some people are so harsh on you on these videos, saying how clueless you are etc. You are doing a great job!
Sure, I too disagree with you, but other than including Charlton and Platini, I don't think this video shows any signs of severe and prolonged substance abuse.
☆ Dennis Bergkamp ☆
Zidane as 7th ? And no R baggio and kaká are you kidding . Kaka at his pime in milan was one of the best of all time
Mhh... The Problem is his prime ended with the age of 27 😂
The 5 stars (not in order)
Zidane
Pele
Maradona
Beckenbauer
Cryuff
Zidane does not belong.
And Beckenbauer is not a midfielder
At WC 90, Dragan Stojkovic showed that he was the better no. 10 playmaker than Maradona, including in the match between Yugoslavia vs Argentina. During his career with Yugo NT and Red Star Belgrade, he had made the likes of Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard, Franco Baresi, Lothar Matthaus, Andreas Brehme looked amateur. So he deserves honorable mention.
Matadona played on one leg in 1990…as great as Stojkovic was, he was not at the same level overall.
champions league rivalries please
This channel doesn't like Zidane, who had a real consistent
I'm guessing ronaldinho is in the lw video
1. Maradona
2. Cruyff
3. Zidane
4. Zico
5. Platini
6. Xavi
7. Iniesta
You missed Özil, Eriksen, Dele Alli
Dele Alli is too young and Eriksen isn't there yet. Almost there though. Ozil should definitely make the list if not honorable mention. Literally most created chances in his generation
0:50 Who is he ? Is he Rainer Bonhoff, member of West Germany at WC 1974 and 1978 ?
its depend on tactic,for defensive tactic prefer zidane the best amf because he can hold the ball to wait for other player to counter atk. but if atk tactic, alot choice, i prefer messi or iniesta. asensio or debruyne also good
1. Diego Maradona
2. Johan Cruyff
3. Alfredo di Stefano
4. Zinedine Zidane
5. Michel Platini
6. Zico
7. Sir Bobby Charlton
I still cannot recognize the german player at 0:48.
I am guessing : Rainer Bonhoff/Wolfgang Overath/Heinz Flohe.
Where is Kaká????
How can Luiz suares and Andreas iniesta become honourable mention in the same category???? I just can't understand
Spanish Luis Suarez, who was an attacking midfielder, not the Uruguayan Luis Suarez, who is a centre-forward.
@@HITCSevens ohh i forgot him...sorry ...and it's great to see when creators reply to comments and care about their viewers...keep the good work going....and i love ur videos...thanks
Laudrup missing out is criminal, but considering this is easily the hardest position to rank I can somewhat forgive it
Brian?
@@ewanburns2319 Michael, one of the very greatest players ever to play football and certainly a top 7 attacking midfielder
What I can see on some comments is that there is much hate on English players especially from Spanish people. I am Spanish myself and I can say very clearly that Bobby Charlton, Glenn Hoddle, Paul Gascoigne and Frank Lampard to name just four players were better than Xavi and Iniesta although they didnt win as many trophies.
To test them who the better, let them play in a muddy pitch.
I am quite sure Xavi would deny, while Hoddle would say : "No problem". :)
I would replace Frank Lampard with Mattew Le Tissier. I like Lampard, but Le Tissier and Gascoigne were the closest to Hoddle's level.
England chance to win WC 1986 were denied by the great Maradona. Although, I saw in that match, Hoddle's freekick was better than Maradona.
You have adequate knowledge of football legends, unlike some people who shout for the likes of Xavi, Iniesta, etc as the greatest AM.
Your list is interesting, including at 0:35 : Who is Raich Carter ?
Who is the guy at 0:48 : Heinz Flohe ? The jersey and its number (at WC 1978) and the face makes me feel quite sure it's him.
Gerd Muller without beard ? His jersey number was 13.
Hi Lex, I just replied to one of your previous comments, but Raich Carter was a brilliant inside-forward from the 1930's and 40's. He was the youngest man to captain a team to First Division and FA Cup success, and the only man to win an FA Cup before and after the war. Carter was a clever footballer, always picking up pockets of space, who was a real entertainer and a prolific scorer.
At 0:48, I'm pretty sure that's Gunter Netzer.
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Thanks for replying. Raich Carter is the only one I don't know in your list. No wonder, 1930s-1940s, the same generation as the likes of Giuseppe Meaza, right ?
As for the player at 0:48. No, it's not Gunter Netzer, because Netzer was blondie, and I know his face.
It's still a puzzle for me and for other people. But I am quite sure it's Heinz Flohe, Germany midfielder at WC 1978.
We have to make sure the jersey number was 10, 20 or 30.
Looking at the picture, it's more likely around 1970s. Netzer wore number 10 at WC 1974, Flohe wore it at WC 1978.
But the face is more like Rainer Bonhoff who wore number 16 and 6 at WC 1974 and WC 1978, respectively.
Can you flip that picture so we can see his face completely ? :)
Yes, similar eras. Played against each other once. When I search for Heinz Flohe in our image database that photo doesn't come up. I can only think I'd search for Netzer or Schuster, so I'm at a loss Lex!
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Schuster didn't wear number 10. It's Hansi Muller who wore number 10 at Euro 1980 and WC 1982. But I know Hansi's face and hairstyle. It's more like Dieter Muller than Hansi.
Felix Magath wore it at WC 1986, Lothar Mattheus at WC 1990. But surely, it's not one of them.
Btw, actually who would you want to mention when you add that picture ? Netzer, right ?
However, I am still curious, can you tell me from what source did you get the picture ? Maybe I can search in that source to find out who the guy is.
Getty Images.
I agree with this 7 except I consider .Messi an attacking mid rather than a striker
Why is there always a member of the 1966 England world champion squad in every one of these videos as soon as I seen one of those very overrated players be on the list I stop watching it’s not like that’s the best team to ever win the World Cup they just benefited from very bad calls in the final and semifinals pretty decent lists just exclude almost every British player in all the lists except George best the rest are just icons in England everywhere else in the world they aren’t even in the top 20 players of all time
I see what you mean but Bobby Charlton still deserves to be on this list he was the best man utd player of all time
Simply put Juan, there isn't. Out of the 70 players to feature in this series, only 3 are from England's '66 squad, and all three were incredible players.
The Premier League Is A Disgrace To Football Well if it isn't Mr 'I don't care about arguing with people but carry on arguments until I have the last word anyway'.
The Premier League Is A Disgrace To Football Yep, thought I'd make you annoyed. That's why I did it. Ohf course, you know what the only way to prove you're not bothered by it is., 😀
We didn't 'miss' Xavi, he featured in the video, we just consider seven players to have been better than him.
Zizzou needs to be no. 2
My top 10
10: Fritz Walter 🇩🇪
9: Michael laudrup 🇩🇰
8: Roberto baggio 🇮🇹
7: Bobby Charlton 🏴
6: zico 🇧🇷
5: Michael platini 🇲🇫
4: Alfredo Di Stefano 🇦🇷
3: zinedine zidane 🇲🇫
2: Johan Cruyff 🇳🇱
1: Diego maradona 🇦🇷
don't get why not make a video for CENTRAL midfielders
You said Zizou is at number 7 because he was inconsistent in finals, you put Zico at number 5 and he won nothing outside of brazil.
No he is seventh due to lacking consistency and being less effective than those ahead of him. We just mentioned his record in finals as people often mention '98, 2000 and 2002, overlooking his 3 other major finals.
7 players to win most domestic leagues
This list must have been SO hard to make lol.. I wouldn't know where to begin
Xavi and iniesta out of of the top and zidane in? For real?
For me Zidane is the best footballer ever