Not a good comparison honestly, the only one of those 3 with a remotely similar skillset is Totti, and he'd be a false 9 for Guardiola
Del Piero and Rivaldo were different types of 10's to him. Totti could pretty much play anywhere. Totti compared to De Bruyne was a better passer, shooter but less mobile. He was also technically better than De Bruyne and was stronger on the ball. He wasn't the type to run around everywhere. Totti couldn't drive up the pitch like De Bruyne, he'd pretty much position himself to receive and do damage with his passing. In terms of class, all of them are pretty much in the same class if we're talking pre injury be DePiero.
Should rather be compared to Beckham from that era. And he comes quite close. But Beckham was better.
Come on now.
Bit of hyperbole but yeah. He'd have been a monster
Although he shares Rivaldo’s ability to peel wide and bend in a telling cross, Del Piero’s work rate and set-piece delivery as well as Totti’s final ball, he’s quite a different player. On the #10 spectrum De Bruyne comes from the #8 end, whereas the other three are on the other side as #9.5s. He’s more of a Beckham/Fabregas hybrid in my eyes.
He was, Totti's weight of pass is the stuff of legend.
Ozil for Madrid was incredible. Another one that comes to mind would be Laudrup.
He was a creative passer especially from tight situations. Very good at short one-touch passes and lobs.
I agree. He’s a pleasure to watch.
You should check out Michael Laudrup.
He's the best midfielder in the world. Bar none.
Ozil for Arsenal was also incredible in the Sanchez days. The 19 assists season was world class. He suffered from playing in an inferior team.
I understand why you'd think so because Totti used to play high up the pitch a lot of the time in his career however that wasn't the case all the time when he played for Italy. When played as a proper playmaker his passing was exemplary.
Than Totti????? No. No no no no no.....
That’s the thing - all my memories of Totti are him being pressed all the time in the opposition half and somehow managing to lay it off or put someone through. I suppose that’s great vision as well but not quite what I had in mind.
That's the thing. Opponents routinely had to gameplan specifically to avoid giving him even an inch of space because he would kill them otherwise
There was a compilation on YouTube of Totti's one touch passes, usually on the turn or with his back to goal and how many of them lead to goal scoring chances.That's the thing. Opponents routinely had to gameplan specifically to avoid giving him even an inch of space because he would kill them otherwise
And every time the marking wasn't tight enough and he could turn or even half turn, it was good fecking night, turn off the lights
Hells, sometimes he didn't even need to turn
Opta say this -
Looking back at Sterling goal against Aresnal after the restart and the goal for Mehrez today those should've counted as assist and he should be at 22 they did it for Messi so hopefully something happens here.
Fully agree.
Henderson is better than him apparently...
Yeah, pretty much. He's a superb player.
Silly. Nowhere near? That’s what you say if you compare Lindelöf to Baresi. Put KdB on the pitch with prime Rivaldo in the other team and they would equally boss games. I would say de Bruyne is one of the best ever players in terms of vision, decisions, execution of passes, opening up defensive units and so on. He must be a dream to play with if you’re a forward. Rivaldo? Much more direct and full of power, not the same game intelligence if we’re getting picky. Oh and he also dived like a little snake. Nowhere near
