70s Blokhin was “human highlight”.
The run where he beats 3 English defenders including Moore before passing the ball past Shilton
Quite reminiscent of his goal against Bayern just without the huge sprint at the beginning of the move.
Outside Kaiser great performance in this game,Uli Hoeness would be one of the best players in the world,if he wasn’t injured.Unfortunately,injuries ruined his career.
Will delete it a bit later. I'm still not sure how he had managed to got through there with the ball at his feetThis game he fecked Tresor in his athletic prime.
You can see that he still struggles to impose himself onto the game for the entire duration of it, but he remains very influential even if only in a few moments of brilliance — like the winner that he scores against an excellent defense marshalled by peak Marius Trésor. Blokhin was only 20 at that point, so he'll add a lot more variety to his game as well as learn how to press & utilise his speed more efficiently.
That bit at 1:22 though
@Šjor Bepo by the way, not a friendly but a crucial World Cup qualifier for a change. France needed a win, USSR needed a draw. Sadly, in the next stage USSR would get Chile but they'd refuse to travel for a return leg because of the whole Pinochet's coup mess.
I think his best came in the first 3/4ths of the 70's for which a lot of footage is not available considering the clubs he played for. Of the footage I have seen, I was really impressed with the younger him. His appearances in our drafts have also seemed to have reduced recently - used to be a round 6-7 pick in all time drafts if I remember correctly.
Yeah i dont know, just saying that type can easily get overrated because of his physical dominance.
He certainly relied on his athleticism a bit too much for my liking (and often rightly so) and I wouldn't put him among crème de la crème, but he was really a force to be reckoned with. Aside from the one mistake for the goal he was imperious in this game, a bit reminiscent of peak Rio.
Looking forward to this. Maybe the algorithm messed up the Charlton vid
Finally finished a big one on Law. Hopefully it does better than Charlton's
same, both Moore and Charlton were great but i always loved Law the most out of that whole generation.
The opening is great. Excellent agility and great heading power for a small man
**sees this thread bumped*
*sees it's for a compilation of a Barcelona player dismantling us in a final*
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go one post up, worth a watch!Outstanding. Do have a soft spot for a defensively shrewd midfielder with an eye for a forward pass. Grew increasingly influential as the game wore on and had a huge part in that match-winning goal.
Anticipation and attacking of the first ball was tremendous given the nature of the forwards he was up against. Their physicality and back-to-goal expertise would make it difficult for most to nip ahead and win the ball as he did so frequently.
Some brilliant defensive actions but he could have done better on certain occasions, probably nitpicking though. Definitely had a tough job on his hands facing Hughes & Cantona (with Keane rampaging forward for good measure & Giggs-Kanchelskis jinxing about out wide) but did exceptionally well, all things considered
Still have no idea if that tackle he pulled off on Cantona was a great tackle or a penalty
Liked his better judgement in not contesting the drop ball with Duncan Ferguson.
Already 30 years old, making his debut at the World Cup and still fast enough to penetrate Brazil's defence time and again. Overall I'd say that he got a bit unlucky — just like USSR in this particular case, they really could've settled for a draw on a different night. Brazil's goals though 
