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It'll never cease to amaze me that he ended up becoming the symbol of boring and efficient footballSuch an entertaining nutter . Taking the mickey out of the opposition with his dribbling, throwing tantrums and those outside of the boot passes .
Oh he was playing without shin pads and with low socks @Jim Beam
Yeah it's kind of ridiculous. I guess it didn't help that he came after the 82 vintage which boasted a plethora of gloriously talented central midfielders. I'm actually really curious to go and watch his 1990 WC performances in isolation, to see if they were actually that bad. Then again, no one has mastered the art of scapegoating like the Brazilian media.It'll never cease to amaze me that he ended up becoming the symbol of boring and efficient football
as good as he is beautiful.
Yet another assured performance at the RWB position and against Maldini (& Benarrivo who replaced Maldini midway into the 1st half due to an injury), in this pivotal WC qualifier.
Was rather surprised by the reception Beckham got as a RWB in the recent draft match tbh. Think he'd probably play best as a RWB in the modern game myself.
Tagging Beckham's No1 fan @Šjor Bepo
Where were you in my game
Yet another assured performance at the RWB position and against Maldini (& Benarrivo who replaced Maldini midway into the 1st half due to an injury), in this pivotal WC qualifier.
Was rather surprised by the reception Beckham got as a RWB in the recent draft match tbh. Think he'd probably play best as a RWB in the modern game myself.
Tagging Beckham's No1 fan @Šjor Bepo
Gazza was excellent despite being past his peak. Will be my next comp .as good as he is beautiful.
btw how did Gazza do and is there any chance of that vid
Was a close game so was sat tightly on the fence . Was edging towards your side though, as I loved your use of Dunga and Beckham, although would have preferred a relatively more conventional option to Litmanen. Physio had an excellent side too and I could see Vieiri getting some joy with his WBs and Rivaldo, but the midfield duo wasn't all that for me, esp against the midfield of yours.Where were you in my game
Tbf was half expecting that answer as i noticed pretty boy Albertini was playing and id back the current Gazza against him.Gazza was excellent despite being past his peak. Will be my next comp .
Keane's performance against the Dutch in the 02 WC qualifiers is pretty much well known, but he was immense in the 02 WC qualifier against Figo's Portugal as well. Such a shame how it all eventually turned out at the 2002 WC though...
Yup, Keane had his number on this instance.
Forensic reading of the game stands out once again. Particularly impressed with his powers of recovery saving near-certain goals at 2.53 - covering for Staunton’s double brainfart - and at 5.30. Plus his general bossing of Rui Costa throughout.
Take out your Robson bingos!
Goal — Check
Assist — Check
Last ditch tackle in his own penalty box — Check
England trashed Yugoslavia in Belgrade to earn the qualification for the final stage of the 1988 Euros — after that game they were considered to be the main favourites.
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Not peak Gazza but an excellent performance nonetheless. Turned poor Albertini inside out a couple of times and was even cheered on by the Italian faithful. Was relatively quieter in the second half with England settling for a draw and not showing much intent on or off the ball.
Aye, because he featured in one of the recent draft matches I looked it up, but a quality player like Boban was limited to only 12 starts in the 1992-93 season, presumably because of the foreigner limit, with the likes of Evani and Albertini racking up appearances ahead of him. Albertini was no donkey in fairness, just underwhelming given the quality around him.Albertini's one of the biggest midfield overachievers of the last few decades, an example of how in that 80s-90s Italian league enviroment(especially during the foreigner limit years) foreign players would often need to be 2-3 times better than an italian teammate to get into the team. to be fair to him he did get better around that 96/97-00 period, but no way he deserved to be in the team so often for the years before that.
Lots of lovely flashes of genius in there, particularly like the chest and touch at 0.50. Invaluable having a player like that to relieve the pressure when you go away to Rome in a crunch World Cup qualifier. Especially for a country notoriously bad at taking the sting out of games by keeping the ball.
Not peak Gazza but an excellent performance nonetheless. Turned poor Albertini inside out a couple of times and was even cheered on by the Italian faithful. Was relatively quieter in the second half with England settling for a draw and not showing much intent on or off the ball.
Definitely. Didn't look out of place in that team at all, which is as good of a compliment as you can give to a footballer, really.Taking it off topic a tad, the last few times I've watched a match of Sacchi's Milan I've been impressed with Ancelotti. Similar in style, role and status to Albertini, but he impressed me much more.
You're going to love this. I'm doing a Mendieta compilation from some random La Liga game against Madrid. You'll never guess who gets sent off 10 minutes into the gameFor someone with such reputation its hilarious that is impossible to find one great performance against a top side, feck great id settle with just good because every single performance is sealed with a Roberto Carlos Special - at least one absolutely moronic decision.
Doesnt surprise meYou're going to love this. I'm doing a Mendieta compilation from some random La Liga game against Madrid. You'll never guess who gets sent off 10 minutes into the game
To be fair, he did a Suárez and denied a sure goal with his hand, but doing this at the 10th minute with 0:0 on the scoreboard...