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Malenko

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  1. I don't care if three teams have been moved up a round. The fact still remains, there's now one more team in the competition than there usually is, thus one team won't have an opponent... ←
  2. The fact that he sucked throughout the whole year for Madrid shows how continuously well he plays? He wasn't that great (Although good) for Juve either. The one place where Zidane really excelled was playing for the French National Team during the 95/2000 period. He wasn't playing a third of what he had shown to be able off doing, during his last 2 years playing for them either. Also, not all defenders relied on hacking legs in the past. Some did, some didn't. I love Zidane (or have loved for the past years) so this isn't me bashing him, but he wasn't as good as a bunch of players who played in the same position before him. Zidane was at his peak in a similar level to fellow frenchmen Raymond Kopa and Michel Platini. I could even say that at his highest level he was slightly better than those two, but there were still much better players than them IMO. I think he would easily fit in a top 10 of 90's players, but i can't have it there when considering all times. ←
  3. I'm still waiting for a tennis game with depth. As far as i know there's none. What kind of game were you looking for? Just something to play a little bit? Most games i've seen, while good in what concernes to graphics have about only 8!! different players.
  4. I would love to have that channel. ←
  5. I already did something about this for another site but that was to select a team of 23 as if it was a selection for a world cup... i might as well copy paste it in here... Lev YASCHIN - GK - The best goalkeeper of all times. Gordon BANKS - GK - Chosen out of a big bunch. Another one like the German Sepp Maier could have taken his place. Peter SCHMEICHEL - GR - Never a goalie was so decisive for a world/euro cup triumph as Schmeichel was for Denmark's Euro 92 cup win. This is really not overrating him as i've seen the usual long list of guys who come along when discussing these things. It could have been another one just like in the case of Banks, but he's as good a choice as them. Franz BECKENBAUER - Sweeper, Center Midfielder - The kaiser is without a doubt the best Sweeper i've seen playing. Amazing bringing the ball upfront from behind. Frank RIJKAARD - Center Midfielder, Defender - Great midfielder for Milan, great central defender for Ajax, great anchorman for the national team. Franco BARESI - Sweeper, Central Defender - Last pick for the defense. Wanted a fourth Central Back and this was the first that came to mind, but it could have been another one. Daniel PASSARELLA - Central Defender, Sweeper - Dominant in the defense and able to score upfront. DJALMA SANTOS - Right Wing Back - I had doubts on whether i should pick this one or Carlos Alberto. The fact that this one is better defensively while being just as good offensively gave him the edge. NILTON SANTOS - Left Wing Back - Very good left wing back. I have the feeling i'm forgetting someone though. Johan NEESKENS - Central Midfielder - The most versatile player i've seen playing. DIDI - Central Midfielder, 10 - Artist. Spectacular. The true star of the 58 world cup. Diego Armando MARADONA - 10, Left Interior - The best 10 ever. The best player ever as a whole, and the most decisive player ever to his teams. ZICO - 10, Center Forward - Would be a great replacement for Maradona in the all time team. Amazing player. PELÉ - Center Forward, Left Interior - Possibly the best forward ever and also the most versatile offensively. JAIRZINHO - Right Winger, Center Forward, 10 - Underrated. You can't score in every single game in a whole world cup out of luck. Ultra fast, great in the 1on1 and a goalscorer. Mané GARRINCHA - Right Winger - If there's a player who could be said to have hands on his feet, that player was Mané Garrincha. The Joy of the People as he was called. The star of the 62 world cup. Roberto RIVELINO - 10, Left Interior - Fabulous in the 70 World Cup, and another underrated one for playing alongside Pele. Thunderous striking and huge ability. The same dribble Rivaldo got famous for doing when playing for Barcelona, Rivelino was excelling at it 30 years before. Johan CRUIJFF - Center Forward, Left Interior - One of my favourite players ever. Calling him a center forward is extremely reductive. He did it all. Nuclear player on the 3 European Cups won in a row by Ajax and also when playing for Barcelona and Holland. The star of the 74 World Cup and Holland should have really won that one. Zsoltan CZIBOR - Left Winger, I couldn't think of a better Left Winger. Someone who would get to the line, assist, organize, and score with such ease as he did. Therefore gets his place. Alfredo DI STEFANO - Center Forward, 10 - Just imagine the Playmaking ability of a Zidane at his best and the finishing ability of Ronaldo at his best. That's right. Two "galacticos" in one. I can't imagine how much would he cost had he played nowadays. Ferenc PUSKAS - Center Forward, Left Interior - Super goalscorer and true magician with the ball. One of the two biggest stars of the Real Madrid team that won 5 consecutive European Champions Cups (Now Champions League), and the major Star of the Hungary team that lost only one game in 6 years including qualifying games, friendly games, olympic games and World Cup games. Unfortunately for them, that loss came in the World Cup Final where they lost 3-2, and even then he scored the 3-3 but it was ruled offside. Marco VAN BASTEN - Striker - Got noticed scoring goals that most people like to watch... Bycicle Kicks, strikes without much angle, and acrobatic ones. He was also a very complete player. Unfortunately, injuries ended his career too soon. Gerd MULLER - Striker - Just because i think every team should have a bomberman. A mercyless striker as it's shown by his numbers: 68 goals in 62 games in the National Team and 14 goals in two world cups. Also, honorable mentions to George Best who was in my opinion the best British player ever, and Gerson who was a GREAT brazilian midfielder in the 70's but the competition is plenty. That's what i had written. If i had to pick a top ten out of those i would say 1- Maradona, 2 - Johan Cruyff, 3 - Mane Garrincha, 4 - Pele, 5 - Alfredo di Stefano with Franz Beckenbauer as the best player ever in defensive positions.
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