I changed my opinion from only blaming Tito and Rosell, I feel its a dick move to get educated and paid a lot of money in Barceklona and then jump ship at the first good possibility, its so selfish.
In my eyes he is just a mercenary, nothing more.
I feel we can only judge based on players we have actually seen, how can we put Yashin in there purely based on hearsay, I doubt we saw enough matches to confirm his greatness.
If I were to make a list based on players I have seen live with a little bias and not all attackers stacking midfield...
I wonder if there were similair rivalries between active players within football? maybe an Eusebio vs Gerd Müller or Cruyff vs Beckenbauer, Maradona vs Zico/Platini?
I guess not on this level eventhough its 95% media created.
Cristiano wont be forgotten, he will go down as one of the best goalscorers in the history of the sport. He will most likely end up with 600+ career goals when he is done.
Messi will outrank him of course but lets not act like as if he is some fluke.
If you allow a substitution or a player from the opposite side needing to go out you will definitely have teams faking an injury to get an advantage:mou:
I feel he should have deserved it from 2003-2006 (no 2005), if they gave it to him in one of those years it would be very well deserved.
I always said I didnt take the ballon d'or serious cause they never gave it to him.
Nowadays people rip on the current system but the old style also had...
I get you reasoning but the last part I disagree with, Real was extremely physical against him the last few years and at their worst he was owning them in 2011.