Narration of Footballers Skill

This project is the analysis players’ specific skill to rank the best ever list by specialized skill and total skill based on Video watching and evaluate the skills for establishing the ranking.

Number of Full-Matches : 20,000 Minutes (222 Matches)  

Project Span : 14 October 2017 - 6 May 2018      

Match Competition	Team	Man of The Match
1953 Match of Century	Hungary VS England	Puskas (8)
1954 WC SF (FHL)	Hungary VS Uruguay	Kocsis (8)
1954 WC Final (FHL)	Germany VS Hungary	Rahn (7.5)
1957 FA Cup Final	Aston Villa VS Man Utd	Taylor (7)
1958 WC QF	Sweden VS USSR	Gren (7.5)
1958 WC SF	Brazil VS France	Didi (8.5)
1958 WC Third Place	France VS Germany	Kopa (8)
1958 WC Final	Brazil VS Sweden	Pele, Didi (8)
1960 Euro Final (EXT)	Yugoslavia VS USSR	Sekularac (7.5)
1960 EC Final	Real Madrid VS Frankfurt	Di Stefano (8.5)
1961 FA Cup Final	Tottenham VS Leicester	Blanchflower (7.5)
1961 EC SF	Hamburge VS Barcelona	Evaristo (7.5)
1961 EC Final	Benfica VS Barcelona	Coluna (7.5)
1962 Friendly	Santos VS Hamburge	Pele (8)
1962 CL Final (FHL)	Santos VS Penarol	Countinho (8)
1962 EC QF	Real Madrid VS Juventus	Sivori (8)
1962 EC Cup Final	Benfica VS Real Madrid	Coluna (8)
1962 WC QF	Brazil VS England	Garrincha (8.5)
1962 WC TP	Chile VS Yugoslavia	Ramirez (7)
1962 WC SF	Brazil VS Chile	Garrincha (9)
1962 WC Final	Brazil VS Czechoslovakia	Garrincha (9)
1963 Friendly (Half)	France VS Brazil	N/A
1963 CL Final	Santos VS Boca Juniors	Pele (8.5)
1963 CWC Final	Tottenham VS A. Madrid	Dyson (7.5)
1963 EC Final	Milan VS Benfica	Rivera (7.5)
1964 Series A Final	Inter VS Bologna	Bulgarelli (7.5)
1964 EC Final	Inter VS Real Madrid	Mazzola (8)
1964 Euro Final	Spain VS USSR	Luis Suarez (8)
1965 EC Final (Half)	Inter VS Benfica	N/A
1966 CL Final (EXT)	Penarol VS River Plate	Rocha (8)
1966 EC Final	Real Madrid VS Partizan	Amancio (7.5)
1966 WC (GR)	England VS Uruguay	Rocha (7.5)
1966 WC (GR)	Argentina VS Spain	Rattin (7.5)
1966 WC (GR)	Hungary VS Bulgaria	Yakimov (7)
1966 WC (GR)	Hungary VS Brazil	Albert (8)
1966 WC (GR)	Argentina VS Germany	Beckenbauer (8)
1966 WC-QF	England VS Argentina	Moore (7.5)
1966 WC-QF	USSR VS Hungary	Yashin (7.5)
1966 WC-SF	Germany VS USSR	Seeler (7.5)
1966 WC-SF	England VS Portugal	Moore (7.5)
1966 WC-FL	England VS Germany	Charlton (7.5)
1967 EC Final	Celtic VS Inter Milan	Johnstone (8)
1968 CWC Final	Milan VS Hambruge	Rivera (7.5)
1968 EC Final	Man U VS Benfica	Charlton (7.5)
1968 INC 2nd Leg	Estudientes VS Man U	Veron (7)
1968 Friendly	W.Germany VS Brazil	Beckenbauer (8)
1968 Euro-QF	England VS Scotland	Law (7.5)
1968 Euro-SF	Italy VS USSR	Pshenichnikov (7)
1968 Euro-SF	England VS Yugoslavia	Dzajic (8)
1968 Euro Final	Yugoslavia VS Italy	Dzajic (7)
1968 Euro Final-Replay	Italy VS Yugoslavia	Anastasi (7.5)
1969 EC-SF 2nd Leg	Man U VS Milan	Charlton (7.5)
1969 EC Final	Milan VS Ajax	Prati (7.5)
1970 EC Final	Feyenoord VS Celtic	Van Hanegem (7)
1970 WC-GS	Peru VS Bulgaria	Chumpitaz (7.5)
1970 WC-GS	USSR VS Belgium	Muntyan (7.5)
1970 WC-GS	Brazil VS England	Pele (8)
1970 WC-QF	Brazil VS Peru	Tostao (8)
1970 WC-QF	W.Germany VS England	Beckenbauer (8)
1970 WC-SF	Brazil VS Uruguay	Tostao (7.5)
1970 WC-SF	W.Germany VS Italy	Riva (7.5)
1970 WC-FL	Brazil VS Italy	Pele (8)
1970 ERQ	Spain VS N.Ireland	Best (7.5)
1971 EC Final	Ajax VS Panathinaikos	Cruyff (7.5)
1972 FA Cup Final	Leeds VS Arsenal	J.Charlton (7)
1972 EC Final	Ajax VS Inter Milan	Cruyff (8)
1972 Friendly	Germany VS USSR	Muller (8)
1972 IDPD	Brazil VS Portugal	Rivelino (8)
1972 ER-SF	W.Germany VS Belgium	Netzer (8.5)
1972 Euro Final	Germany VS USSR	Beckenbauer (8.5)
1973 WCQ-60 Minutes	Poland VS England	N/A
1973 WCQ	England VS Poland	Tomaszewski (8)
1973 EC-QF 1st Leg	Ajax VS Bayern	Cruyff (8)
1973 EC-QF 2nd Leg	Bayern VS Ajax	Breitner (7)
1973 EC Final	Ajax VS Juventus	Krol (7.5)
1974 WC-GS	Italy VS Argentina	Babington (7.5)
1974 WC-GS	Scotland VS Brazil	Nelinho (7.5)
1974 WC-GS	E. Germany VS W.Germany	Beckenbauer (8)
1974 WC-GS	West Germany VS Chile	Breitner (7.5)
1974 WC-GS	Chile VS East Germany	Figueroa (7.5)
1974 WC-GS	Bulgaria VS Uruguay	Bonev (7)
1974 WC-GS	Brazil VS Yugoslavia	Dzajic (7.5)
1974 WC-GS	Holland VS Sweden	Cruyff (8.5)
1974 WC-QF	W.Germany VS Poland	Maier (7.5)
1974 WC-QF	Holland VS Brazil	Cruyff (7.5)
1974 WC-QF	Poland VS Sweden	Tomaszewski (7.5)
1974 WC-QF	Brazil VS Argentina	Rivelino (7.5)
1974 WC-QF	Holland VS East Germany	Cruyff (7.5)
1974 WC-QF	W.Germany VS Yugoslavia	Overath (7.5)
1974 WC-Third Place	Brazil VS Poland	N/A (65 Minutes)
1974 WC-Final	West Germany VS Holland	Cruyff (8)
1974 EC Final-1st Match	Bayern VS Atletico Madrid	Beckenbauer (7.5)
1975 EC-Final	Bayern VS Leeds	Giles (7)
1975 Super Cup-1st Leg	Bayern VS Dinamo Kiev	Blokhin (7.5)
1976 EC-SF 2nd Leg	Bayern VS Real Madrid	Muller (7.5)
1976 ER-SF-Ext	Czechoslovakia VS Holland	Ondrus (7)
1976 ER-Final-Ext	Czechoslovakia VS W.Germany	Bonhof (7.5)
1977 EC-SF 1st Leg	Gladbach VS Dinamo Kiev	Simonsen (7)
1977 EC-SF 2nd Leg	Dinamo Kiev VS Gladbach	Vogts (7.5)
1977 EC-Final	Liverpool VS Gladbach	Keegan (7.5)
1977 Super Cup 2nd Leg	Liverpool VS Hamburge	Mcdermott (7.5)
1978 EC-Final	Liverpool VS Club Brugge	Souness (7)
1978 Super Cup 1st Leg	Anderlecht VS Liverpool	Rensenbrink (7)
1978 WC-GS-Half	Poland VS Germany	45 Minute
1978 WC-GS	Austria VS Spain	Krankl (7)
1978 WC-GS	Italy VS France	Rossi (7.5)
1978 WC-GS	France VS Argentina	Passarella (7.5)
1978 WC-GS	Argentina VS Italy	Bettega (7)
1978 WC-GS	Sweden VS Brazil	Rivelino (7.5)
1978 WC-QF	Italy VS Germany	Cabrini (7.5)
1978 WC-QF	Holland VS Italy	Krol (7)
1978 WC-QF	Austria VS Germany	Krankl (7.5)
1978 WC-QF	Peru VS Brazil	Dirceu (7.5)
1978 WC-QF	Peru VS Poland	Lato (7)
1978 WC-QF	Argentina VS Poland	Kempes (7.5)
1978 WC-Final-Ext	Holland VS Argentina	Kempes (8)
1979 Copa America-QF	Argentina VS Brazil	Zico (7.5)
1979 Copa America-QF	Brazil VS Argentina	Socrates (7.5)
1980 CWC Final-Ext	Valencia VS Arsenal	Brady (7)
1980 EC Final	Forest VS Hamburge	Shilton (7.5)
1980 ER-QF	Italy VS Belgium	Scirea (7.5)
1980 ER-QF	England VS Italy	Keegan (7.5)
1980 ER-QF	W.Germany VS Holland	Schuster (8.5)
1980 ER-Final	W.Germany VS Belgium	Van Moer (7.5)
1980 Mundialito	W.Germany VS Argentina	Passarella (7.5)
1980 Mundialito	Brazil VS Argentina	Maradona (7.5)
1981 EC-Final	Liverpool VS Real Madrid	Camacho (7.5)
1981 INC	Flamengo VS Liverpool	Zico (8)
1982 WC-GS	Brazil VS USSR	Socrates (8)
1982 WC-GS	Spain VS Yugoslavia	Petrovic (7)
1982 WC-GS	England VS France	Robson (8)
1982 WC-GS	Belgium VS Argentina	Marie-Pfaff (7.5)
1982 WC-R12	France VS Austria	Tigana (7.5)
1982 WC-R12	Italy VS Brazil	Rossi (8)
1982 WC-R12	Italy VS Argentina	Tardelli (7.5)
1982 WC-R12	Brazil VS Argentina	Falcao (8)
1982 WC-R12	England VS W. Germany	Breitner (7.5)
1982 WC-R12	W. Germany VS Spain	Littbartski (7.5)
1982 WC-R12	Poland VS USSR	Lato (7.5)
1982 WC-R12 (53 Minutes)	Poland VS Belgium	Boniek (8)
1982 WC-SF-Ext	W.Germany VS France	Platini (8)
1982 WC-Final	Italy VS West Germany	Conti (8)
1983 SPN Final	Barcelona VS Real Madrid	Maradona (8)
1983 la Liga (60 Minutes)	Barcelona VS Real Madrid	Maradona (7.5)
1983 UC-Final 2nd-Leg	Benfica VS Anderlecht	Chalana (7)
1983 EC-Final	Hambruge VS Juventus	Magath (7.5)
1983 Copa America-Final	Brazil VS Uruguay	Francescoli (7.5)
1984 EC Final	Liverpool VS Roma	Falcao (8)
1984 Super Cup	Juventus VS Liverpool	Boniek (7.5)
1984 INC	Liverpool VS Independiente	Bochini (7.5)
1984 EU Qualใ  (60 Minutes)	Scotland VS East Germany	Strachan (7.5)
1984 ER-QF	France VS Denmark	Giresse (8)
1984 ER-QF	Denmark VS Yugoslavia	Olsen (7.5)
1984 ER-QF	W.Germany VS Portugal	Brehme (7.5)
1984 ER-SF-Ext	France VS Portugal	Platini (8)
1984 ER-SF-Ext	Denmark VS Spain	Maceda (7.5)
1984 ER-Final	France VS Spain	Platini (8)
1985 EC-Final	Juventus VS Liverpool	Platini (8.5)
1985 Artemeo Franchi	France VS Uruguay	Platini (8)
1986 UC Final 1st Leg	Real Madrid VS FC Koln	Butragueno (7.5)
1986 WC-GS	England VS Portugal	Waddle (7.5)
1986 WC-GS	Denmark VS W.Germany	M.Olsen (7.5)
1986 WC-GS	USSR VS France	Giresse (7.5)
1986 WC-GS	Argentina VS Italy	Maradona (8)
1986 WC-GS	Paraguay VS Mexico	Romerito (7.5)
1986 WC-R16	France VS Italy	L.Fernandez (7.5)
1986 WC-R16-Ext	USSR VS Belgium	Belanov (8)
1986 WC-R16	Argentina VS Uruguay	Maradona (7.5)
1986 WC-R16	Spain VS Denmark	Butragueno (8)
1986 WC-R16	Brazil VS Poland	Josimar (7.5)
1986 WC-QF	Argentina VS England	Maradona (8.5)
1986 WC-QF-Ext	Spain VS Belgium	Senor (7.5)
1986 WC-QF	Brazil VS France	Amoros (8)
1986 WC-QF-Ext	W.Germany VS Mexico	Forster (7.5)
1986 WC-SF	Argentina VS Belgium	Maradona (8.5)
1986 WC-SF	France VS W.Germany	Magath (7.5)
1986 WC-Final	Argentina VS W.Germany	Burruchaga (8)
1987 EC-Final	Bayern VS Porto	Futre (7.5)
1987 CA-SF	Argentina VS Uruguay	Caniggia (7.5)
1988 EC-QF 1st Leg	Real Madrid VS Napoli	Maradona (7)
1988 EC-QF 2nd-Leg	Napoli VS Real Madrid	Maradona (7.5)
1988 ER-QF	W.Germany VS Italy	Baresi (7.5)
1988 ER-QF	Holland VS England	Van Basten (8.5)
1988 ER-QF	Denmark VS Spain	Butragueno (7.5)
1988 ER-QF	England VS USSR	Mikhailchenko (7.5)
1988 ER-SF	Holland VS W.Germany	Van Basten (8)
1988 ER-SF	USSR VS Italy	Zavarov (7)
1988 ER-Final	Holland VS USSR	Van Basten (8.5)
1989 UC-Final 2nd Leg	Stuttgart VS Napoli	Maradona (7.5)
1989 EC-Semi-Final-60 Minutes	AC Milan VS Real Madrid	Rijkaard (8)
1989 EC-Final-60 Minites	AC Milan VS Steua Bucharest	Gullit (8)
1989 Super Cup 1st Leg	Barcelona VS Milan	Rijkaard (7.5)
1989 Copa America	Brazil VS Argentina	Bebeto (7.5)
1990 SPC Final	Barcelona VS Real Madrid	Bakero (7.5)
1990 EC-Final	Milan VS Benfica	Rijkaard (8)
1990 Super Cup 2nd Leg	Milan VS Sampdoria	Baresi (7.5)
1990 WC-GS	W.Germany VS Yugoslavia	Matthaus (8)
1990 WC-GS	England VS Holland	Gascoinge (8)
1990 WC-R16	Brazil VS Argentina	Maradona (8)
1990 WC-R16	Holland VS W.Germany	Klinsmann (7.5)
1990 WC-R16	Italy VS Uruguay	Baresi (7.5)
1990 WC-R16-Ext	Spain VS Yugoslavia	Stojkovic (7.5)
1990 WC-R16-Ext	England VS Belgium	Gascoinge (7.5)
1990 WC-QF	Ireland VS Italy	Schillachi (7.5)
1990 WC-QF-Ext	Argentina VS Yugoslavia	Stojkovic (7.5)
1990 WC-SF-Ext	Argentina VS Italy	Caniggia (7.5)
1990 WC-SF-Ext	W.Germany VS England	Brehme (7.5)
1990 WC-Final	W.Germany VS Argentina	Haesler (7.5)
1991 EC-Final	Red Star VS Marseille	Savicevic (7.5)
1991 UC Final 1st Leg	Inter VS Roma	Matthaus (8)
1991 Series A	AC Milan VS Inter Milan	Baresi (7.5)
1992 EC-Final	Barcelona VS Sampdoria	Koeman (7.5)
1992 INC	Barcelona VS Sao Paolo	Rai (8)
1992 ER-QF	England VS France	Platt (7)
1992 ER-QF	Denmark VS France	Blanc (7.5)
1992 ER-QF	Holland VS W.Germany	Rijkaard (7.5)
1992 ER-SF-Ext	Holland VS Denmark	Rijkaard (8)
1992 ER-Final	W.Germany VS Denmark	Schmeichel (7.5)
1993 UCL-Final	Marseille VS AC Milan	Costacurta (7)
1993 INC	AC Milan VS Sao Paolo	Paulinha (7.5)
1994 UCL-Final	AC Milan VS Barcelona	Savicevic (8)

1950s Matches Summary

1953 Match of Century (Hungary VS England) : In England side, I mainly focus on Stanley Matthews. He was already 40 years old and is as slow as I expect. His acceleration and crossing was always effective but his style of play was limited on the right-flank so he almost not create any chance to score by himself.

Including the 1954 World Cup semi-final match, Sandor Kocsis was really a great header but his jumping was not remarkably high mostly take advantage of opponent by his positional sense. His technique in touching the passed ball is disappointed anyway. In the 1954 World Cup final. Aside from incomplete body condition of Ferenc Puskas, one of the causes Hungary was beaten is Czibor’s unaccustomed position, an outside-right. He missed the important goal in short distance by his inefficient right-foot. In contrary, Helmut Rahn’s feet is equal. He moves inside and able to score by his left-foot by powerful shot.   

In 1957 FA Cup Final, I mainly focus on Duncan Edwards. He is unparalleled strong in defense and possesses some technique. On the other hand, most of his vision and passing scenes are failed. I note he made overpassing 4 times that all of them are either much misdirected or overweight and let Man Utd concede ball possessions from total 6 times but he was still named in top five Ballon’Dor in that year. In my country, I heard since I was young that he had enough potential to be the greatest ever alongside Pele and Maradona is probably one of the most overrated praises.  

In related matches for Brazil 1958 and 1962, Djalma Santos is impressive in only his technique, position and agility but other than that is nothing to praise. He liked to pass inaccurate long ball and even made a funny mistake when he tried to volley the ball forward to midfield area but it is more than 90 degree misdirected to his own dangerous penalty area. Djalma’s tackle scene is very rare to see although he had many opportunities to intercept. He always liked to cover his zone. His speed was also not relatively high and his reading ability was also limited when I saw he couldn’t cut the inside-passed ball that was actually reachable from his position. Nilton Santos always made an accurate passing and great position but his balance is rather problematic and he did not know how to tackle in the right position.

Regarding Brazil as the 1958 world cup winner. As I watched their style of play and teamwork ability, I think they’re second to the 1970 team in overall particularly creativity and coordinative compatibility but it is interesting what if Dino Sani, Cantoheiro and Altafini were included in the first eleven regularly and strengthen the team level. In 1963 European Cup Final, Altafini’s playing is always entertained to see. He should be one of the most complete strikers ever. Dino Sani played well in normal level.

In 1958, Several times Just Fontaine lost the ball when he was trying to get pass defenders by himself. He is really not a great dribbler but his shooting is powerful with a great direction. Although France concede 5 goals, I don’t see any mistake of Robert Jonquet but he might be a bit too slow.

The First Half 1960s Matches Summary – International Country

The 1960 Euro Final is the most boring match for me. I believe Soviet Union would not win the title of all European nations participated. The games is too inert. There are many big names to expect great performance but only Sekularac and Metreveli are outstanding enough. Yashin had a few times to show his ability. Netto always stays deep area and almost not went support offensive game so I don’t see any technical ability of him. Mikhail Meskhi is nothing special. Bora Kostic was a slow winger but consistently made an accurate long pass.

I watch all knock-out games of Brazil in 1962 World Cup. Garrincha is seen to be a Man of the match for all. Aside from his phenomenon agile and fast dribbler, He is unexpectedly a very good header and his left-foot is also effective. In match against England, he failed to drib pass English players 3 times but compensate by his scoring important goals. Other focus is Didi and Zito. Didi could be a perfect playmaker if he was not too slow. Zito is aggressive, agile and faster than I expected.

One again Leonel Sanchez is disappointed in 1962 World Cup third place match. His bronze ball from retrospective rating by FIFA is not deserved. The Trio “Galic-Skoblar-Sekularac” is kept an eye on. Galic is not qualified as he is not good in games participation at all. Skoblar is complete but he was till young and it was not his prime during the tournament. Sekularac is great in technique but he too often try to take advantage of his body to shield the ball because of his slow speed.

The 1964 Euro Final is much more entertained than the previous one. Amancio and L.Suarez are an attractive players that were always agile and elegant in technical implementation. Anyway, many times L.Suarez made an inaccurate passing but he creates a ton of chances to his teammates as well. For USSR team, the best one is Varely Voronin who was very good in box-to-box role. He was strong and a great creator. Combined with the 1960 match, the most disappointed one is Valentine Ivanov who is seen to be too slow and lack of creative idea.

The First Half 1960s Matches Summary – Club

In related two matches of Tottenham, Danny Blanchflower as a talisman is seen to be weak in physical. He is not fast, strong and not outstandingly agile. He is a main creative force of Tottenham and also had a great ball interception. Dave Mackay is not only great in defensive but also performs accurate long passing consistently. Regarding Jimmy Greaves, he several times get down to deep-forward area to find the chance of assist or shooting but I think his skill in this role is limited and incomparable to his performance as a poacher. He is still categorized in striker list although his position could fit to forward definition.

Uwe Seeler is also seen in two matches. Hamburger at early 1960s has no stars aside from him. Seeler is very aggressive, fast and great positioning. His goal against Barcelona in 1961 European Cup semi-final is an unintentional shot from the edge of the field and it is highly questionable about ability of Antonio Ramallets who not only conceded this goal but there are also no scene to prove he is among the best Spanish keeper ever as being widely regarded. Probably his 5 times Zamora Trophy conduct him to be overrated.

Only half of full-match available for Sivori footage but it has been validated that he is among the best dribbler ever. Sivori could drib pass opponent by straight forward confrontation not try to move outside. John Charles also played well enough when he move down to deep-forward area.

Benfica is always entertained to watch. For me Coluna is man of the match in both 1961 and 1962 European Cup final. It is a bit strange that he only scored from long-shot effectively or shot wide much out of the target. He is also seen to have a better defensive quality than Didi.

The Catenaccio Inter Milan facilitates Sandro Mazzola to play comfortably. He is an advanced midfielder with a great creator of opportunity to assist or score and for me he should play alongside Rivera without any problem. Luis Suarez is much more reliable than his time at Barcelona when he too often made inaccurate passing. Facchetti style likes a free-role full-back as he likes to conduct the ball inside to defensive midfield area to find more space. As he is a right-foot player, it is very questionable if he would be effective enough to be the right-back in all-time world XI. In match against Bologna, the team seems to be too fatigue. Giacomo Bulgarelli is very good in ball winner and also have a good vision. Helmut Haller is very limited and have a few participation in that game.

The 1962 (Full Highlight 40 minutes), 1963 and 1966 Copa Libertadores Cup Final video, is very unclear, are monitored. Apart from Pele who is always intelligent and effective in advanced playmaker role, I focus on Pepe who I never watched in full-match. Pepe is fast and classy in technique but lack of great imagination so it seems his teammate try to more operate the game on right-wing (Dorval) than left-side area. Jose Sanfilippo has a style to always conduct the ball by himself to score with his great acceleration and powerful shot. Ernesto Grillo and Ermindo Onega has a similar creative style of play with outstanding agility and high sense of coordination but the second one performs in more free-role, often operate the game on the wing area). It also very good chance to watch Mazurkiewicz and Carrizo in a full-match. Both are agile and enthusiastic. All of their conceded goals is beyond one’s capability. 

The Penarol offensive Trio “Rocha-Joya-Spencer” is focused. It is amazing about scoring scene by Rocha’s heading that is really skillful. Rocha is very good in any aspect of playmaker and also accurate in free-kick. Joya is dominate in physical, is strong and fast with considerable technique but he is lack of spirit, intentionally kicking the ball out to the grandstand to stall. Spencer scored both goals with his proficient heading. He is also good in teamwork not just a tapped player.

The 1965 European Cup Final is available in only first half but the raining fall prevents players to fulfill their potential and is perhaps the most tiresome European club final match ever. The 1966 Final is mainly focused on Velibor Vasovic, Fahrudin Jusufi and Amancio, As the quality of video is also not good and no commentator voice, players are monitored by positional play. Amancio has proved he also played well as a deep-lying forward. Fahrudin Jusufi is nothing but complete in full-back qualification. For Vasovic, I will conclude again next time after watch the 1969 final match. The 1967 final’s most remarkable one must be Jimmy Johnstone who is highly impressive for his creativity and dribble when his speed is normal and his scoring ability is below average. The Inter Milan players who seems to be too much dependent on the team tactic Catenaccio whose defensive line is very deep and finally allows two conceded goals from Celtic’s midfielders long shot

1966 World Cup Matches Summary

In the 1966 World Cup, Argentina team is impressive in its teamwork ability. Artime-Onega-Mas and Perfumo-Marzolini is mainly focused. Onega is seen to make several inaccurate passes apart from his great vision and movement as mentioned. Oscar Mas mostly coordinate with his teammate to move forward to inside area. Artime is a main poacher as he seldom participate with the ball. Perfumo is proficient for his quick movement from the back of opponent to cut off the ball in front of them. He has a problem to manage with his aerial battle twice when he try to intercept the ball from misdirect standing and it is almost an own goal .For another case, his short jump allows opponent to score too easy. Marzolini is seen to be fast when he run without the ball and he is very reliable in his positional sense. Antonio Rattin is superb in reading the game and ball winning, is one of the best destroyers ever.

The scene of Rocha technique is unforgettable when he juggle ball across his head and an English defender and move 180 degree to volley the ball at once. It is a little out of target.

For Eastern European teams, The Hungarian Du-O forward Albert-Bene is focused. Albert is an amazing complete forward with elegant movement. Bene is agile in dribbling but his imagination is too limited when he is set as a right-winger. For USSR, Shesternev is a true reliable sweeper. He is slow but compensate by his great position and reading the game. Compared to most defensive midfielders, Voronin is remarkably agile and more elaborate with the ball. Dimitar Yakimov often shows his skillful dribbling. Asparuhov is during his prime but I don’t see any spectacular on his footage and is overrated for being regarded as the greatest Bulgarian player ever.

In the semi-final between W.Germany and USSR, Lev Yashin made a phenomenon incredible save of Seeler’s shot in only 2 meters distance catching with his hand. Yashin anticipates the direction of the ball completely. Seeler bewilders for this magic save. However, Yashin is a bit too lazy and careless when he allows goal conceding without attempt to jump.

The 1966 German players are monitored individually. Schnellinger often move forward to semi-side midfield area thanks for his versatility as he performs well in central defender, full-back or wing-back role. There is a noticeable flaw in his reading ability when he mistakenly anticipates the opponent running direction and he fling to tackle the ball in different direction of opponent. Schulz is reliable in overall but slow and he was once stolen the ball unknowingly from the back. However, the weak point of Germany defensive line is Hottges who failed to mark Geff Hurst for the first conceding goal and he mistakenly kick out for the second one. In midfielder, Beckenbauer as a young defensive midfielder is a bit impetuous when he made ineffective abrupt tackle a couple of times. Haller as an advanced midfielder is superb in scoring sense with 6 goals in 5 games, is deserved as the best German player of the tournament. Seeler is seen to be diligent and extremely beneficial for his team although he was unsuccessful in overall score productivity. He even run deeper into midfield area to win the ball successfully.

The Second Half 1960s Matches Summary

“The United Trinity”. Three related matches in 1968 and 1969 saw George Best’s irregular performance, He several times operates in right-wing and shows a spectacular dribbling as expected but his enterprising one-man-show style of play is considered too extravagant in many scenes that lose ball possession unnecessarily. It is also noticeable that his dribbling is more dependent on acceleration than technique. The Trio is not characterized as a remarkable coordinative one but it is more a group of three famous players as Man Utd played football with total team work, allowing other attackers create many benefits to the team. Regarding the match, in 1969 semi-final against Milan, Man Utd have a ball across the line to draw 2-2 in aggregate but not a goal by referee.

In three related matches, Rivera has a unique passing technique with a curve that is very easy for teammate to proceed. In 1969 European Cup Final, Ajax dominates in ball possession. All of their attackers are fast and very good in alternating position but their defense is extremely leak and can’t manage with Milan’s counterattack. Velibor Vasovic has a positioning problem when he establish himself too deep and open the space for opponent to shot.

Van Hanegem is highly admired in the 1970 European Cup final. He contributes many curve passes from his outer foot. He is also strong with highly balance and his style and ability could be categorized in both playmaker or box-to-box midfielder. Although Kindvall scores a winning goal in extra-time, he is rather extravagant in his opportunity during the normal time. Moulijn is creative and very good team work players but he has passed his prime in that year.        

“The 1967 British Match of Century”, the Euro qualification quarter-final, England versus Scotland is extremely valuable to watch as both team is considered as the best team ever of their country and the match is extremely colorful. England just acquire the World trophy while there are 4 players available in all-time Scottish XI, Denis Law, Billy Bremner, Jim Baxter and John Grieg (Jimmy Johnstone did not participate in this match and as I check, these five players played together only 2 matches during 1966). Denis Law performs in distinguish role from Man Utd, he plays deeper and shows many agile and skillful ball control scenes. Bremner’s role is similar to Van Hanegem as he could be considered in either playmaker or box-to-box midfielder, possessing impressive agility, quick thinking and playmaking ability. Jim Baxter’s style of play is inert. He is too slow and lack of movement effort although he has excellent technique and playmaking skill. He is really unsuitable to British football philosophy.

In semi-finalist and finalist of the 1968 Euro, I mainly focus on Dragan Dzajic. He is not a pure winger when he often move to support the central area and finally scoring winning goal against England and the open goal in the first final match. But still, Yugoslavia didn’t emphasize on dependence of him so he is not a large contributor during the ball possession.

Thanks for divine of luck that Italy won coin toss as they’re better than USSR in all aspects with a ton of chances but failed to finish score. The issue about Rivera and S.Mazzola is discussed as this match is one of the last games they’re allowed played together on the pitch. At Inter Milan, Mazzola is more free in his role to indispensably link the game between defense and forward. At Italy, the main creator is Rivera and Mazzola is in charge of support striker role and both is seen to be declined in performance, is a common due to mutual sharing of creative force while their coordination is not a problem and it should be actually beneficial to the team in overall.

1970 World Cup Final Matches Summary

In related two matches. Hector Chumpitaz is extraordinary on the ground defense with his high speed, agile and technical utilization. Cubillas is always dangerous for opponents. He always looks for either going straight forward or coordinating with his teammates to score the goal but sometimes too hurry to shot in long distance widely. Hugo Sotil substitutes in the second half and his dribbling and technical skill are awesome. Anyway, Gallardo is also one of the best Peruvians player in the tournament. 

For Bulgaria side, Bonev plays in his unusual position, a left-winger which he performs well enough. He is a great physical and dynamic attacker. Only one match watched for Belgium as I expect to watch more in the 1972 Euro, Paul Van Himst is both energetically and technically characterized. He is quite strong and diligent. Van Moer is seen to be more playmaker than box-to-box midfielder at that time. Colin Bell is only issue for English players. He substitutes Bobby Charlton in two related matches. Bell is a great dribbler in 1-1 confrontation as an attacking midfielder role. He is also more agile than Charlton but not outstanding enough for his playmaking role for England.

West Germany in 1970 has Beckenbauer as a commander in midfield area. When he attacks, he is full of offensive midfielder quality with superb vision and passing. He attempts too many out-off target long-shots as it is not his great asset. Many scenes saw Berti Vogts dynamically perform offensive task. He is even a great supporter in attacking midfield area thanks to his speed, awareness of positional movement and let me reconsider if he is deserved in all-time World XI. Wolfgang Overath is rather disappointing. He was rated by Kicker in world-class but I see too often ineffective passes of him particularly twice failures under comfort situation. Gerd Muller is admired for his technique in ball touching and controlling that always facilitates himself a gold opportunity to shot.

For Italy Team, Albertosi has a problem in ball opening as he made twice mistakes, kick and throw the ball to opponent’s forward and fall on the dangerous zone. These scenes let me consider to add ball opening minor skill in keeping skill evaluation. As I watch Facchetti several matches, he like to cover his zone and rare to see his tackle. Burgnich is one of the toughest right-backs ever, very strong and always reliable. Although Italy reaches the final match, the policy of rotation between S.Mazzola and Rivera is considered not a main influential factor. The team is really creditable just one match against West Germany in which is one of the most entertained World Cup matches ever. In the final, Italian midfield is much inferior to Brazil. When Italian defense is really not tough enough to adopt efficient counterattack strategy, leaving Rivera in the bench is one of worst managements in term of player resource utilization.

The 1970 Brazil team that is globally regarded as a best national team ever remains arguable for me after watching semi-final match against Uruguay. In the first half, Uruguay adopt their hard-ultra-defensive strategy with high level of zone press and a lot of fouls prevent Brazilian players to flow its route. Importantly, the Brazilian Defense is lack of systematic quality. Pele, who is a centralized attacker of the team, performs below his standard, rarely makes dangerous contribution and often shoot out of target, largely impacts on the team performance. Brazil starts to stand firm when they concede the first goal. Clodoaldo played his best performance in this tournament. His style is smooth but always effective, purposive and beneficial to his team in both defense and offense.

    However, Brazil played superbly in all other matches particularly against England and Italy in final match. Carlos Alberto is reliable in defense as I rarely see his mistake or lose position, is much more impressive than what I saw Djalma play. Gerson’s style of playmaking is too limited and the majority of his passes are performed in a short distance to his colleague not mobilize the ball in advanced area and he rarely made a long pass unless his team has led in score to make it under comfort situation. Note that Gerson played only 3 matches in this tournament. Tostao is seen to be one of the best creative forwards of all-time. His reverse kick assist to Pele against Romania is one of the best assists ever. 

   In conclusion, Gerd Muller could be the most outstanding individual performer of the tournament, scored 10 goals and made 2 assists from total Germany’s 16 goals (exclude third place match), is a phenomenon productivity (75 % productive contribution) although his style of play is not as attractive as Brazilian players. Pele is rated as a silver ball player, making 4 goals and 4 assists but he made many mistakes in his shooting during the tournament, best remembered for his shot-wide in a short distance to the target in the group round match. Jairzinho come to third place. He scores every game for Brazil but his contribution during the game is rather limited. 4th is Beckenbauer and 5th is Tostao in my evaluation.

The First Half 1970s Matches Summary – International Country

In the 1972 Euro qualification match, it is a new dimension of George Best performance. He contributes an absolute dominant dribbling as an attacking free-role from central midfield to wide and advanced area against Spanish players. N.Ireland anyway has too limitation of teammates ability so rare chances to be score.  Pirri, a Spanish star, plays as a box-to-box midfielder, shows his consistent great technique in conducting the ball and vision to move and pass.

Brazil in 1972 Independence Cup final remains playing beautifully without Pele and Carlos Alberto but lack of great finisher preventing them from beating opponent easily. It is amazing how does Portugal combat with Brazil equally. Portugal has an incredible strong defense led by Humberto Coelho. Emerson Leao is a keeper who always stays at the goal line and seldom leave his zone to cut the ball.

In the 1972 related matches, Rudakov is an absolute world-class keeper. His 1-1 saves against a German player is unforgettable. He decides to stay on the goal line and waits for the shot and finally he overtakes to save it. Khurtsilava dominate USSR defender. He is a quick and powerful stopper and possesses some technical skill. Van Himst is a highly creative forward who always operate the game from attacking midfielder area to forward zone but he was counted to make ineffective passes five time from total 6 times during semi-final match.

The 1972 West Germany team is attested to be one of the best national teams ever. The team played football with relative high speed and always very dangerous for opponent. Beckenbauer is superb in his eye-to-pass in a long range and its accuracy is always expectable. Netzer is almost perfect in his passing performance in the 1972 Euro semi-final. His passing is always accurate, stylish with high curve and purposive to advanced position. He made both assists to Muller scores who totally scored 4 goals in two matches. Jupp Heyckes is anyway considered not suitable for the assigned side-forward role. He is lack of satisfied level of vision and often concedes the ball. In conclusion, I rate Netzer as the best player of the tournament. Beckenbauer comes second and Muller followed as a third place.          

The first match of Poland VS England in WC qualifying tat I intend to watch Lubanski in his peak performance. He always joins deep forward area to find the chance to shot by himself, is a bit too slow. He was severely injury in 60^th minutes. Bobby Moore in his last non-friendly official match make a big mistake that losing ball to a Polish attacker getting to score an opened goal, largely impacts on England’s disqualification for the 1974 Final Tournament.   

England VS Poland in the 1974 World Cup qualification last match is really fun and worthy to watch. England is led by Colin Bell and Martin Peters made a number of exciting attacking waves with a ton of chances that is incredible to score only one goal due to prolific saves by Tomaszewski. The saving scene in 78th minutes is miracle when Allan Clarke get chance to shot in front of the goal just around 8 meters. The ball is powerfully directive but Tomaszewski is perfect in anticipation and reflex saving, is one of the best saves ever in football history.  

The First Half 1970s Matches Summary – Club

In the 1972 FA Cup Final is intended to watch Leeds Utd stars, Bremner’s role is most likely a box-to-box midfielder, is a high work-rate and uncompromising player while Giles customarily performs as a deep-lying midfielder with smooth style of play. It is anyway rare scenes to see coordination between the two players.            

The dominance side of Ajax Amsterdam is focused. Ajax’s total football is considered to reach its peak in 1972 and 1973 with more balanced between level of alternation and skill matching. Ruud Krol’s skill in his attacking scene is comparable to side-midfielder quality. He is incredibly agile, technical and creative and just lack of high speed. Vasovic/Balnkenberg is adopted as an advanced libero role. . In 1971 final, Velibor Vasovic is a great vision player from the back-line but his inaccurate passing mostly unfulfilled his imagination. Aside from Keizer, the left-wing is mostly reshuffled by Cruyff, Muhren and Krol. The right–wing area is primarily participated by Swart/Rep, Haan, Neeskens and Suurbier. The central forward was alternated between three forwards. The total football is effectively implemented and generate phenomenon outcome in term of chance creations but quality of finishing is relatively low when only Cruyff possesses a proficient finishing skill.  

Cruyff is always efficient in his high speed dribbling with great compatible rhythm between his two feet, almost 100% get pass the opponents in 1-1 battle, mostly in the wing-area. In the central area, he is more coordinative player. As a temporary forward role, He scored by heading twice where his positional play and jumping is naturally performed. However, 4 undesirable scenes are seen, he crosses the ball and shoot by volleying style with his left-foot far out of the field line and target without any following opponent once of each. His first touch by right-foot is a bit too rebounded and lost the ball to opponent. He is also seen to have a too high step of acceleration one time and lose the ball in important chance of scoring. All in all, Cruyff’s dribbling and creativity skill is one of the best ever but not for technique. Keizer’s style of dribbling is not special but always effective although he is lack of high pace. Neeskens is highly admired for his technical ability and vision.

In the 1973 European cup-QF Ajax VS Bayern, Sepp Maier made twice mistakes. Firstly, he tried to cut the short-crossed pass but finally unreachable and fortunately no Ajax player is waiting at the nearby area. Secondly, he intends to catch the shot ball but spatter to Ajax player scores a goal easily. Breitner also makes a mistake in passing the ball back to Maier that Ajax player snatches to score. When Ajax led in score, they adopt offside-trap in very high line closed to center-half area, highly impeding Bayern’s momentum to equalize. Beckenbauer plays in more limited role than what he does for West Germany when he less often go forward to avoid the risk in Bayern’s defense. Breitner is an incredible work rate player, running in both left, right-side and central midfielder area but his limited technique prevents him from proceeding the ball in many times. It is the first time I see Gerd Muller can drib pass player in midfield area.            

The 1974 World Cup Group Stage

Elias Figueroa is focused in two group stage matches. Positional standing is noticeably his greatest asset. He always stand in the right sweeping position that allows him to block a number of opponent’s shot. His overhead-kick to clear the ball out of dangerous zone is elegantly complete. He almost scores a goal against East Germany by volleying but unfortunately the ball clashes the bar. The most disadvantage of Figueroa that is inferior to other top legendary central defenders is vision. Almost all scenes saw his very short pass to defender teammate and seemingly lack of confidence to pass forward to midfield area. Another controversial scene is happened when he was following Uli Hoeness, who already led him a step, with his utmost speed and try to jostle to win the ball but such a situation means the common losing of balance and it is him to fall down.

As mentioned, I have started to evaluate keeper’s ball opening skill. Soon after that, Ronnie Hellstrom is noticed to have a high problem in his goal kicking skill. More than 80 % of his goal kicking led to the ball possession loss when his kicking is aimless. There is no special scene to see his remarkability in the group stage. Another focused keeper is Jurgen Croy. He is always reliable in all aspects and his jumping to save is also impressive.

“The German Derby” saw the victory of East Germany over West Germany although the eastern team doesn’t have Joachim Streich, is second in ball possession through the game. The weak point of West Germany is a defender Cullmann that led the team to have difficulty for times. Netzer is substituted in the mid-second half when he played only this match in the entire tournament. He is seen to play well enough but Overath is a better team work player who flows the direction of playing more fluent. However, Overath is once again disappointing in match against Chile. He remains mistook twice in the similar ball passing to the 1970 tournament. Joachim Streich is seen to be a good team work player and several times of withdrawal in match against Chile.  

Johan Cruyff’s performance against Sweden is a phenomenon approach. He dribs pass players and create a ton of chances. Only 3 scenes either his passing is not complete or being intercepted but all of these are against high level of difficulty. Other teammates don’t play well enough aside from Van Hanegem and Krol, Holland failed to score any goal.

Italy Versus Argentina is the most entertaining match in the group stage when both team plays the ball naturally without safety first-concern, alternating to attack and defend in equal level. Carlos Babington is almost flawless in his passing. Aside from his superb vision to assist to Rene Houseman, he is a main constructive instrument of the team with a regular success of accurate long-ball passing to the forward area. Rene Houseman’s style of play is attractive. He starts on the wing but always conduct the ball straight forward to opponent’s goal with his dominant high speed and exceptional dribbling skill. He is anyway lack of stamina that led him to exhaust in the second half. Romeo Benetti is not only a top uncompromising destroyer but his offensive skill is also competitive. He has some great ideas of both creative and technical approach.    

For Brazil side, the two famous wing-backs like Marinho and Nelinho are focused. Both are satisfactory level in their defensive performance. Marinho has a high quality of technique and his movement to the midfield area. Nelinho is a regular expectable crosser with considerable technique but too limited in strength. Luis Pareira is a unique central defender with complete set of physical ability but most of his tackles are rough and fouls. With his ball possession, he always look forward to pass or conduct the ball to the midfield area. Emerson Leao has a problem with his handling when he failed to catch the ball twice although the power and direction of the ball are considered not in difficult level.

Despite full of Brazilian stars like Rivelino, Jairizinho and Leivinha, it does not take advantage of ball possession to Yugoslavia whose midfielder destroys the Brazil’s game effectively particularly Bogicevic. Oblak is a main playmaker of the team. He a diligent and tireless coordinator. Dragan Dzajic is once again impressive. He is not very fast but his style and rhythm of dribbling is elegant and his curve crossing. I match against Scotland, Danny Mcgrain played in his unusual position, left-back. Although it is known this is not his proficient position, he doesn’t perform any outstanding skill. Kenny Dalglish is seen to have a skill of accurate long ball but it is mostly too slow that allows defenders to have enough time in trapping the ball.     

In the Match Uruguay VS Bulgaria, Fernando Morena, who is famous for his prolific scores in club level, playing with a high level of participation with the ball. He has a good technique and teamwork ability. Ricardo Pavoni is a high creative player from wing-back area. He always contributes an accurate cross but his speed and defensive ability is just average.        

1974 World Cup Qualification Second Round to Final

Brazil is this tournament adopt 4-6-0 formation similar to the 2012 Spain Euro Winner but Brazil is rather unsuccessful when the advanced midfielder or wing-forward likes Rivelino, Dirceu, Paolo Cesar and Jairzinho has a limitation in support scoring. Luis Parreira is an amazing exhaustless player. Even in the late of the match, he is still full of energy to go forward likes advanced libero but his quality in this role is limited.   

Brazil VS Argentina saw a high impression of Brindisi who plays in deep midfield area while Babington stands in more advanced position. Brindisi is a complete midfielder with great vision, passing, technique with the ball and his high curve free-kick direct just over Leao is a score.    

The Poland Team : Tomaszewski made a two penalty saves during the second group stage. The first one is a true hero to survive from losing Sweden by his phenomenon penalty save. He deceives the shooter tend to move to left and foreseen the ball will be shot to the right. The second one is against West Germany. Jerzy Gorgon has a formidable strength and tall with his 192 cm but his pace is in competitive level and very effective in stopper role while Zmuda is more intelligent and . Gadocha is effective in both feet enabling him to have alternatives in his playing vision. Lato is very diligent and quick. Deyna is mostly under expectation. His passing is much less effective than that of qualifying maches.  Although his goalscoring record for Poland is comparable to most forwards, he shot miss target almost all of his attempts. The 3^rd best player of the tournament to him could be possibly overrated.

Johan Cruyff in match against East Germany emphasizes his playmaking skill and rarer in one-man-show scene. Rensenbrink is just first seen in second group stage, replacing Piet Keizer. His agility is a main asset and his ball controlling footage looks like a hook. In match against Brazil, he made often unsuccessful passes and dribbling in the first half. However, he made one assist and scores a beautiful goal. Van Hanegem’s role in this tournament take much of defensive task and many of his tackles are rough and fouls.      

Despite West Germany’s rotation policy of midfielder. Other superstars than Netzer, Flohe and Hoeness is more favorable. Beckenbauer is match against Poland made a rare mistake when he misses kicking the long passed ball out and led to the conceding goal. Berti Vogts’ tackle is always accurate but most of them are spilled out of his further possession. As watch all related matches of Djalma Santos, Carlos Alberto and Berti Vogts, In my evaluation in skill and performance scorecard, he is equal to Thuram who is preferable for his peak in 1998 World Cup. Rainor Bonhof is one of the most worth mentioned players. He is incredibly versatile thanks to his complete skill set. At the scene, he performs as attacking midfielder in the left-forward area but just a moment he appears at the right-back position.

The third place match is specifically intended to watch Ademir Da Guia. His skill is most-matched to a deep-lying playmaker position. One scene he made a magical long passing that spin back bouncing the field ground. He also made a great tackle in ball interception. However, He several times likes to go advanced without the ball but lack of positional fulfillment and is probably main reason to be substituted in 65^th minute.

The most memorable scene final match is inevitably the first minute of Cruyff’ phenomenon one-man show that lead to penalty. After then, his performance was always effective although not often participated with the ball, only scene saw his incomplete passing. Arie Haan is a main vacancy of Dutch defense. He is more fit to libero in 3-5-2 position likes Matthias Sammer’s role when his position and tackle is below international standard. In West Germany side, Gerd Muller’s turning 120 degree to shot is incredibly elastic. Berti Vogts tremendously contributes to the team running across functional area.     

In conclusion, Johan Cruyff is deserved best player of the tournament unanimously. Beckenbauer come second in a high gap.  The third place is belonged to Berti Vogts. 4^th place is Rivelino and 5^th place is Grzegorz Lato.

In 1975 Match, Bayern adopt high-confident deep defense opening a wide space for Leeds Midfielders to make a long pass comfortably. Hence, Johnny Giles made a number of accurate long passes as he has time to elaborate with the passed ball. Bayern’s strategy is successful when Leed’s forward has a few occasions to shot in aerial.   

The 1976 European Cup final is ignored to watch when the semi-final that Bayern plays against Real Madrid is much more interesting. Real Madrid led by German Stars likes Netzer and Breitner who achieves their own standard. Camacho is very stagnant and reliable. Several times he shows to be great enough as a center-back.   

However, Sepp Maier was seen to have a problem in anticipating the direction of crossed ball that he finally missed and several scenes saw his handling problem. In pure ability, he might not be great enough for being top 15 keeper ever. The weakest point of Beckenbauer is now concluded to be his long shot as he attempts very many times but most of them are missed target in similar range around 1 – 2 feet.

The best era of Dinamo Kiev is also focused with existence of four stars. Oleg Blokhin’s best scene ever in super cup against Bayern is memorized for his spectacular dribbling. However, he was inconsistent in 1977 when most of his dribbling is too long touch and finally was intercepted by secondary defender easily. He is great in off-the-ball positional sense to meet shooting opportunity but his aerial shot is always missed-target. His vision is satisfied but his passing is mostly unfulfilled his intension. Rudakov is not in his prime and his handling is many times problematic. Muntyan is a great long-passer with the equivalent drive ball. Leonid Buryak is more advanced midfielder or right-winger rare to make special scene.

Allan Simonsen operates the game in either central area or the right-wing, surprisingly possesses a considerable strength that much help his dribbling more stable. He is not failed to the ground and even win in collision with Dinamo Kiev defensive player twice.

The 1976 Czechoslovak team is seen to be one of the best team workings ever. Ivo Viktor is great in both game reading and reflexes saving with his outstanding agility, is really remarkable in the final when he saves important goals five times. I don’t name him as a man of the match anyway as none of those saves wonderful enough. Anton Ondrus is the most impressive player in this team. He is a complete central defender with complete set of physical ability and high quality of offense, could drib pass defender elegantly. Karol Dobias is known as a right wing-back but his role is a semi-side midfielder. He is very agile and technical player but lack of competitive stamina, best seen in the final that he is substituted. Although I expect impressive scenes of Panenka, it is rare to see his great skill.

The Second Half 1970s Matches Summary – Club

The 1976 Euro semi-final saw the defeat of Netherlands that is much effected from Cruyff’s performance. He played below his standard although not make any obvious mistake. In German Side for the final, Rainor Bonhof is a main contribution of the team in both defense and offense. He win many ball and creates a number of chances.

In the beginning period of Liverpool glory era, Kevin Keegan was a key player of the team in the 1977 final and right after the match he was moved to Hamburger. In 1977 final, Keegan was marked by Vogts through the game. Vogts follows Keegan in all area of the pitches and is successful until he foul Keegan in the latter of game and lost penalty kick. Keegan is virtually agile in movement and dribbling. He often operate in the left-wing with Hamburger where his left-foot is ineffective. Although Hambruger lost 6-0, Keegan played quite well.

In related three matches, the successor Kenny Dalglish is only better than Keegan in teamwork ability. Aside from his spectacular goal by shifting the ball, He shot far out of the target in closed distance to the goal 3 times. He is also rare to either drib pass opponents or make a deadly pass. Alan Hansen made a mistake when he passes back to Clemence carelessly and the opponent forward snatches to shot in front of the goal but finally survive from conceding. He is also seen to slip too easy against the opponent who just lock the ball to inside area and get chance to shot. Souness plays in his smooth reliable way. The remarkable one is Terry Mcdermott who is always dangerous in long-shot and even score hat-trick against Hamburger. Ray Clemence has few chance to save against opponent. His kicking to open the ball is very effective but not for his hand.    

1978 World Cup Summary

Austria : Bruno Pezzey is an advanced libero who often participates in midfield area to support as a creative force. However, his positional defense is his weak point. He often places himself behind opponent’s attacker in penalty area when opponent crosses the ball from the side of the field, allowing opponent to reach the crossed ball before him and get chance in assisting or scoring. In a scene, he has problem in witty of interception. After he battles in aerial ball, the ball falls nearby between him and a Spanish attacker but he fails to follow. Prohaska is mainly identified as a great team work player with great vision to pass. Hans Krankl is better than what I expected when he shows some good skill in conducting the ball. In match against West Germany, he shows spectacular volleying in winning goal.

France : Marius Tresor is physically excellent but his positional sense is not impressive. Several times, he positions himself too far from the opponent when France was being assaulted. Maxime Bossis’ technique is admired. His rhythm in interception is disappointed according to 3 -4 scenes captured.

Argentina : Ubaldo Fillol is one of the best keepers ever in a World cup single tournament, is always superb in his agile reflexes save as one of the most skillful ever, saving Argentina from conceding many goals. Daniel Passarella is a true commander with complete set of playing skill and mental qualification. In a scene, he lost balance when he is following the opponent and fall to the ground but he incredibly gets up and follow to win the ball with himself. He shows a quick dribbling skill and his incredible positional sense in his offensive-mind allow him to dominate in aerial shot. Oswaldo Ardiles doesn’t play well enough in group stage. He concedes the ball by his passing under easy situation but then he was one of a key players in group stage. He has a great idea of coordination through his agile movement. Mario Kempes is a complete striker, is dominant in physique. He is tall with high strength and great speed and technique, being dangerous in every moment.

Italy : This team has a high potential enough to win the tournament but players are declined in performance in the last match due to fatigue body condition. All started players but Bellucci are named in my top 50 most skillful players ever by position. Dino Zoff is always reliable. He makes almost 100 % correct decision in situation management. However, his conceding goal from Arie Haan’s ling shot is a flaw when he should have enough time to reach the ball. Scirea places himself very deep position ensuring preventing opponent’s obvious chance. He is a creative defender from the deep position not often in moving forward but when he moves, he is amazingly great and agile in dribbling. Gentile plays as an important role in high-work-rate approach, often get chance to pass the ball to forward area but his technique and vision is very limited. Cabrini is a great technical and tactical player with outstanding ball control and tackling skill. Benetti is a box-to-box midfielder while Tardelli establishes himself as destroyer. Causio is remarkable in dribbling and vision to pass, is one if the main cogs of the team. Bettega is rather extravagant in chance consumption. Finally, Paolo Rossi is stumble in his versatile and elegant style of playing. He often performs as a side-forward in both wings with his agile movement and effective crossing. Thus, Rossi is effective in both forward and top striker role. He is anyway lack of competitive strength and stamina.

Netherlands : It is much more often to see Ruud Krol’s tackling in a central defender position. In 1978 tournament, he is much less successful in % tackle won than the 1974 tournament. He is seen to have a rough tackle several times. Rensenbrink become the leader of Holland’s offense. He shot clash the pillar in the last minutes as one of the most regrettable moments ever in football as it failed turns the Dutch football history narrowly.

Peru : Cesar Cueto shows an incredible quickness in his dribbling footage and movement but he made ineffective pass several times and his goalscoring skill is relatively weak. Chumpitaz sustains his great defensive performance. His passing is really not favored at this tournament.

Brazil : Zico is primarily a reserved player. He did the impressive individual performance but his limited teamwork ability prevented him from meeting the great chances. Dirceu is the best player in this team with magnificent long shot ability. Edinho is worth to watch. He is seen to play as left-back or center-back equally and shows great technical skill combined with his defensive quality. Roberto Dinamite is a disappointing striker. He mostly shoots miss target in a far range.

West Germany : Berti Vogts finally make a mistake of own goal in the situation that he could do better. Now it is interesting for me to collect own goal record of legendary defender. Manfred Kaltz’s main position is sweeper but he occasionally switches to Right-Back where he shows his great pace and good step of dribbling.

In conclusion, Kempes is deserved the golden ball, Fillol came second, Paolo Rossi is the third place. 4th is Passarella and I select Dirceu as 5th best player of the tournament.

Late 1970s to early 1980s

In the South American Derby in 1979 Copa America, Ricardo Bochini is a key player in Argentina midfield. His best skill is seen to be dribbling with considerable technique. His long passing is also quite accurate but he also has some problems in his vision, seen by two mistakes short-pass. Socrates is awesome in his aerial scoring. Aside from his advantageous tall figure, he is great in heading with the ball. He possesses a high sense of team work, contributing flows of passing with coincident rhythm. Junior is satisfied in both offense and defense with positional awareness.

In the 1980 European Cup Final. Peter Shilton is prudent and extremely reliable. His reading the game is one of the best ever. He makes important saves 3 times with great reflexes althpugh his jumping is rather limited.  Keegan plays as attacking midfielder. Although he is a high team work player, he is limited in playmaking skill and several times too hurry in going forward lead to losing the ball. He also has ability to assist in any acrobatic style such as heading, bicycle kicking, etc. Manfred Kaltz is outstanding in his positioning and passing.

In 1980 Cup Winners Cup, it is the only match I will have watched Liam Brady and Patt Jennings. Brady is a great organizer and long passer. Jennings has a few occasion to save the ball. The most scenes he is very good in goal kicking.

Euro 80

Italy : Dino Zoff’s most favorable skill is his reading the game and handling. It is rare to see his mistake in catching the ball. Scirea is an advanced sweeper in this tournament. His technique and agility supports him to support midfield area conveniently. Moreover, Scirea possesses a great vision to pass from the backline to advanced area. However, he mistakes in touching the ball and lose free-kick in front of penalty area against England. Moreover, he incredibly misses scoring in a very short distance. Roberto Bettega is the target man in the 1978 World Cup but he plays in deeper role in the 1980 Euro and contributes some chances to his teammates.

Belgium : Jean Marie-Pfaff is really remarkable in opening the ball when his kicking is powerful and go far to nearby penalty area of opponent. Eric Gerets is very strong and tough in defensive task. He is intelligent in take positional advantage. Van Moer makes a poor vision in match against Italy when he pass back to Marie-Pfaff recklessly and almost concede a goal. However, he plays very well in the final match as a box-to-box midfielder. Cuelemans is diligent, great physical player and high skill of team work.

Germany : Bernd Schuster in match against Holland is really complete. 100 % of his approach is effective in all aspects of performance. He is an all-round midfielder who shows high technique by tilting the ball getting pass opponent. Schuster several times switches himself to right-wing area where he always contributes accurate crossing. He also makes powerful and on-target shot. Although Allofs scores hat-trick in this match, Schuster is still chosen as man of the match by me. His performance is slightly dropped in the final match. Rummenigge is physically complete and his technical ability is in satisfactory level although several times he has no idea to get pass defenders aside from his physical advantage. Briegel is better than Kaltz physically when Kaltz is also better in team work ability. Both are very great in technique and tackling skill.

In the 1981 Mundialito or mini world cup, Maradona takes the most important role of the team. His dribbling in that time is almost complete but shortage of great balance and stamina prevent him from going farther in several scenes. Maradona’s vision and passing is still in-developing process. Passarella in this tournament has improved his passing to be much more accurate.

In 1981 European Cup final, the match really not achieve high quality. Liverpool played below their own standard compared with the late 1970s team. Alan Hansen is very limited in vision to pass which is often incomplete. Souness has a few contribution of the team and Dalglish is always good teamwork player with smooth style of play. The most impressive player in the match is Jose Camacho. Although he is known as left-back, he played as a right-wing-back with amazing ball controlling and crossing ability. His role is even similar to side-midfielder.

1982 World Cup Summary

Brazil :  Junior is unofficially named in the 1982 best XI that is overrated. He doesn’t play well particularly in the second group stage. His teamwork ability is really under expectation. Leandro is impressive in his technique. Not likes many other Brazilian side-backs who is weak in defense, he performs defensive task satisfactorily. The three key players Falcao-Socrates-Zico aligns in the central midfield is controversial. Falcao is known as the best performer as a main creator from deep midfield area. Socrates is a true stylish playmaker as well as a great support role to score. Thus, Zico essentially act likes support striker and always try to find opportunity to score but not prolific finally. Aside from Toninho biggest mistake in match against Italy, he played disappointingly in overall tournament. 

USSR : Dasaev is reliable in all aspects. Apart from individual expertise, he is excellent in commanding the defenders. Bessonov is best known as a right-back but he is more midfielder in practical. The only remarkable skill of him is ball controlling. Demyanenko is a great crosser with high speed as a left-wing-back.

Yugoslavia : Safet Susic as an advanced midfielder is conveniently within range of expectation. His technical first touch, vision, and movement all are naturally elegant to an eyes. Petrovic is stand behind him with very good playmaking and long-shot skill.

Spain : Camacho is once again impressive. His role is anyway strange when he alternate between left-full-back and right-wing-back role during the game.  Rafael Gordillo is under expectation. He is weak in defense while his offensive skill is satisfied in only dribbling ability but fail in vision and passing.

England : Bryan Robson possesses a great balance when controlling the ball at the scene he still stand against surrounded opponent. He is superb ball interception. In many cases, his slide tackle is very fast and accurate from incredible position.

Poland : As seen, the 1982 world cup is the best tournament of Lato not 1974. He develops his creative skill as a main contributor to the team from the right-wing. Boniek become a star of the tournament mainly from his hat-trick against Belgium in second group stage. Anyway, 2 of them are done rather convenient without any Belgian player nearby him. Unfortunately, he does not play in semi-final and for me, he is not great enough for top 5 players of the tournament. 

France : As I see many matches of Bossis, he is not good enough as one of 50 most skilfull side-backs ever. Rare scene to see his above-average performance. Tresor is not consistent enough in his performance through the tournament and he is not better than Desailly at all. Amoros is a true star. In match against West Germany, he almost score the winning goal just before ending of 90 minutes but the ball clash the bar. He is technically agile with great offensive-mind running from defensive to offensive area from times and his crossing is mostly accurate. “The French Trio” Tigana-Giresse-Platini is stumble to watch as an incredible creative force. Individually, Tigana concedes the ball too easy in overall and make no good decision in last minute try to shoot in impossible distance for him. Giresse is very consistent and always reliable as an organizer. Platini does not play well in a group stage when his passing is goalless twice times. He finally fulfill his potential in semi-final against West Germany almost perfect in game creation and shows classy technical skill. However, he shot out-off-target 3 times in expectable distance.

Austria : Pezzey and Prohaska are noticed to play better significantly than the 1978 tournament. Pezzey become more reliable in defensive task. Prohaska establish himself in deeper area similar to defensive midfielder role.

Italy : Dino Zoff is another one who is named in world cup all stars team unofficially but it is highly questionable if he is deserved. He is very reliable but too slow and I don’t see any spectacular save in related matches. Cabrini is deserved to be the left-back of the tournament as he is very complete in his task in both defense and offense.  Gentile is the most famous defender in Italian team. He marks Maradona and Zico effectively but most of them are tactically fouls and he could be fortunate enough when the referees preferred to save yellow cards in the pocket. I don’t give his credit as much as Scirea who is highly underrated. Tardelli plays his best performance in this tournament, rare mistake to be detected. Conti’s agile dribble always allows him to get through the opponents and is the main key player in Italian midfield area indispensably. Paolo Rossi in match against Brazil scores hat-trick but he mistakes in 1-1 chance to score. In this tournament, Rossi develops himself to be expert in positioning in penalty area while he remain operates from deep-lying forward in most times.

Germany : Schumaccher is superb in position and when combined with his large body, he reached the ball without necessary high jump. Karl Heinz Forster is overall reliable but one scene saw his weak in strength when he lost in the clash although it is him to run straight forward to take jostle. Brigel dominates in his powerful running with technical support but his crossing is always unexpectable. Pierre Littbarski is the second best German player in the tournament. He can be relied on his dribbling and accurate crossing. Klaush Fischer scores one of the most beautiful goals by overhead kick. Rummenigge for me is under expectation. He doesn’t participate with the game enough. In some related matches, he almost disappeared in the game. Anyway, when he has a chance with the ball, it is very effective and dangerous.

In conclusion, I name Paolo Rossi as the best player of the tournament. 2nd place to 5th place is Rummenigge, Falcao, Conti and Platini respectively.

1983 - 1985

In 1983 Derby match of Spain “Barcelona VS Real Madrid”, I intend to watch only Copa Del Rey Final but some misunderstanding let me to also watch La Liga in first 60 minutes and fortunately the match get me a new knowledge that Maradona’s aerial ability is in satisfactory level. Within 3 scenes, he jumps quite high and head the ball in great direction. Bernd Schuster in post-injury is seen to be obviously declined but the number of ineffective passes should not be impacted by injury since it is regarding the vision.

1983 Copa America Final First leg is focused on Francescoli who is named as player of the tournament. He is one of the most elegant players ever but too slow and his dribbling is not agile enough to survive for interception twice. Apart from his great free-kick scoring, he contributes a smooth pass for most times. Additionally, he rarely participates with the ball in 1984 Artemeo Franchi that champion of Europe (France) versus Champion of Americas (Uruguay).

Liverpool between 1984 and 1985 is admired for teamwork ability. Note that Kenny Dalglish is once again disappointing in 1985 Final, he made fail passes six times. For me, there is no way he is better than Kevin Keegan in overall skill when his technique is also not remarkable. Souness is a great long passer but rather slow and limited in scoring support. Ian Rush is a great teamwork player. In many scenes, he get himself down to coordinate the ball with his teammates.

Juventus between 1983 and 1985 is entertaining to watch. Platini is a perfect organizer and his passing is always expectable. Boniek is an advanced midfielder who is limited in creativity and average is scoring. The failure of Boniek in 1983 European Cup Final is issued. He made six ineffective passes likes what Dalglish made in 1985. He is great in pace and technique. Tardelli is very consistent for his destroying and supporting in midfield.

In 1984 Intercontinental Cup, Ricardo Bochini is amazing for his incredible agility in movement and dribbling. That is strange when he is much more agile than his performance in 1979 despite his high age in late career.

Real Madrid in the 1986 UEFA Cup Final has many stars to be impressive. Hugo Sanchez is truly dangerous forward. He is fast, great in technical ball controlling and positional movement. Butragueno as a second forward is mostly running from attacking midfield area toward forward line. He is outstandingly quick and diligent. Michel in this match performs as a central midfield role with smooth style of play.

The only full-match to have watch Hans Jurgen Dorner is the 1984 Euro Qualification Scotland VS East Germany. I stop watching at 60^th minute when Dorner make a rough miss-tackle allowing Scotland player to cross and finally concede the goal. During the match, I don’t see any special skill of him

The 1984 UEFA Euro

“Danish Dynamite” Denmark : Morten Olsen could be the best defender of the tournament if not restrict the round of competition qualified. He act as a advanced libero with dynamic running to midfield area, possesses very accurate and great weight of passing. His defensive ability is easily satisfied. Soren Lerby is very strong and reliable. His role in this tournament is more destroyer anyway. Michael Laudrup plays efficiently with high level of generosity but not spectacular scene. Preben Elkjaer is categorized as a left-side forward. He is an aggressive powerful runner and great in positional movement but his productive skill likes assisting and shooting is under standard. Also, his technique is seen to be unnatural and incomplete, being confirmed that he is not good enough for being named in top 50 most skillful forwards.    

Iberia nations : Antonio Maceda is the best Spanish player of the tournament. He scores important goal in semi-finalist and he contributes many good passes. Fernando Chalana is too limited. He misses many short passes, not fast enough although he makes one assist from his long-pass. He is famous for his dribbling but I don’t see any special dribbling from him through 3 full-matches. Anyway, Joao Pinto is impressive in both defensive and offensive as a great crosser.

France : The Magic Square is confirmed to be the greatest midfield line ever. Tigana-Giresse-Platini is very compatible in coordination rhythm. Luis Fernandez is a leading destroyer likes an high power engine. Tigana is a great runner with considerable technique although some limitation of passing are detected. Giresse is highly appreciated in his vision and ball controlling that is always effective. Platini is a true leader with unbeatable character. His passing and movement is always purposive and creates a ton of change for himself and teammates to score. In the final, he get himself very deep in organizing the team . He is also seen to perform heading the ball satisfactorily.    

1986 World Cup Summary
Denmark : “The Danish Dynamite” The team is entertaining to watch but lack of tactical strategy and is defeated by Spain 1 -5. Michael Laudrup played well with some impressive dribbling scenes.  
Paraguay : The only full-match to watch Julio Cesar Romero and he has been qualified for top 50 most skill advanced midfielder of all-time. He is an enthusiastic playmaker and all-round. Romerito is very good in technique and scoring sense.
Mexico : The team has a potential to beat West Germany. Unfortunately Hugo Sanchez carried too heavy task and his body condition become too exhaustive in the latter of the match  Hugo Sanchez’s footage is quick and dangerous. Manuel Negrete as a playmaker is the second most remarkable of the team who tremendously support Hugo Sanchez.  
Uruguay : There are more scenes to see Francescoli’s technique that is elegant and his ball control is fluent. He is anyway lack of character of leadership to activate the teammate.  
Soviet Union : Dasaev always make a right decision in saving the ball. Zavarov shows extraordinary dribbling skill. Ihor Belanov plays in his utmost performance with scoring 2 penalty goals from total 4 goals made in the tournament, Belanov is not very high creative player but he is very effective when he met opportunities.
England : In overall tournament, Cris Waddle’s dribbling is stumble. Glenn Hoddle mainly set the game from central midfield area. Although he is a bit too lazy, his deadly passing to penalty area is dangerous. Gary Lineker is more than a great finisher. He is quick in movement and very good in teamwork ability.   
Spain : Michel Gonzalez is rather under expectation when rare skill is seen to be impressive. He is a right midfielder who operate in both central and right-side area. For this tournament, there is no significant difference for his performance between two positions. He is not fast, his passing is often inaccurate and he rarely drib pass opponent. Emilio Butragueno run in everywhere in the front line. He is a quick thinker and his agile movement made many troubles to opponent. Zubizarreta is very calm and reliable in every situation. Juan Senor is a main instrument of Spain, playing effectively in his own standard.
Belgium : Although Ceulemans is widely regarded as the most outstanding player of the team. He is certainly not deserved to be rated in world-class. His passing is always unexpectable. He is lack of playmaking skill but known for his dynamic running straight forward to score. In my evaluation, his overall skill is disqualified for top 50 advanced midfielder. However, he is remained in top 50 attacking midfielder in performance evaluation. Scifo as the best young player of the tournament has a few special contribution.
Brazil : The match against France is really entertaining when both team assault alternately through the match. Brazil shot clash the pillar/bar twice and Zico missed penalty, is very unfortunate. Edinho is superb in reading the game. He quickly cut the ball under compressive situation. He scored a goal after showing great dribbling skill. Edinho is effective in bith center-back and left-back and he alongside Lucio is now rated as the second most skillful central defender ever only to Luis Pareira. Junior as a central midfielder is in range of satisfactory level. His skill is evaluated in top 20 side-back of all-time but exclude from top 50 central midfielder of all-time. Socrates is little discredited in a scene he touches the ball bouncing out of his control. Careca is limited in conducting the ball by himself. Anyway, he is a perfect model of finisher with positional sense, strong, great in air and deadly shot.
France : Platini is obviously declined from the recent tournaments. He become inertia in dribbling while his passing is still very accurate. Tigana played very well. He often shows his quick acceleration getting pass opponent. Manuel Amoros is once again very impressive. He is complete side-back without tangible weakness. Amoros possesses a great long-shot apart from his effective tackling and offensive ability. Dominique Rocheteau is another outstanding French player in this tournament.
West Germany : Schumaccher is superb in positioning, He always coincidentally stand against opponent’s shooting direction. Andreas Brehme plays in both left and right back during the tournament. He is strong and is a great tackler but strange for this position as he is not fast. His shot is dangerously powerful, is one of the best long-shooters ever. Karlheinz Forster is a leader in defensive line. He is intelligent in positional sense and very decisive in tackling. Matthaus performs as defensive midfielder mostly seen as a great combated player.  
Argentina : Maradona is strongly considered as the best performer ever in single international tournament although his hand ball scoring should be negatively noted. Aside from his usual superb dribbling, he creates a ton of chances to his teammates. However, I prefer Burruchaga as man of the match in the final. Burruchaga is really in his top performance during the tournament, is very compatible in coordinating with Maradona and even highly contributes in defensive task. Another key of success is the center-back partnership, Jose Luis Brown and Oscar Ruggeri is a great wall that very rare occasions to be destroyed.
In conclusion, Maradona is the best player of the tournament. 2^nd is Gary Lineker. 3^rd is Jorge Burruchaga, 4^th is Manue Amoros and 5^th is Karlheinz Forster.                 

Late 1980s Summary

International Club

In the 1987 European Cup final, Paolo Futre is mainly focused. He is very quick with talented dribbling skill and also good in teamwork, running in the left wing and central area and mostly pass the ball with great curve. Matthaus and Brehme is rather limited as a main creative force.
In the 1987 – 1988 European Cup first round, I intend to watch Maradona performance when Napoli failed to succeed the biggest European trophy. In two leg, Maradona doesn’t achieve his own prime standard. He become fatter with lower agility and it is rarer to see him make one-man-show scene and also limited opportunity to score himself. Anyway, Maradona is still a main contributor for Napoli, creating a number of chances to his teammate. Napoli failed to bear Real Madrid although there is no attendance of Madrid in their home leg.  In second leg, Careca is a main reason for Napoli disqualification. He meet too many obvious opportunities to score but he always shot straight forward to keeper.
Maradona finally lead Napoli to the champion of UEFA Cup. In the second leg, he is seemed to be inertia and get few participations. However, he successfully makes 2 key assists to decisive goals, one of them is even made by his great heading. Note that Careca is seen to have developed his technical skill from 1986 world cup. Ciro Ferrara in his young ages is already top-class defender with hard tackling and solid positional play. Sigurvinsson as a playmaker of Stuttgart is satisfied in general with great organizing and passing skill.
In 1989 European Cup, I watched only 60 minutes for each semi-final and final match as Milan has devastated the opponents 4 -5 goals. Milan at those matches perfectly adopt zone-press strategy that efficiently impedes the opponent route of playing, The reputable back-four plays conveniently when rare of difficult task to handle. The Dutch Trio is also spending their peak with Milan. Gullit’s physical dominance and his all-round ability is a key of Milan abrupt assault strategy but his left-foot is rather ineffective. Although Gullit is known to be great in defense, he is a bit too lazy in following opponent to win the ball. Although Rijkaard is a world-class central defender in the 1988 Euro, his destroying skill is not elaborated and many of them are performed by rough tackle and fouls. Anyway he is  a main playmaker of the team although he is defensive midfielder. That means Milan’s style of play did not emphasize ball possession. Rijkaard once shows his great acceleration to score a goal although he is never acknowledged as a fast player. Van Basten remains attractive to watch although his performance is much decline from the 1988 Euro. The three Dutch players always dominates in air allowing them to make many chances from heading.    
However, Milan become decline in the following 1990 European Cup when Gullit get injury and he doesn’t play well in the final. Van Basten is also falling down in his performance. Thanks to Rijkaard who carried the team to the goals. In related matches, Baresi is undoubtedly world-class in defensive performance. Anyway, he is far inferior to Scirea and Passarella in offensive contribution. A few chances to see Baresi makes a great long passing and his ball controlling is seen stiffen. He is still good at moving forward with triangle coordination. Costacurta is an elegant stopper. His defense is always reliable and he is also weak in vision to pass as expected. Maldini in young ages plays like a high-experienced defender. His offensive skill is seen to be in developing period.
The derby match of Spain in 1990 Copa Del Rey final is not entertaining enough as expected. Although R.Madrid is contained with a number of superstars, the teamwork is unfulfilled. Micheal Laudrup in related matches remains playing much below his potential, always find the space to pass to his teammates although it is a better chance to drib pass players by his own ability. Hagi with Steua is already superb. His dribbling is conduct beautifully. I am rethinking of including Butragueno in top 50 forwards of all-time if he should have been ahead of Jose Sanfilippo at least although Butragueno’s domestic performance is not in competitive level. He continuously plays well in international football.
In 1990 European Super Cup, Pietro Vierchowod is quick as expected but a scene saw his poor in reading the direction of the ball. Now he is in a short list candidate to be moved out of top 50 defenders of all-time.

The Copa Americas

In 1987 Copa America against Uruguay, Maradona remains play well but he is really struggle for the storm of hard-tackles by Uruguayan defenders. However, he mistake in a gold opportunity when he mistakenly touches the ball until miss the chance to score in front of goal. Maradona is first seen to be failed in overall match at the 1989 Copa America against Brazil. He is seemingly lack of passion to win the tournament. He rarely make a dangerous scene and fails to lead the team. Romario in this match is also not remarkable.

The 1988 European Championship

Netherlands

Marco Van Basten always scores decisive goals and he is very complete and elegant striker, is even great enough to be a world-class second striker. His idea of playing is always intelligent, his technique is unique and even great in any aspect of aerial shooting. Thus, he is the best striker ever in an international country single tournament.       

Ruud Gullit and Frank RIjkaard also played in their peak. Rijkaard is very great in positional play as a center-back alongside Ronald Koeman who is seen to be dominant in strength and also great in reading the game. Koeman’s passing is always accurate but his long-shot is miss-target narrowly for the most times. Van Breukelen’s skill is evaluated below top 50 most skillful keepers ever. He made some wrong decisions in moving out of the goal line.          

Italy

Walter Zenga is reliable in overall although not any spectacular scene. Giuseppe Bergomi plays as a right-back and now I think he could be the toughest right-back ever, always stand in the right position and make a true decision in interception, strong likes a rock.  Giuseppe Giannini’s agile movement is amazing.

West Germany

Olaf Thon is a player who is probably one of the most underrated players. As a central midfielder, he is extremely quick and creative likes a pure playmaker but the incredible thing is he is also very good in defense as he even plays as a libero in the mid-1990s.
Jurgen Kohler make a great jobs in marking Van Basten in semi-final match. He consistently follow Van Basten in the entire game effectively until he misses in the last minutes due to his low speed. Andreas Brehme plays effectively in both left and right-back with great unique crossing ability. He possesses hard tackle. Brehme’s weak point is too low speed for wing-back position. Matthaus in this tournament remains unremarkable in creativity.

Soviet Union

Dasaev concedes the miracle goal to Van Basten in final match should not be discredited. Although the direction of the ball is from the incredible angle, the trajectory is a high curve and impossible for any keeper to reach at basic position. The USSR midfielders likes a big wave ripples the opponent. Zavarov, Mikhailchenko, Litovchenko and Belanov all are dangerous in central attacking area and quickly moves forward to find space to shot. For those 4 attackers, Litovchenko is seen to be the best. Mikhailchenko is seen to be overrated. Anyway, Oleg Protasov is weak in physical condition and not decisive enough in shooting.

England   

Tony Adams is superb in air, even score one goal by heading. However, he is rather slow in movement and let to conceding a goal. John Barnes is a perfect mold for conventional British winger with great acceleration and specialize in crossing but his style is too limited to wide area, easy to trap when his right-foot is really ineffective. Anyway, Bryan Robson achieves his own standard. Glenn Hoddle played well as a playmaker, consistently contributes accurate long passing. Gary Lineker positions himself in side-forward area which he was assigned during Barcelona years but this reduces his opportunity to score in front of the goal.  

In conclusion, Van Basten is the best player of the tournament. 2^nd is Ruud Gullit and 3^rd is Frank Rijkaard.

The 1990 World Cup Summary

Although the tournament is known as the lowest scoring ratio in history, the games is very high quality and entertaining. Exceptionally the final match is one of the most boring World Cup final matches ever.

Yugoslavia : It is known as the best Yugoslav team ever. Safet Susic is the most impressive player although it is already his late career. His high experience enables him to be more decisive than previous tournament and his spin passing is amazing. Dragan Stojkovic is anyway the most consistent Yugoslavian player. He is very calm, often switches to right-side area where his crossing is expectable. Prosinecki’s technical dribbling is always spectacular but other than that is rather below standard level. All three players are attacking midfielder as well as Savicevic who is a regular substitution. The team has many chances to beat Argentina but their players are lack of finishing skill. Note that the match against Argentina is my first ever football match watching.

Ireland : Only Paul Mcgrath is focused. He mainly plays as semi-right-back. Mcgrath is good in going forward. Unfortunately Match against Italy has a few chance to prove his defensive quality accurately.

Spain : The most benefit I get in the match is to know that I’m end of patience with Michel Gonzalez. Since 1984 Euro to 1990 World Cup, he makes too many non-value added passes.

Belgium : Enzo Scifo is an elegant playmaker with good acceleration and agility. He also possesses a great long-shot. His left-foot is anyway his weakness. Ceulemans is even more dangerous than him. Michael Preud’Homme is truly reliable. Only one thing that seems he is lack of confidence to make the accurate goal kick.

Holland : First of all, Van Basten doesn’t make too many mistake but he failed to create or meet important chances by his own sufficiently. Kohler once again lost penalty to him unnecessarily. While Van Basten failed, Gullit outstandingly carried the team. Holland is not inferior to West Germany until Rijkaard is sent off.

England : Gascoigne is very high talented playmaker with exceptional dribbling skill, is always stumble to watch and he is even great in defense, the scene he tackles Van Basten is very decisive. Although Linker is known as a great poacher, he is actually proficient in forward role, making many great dangerous crosses. Other than that, Waddle is very consistent winger with effective dribbling and crossing. Shilton is perfect in decision making and positioning although he become slow. 

Italy : The most surprised thing is Baresi’s performance. Although Ireland has no world-class attackers, Baresi at the beginning of game is seen to have a problem in the basic situation. He mistakenly pass the ball to the area that is none of his teammate to possibly proceed. He lost ball possession when he tries to drib pass Irish attacker at the Italian backline, etc. In match against Argentina, he follows Caniggia with his highest speed and decide to tackle from the back but it is far to reach allowing Caniggia get into dangerous zone. Although he still play well in other area of responsibilities, it is still difficult to acknowledge his performance in world-class. Maldini in his young age is very reliable. Baggio is a star of the team but his performance in final match as a reserved player is unimpressive. Schillachi is always efficient. He elaborate in every step of playing. Zenga is always reliable until he is discredited for his slow motion in interception and Caniggia meet opportunity to score too easy.

Argentina : Maradona is extremely enthusiastic and energetic. He is a key player to lead the team beat Brazil, is the best match for him in this World Cup. From quarter-final to final, Maradona does not meet the opportunities from counter-attack likes match against Brazil, he get more difficult task. However, Maradona is always intelligent in surviving under pressure or he is also great tactically. Caniggia as one of the fastest player ever is very intimate with Maradona. 

West Germany : Brehme consistently contributes a great curve crossing, is considered one of the best crossers ever alongside Beckham. He also very strong and shows decisive tackles. Matthaus is superb only in match against Yugoslavia. He is always effective in movement and organizing in semi-final and final but rarely shows amazing scenes. Klinsmamm meet many chances thanks ot his high work-rate and great speed but it is rather extravagant in overall. Aside from that, Kohler could be the best central defender of the tournament although he is too slow but his position is very great. Haesler is a high technical player at the semi-side area and make a good passing continuously. Voller is also very good as a target-man.

In conclusion, I rate Schillachi as the best player of the tournament. Second place is belonged to Matthaus. Maradona came to third. 4th belong to Brehme and 5th is Gascoigne.

1st 1990s International Club Summary

In 1991 European Cup Final, Red Star Belgrade is much dependent on players's individual technique. Savicevic and Prosinecki struggles to beat Marseille defense particularly Basil Boli who is prominent in precised hard tackling. Prosinecki's technique is magnificent but his team work ability is poor. Although Papin won Ballon'Dor in 1991, he is rather not dangerous in the final match.

In 1992 European Cup Final, Michael Laudrup remains unfulfilled his potential. He is known to be overgenerous in some improper situations. He rarely shows his classy technique during the match Stoichkov mainly operates on the left wing where he performs great acceleration and accurate crosses by hid left consistently. Koemann is this match is very strong and establish himself in correct position, scoring the winning goal by free-kick. For Samdoria side, Pagliuca is a keeper who is relatively weak in goal kicking skill. Vierchowod is proved to be very tough, quickly moving from the back position of opponent to snatch the ball in front of them, is the most impressive scene. 

In 1992 Intercontinental Cup, Rai's performance dominates the match. The scene he bounces the ball by his heel, his wonderful scoring by free-kick and his movement in midfield including impressive defense, concluding him as the very complete midfielders. Cafu is assigned in a right-side midfielder role, is another prominent Sao Paulo player. M.Laudrup once again failed to influence the team as he should have done.

In 1993 European Cup, both AC Milan and Marseille adopt offside-trap strategy resulting in discontinuity of the offensive game and the forwards like Van Basten, Papin and Voller meet a few chances to score. Van Basten and Papin are incomplete in physical condition, is one of the main reasons Milan failed to beat Marseille. Gianluigi Lentini is also disappointing. He is elegant and fast but poor in team work ability. The best player of Marseille side is seen to be Desailly who won the ball fairly in most times. 

In 1993 Intercontinental Cup, AC Milan's reputable defensive line is questionable to be the best defensive line ever when concedes 3 goals to Sao Paulo. The first goal is conceded by loose position of Costacurta. The another two goals is directly caused by Albertini and Rossi respectively but before than that Panucci and Baresi allows Sao Paolo to meet the chances. Toninho Cerezo remains play well. He is one of the most successful south american players in international club, playing 2 European cup final and won 2 intercontinental cups. 

In 1994 European Cup Final, Savicevic is a main actor of this match. He is always effective in dribbling, mainly in central area but later move wider to right-wing. He makes 1 amazing goal, 1 assist and 1 shot clashing pillar. Panuccu plays very well as left-back, his unusual position. Without Both Baresi and Costacurta, Barcelona fails to score any goal. The midfielders is not capable of supporting forward enough so Romario is successively failed but he is quite satisfied with only 2 obvious chances of assist and score. 

I don't watch 1994 intercontinental cup full-match but I do watch highlight. Costacurta is responsible for both two conceding goals. The first one, he fouls and lost penalty unnecessarily. The second one is a awful mistake when he returned the ball to Rossi too slow.

The 1992 European Championship Summary 

France : Laurence Blanc is the best French player in this tournament. He is very skillful in ball controlling and vision to pass. Eric Cantona is highly creative player with high physical strength. Papin has a few participation during the matches but he still scores 2 goal in the group round.

England : David Platt is an enthusiastic player, quick and great in movement from midfield to support scoring in forward area. 

Holland : Rijkaard is the best dutch player in this tournament. He doesn't only score 2 important goals but he also dominates in destroying the game in central midfield and also contributes great passes. Gullit is rather decline, his coordinating synchronization with his teammate is problematic. Van Basten is not in a great physical condition. Unfortunately his volleying shot clash the bar and finally he failed to score any goal. Van Basten anyway acts as a great creative forward with great assisting and technical abilities as usual. Dennis Bergkamp is rather slow but he is very decisive in running towards the goal to score.

West Germany : Kohler has a problem every time he plays against Van Basten's movement 3 tournaments in row. Effenberg possesses very accurate passing but he is too slow in both running and tackle. Sammer as a central midfield role is remarkable in offensive while his defensive ability is rather limited. Thomas Haesler is a main attacker of the team with diligence and consistent passing contribution. Klinsmann is too extravagant.

Denmark : The Danish team plays football with discipline, bravery and perfect mind-set, fulfilling the highest team working potential. When the team meet a few god opportunities to score, they rarely misses. In related matches, there is no phenomenon saves by Schmeichel but his organizing, ball opening, ball interception and leadership skill is psychologically effect on Danish team. Henrik Larsen is the best attacker of the team, is a key player for the Danish legendary team.

In conclusion, I rate Schmeichel as the best player of the tournament. The second place is Rijkaard and Thomas Haesler is the third.

The historical international goal highlight summary

The related available international matches highlight apart from the 220 full-matches have been watched to monitor performance of assister, scorer and keeper. 

I'm surprised that the 1924 Olympic games final match highlight between Uruguay and Switzerland is available with very high quality and long clip around 20 minutes. Jose Nasazzi is very great in positional standing and win in all aerial battles. The most valuable scene will be Jose Leandro Andrade who is questionable for a long- time if he is best at defensive midfielder or wing-back in nowadays. The scene he makes skillful slide tackle at the right-side defensive midfield area, is tend to conclude he is fit to wing-back position. I might transfer him to defender position accordingly. No special scene for Scarone regrettably. 

The most clips in the pre-war era is awful in quality as the movement is unnaturally displayed in video. However, some matches are obvious enough. Leonidas Da Silva is very deadly striker with prominent powerful and shot. Although he played as inside-forward at early career, his style is very likely to be a target-man so I will move him to striker position. Gyorgi Sarosi is another player that I’m curious about his level. The 2 scenes he scores are not spectacular and no footage for his defensive skill to watch. Only 2 scenes to have watched Matthias Sindelar, He is really a withdrawn forward placing himself outside penalty area and his ball control is stumble. Giuseppe Meazza is amazing in dribbling speed with enthusiastic manner. He also shot the ball decisively. It is regrettable that the clip of the 1931 England versus Spain shows only 1 goal when Zamora conceded 7 goals to England. It is interesting to know how many of them is not his fault. The available video does not show his superb skill at all. Giampiero Combi is disappointing when his position, handling and interception all are not satisfied. I can find only 2 scoring scenes for Tommy Lawton and all are tapped to shot easily. Frank Swift is OK in general. There is no video clip of Rudolph Hiden to watch.

In the war-time era, La Maquina is mainly focused. The more videos of Jose Manuel Moreno have been available. The constituent of his skill is strange when he possesses both high physical strength and technical ability so his running is powerfully dangerous. Moreno style is more attacking-mind than playmaking with great off-the-ball movement. Few scene of Perdernera saw his great dribbling only. Labruna is very quick from left-side forward. There is no footage of Loustau, Martino and Pontoni found. Surprisingly, the long run video of Fernando Peyroteo has been available with very clear display. It is a new knowledge that his dribbling is in competitive level for striker position. He possesses high strength and great positional play but his shooting style is not spectacular at all. Regrattably Josef Bican footage is unavailable.

In the post-war era to mid-1950s, Valentino Mazzola is seen to be a great organizer in match against England. Ference Deak scored in torpedo heading style in Dr Gero Cup. Ademir scores most goals after he running with the ball, it seems he is not a kind of tapped player. Zizinho is phenomenally agile and he controls the ball smoothly sticky to his feet. Ernst Ocwirk is an impressive box-to-box midfielder who is really great in supporting forward area to score from the back-line. There is only one scene to watch Hanappi who make an accurate curve passing. Abe Lenstra is skillful in ball controlling, possessing powerful shooting and even great in air. Faas Wikes dribbling speed could be one of the best ever. In Yugoslavia golden generation, Vladimir Beara is one of best reflex savers ever with very agile movement. Although he conceded a ton of goals, all of his conceding goals are seen to be out of capability but there is no full-match to analyze his overall skill. Vukas is superb dribbler and he operates the game in both wing and central attacking midfield area. Tom Finney in a FA Cup final dominates in dribbling on right-wing, mainly great in speed of ball controlling. Nat Lofehouse dominates in air with very great positional play. Lorenzo Buffon is disappointing when he concedes goals with bad positional standing and not makes good decision. Carl Aage Praest dribbling and acceleration is spectacular and even contribute accurate crossing.

Goalkeeper

Bert Trautmann performance in two consecutive FA Cup final full-matches are monitored. He is looked agile and enthusiastic with his 34 years old. He is very good in positional play and very reliable overall. 

Amadeo Carrizo is matched lost Czechoslovakia 5-1 in the 1958 World Cup, is seen to be poor performance in positioning and anticipation.

The British Home Championship video highlights are existed in every year Gordon Banks played for England. He several times is struggle to save the aerial passed ball, not jump high enough to reach and his body strength is another thing disadvantageous in aerial battle. Banks also like to stand on the goal line as safety first concept but the scene he allows the ball pass in the goal area just in front him without any pressure from opponent is just incredible.

In contrary to Gordon Banks, Patt Jennings has a sweeping-keeping style, like to go outside the goal area. I watch around 40 conceding goals of him, it is very rare to justify his mistake.

Jose Angel Iribar make an unforgivable mistake in 1968 Euro qualifying. He is expected to save the ball with his hand conveniently but the ball bounced his hand turn to clash the net. Aside from the mistake scene in 1984 Euro final, Arconada concedes many goals with his awful handling ability. 

Dino Zoff concedes a ton of goals from long-shot because he decide to jump too late as if he is not sure about the ball direction.

There are also some scenes Peter Schmeichel is struggle in reading the game. With Denmark, he mistakes in anticipating the long pass direction similar to s scene he was notorious with man Utd.at UEFA Champion League. Some time he is too hurry in guessing the ball direction such as the scene he concedes a goal to Luis Enrique in 1996 Euro qualifying. However, his reflex saves and incredible high jumping in premier league have been imprinted to me. 


Scorer

Most of Eduard Streltsov video highlight is in the late 1960s that is not his prime. Anyway some few scenes at his peak during the late 1950s saw his great ball controlling, acceleration and decisive shot.

Alberto Spencer is very complete striker and scores many spectacular goals. The most incredible one is the scene he start operate the game at right-side midfield area and then he a one-two 2 steps with great acceleration get through the dangerous zone and score achievably.

Kevin Keegan is great in aerial scoring with his heading ability as well as Boniek . As I criticize Dalglish in full-matches project, he makes a wonderful goal by dribbling pass 2 defenders and score to the top-corner, is just impressive.

I did not watch George Weah regularly when I was young and I doubt if he should be target man or second forward as he scores too few goals but now it has been clear he is best at target-man. At PSG, he scores most international goals in very short distance in front of the goal.

Van Basten is still worth to mention. Once he shot the ball while he is losing his balance due to being collided by opponent and his touching to shot is very technical and incredibly control trajectory of the ball to be a goal.