CHAPTER 20
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MARADONA’S
TOP 100
There
are so many players that spring to mind that to form a team and
say who's
delighted and who's disappointed me...it's too difficult, it is
easier
just to mention a few names. This is not strictly a Top 100, the
numbers
have been stuck in so you don't have to count them all
1... PELE
As a player
he had it all but didn’t make the most of it to raise the
status
of football. I’d have liked to see him put himself forward as President
of an association to defend players' rights like I did. I’d like to have
seen him look after Garrincha and not let him die in misery. I’d like to
see him fight the rich and powerful that are damaging football |
2... ROBERTO
RIVELINHO
I always
mention him as one of the greatest and lots of people are surprised. I’ve
no idea why...He was in the Brazilian team headquarters in Mexico ’70 just
lounging around because those guys didn’t need to do anything to be able
to play. And there he
was sitting
around with Gerson and Tostao... So Pelé turns up and they thought,
“What can we say to this black bastard? He does everything right the son
of a bitch! And Rivelinho, who always had an answer for everything, came
up with an idea. He stared straight at Pelé, the best player in
the world and said, “Be honest. You’d have liked to have been left-footed,
wouldn’t you? |
3...Johan
Cruyff
4...Angel
Rojas
5...Ubaldo
Fillol-Best keeper I've seen
6...Daniel
Passarella-Best defender I've seen
7...Mario
Kempes
8...Rene
Houseman
9...Michel
Platini-Too cold for my liking
10..Hristo
Stoitchkov
11..Antonio
Cabrini
12..Antinio
Careca
13..Zico
14..Enzo
Francescoli
15..Jose
Luis Chilavert
16..Ronaldo
17..Marco
Van Basten
18..Romario
19..Edmundo
20..Paolo
Maldini-Too pretty to be playing football
21..Ruud
Gullit
22..Christian
Vieri
23..Gabriel
Batistuta-A wild animal, thank God he's Argentinian
24..Roberto
Baggio
25..Paul
Gascoigne
26..Gary
Lineker
27..Zinedine
Zidane-He lacks joy when he plays
28..Alessandro
Del Piero
29..Michael
Owen-The only memorable thing at France 98
30..Lothar
Matthaus
31..Jorge
Valdano
32..Ricardo
Bochini
33..Claudio
Caniggia
34..Alemao
35..Michael
Laudrup
36..Hugo
Sanchez
37..Emilio
Butragueno
38..Paolo
Rossi
39..Oscar
Ruggeri
40..Sergio
Goycochea-He saved us at Italia 90
41..Rene
Higuita
42..Juan
Veron
43..Javier
Saviola
44..Pablo
Aimar
45..Juan
Riquelme
46..George
Best
47..Ciro
Ferrara
48..Osvaldo
Ardiles
49..Diego
Simeone
50..Davor
Suker
51..Fernando
Redondo
52..Gianfranco
Zola
53..Kevin
Keegan
54..Ivan
Zamorano
55..Carlos
Valderrama
56..Guillermo
57..Gustavo
Scheletto
58..Hugo
Gatti
59..Carlos
Aguilera
60..Karl
Heinz Rummenigge-you had to kill him to beat him
61..Obdulio
Varela
62..Eric
Cantona
63..Raul
64..Gaetano
Scirea
65..Ronald
Koeman
66..Franz
Beckenbauer-total elegance
67..Socrates
68..Ramon
Diaz
69..Ricardo
Bertoni
70..Miguel
Brindisi
71..Bernd
Schuster
72..Jorge
Burruchaga
73..Sergio
Batista
74..Martin
Palermo
75..Paul
Breitner
76..El
Lobo Carrasco
77..Marcelo
Trobbiani
78..Pedro
Pasculli
79..Massimo
Mauro
80..Jurgen
Klinsmann
81..Hector
Enrique
82..Alberto
Tarantini
83..Roberto
Ayala
84..Americo
Gallego
85..Oreste
Corbatta
86..Roberto
Perfumo
87..Alberto
Marcico
88..Carlos
Bianchi
89..Falcao
90..Francisco
Varallo
91..Juan
Simon
92..Julio
Olarticoechea
93..Ricardo
Giusti
94..Peter
Shilton
95..George
Weah
96..Juan
Barbas
97..Thomas
Brolin
98..Leandro
Romagnoli
99..Nakata
100..David
Beckham |
I hope
that you
enjoyed
reading
this book
Goodbye
for now
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