Giuseppe Meazza-(Fwd/Inside Right/Left)-‘Il Balila’ is considered the greatest Italian player of all time and the best player in Inter’s history. He was a great leader with excellent shooting and intoxicating dribbling skill, an eye for the pass and, despite his middle height, an exceptional heading ability.
He was a brilliant passer, both-footed, had remarkable field vision and was noted for his turns and spins.
His trademark goal was picking the ball up on the half way line he would regularly proceed in dribbling through several opponents with a series of twinkle-toed shuffles and turns, before arriving in front of the goal, where he would stop and invite the goalkeeper before slotting home easily. In away games, the defenders would often foul and hack him to avoid being humiliated. In Italy, Gol alla Meazza" and "finte alla Meazza" have since become popular sayings for Italian football fans to describe a truly inspiring goal off the dribble or a series of jukes. Such was the greatness of him that Inter and AC Milan named their stadium after him.
The Italian manager once said that ‘
He was a born forward. He saw the game, understood the situation, distributed the ball carefully and made the team offense operate. Having him on the team was like starting the game 1–0 up’.
He won the golden ball in the 1934 worldcup(positioned on the wings) and was an integral part of the Italian side that won the world cup in 1938 as well.
Garrincha(Right Winger)-The greatest winger and dribbler the world has ever seen. A player that divides the opinion of the Brazilian amongst who was the best ever, him or pele.
He was known for his remarkable ball control, imagination, acceleration, crossing, dribbling skills and ability to create something from nothing, He also possessed a ferocious shot with either foot and was a gifted dead ball specialist known for free kicks and corners taken with the outside of his foot. Garrincha is famous for his performances in the world cup of 1958 and 1962.In 1958 he scored one of his most famous goals, in Italy versus Fiorentina when he beat 4 defenders and the goalkeeper, and then when faced with an open goal, rather than scoring, he waited for another defender to get back and dribbled past him before scoring.
Mel Hopkins (the fullback who faced him that game) described Garrincha as "a phenomenon, capable of sheer magic. It was difficult to know which way he was going to go because of his legs and because he was as comfortable on his left foot as his right, so he could cut inside or go down the line and he had a ferocious shot too
He cemented his legend in 1962 after an injury to pele. He scored twice and set up one goal against England, a performance which led to the English press describing him as
Stanley Matthews, Tom Finney and a snake charmer all rolled into one. He scored twice more against the host chile in the semis which led to the chile newspaper asking
which planet is garrincha from.
He was given the golden ball after finishing as Brazil’s main goal scorer and creator and is often credited for having been the inspiration for the bull fighting chants of "ole" to be used at football grounds initially during a game in Argentina where he constantly teased and went past his markers to constant ole's from the crowd.
Some quotes about this genius.
"When he came to Botafogo for a trial, he put the first ball he touched straight between my legs. A lot of people thought I would be offended but they were wrong. I told the directors there and then that they had to sign him. Fortunately, they listened to me."
Nilton Santos, Garrincha's team-mate for Botafogo and Brazil
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Garrincha was a phenomenal player. Without him by my side, I would never have won three World Cups over the course of my career."
Pele, Garrincha's team-mate at the 1958 and 1962 FIFA World
Gerd Muller-
“Der Bomber” Gerd Muller is the greatest goalscorer in history of the game. He was the predominant center forward of the early 1970s. Deceptively quick and able to shoot with little waste motion. Muller was a nightmare for opposing goalkeepers, was the forerunner, whom given the slightest chance, could often find a way to put the ball in the goal that cluded other strikers’ abilities. He was short, squat, awkward-looking and not notably fast; he never fit the conventional idea of a great footballer, but he had lethal acceleration over short distances, a remarkable aerial game, and uncanny goalscoring instincts. His short legs gave him a strangely low center of gravity, so he could turn quickly and with perfect balance in spaces and at speeds that would cause other players to fall over. He also had a knack of scoring in unlikely situations." There are seven seasons Muller could score more than 1.00 goal per game in average. Muller was rated by kicker just 4.5 world-class seasons and 5.5 international-class seasons. According to German footballer of the year voting, he was German forward of the year for six times. That is argued that due to his too easy making score style of play not a wonderful scorer. He was also voted 5th the best player in history of World Cup by France Football
Achievements-
7 Times Bundesliga Top Scorer
2 Times German Footballer of The Year (1967, 1969)
2 Times European Golden Shoe (1970, 1972)
2 Time World League Top Scorer (1970, 1972)
2 Times Bronze Ball European Footballer of The Year (1969, 1973)
4 Times European Cup Top Scorer (1973, 1974, 1975, 1977)
1970 FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe And All-Stars Team
1970 European Footballer of The Year
1972 European Championship Top Scoer
1972 European Championship Team of The Tournament
1972 Silver Ball European Footballer of The Year
All-Time Bundesliga Top Scorer
All-Time Germany Top Scorer
2000 World Football's Greatest Goalscorer of All Time
