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Messi, Maradona and Ortega, the best dribblers from Argentina.
Greatest Dribbler of All Time
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Messi, Maradona and Ortega, the best dribblers from Argentina.
Robben was such a fantastic player. What was so memorising was the simplicity of his play. Mastered the craft of cutting in. Opponents could never get a foot in because his change of pace, it always created him the space to shoot.
It has to some degree become a lost art, many players lack a change of pace not due to being slow / not being explosive but perhaps not practicing the dynamics of different speeds in directional changes. A player who could benefit from this would be Sancho, not particularly fast but he could offset that weakness with a change of pace.
It has to some degree become a lost art, many players lack a change of pace not due to being slow / not being explosive but perhaps not practicing the dynamics of different speeds in directional changes. A player who could benefit from this would be Sancho, not particularly fast but he could offset that weakness with a change of pace.
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Messi is just clear as the best player in every category. I’m slightly disappointed he’s had an obvious decline as it means so many forget about, or are even too young to remember, his prime. Best dribbler of all time, obviously.
What was incredible about Robben was the fact that he would always do the same thing over and over again, cutting in to his left foot and no one could stop him. That's how fast he was.
For Argentina? Especially in the most recent tournament?
Number of international teammates nominated for the Ballon D'Or Dream Teams-
Pele: 8
Ronaldo: 5
Maradona: 2
Cristiano Ronaldo: 1
Messi: 0
Ortega is a great shout. He was class..
It would've been interesting to see how United would've lined up with Ortega in the team had the board backed Fergie in going ahead to sign him (albeit on loan for a year with an option to buy from Valencia) in 1997 - 1998.
would’ve loved to see him in a United shirt, he was a little chaotic though
Why only attackers as dribblers?
There must have been the Frenkie De Jong type of midfield dribbler before right?
There must have been the Frenkie De Jong type of midfield dribbler before right?
I mean, you said he hasn't done anything notable without great teammates, I'm just pointing out that this statement is incorrect. But you're right, it's not conducive to this thread.
George Best. The one and only!
Fascinating stuff, thanks! I'd like to know what stands as a successful dribble if Firmino is in there, but it's a really interesting list.
Masopust, Tigana, Falcão… not many truly elite ones, they usually end up further up the pitch like Iniesta or Zidane.
Not saying he's the best ever but Kovacic is fantastic at carrying the ball from deep in midfield.
Not the best of all time but the best dribbler I've seen at United was Giggs. The fact that he could still dribble past multiple players after losing most of his pace was telling for me.
Yeah pretty much those listed were great obviously but I guess the reason most end up higher on the pitch is with the way players are developed so if you're good at dribbling the coach is more likely to play you higher up on the pitch.
I imagine if the likes of de jong are extremely successful we could end up seeing a lot more players developed in that mould in the future .
Successful dribble is beating an opponent while retaining possession.
Firmino is really good at getting past the players.
Not the best ever perhaps, but when it comes to dribbling through the centre, I think Romario was behind only Maradona and Messi.
Zanetti's defensive dribbles were quite great and Marcelo is mint too.
Wouldn’t put Zanetti as an all-time great dribbler but Marcelo is a great shout. Maybe Leo Junior too. Beckenbauer obviously could do everything with the ball even though he preferred one-twos to dribbling runs.
True, Robben was indeed great, despite being so "obvious".
Nope. He's incredibly overrated. Put him on the fields Pele, Best and Maradona played on against butchers and he would barely get past 1 opponent.
Actually, there is. First of all, he ain't that big or strong. Second of all, he's a system player and can't adapt outside Barcelona, as it was proved this season with PSG.
That's cause he plays in this era where he's protected by the refs and cause he played in the soft Spanish league for almost all his career.
I don't think he would.
Why not ?!? It would make dribbling way harder.
I agree with you on this.
How do posters like you even manage to slip through on here?
You’re very conspicuous by the nonsense you post, in fact it’s so absurd it really looks more like pointless trolling.
Hard to compare in a meaningful way..
Garrincha tricked opponents with or against the direction of the play, it didn't matter, as if dribbling was far more important than scoring. Ronaldinho had a similar showmanship about him. Kerlon the seal-dribbler had an interesting take on it all, but he sort of faded out early.
Garrincha tricked opponents with or against the direction of the play, it didn't matter, as if dribbling was far more important than scoring. Ronaldinho had a similar showmanship about him. Kerlon the seal-dribbler had an interesting take on it all, but he sort of faded out early.
Chris Waddle. Maldini is still looking for him.
1. Messi
2. Maradona
3. Ronaldinho
4. Ronaldo
5. Neymar
6. Pelé
7. Cruyff
8. Rivelino
9. Best
10. Garrincha
11. Baggio
2. Maradona
3. Ronaldinho
4. Ronaldo
5. Neymar
6. Pelé
7. Cruyff
8. Rivelino
9. Best
10. Garrincha
11. Baggio