Yeah and amazing creativity. I haven't seen that level of creativity since really apart from maybe on his day... Bruno Fernandes. They make passes with subtlety that you just never expect. Brains on another level. Sadly I think the role of the "10" is dying. Teams like players that can run up and down and defend as well as they attack. They need stronger durable players so it's a lost art. Rui Costa also was great to watch if you have seen before
@@mjjj-bk5ti lol. I know what you mean and not even mad about what you said. I am trying to explain the art of creativity like that is a lost art. I don’t know who else is doing that. It was sad that towards the end of his career the newspapers in England seems very against Ozil and did not appreciate him.
That 11/12 Madrid team was one of the most enjoyable teams to watch. Counter-attacking football at its finest. Özil, CR7, Di Maria, Higuain at their peak. Kaka and Benzema off the bench. What a team
@@ashketchum2615 They were close tbf. But the competition at that time was a lot harder. Mourinho‘s madrid would have had an easy time in recent seasons. Back then the UCL was a different level. Prime Barca in 2011, Bayern after pens in 2012 and Klopp‘s legendary Dortmund side in 2013 they lost to in the semis.
Mesut Özil was a joy to watch at Real Madrid. At the time he was the best #10 in the world and nobody could rival him, not even Sneijder and Modric could keep up until he joined Arsenal. At Arsenal his best ever season came in the 15/16 season when he had 19 assists but could have broken the record at the second half of that season after getting 16 assists in the first half. After that season he started to decline and post 2018 world cup he was finished at elite football. The football world will never forget peak Özil at Real Madrid.
Ozil was my first ever favorite player. Ozil made me want to play as a playmaker rather then a striker, i do play as both an AM and striker now, but i prefer getting assits rather then scoring myself, but i will score when the moment arises.
To quote from ex-Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson: "Jose Mourinho once said to me when sometimes he would turn his back in training with Real Madrid he could always tell Ozil struck the ball... ...It made a different sound"
As a brit - I always remember how he orchestrated (along with Kroos) beating England in the world cup. Phenomenal. Only criticism is he seemed to drop in physicality way too quick - this made many feel he was lazy. Although I hear now he's bulked up outside of retirement...
I always disliked how ozil was treated at arsenal, people complain about the lack of mavericks and expressive players in football and when ozil didn’t track back a lot of arsenal fans turned on him and wanted him out the door for his “carefree” attitude/behaviour
Özil for me was the definition of a luxury player. That’s why his prime was Madrid, after Madrid I think he was very inconsistent, he was on track to an all timer Prem season when he got crazy amount of assists up until Xmas & then after he just ghosted. Him in his prime in this current Arsenal side woulda been special. Lyes, Özil or David Silva?
we are living in era where midfielders are judged on stats and blame things like FPL , Ozil is levels above KDB , Technique,vision and through ball , the Art of playmaking the closest we have to that is Odegaard in the EPL just pure playmaking
In the constant discussion of Messi vs Ronaldo, i'll always say Ronaldinho. Only 1-2 seasons of peak, in comparison to Messi and CR7's 10 years of dominance... but it dosen't matter... prime Ronaldinho played the most exciting football... In the same way Ozil is the best 10 ever... Not throughout his career, but his top ability was unparallelled... problem is similarly to Ronaldinho, Ozil was pretty bad in large parts of his career.... But I still think he's the greatest 10... It depends on how you measure things
@@farsous10 okay so technical generally covers ability in these areas; how you dribble, how you shoot, pass and cross, your overall skill with the ball (inventiveness?) and tackling. Swear on your life that everyone on your list has him beat in those areas overall bar Messi
@@ahmaddeeni only aspect of those areas ozil is better at than the names I mentioned bar messi is how good passing the ball he is and “maybe” a better shooter than someone like iniesta or hazard. Otherwise in terms of dribbling and creativity you can’t put ozil clear cut above people like hazard or iniesta, you can easily make a case for him sure but he’s not significantly better at it than those two are and vice versa. And ozil is objectively not as good technically than messi and neymar, those two are among the best dribblers of all time and among the most creative with how inventive they are with the ball
@@farsous10 im not contesting what you’re saying necessarily. You’ve essentially scored two points for ozil and two points for the others, if my quick maths are correct. My overall point is they are not objectively clear cut better technically unless you value dribbling over everything else. For fear of messi fans if we’re being scientific about it, he’s not as technically gifted as neymar but is alien in the realm of dribbling, chance creation and converting those chances into results. Im not saying ozil is a more effective player than a hazard. Im saying he’s arguably more well rounded than a hazard in a technical sense, ozil is also alien in his chance creation but not so much with the conversion of those chances where he’s relying on the guys in front of him to do that part. I feel the same about Messi and Neymar in that regard, technically Neymar is more well rounded.
@@ahmaddeeni yea completely agree cant say much more than that really. It depends on how much people view goalscoring and output in general as "technical ability, someone who values that really highly might put someone like a lewandoski higher than a Neymar in technical ability because hes much more prolific in scoring, but that view is just flawed cuz its a very narrow and one dimensional way of looking at it, especially considering Neymar is one of the best goalscorers in his own position and has one of the highest goal contribution numbers in history, so context is important. I feel like we both more or less are on the same point tho, we both think someone like a Messi and Neymar are more technical than oil (and everyone else in their generation for that matter imo), whereas other players like iniesta, hazard, bale, mahrez, Xavi, etc, you can easily make a case for ozil and can say the same vice versa in just a technical aspect. None of them are clear cut above the others purely on technical ability, they're all relative to each other in that regardI feel like
@@fugaziishime I disagree. He was just as good as Ozil but never got the same appreciation as others. There’s a reason he stayed at Madrid as long as he did. One of the only academy players to stay during the whole galacticos era crap, was always a constant starter as well. In saying that though, both Ozil and Guti were never as good as people make them out to be, especially Ozil
@@andale_andale ozil was an on his day player but the guy vould turn it up in important matches thats what i think saves his legacy. I get what you said about guti but id still disagree. Because ozils peak was disgusting to watch. Dont remember guti being that insane.
Nah fam KDB is overrated in that specific aspect Ozil and Fabregas had better passing and inventiveness just because our Arsenal team had Chamakh and Giroud doesn't mean their passes weren't better and more influential imo bro KDB has all the tools around him
Frfr I've never seen anyone with a better wight of pass than ozil if anything you can be on par because ozils weight of pass was literal perfection. De bruyne has alot of power and whip to his passes which at times can be difficult to control or finish unless your an elite finisher like aguero or haaland. Furthermore de bruynes trademark pass from the right, ozil has played that pass before many times from the right, but because its not something he relies on due to his various methods of passing lyes claims he cannot do it😂😂 blud was waffling
Ozil defo has better weight of pass than de briyne I don't know how you don't see that lyes. Kdb likes to fizz his passes into great positions but ozil puts it on a plate making it impossible to miss at times.
KDB plays at all angles with no bias with both feet, he’s above Ozil by far, and also plays a lot faster which is underrated Kdb in transition is a monster
Im sorry, but anyone who thinks football hasnt fallen off is deluded. The technical ceiling of players back then was off the charts, nowadays Im seeing brazillians struggle to do elasticos
Comments full of casuals man🤣 KDB pre 2022 is head and shoulders above Ozil Chance creation Power Shooting Efficiency Ffs even At Wolfsburg he was crazy. Man city holds KDBs reputation back because if he was doing wat he did for Madrid or United…
When he showed up, pure football was on display
Yeah and amazing creativity. I haven't seen that level of creativity since really apart from maybe on his day... Bruno Fernandes. They make passes with subtlety that you just never expect. Brains on another level. Sadly I think the role of the "10" is dying. Teams like players that can run up and down and defend as well as they attack. They need stronger durable players so it's a lost art. Rui Costa also was great to watch if you have seen before
At madrid he showed up a lot
@@RemofRenaissancedont ever put ozil and bruno in same sentence
@@mjjj-bk5ti lol. I know what you mean and not even mad about what you said. I am trying to explain the art of creativity like that is a lost art. I don’t know who else is doing that. It was sad that towards the end of his career the newspapers in England seems very against Ozil and did not appreciate him.
@@RemofRenaissance ozil is walderrama
That 11/12 Madrid team was one of the most enjoyable teams to watch. Counter-attacking football at its finest. Özil, CR7, Di Maria, Higuain at their peak. Kaka and Benzema off the bench. What a team
I wish that real madrid team had won all those UCLs instead of the boring teams we have now
@@ashketchum2615 They were close tbf. But the competition at that time was a lot harder. Mourinho‘s madrid would have had an easy time in recent seasons. Back then the UCL was a different level. Prime Barca in 2011, Bayern after pens in 2012 and Klopp‘s legendary Dortmund side in 2013 they lost to in the semis.
Mesut Özil was a joy to watch at Real Madrid. At the time he was the best #10 in the world and nobody could rival him, not even Sneijder and Modric could keep up until he joined Arsenal. At Arsenal his best ever season came in the 15/16 season when he had 19 assists but could have broken the record at the second half of that season after getting 16 assists in the first half. After that season he started to decline and post 2018 world cup he was finished at elite football. The football world will never forget peak Özil at Real Madrid.
Özil only declined after 17/18 and his peak was probably in Werder Bremen
Ozil was my first ever favorite player.
Ozil made me want to play as a playmaker rather then a striker, i do play as both an AM and striker now, but i prefer getting assits rather then scoring myself, but i will score when the moment arises.
Same exact story for me bro - he made assists more beautiful than goals
You're basically a Wayne Rooney
To quote from ex-Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson:
"Jose Mourinho once said to me when sometimes he would turn his back in training with Real Madrid he could always tell Ozil struck the ball...
...It made a different sound"
Beautiful wording
Man, he’s my favourite player of all time. The football was BEAUTIFUL!🥹
As a brit - I always remember how he orchestrated (along with Kroos) beating England in the world cup. Phenomenal. Only criticism is he seemed to drop in physicality way too quick - this made many feel he was lazy. Although I hear now he's bulked up outside of retirement...
Özil and Reus are the most naturally talented german players of last 20 years. Put accolades aside, at their peak they were both unplayable.
Marco mahn😭
I always disliked how ozil was treated at arsenal, people complain about the lack of mavericks and expressive players in football and when ozil didn’t track back a lot of arsenal fans turned on him and wanted him out the door for his “carefree” attitude/behaviour
lyes we need a ranking bundasliga players euro performance vid 🙏🏾🙏🏾
No
@@Leyao14 why ?
As an arsenal fan we absolutely wasted having ozil at the time we got him, we absolutely wasted santi carzola too.
Özil for me was the definition of a luxury player. That’s why his prime was Madrid, after Madrid I think he was very inconsistent, he was on track to an all timer Prem season when he got crazy amount of assists up until Xmas & then after he just ghosted. Him in his prime in this current Arsenal side woulda been special.
Lyes, Özil or David Silva?
Shakira hips, Cantona for that his best ever Champions League goal 😂🇩🇪
You should react to cr7, messi and all the all time greats at their peak.
what of Lyes Reacts that would be wild
Half way through the vid i had to re check the title to see if this was a video on KDB…
in his prime bar zidane still the best pure 10 ive ever seen
I’m a simple man , I see Lyes upload I click 🤷🏿♂️
I got him 107th all time right below Di Maria and David Silva but over Owen and Hazard
Bro you need to check out Santi Cazorla highlights soon too
The KDB vs Ozil debate never made sense. David Silva is a much closer comp
Can you react to a Benzema montage?
we are living in era where midfielders are judged on stats and blame things like FPL , Ozil is levels above KDB , Technique,vision and through ball , the Art of playmaking the closest we have to that is Odegaard in the EPL just pure playmaking
😂😂
In the constant discussion of Messi vs Ronaldo, i'll always say Ronaldinho. Only 1-2 seasons of peak, in comparison to Messi and CR7's 10 years of dominance... but it dosen't matter... prime Ronaldinho played the most exciting football... In the same way Ozil is the best 10 ever... Not throughout his career, but his top ability was unparallelled... problem is similarly to Ronaldinho, Ozil was pretty bad in large parts of his career.... But I still think he's the greatest 10... It depends on how you measure things
An all timer
I actually want him to name the 5 more technically gifted players of his gen, cause I swear he’d struggle if we’re being honest.
Messi, neymar, iniesta, hazard are the only ones I can think of at the top of my head
@@farsous10 okay so technical generally covers ability in these areas; how you dribble, how you shoot, pass and cross, your overall skill with the ball (inventiveness?) and tackling. Swear on your life that everyone on your list has him beat in those areas overall bar Messi
@@ahmaddeeni only aspect of those areas ozil is better at than the names I mentioned bar messi is how good passing the ball he is and “maybe” a better shooter than someone like iniesta or hazard. Otherwise in terms of dribbling and creativity you can’t put ozil clear cut above people like hazard or iniesta, you can easily make a case for him sure but he’s not significantly better at it than those two are and vice versa. And ozil is objectively not as good technically than messi and neymar, those two are among the best dribblers of all time and among the most creative with how inventive they are with the ball
@@farsous10 im not contesting what you’re saying necessarily. You’ve essentially scored two points for ozil and two points for the others, if my quick maths are correct. My overall point is they are not objectively clear cut better technically unless you value dribbling over everything else. For fear of messi fans if we’re being scientific about it, he’s not as technically gifted as neymar but is alien in the realm of dribbling, chance creation and converting those chances into results. Im not saying ozil is a more effective player than a hazard. Im saying he’s arguably more well rounded than a hazard in a technical sense, ozil is also alien in his chance creation but not so much with the conversion of those chances where he’s relying on the guys in front of him to do that part. I feel the same about Messi and Neymar in that regard, technically Neymar is more well rounded.
@@ahmaddeeni yea completely agree cant say much more than that really. It depends on how much people view goalscoring and output in general as "technical ability, someone who values that really highly might put someone like a lewandoski higher than a Neymar in technical ability because hes much more prolific in scoring, but that view is just flawed cuz its a very narrow and one dimensional way of looking at it, especially considering Neymar is one of the best goalscorers in his own position and has one of the highest goal contribution numbers in history, so context is important.
I feel like we both more or less are on the same point tho, we both think someone like a Messi and Neymar are more technical than oil (and everyone else in their generation for that matter imo), whereas other players like iniesta, hazard, bale, mahrez, Xavi, etc, you can easily make a case for ozil and can say the same vice versa in just a technical aspect. None of them are clear cut above the others purely on technical ability, they're all relative to each other in that regardI feel like
Ozil is what you call an inside forward. He epitomized that term imo
Guti was doing this stuff before Ozil had come onto the scene
@@andale_andale guti was never as good as ozil tbh. He had an amazing pass. But thats it.
@@fugaziishime I disagree. He was just as good as Ozil but never got the same appreciation as others. There’s a reason he stayed at Madrid as long as he did. One of the only academy players to stay during the whole galacticos era crap, was always a constant starter as well. In saying that though, both Ozil and Guti were never as good as people make them out to be, especially Ozil
@@andale_andale ozil was an on his day player but the guy vould turn it up in important matches thats what i think saves his legacy. I get what you said about guti but id still disagree. Because ozils peak was disgusting to watch. Dont remember guti being that insane.
I think they phased Ozil out too soon man
Nah fam KDB is overrated in that specific aspect Ozil and Fabregas had better passing and inventiveness just because our Arsenal team had Chamakh and Giroud doesn't mean their passes weren't better and more influential imo bro
KDB has all the tools around him
you have no idea about kdb at wolfsberg
@@terwrell6398 Ozil at Schalke and teen Cesc are better, don't do this bro
@@mondemdluli9 nope Wolfsburg kdb was winning player of the year while helping them win trophies in a bayern dominated league
KDB at Wolfsburg did better than Ozil at Madrid🤣🤣🤣 one played with dost the other played with cr7 and co
Spends a lot of time talking about de bruyne when the vid is about ozil
These prem guys tho
Kdb weight or pass not better wth
Frfr I've never seen anyone with a better wight of pass than ozil if anything you can be on par because ozils weight of pass was literal perfection. De bruyne has alot of power and whip to his passes which at times can be difficult to control or finish unless your an elite finisher like aguero or haaland. Furthermore de bruynes trademark pass from the right, ozil has played that pass before many times from the right, but because its not something he relies on due to his various methods of passing lyes claims he cannot do it😂😂 blud was waffling
Ozil defo has better weight of pass than de briyne I don't know how you don't see that lyes. Kdb likes to fizz his passes into great positions but ozil puts it on a plate making it impossible to miss at times.
KDB plays at all angles with no bias with both feet, he’s above Ozil by far, and also plays a lot faster which is underrated
Kdb in transition is a monster
This video was edited terribly
Im sorry, but anyone who thinks football hasnt fallen off is deluded. The technical ceiling of players back then was off the charts, nowadays Im seeing brazillians struggle to do elasticos
Comments full of casuals man🤣 KDB pre 2022 is head and shoulders above Ozil
Chance creation
Power
Shooting
Efficiency
Ffs even At Wolfsburg he was crazy.
Man city holds KDBs reputation back because if he was doing wat he did for Madrid or United…
2nd most overrated player in the history of the game after pigba
How can you watch him and Pogba and called them overrated ballers like them are non existent nowadays it’s just stat merchants at this point
De bruyne can’t dribble and is a quantity over quality passer he is god awful to watch in a 90 minute match.
Pre 2022 kdb is fantastic wtf have u been watching 😂😂😂