This has got to be the most perfect foul in history. Just everything about; Caniggia goes flying, the boot comes off, even the commentary "He won't get past that challenge!" just brilliant
Massing was a warrior, he was a friend of my dads and I met him once in January of 2017. He didn’t speak much but he had a massive presence not just because of his size but because of the respect he naturally commanded. May god bless his soul and may he rest in peace.
Believe it or not, this tackle actually appears in the best book on football ever. Nick Hornby writes in Fever Pitch, that "I enjoyed enormously Massing's murderous assault on Caniggia, followed by his valedictory wave to the crowd".
Canniggia is rolling round in agony and none of his team mates even bother to check if he's ok. Too interested in telling the ref to book him. That's why he gave him 3 cards, they all asked for 1 each
The second tackle just about unbalanced him enough for him not to be able to escape the execution of the third. This conceivably changed the course of the tournament. This could have been the best goal at any World Cup ever, the score would have been one all, and Cameroon might not have made the quarter finals. A fantastic take out though. Merciless, and self sacrifice beyond measure.
Can't believe i found this. Was just telling my son about this crazy moment that i remember watching in my childhood. Thought I'd try n find it to show him. Great times and thanks for uploading bro 👍🏻
Took one for the team, wasn’t going to allow this kid to do to them what Diego did to the English 4 years earlier…it was building up to be something special.
1990 - The greatest world cup ever, even better than Mexico 1970. It had everything, and this match summed up the world cup superbly - the underdogs beating the then world champions. Every world cup has shocks wins and defeats, which makes it so special. That tackle was legendary. Having watched two of his team mates try to take Caniggia out and fail miserably, Massing set off on a mission solely to kick Caniggia into orbit - ball, what ball?. Mission accomplished. It was 1990 that 38 year old Roger Milla (pronounced Mee-la) was superb, scoring several goals and then the iconic celebration around the corner flag. He then played in the 1994 world cup at the age of 42 and scored a goal or two from memory! Happy dayz and memories of 1990.
that was brilliant!! then the defender pleads to the ref "Look ref - we tried to foul him twice and he ws too quick or jumped to high...what else could I have honestly done??" LOL
These are the Indomitable Lions we know; they are just a shadow of themselves today. We, Cameroonians, are wondering if we will ever have a squad like this. With tears in my eyes.
massing should have received a trophy for the best tackle in football history. Carneiga is lucky, that he is still playing football, he should have been in hospital..bravo massing
The first one thought about scything him down then decided against it, the second tried but didn't quite manage it, but there was No Messing from Massing.
Watched this in a bar near the office where I worked. The cheers for each challenge on Caniggia reached a comic climax thanks to Benjamin Massing (RIP). The whole world could see that he would the one to clean the ponce out.
This is a on point example of how much tackling a Argentina boy can take for their country. One of the fastest for sure. This is similar to that Italian soccer that the world knows what it is. La velocidad de Argentina no se replica 💯
Oye che, you are so right. I am an Argentina fan, and I go for England too. Just like you, but in reverse. Let's not hate, cause the beautiful game is a worldwide thing. That goal that Michael Owen scored on us in the World cup was just brilliance. It was my favorite of that cup. (Im sure you remember which one) Peace out bro, Let's not let a stupid war interfere in the beautiful sport we call futbol!!!
and typical of an argie (burruchaga) to tread on Massings toe - classic - you gotta love the gamesmanship. The Argentinian league is one of the worlds most entertaining too - shed loads of goals,skills,fouls and sendings off - great stuff!
I love the fact the ref showed him a red card and then afterwards a yellow one. It made it look as though it was so bad a challenge that a red card on its own wasn't good enough.
Etoo is such a good attacker because in cameroon,this are the defenders you have to pass if you must Score.I love my country.This team was great. Milla trained with guys rawer than massing
Massing with a tackle that borders on criminal assault. Watch closely you'll see that how the skillful Caniggia managed to avoid two yellow card tackles prior to this sickening challenge!
because he wanted to tell him that even though you have a yellow card from this game that foul is worth a red card, then he showed him his second yellow
I used to play as a defender and sometimes you just have to do this and take the hit for the team. Full marks to Cannigia for staying on his feet, a lot of modern players would have gone down under the first challenge.
Sometimes you just “have” to brutally savage a player while making precisely zero attempt to play the ball? You must have been a horrifically bad defender.
Exactly right! he's their most hated player. He's booed everytime he gets the ball but in the last game at our ground he scored and it went real quiet, until he ran to the EFC fans and kissed his Man u badge!(to wind them up because hed been booed) Then it erupted in fury! Im not one to 'hate' him - i think he let us down but you have to be realistic re:his career and £. Im quite proud that our academy 'created' such a player - hope we do it again
"NO LEAVY GO!" Were the pidgin lingo words that Massing heard from his defense partner before acting out. Apparently. I don't know if this sequence could get more beautiful than what it is, but if so, that background storyline would.
I believe the uploader's comment, "The greatest tackle in the history of the World Cup" is fairly accurate. I remember this, remember the 1, 2, 3 - oh shit! I can only add - but what did the Argy-Bargies do, to deserve this..?
Why can't England players make that sort of challenge when we're 1-0 up against someone?! It is the best tackle of all time. Really does the term 'committed' justice.
The most vicious tackle I’ve ever seen. Caniggia was flying. What a run. Credit to him for keeping his balance. Any other player wouldve swan dived instantly, particularly Neymar the great faker.
No I mean really. He died relatively young just recently. Read here. www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2017/m=12/news=maradona-rend-hommage-a-massing-2924455-2924558.html
i can still remember coming home from school and watching this, the sickening stupid crass 'challenge' by the unprofessional cameroon and then the argentinian chap pushing him when hes trying to put his boot back on
I'm sure Massing would've gladly been sent off if it meant ensuring his teams victory. It's not difficult to see why he did it. All I'm saying was that It was still a cruel tackle that got what it deserved. That's all. After all, how would Cannigia have felt?
Thats a quality tackle .... a patriotic one too. He knew Argentina will not score from the resulting free kick. He knew the game was over ... he had to make a choice .. too bad for Argentina. I love the way Cameroonians defend when they mean business. Look at Song. 2 red cards in 2 world cups. He holds the record with Zidane lol.
i would agree with that in terms of entertainment value, and i would but the Argentinian league up there as well - they just dont have the same number of big name players there due to finances. We used the get the games here over 10 years ago and i used to watch them all - great stuff
Its a bit like the team-work you see among carnivores on the African savannah, taking turns in softening the prey before its butchered rather heavily by the last one.
Now you don't have to be racist to post a racist comment you can say something that given context is quite racist and be perfectly oblivious to it, whether through willful igorance or cheerful naivety, but one thing remains, that's a bit of a racist comment you've posted there. Of course comparing, for example, the Wimbledon of the Crazy Gang to a bunch of animals is a different thing, but I don't make the rules up.
After seeing this amazing tackle, the NFL’s Buffalo Bills tried to sign Massing for the 1990 season, however, negotiations broke down at the last minute. The Bills would go on to lose that year’s super bowl, partially due to poor tackling. Too bad, Massing had perfect form here.
People forget that African football was largely an unknown quantity in 1990. Bobby Robson expressed surprise at the physicality of the Cameroon side, and that the players knew who he was!
Alex Gasson Did you watch 2010 final between Holland and Spain? I don't remember anyone talking about the 'physicality' of European sides. Or look up Schumacher on Battiston, 82. This sort of thing is hardly peculiar to any one continent.
I dislike Argentina like most Englishmen do but I find it hard to keep hating them when you see the brilliance of Maradona or that incredible 24 pass goal in the last World Cup. Let's not hate, let's enjoy the special rivalry our two countries have.
Right on! Who says football isn't a physical sport, right? I mean, in leagues where the ref calls every single contact as a foul, the game gets boring, it builds up no momentum. You'll often find the fans yawning or going to buy another beer. But in our leagues,(for example) the quick pace is kept alive.
haha, what really adds to the comedy value is when the ref gives him a straight red and then a yellow after as well!!? As if to really make sure everyone knows it was a bad tackle!
![Claudio Caniggia, El Hijo del Viento [Best Goals]](/img/n.gif)
This has got to be the most perfect foul in history. Just everything about; Caniggia goes flying, the boot comes off, even the commentary "He won't get past that challenge!" just brilliant
the best reducer i've seen in 40 years
🤣🤣😆
If Neymar got tackled like that, he would be rolling for the next 10 years.
Caniggia was down for eight. he'd been hit properly.
Kkkkkkkkkkkkk
😂😂😂
Duracell bunny
Neymar would have gone down from the first challenge!
Massing was a warrior, he was a friend of my dads and I met him once in January of 2017. He didn’t speak much but he had a massive presence not just because of his size but because of the respect he naturally commanded. May god bless his soul and may he rest in peace.
Claudio Caniggia the LEGEND!!
greetings to all Argentinias from Serbia
Nikola K. I join my fellow Serb in greeting Argentina! Жив био брате!
Rest in peace Benjamin Massing, he passed away yesterday December 9, 2017 at the age of 55.
his suspension from this tackle was going to be lifted in 2018, shame
Claudio Caniggia finally comes out of hiding.
shame. a heroic defender
Good
@@donmauro8123 you're a poor useless creature...
One of the greatest open-ice checks in the game of hockey...
man, how I loved watching Caniggia do those long runs.
How I love seeing the long runs come to a happy ending.
Believe it or not, this tackle actually appears in the best book on football ever. Nick Hornby writes in Fever Pitch, that "I enjoyed enormously Massing's murderous assault on Caniggia, followed by his valedictory wave to the crowd".
Canniggia is rolling round in agony and none of his team mates even bother to check if he's ok. Too interested in telling the ref to book him. That's why he gave him 3 cards, they all asked for 1 each
his team mates knew he was ok....Caniggia was "rolling round in agony" 75% of the game lol
Massing deserved man of the match award for that moment alone
The second tackle just about unbalanced him enough for him not to be able to escape the execution of the third. This conceivably changed the course of the tournament. This could have been the best goal at any World Cup ever, the score would have been one all, and Cameroon might not have made the quarter finals.
A fantastic take out though. Merciless, and self sacrifice beyond measure.
Can't believe i found this. Was just telling my son about this crazy moment that i remember watching in my childhood. Thought I'd try n find it to show him. Great times and thanks for uploading bro 👍🏻
The best tackle in world cup history.
That wasn't World cup. That game was the final of Olympic Atlanta 96.
Santo Santos No, this was in the opening game of Italia 90.
Santo Santos Argentina vs Cameron 1990 in San Siro, Italy ended 1-0 for Cameron
Andro Barsoum Cameroon
Rens3n Cameroon :P
Took one for the team, wasn’t going to allow this kid to do to them what Diego did to the English 4 years earlier…it was building up to be something special.
1990 - The greatest world cup ever, even better than Mexico 1970. It had everything, and this match summed up the world cup superbly - the underdogs beating the then world champions. Every world cup has shocks wins and defeats, which makes it so special. That tackle was legendary. Having watched two of his team mates try to take Caniggia out and fail miserably, Massing set off on a mission solely to kick Caniggia into orbit - ball, what ball?. Mission accomplished. It was 1990 that 38 year old Roger Milla (pronounced Mee-la) was superb, scoring several goals and then the iconic celebration around the corner flag. He then played in the 1994 world cup at the age of 42 and scored a goal or two from memory! Happy dayz and memories of 1990.
INTO ORBIT 😅😊😂
1990 was trash compared to 86 and every cup after apart from '94
I've been there..., was an eyewitness of this great match, including the opening ceremony of this World Cup at San Siro stadium...🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Caniggia was the fastes player on earth...Atalanta's supporters of my age will never forget him! Go Claudio!!!
that was brilliant!! then the defender pleads to the ref "Look ref - we tried to foul him twice and he ws too quick or jumped to high...what else could I have honestly done??" LOL
Remember watching this live Cameroon light this World Cup alight, what a challenge 😂😂😂 Brutal didn’t even go for the ball
‘Common Assault’ 💥💥
One of my favourite all time moments in a World Cup
These are the Indomitable Lions we know; they are just a shadow of themselves today. We, Cameroonians, are wondering if we will ever have a squad like this. With tears in my eyes.
This team opened our hearts to Cameroon forever. Peace and love to you
Didn’t two of them get sent off in this game?
@@drednought3000yes,Andre Kana Biyick ( brother of the goalscorer Francois Omam Biyick) was very harshly sent off for an earlier challenge.
massing should have received a trophy for the best tackle in football history. Carneiga is lucky, that he is still playing football, he should have been in hospital..bravo massing
CANIGGIA the fastest footballer ever
The first one thought about scything him down then decided against it, the second tried but didn't quite manage it, but there was No Messing from Massing.
HAHAHAHAHHAHA MAN that Cameroun team was something else! Memorable!
The greatest world cup moment of all time.
I was just coming on to comment the same thing.
"oooohhh and he won't get past that challenge"
LMFAO.
The best tackle ever!!
@tricklessmagic are you alive?
He even gives a yellow card after that
thats how bad it was
Watched this in a bar near the office where I worked. The cheers for each challenge on Caniggia reached a comic climax thanks to Benjamin Massing (RIP). The whole world could see that he would the one to clean the ponce out.
This is a on point example of how much tackling a Argentina boy can take for their country. One of the fastest for sure.
This is similar to that Italian soccer that the world knows what it is.
La velocidad de Argentina no se replica 💯
Such a great tackle that he got 3 cards for it! ;)
Great stuff.The Argies have always been dirty so that challenge was well deserved.They have no right to complain about anyone.
Oye che, you are so right. I am an Argentina fan, and I go for England too. Just like you, but in reverse. Let's not hate, cause the beautiful game is a worldwide thing. That goal that Michael Owen scored on us in the World cup was just brilliance. It was my favorite of that cup. (Im sure you remember which one) Peace out bro, Let's not let a stupid war interfere in the beautiful sport we call futbol!!!
and typical of an argie (burruchaga) to tread on Massings toe - classic - you gotta love the gamesmanship. The Argentinian league is one of the worlds most entertaining too - shed loads of goals,skills,fouls and sendings off - great stuff!
Wonderful just visited this remember watching this back in 1990. Loved the subtle tread on the foot afterwards too.
That wasn't a tackle, but a well-executed waza-ari.
red card....yellow card.....and another!
The yellow was for the foul. The red because he lose his shoe.. FIFA's rules.
That is _LIQUID_ football!
Best world cup moment ever
My favourite slow mo chop down, took 3 goes but got there in the end. I remember watching the game we were laughing for ages.
@Mrfairchap😂😂😂😂😂
One of kind was Claudio. Great player with a madcap personality.
In Romania lots of boys around that time had the nickname Caniggia. I thing it’s true all over the world. Great player indeed !
He even lost the shoe!!! Fantastic!!!
never stops being funny
I love the fact the ref showed him a red card and then afterwards a yellow one. It made it look as though it was so bad a challenge that a red card on its own wasn't good enough.
Or maybe the ref meant to show the yellow initially but accidentally held the red up, so was correcting his mistake 🤣
The greatest tackle of all time
RIP Benjamin Massing, died in December of last year.
Rest In Peace Benjamin Massing. The Cameroon player who fouled the Argentina player. Died. 2017. Missing u bro. Cameroon 🇨🇲 all the way
Rest in peace Benjamin Massing.
Caniggia wasa legend, hurdled 2 attempts to bring him down, but nobody could have got past the 3rd.
That was good dribbling and pace by Caniggia.
Etoo is such a good attacker because in cameroon,this are the defenders you have to pass if you must Score.I love my country.This team was great. Milla trained with guys rawer than massing
Boom! Immense. The greatest tackle ever.
Massing with a tackle that borders on criminal assault. Watch closely you'll see that how the skillful Caniggia managed to avoid two yellow card tackles prior to this sickening challenge!
Can't really argue with that sending off!
Still makes me piss myself! 😹😹
Burruchaga then trod on Massing's toes, on his bootless foot
I still remember this game, he deserved a red card and prison time for that tackle.
nah, that was well earned. Each and every one of those flopping dirty cheating argies needed a tackle like that
Calm down Karen
Claudio is a DUNDEE FC LEGEND 🙌 DEE4LIFE 🏴🇨🇵🏴
because he wanted to tell him that even though you have a yellow card from this game that foul is worth a red card, then he showed him his second yellow
Canniggia, simplemente uno de los mejores y mas veloces que he visto en un mundial X)
I used to play as a defender and sometimes you just have to do this and take the hit for the team. Full marks to Cannigia for staying on his feet, a lot of modern players would have gone down under the first challenge.
Sometimes you just “have” to brutally savage a player while making precisely zero attempt to play the ball? You must have been a horrifically bad defender.
Exactly right! he's their most hated player. He's booed everytime he gets the ball but in the last game at our ground he scored and it went real quiet, until he ran to the EFC fans and kissed his Man u badge!(to wind them up because hed been booed) Then it erupted in fury! Im not one to 'hate' him - i think he let us down but you have to be realistic re:his career and £. Im quite proud that our academy 'created' such a player - hope we do it again
Rumour has it that Cannigia is still rolling around today
"NO LEAVY GO!" Were the pidgin lingo words that Massing heard from his defense partner before acting out. Apparently. I don't know if this sequence could get more beautiful than what it is, but if so, that background storyline would.
thats so funni and the commentators says' oh he wont get past that challenge' lol
I believe the uploader's comment, "The greatest tackle in the history of the World Cup" is fairly accurate.
I remember this, remember the 1, 2, 3 - oh shit!
I can only add - but what did the Argy-Bargies do, to deserve this..?
Top lad, great tackle.
Greatest tackle ever with the greatest commentary ever!
Caniggia's "run" sums up how smooth 2020 has gone quite nicely...
Damn! He hit him so hard that even his own boot came off.
Why can't England players make that sort of challenge when we're 1-0 up against someone?! It is the best tackle of all time. Really does the term 'committed' justice.
Seeing this the first time made me think there should be something harsher than a red card
Did anyone notice the sneaky Argentine response: 2 steps on Massing's boot and then 7 rakes his stockinged foot! Perfect riposte!
Claudio Cannigga legend.
The most vicious tackle I’ve ever seen. Caniggia was flying. What a run. Credit to him for keeping his balance. Any other player wouldve swan dived instantly, particularly Neymar the great faker.
RIP Benjamin Massing.
No I mean really. He died relatively young just recently. Read here. www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2017/m=12/news=maradona-rend-hommage-a-massing-2924455-2924558.html
i can still remember coming home from school and watching this, the sickening stupid crass 'challenge' by the unprofessional cameroon and then the argentinian chap pushing him when hes trying to put his boot back on
Remember watching the game live and pishing myself laughing the 'challenge.' Its still as funny 17 years later.
31 years later still funny 🤣
That was a great tackle from Massing... always nice to see Argentines beaten literally
Great tackle, clearly wins the ball.
I'm sure Massing would've gladly been sent off if it meant ensuring his teams victory. It's not difficult to see why he did it. All I'm saying was that It was still a cruel tackle that got what it deserved. That's all. After all, how would Cannigia have felt?
R.I.P. Benjamin Massing
A guy just died, and all you can say is "lol"?
*FUCK YOU, SIR*
That doesn't mean you can just laugh at somebody's death.
I only commented on this to pay tribute to the guy. That's all.
Thats a quality tackle .... a patriotic one too. He knew Argentina will not score from the resulting free kick. He knew the game was over ... he had to make a choice .. too bad for Argentina. I love the way Cameroonians defend when they mean business. Look at Song. 2 red cards in 2 world cups. He holds the record with Zidane lol.
When Burruchaga pushed massing that was funny for me
That was clearly a red card, hes not being racist, the referee has made a great decision.
That would have been unnecessary roughness in American football.
***** There is no such thing as "american football". There is Football (or futebol here in Brasil) and HANDEGG
What the hell is American football, dude ? Aint that the stupid sport also known as "rugby for pussies" ?
Haha, you call it something different than me so I will pretend it does not exist because I am hilarious.
Argentina lost this game which was a huge upset. Cameroon put in some filthy tackles against the Argies. Normally it's the other way around. Touché👌🏻
Cerra el orto bobo
He was our pride.
i would agree with that in terms of entertainment value, and i would but the Argentinian league up there as well - they just dont have the same number of big name players there due to finances. We used the get the games here over 10 years ago and i used to watch them all - great stuff
Its a bit like the team-work you see among carnivores on the African savannah, taking turns in softening the prey before its butchered rather heavily by the last one.
Arild Heggelund, is there really any need for these types of analysis, you need to come out of your bubble mate.
Quality comment lad.
Now you don't have to be racist to post a racist comment you can say something that given context is quite racist and be perfectly oblivious to it, whether through willful igorance or cheerful naivety, but one thing remains, that's a bit of a racist comment you've posted there.
Of course comparing, for example, the Wimbledon of the Crazy Gang to a bunch of animals is a different thing, but I don't make the rules up.
That's why we haven't niggas in our country.
@toojohnny you are wrong. We are all lovers of football here, no need to bring in your insulting race-baiting here.
There an African football saying"you pass,the ball does not pass or the ball passes but you do not pass"😊
After seeing this amazing tackle, the NFL’s Buffalo Bills tried to sign Massing for the 1990 season, however, negotiations broke down at the last minute. The Bills would go on to lose that year’s super bowl, partially due to poor tackling. Too bad, Massing had perfect form here.
Absolutely nothing wrong with that, fantastic challenge.
People forget that African football was largely an unknown quantity in 1990. Bobby Robson expressed surprise at the physicality of the Cameroon side, and that the players knew who he was!
Alex Gasson Did you watch 2010 final between Holland and Spain? I don't remember anyone talking about the 'physicality' of European sides. Or look up Schumacher on Battiston, 82. This sort of thing is hardly peculiar to any one continent.
VampireDucks you misunderstand - it was meant as a compliment.
My apologies, Alex. (I think it was because I was irritated by one or two other comments on here.)
A reducer of the highest order, excellent.
I dislike Argentina like most Englishmen do but I find it hard to keep hating them when you see the brilliance of Maradona or that incredible 24 pass goal in the last World Cup. Let's not hate, let's enjoy the special rivalry our two countries have.
Caniggia! What A PLAYER!
0:35 "And a red car for Messi"
Thats what I understand also: “and a red card for Messi” =)))
Right on! Who says football isn't a physical sport, right? I mean, in leagues where the ref calls every single contact as a foul, the game gets boring, it builds up no momentum. You'll often find the fans yawning or going to buy another beer. But in our leagues,(for example) the quick pace is kept alive.
More tackles likethis please in football. Its a man's game.
Besides, he's an argie so he deserves it. they'd be doing the same
QEPD Benjamin Massing el Ever Ludueña africano.
Caniggia's run was good
haha, what really adds to the comedy value is when the ref gives him a straight red and then a yellow after as well!!? As if to really make sure everyone knows it was a bad tackle!