1° *Baresi* Faced the best generation of 9 shirts in the world 2° *Beckenbauer* He stopped the greatest tactical genius of the four Cruyff lines 3° *Maldini* The best defender of his generation, weighs not to have a World Cup, is acclaimed as the perfect defender by all his rivals 4° *Scirea* The greatest and best defender of the 80's, monster regularity and tactical notion out of series, stopped Zico and Maradona in one cup, great *The biggest defenders in the history of world football, I'm Brazilian.*
Mircea Pintelie Maldini is just a genius said by Romário and Ronaldo as his greatest scorer, nor does he need a cup, he is recognized as the best that everyone else I spoke to
He is like a lion in the pitch, defending his territory like a king. Seeing him inspired many to play in defence. Defending is also an art, he taught the world.
it is an art ur right. The same way theres footwork in dribbling, attacking and being on the ball, there is defending and being off it. Getting it back shows intelligence and knowledge of dribbling/footwork and in itself requires u to have good footwork to follow it and win it back, and go in at the right time. Aside from just foot races and shoulder to shoulder battles where its all in the physicality, 1 on 1s requires footwork and timing the same way dribbling does. Ur having to do the same thing as the attacker effectively in a lot of instances but without the ball (this is something that gets overlooked too often)
Guarda, hai ragione, una volta si simulava semplicemente meno. Una volta però c'era anche un senso di rispetto diverso: se eri contro un giocatore del carisma e dell'aura leggendaria di baresi (come anche facchetti, scirea, Beckenbauer, Maldini, Zanetti e pochi altri), simulare, giocare sporco era veramente considerato un atto inqualificabile da fan e rivali, se ne si usciva con la reputazione macchiatissima. Oggi questa cosa si è persa purtroppo.
That´s true, most of the amazing tacles depicted today ould be called fouls. I think chronic faking started to be a problem in the mid nineties when FIFA instructed referees to "protect the talent".
Nope, I'm 200 yr old and it's always been part of football, esp on the continent and in South America. When foreign players invaded England, starting in the 70's all the way through to now, the tough Germans used to go down if there was a sniper in the ground, Klinsman for eg and he was well in the Barasi era.
fetuso fetuso football was a very different sport back then though a player like Neymar wouldn’t cope players like Gattuso would have none of his antics
Just imagined italy team now have 5 backs and that's baresi, maldini, nesta, fachetti and cannavaro.Probably rivals team couldn't scored one goal if italy have these 5 hell of defenders.Insane!
Especially if you think it was after only 17 days since a surgery on his broken meniscus, an injury occurred in the first matches of the WC...and he was already 34 years old!!
all his career was like that final...that s the thing...Baresi is the greatest because of that. I di not remember a player who overcame him.....not even Maradona....Baresi was just toooo good
*Fun Fact:* Baresi was only *5'9* , but obviously this was during a time where you didn't need height to compensate for your lack of ability to defend.
What a defender. Even canavaro is no close to him. A defender that plays like a midfielder and like a striker and also dribbles. What an icon of a player. Franco Ba.....re......si.
Fun fact: Cannavaro's Italy were the last team the keep the world cup trophy before they further shortened the length of time that a country could keep it. Total BS. Italian football federation should just take the thing and keep it in their headquarters for fans to admire. Far away from the stench of FIFA corruption.
Easily my favorite player of all time. The passion, the leadership, and above all, the heart to play for the badge and throw himself on the line to keep a clean sheet. Legend 🙏
@@taahasaloda5494 Maldini was by far the best left back i have ever seen and when he got older and lost his pace, moved to the center and made a great center back, but nowhere close to Baresi, who was born a sweeper.
The greatest defender I've ever seen. He had everything - extremely smart with lazer like precision with his anticipation, postioning and clean challenges, quick, fine passer, brave, deceptively strong, supremely consistent, lots of heart, and a great professional. He was one of those players who could have been outstanding in a number of positions given his overall quality. His 2-3 week recovery from a serious injury just in time to play in the 94 World Cup final (and excel in it) really is legendary. I was devastated that he, Baggio and Maldini didn't win that day.
I'M A JUVENTUS FAN AND I CONFIRM, FRANCO BARESI IS THE BEST DEFENDER IN THE HISTORY (YOU CAN SAY : BEST SWEEPER, BEST CENTRAL BACK, BEST LIBERO..... BUT IS MORE APPROPRIATE TO SAY BEST DEFENDER INSTEAD BEST CENTRAL BACK, SIMPLY BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO DEFEND LEFT BACK, RIGHT BACK, CENTRAL BACK LIKE NO OTHER DEFENDER IN ALL FOOTBALL HISTORY) WATCH THIS VIDEO-LINK = th-cam.com/video/boPQNpPvJq0/w-d-xo.html
@Luca Baldo (IN ENGLISH) GAETANO SCIREA WAS MY IDOL.....YOU KNOW, EACH OF THIS FOUR LEGENDS (BARESI, SCIREA, MALDINI, BECKENBAUER) A PART FROM MALDINI THAT WAS A LEFT BACK, DESPITE BEING ALL SWEEPERS, IN EACH SPECIFIC DIFFERENT ROLES, THEY ALL THREE ARE THE BEST OF ALL TIME, BUT AS PURE DEFENDER FRANCO BARESI IS A SUPERHUMAN, OUT OF THIS WORLD, OF AN OTHER PLANET, IS SIMPLY THE BEST DEFENDER OF THE FOOTBALL HISTORY.
Mmh I don't know... Offensive players in Serie a in that years were the best in the world. Maradona, Van Basten, Gullit, Zico, Platini, Matthäus, Falcao, Weah, Baggio, Batistuta, Zidane, Del Piero, Ronaldo and so many more
Baresi, Costacurta, Maldini and Tassoti were the best defense of that era. In the period from 1989 to 1995, they played 5 Champions League/European Cup finals - 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994 and 1995. It was a monstrously strong team.
@@perfectchampions8971 nope Bayern only have 6 cl 1 uefa 2 supercup 3 world club cup and 1 cup winners cup but Barca have 5 cl 5 supercup 4 cup winners cup and 3 times world club cup winner that's why Second best team Bayern third best
@GTS He definitely wasn´t at the peak of his powers in ´82 (he was 22) and in '86 (he just wasn't to the coach's taste). He was at his peak from '87 until just before he retired, 10 years later.
An hero of my generation. So humble and shy out of the field , so strong, great, heroic on any football field around the world. He's an unforgettable legend, he is "Il Capitano".
Quietly brilliant, silently lethal, a proof that defending is an art at a time footballers talked more with their boots. The struggles of his childhood as an orphan, brought up by an uncle, shaped him.
I remember Gary Lineker once said in a podcast, "imagine you have dribbled past Bergomi, Ferrara and Maldini, and then you saw an italian smoking in front of you ready to take your ball away." That's just show how brilliant Baresi conducting the defens backline
That italia generation of 94' deserved to win a worldcup.. such a shame what happened in the penalty shoutouts ..im not italian but ill never forget that day, their whole journey in that world cup was heroic, at least 6 key players played injured including Baresi and Roberto Baggio.. i watched all the games, Italia impressed me the most cause they played with heart and soul in that tournament, that generation didnt win the trophy but they won our hearts forever! 💙
Maldini’s leadership, Sergio Ramos’ tenacity, Varane‘ pace, Vidic’s reading of the game, Cannavaro’s aggression, Nesta’s timing and Ferdinand’s distribution of the ball = Baresi
Leo Messi no he isn't and this is coming from someone who has watched him since his early years at madrid here is an example of fantastic deffedners terry desailly puyol and vidic ramos doesn't come close to any of them p.s spare me the whole I'm a barca fan but i admit ramos is a legend speach
You all blind stupids those who say Maldini is overall best, should Baresi vs Brazil wc final. Then you will realise who’s the best defender of all time
Far and away the best defender of all time. This video also clearly shows how todays "top" defenders haven't got the first clue about positional sense and tactical awareness.
Now this is just blatant nostalgia bias. Today's top defenders : Ramos, VVD, Chielini etc all have great awareness, positioning and defensive abilities. I'm not saying they are on the level of baresi, but they aren't terrible.
Agree, Beckenbauer was a very good middlefielder who adapted as a defender. Baresi, imho, had it all, except the fact maybe he was'n to so good at heading, but he was the classical sweeper (even in the Sacchi's AC Milan), so he did'n t really need it
Baresi is better at tackling... Beckenbauer is more skilful on the ball... both were great readers of the game... possibly the 2 best central defenders of all time.
@@NoName-hg6cc I Don`t Agree. They Also Hadn`t This Genius And Skills Of Beckenbauer. His Elegance Was Unique And His Play With The Outside Of The Foot. 60 Meters Passes Were Often Exactly Perfect And My Parents Spoke Years Later About, That He Was Walking And Running Like An Aesthetic Galloping Horse. Even "Pelè" Remarked, That He Could Play In His Best National Team.
@@M.EngelhART I don't agree with you either. Beckenbauer didn't have Maldini elegance, Baresi tackle, which was perfection, or wasn't as good as, Scirea with the ball. Maradona himself praised at least one of them and so did Ronaldo el fenomeno
@@NoName-hg6ccHe Is Untouchable And Changed The Game Revolutionary. He Was The First "Playing", Technical Libero, Who Was Part Of Offense Game. He Was The Leading Man And Captain Of Germany (World Champion, European Title And CL-Winner 3 Times In A Row). People And Experts Were Voting For Hin As The Best Defender Of The 20 Century. They Called Him "The Kaiser" Because Of Many Reasons.
Franchino Baresi, popularly known as Franco Baresi (born on May 8, 1960 in Travagliato), is a former Italian footballer, known as one of the best defenders in history. He developed his entire career at AC Milan. Baresi is the second best player in the history of AC Milan after Paolo Maldini played more games with his club with a total of 719 games, also stands out as a player who won almost everything with his club; to have been champion 6 times of the Serie A, 4 times of the Italian Super Cup, 3 times champion of the Champions League, 3 times of the European Super Cup and 2 times of the Intercontinental Cup with a total of 18 titles. The Italian The national team won the 1982 World Cup. He was selected in 19th place as one of the 100 best players of the twentieth century by the magazine World Soccer, and 17th in Placar magazine in 1999. He was also selected as one of the 50 best players of the 20th century by Guerin . Sportivo Magazine. On the other hand, Pelé selected him as one of the FIFA 100 players, he was included in the all-time team by Planet Foot magazine in 1996. He was also selected by the newspaper La Repubblica and the Dutch magazine Voetbal International as one of the the best soccer players and was selected player of the year in Italy in 1990. For all this, in his honor, AC Milan retired shirt number 6 in recognition of his successful career and is considered today as one of the best liberos in the world. Fifa describes him as an "extraordinary" player.
Da interista grande rispetto per Baresi, guardando questo video mi sono emozionato, che gran giocatore che è stato, purtroppo non ne sforniamo più così...
The late legendary Swedish player and coach Nils Liedholm (who played for and trained AC Milan) when asked to name some of the best italian players ever, replied :"Baresi, Baresi, Baresi, Baresi and Baresi"
I appreciate you for understanding players of 80s-90s and making videos about them...rather than CR7 and messi...People who joined these don't know how good football & players was back then
El mejor defensa de todos los tiempos. Que pena que en ese tiempo no hubieran tantos videos como hoy. Hay grandes defensivos en la historia y la mayoria son de Italia, pero el mejor sin duda alguna es Franco.
@@kamfroghminuscolo9387 è la valutazione che fa il mercato non io, per quanto baresi sia forte non può valere più di mbappè o neymar che sono attaccanti
Magical & wonderful. Before Baresi there was only forwards and goals. After I seen Baresi my eyes were opened to the art of defending. No. 6 forever Baresi
As a young man growing up in the 1980’s and 1990’s Milan and Franco Baresi were only second in my appreciation to my home town club of Aberdeen. AC Milan to my mind are the absolute essence of football royalty up there alongside only Manchester Utd and Real Madrid.
no doubt the best central defender in football history when he wins the ball he switch to midfielder with good pace passing and he finish the action he build or assist to his teammates which is brilliantly amazing grazie franco baresi 🇮🇹 thx for the upploader 2 🤞❤️
94' World Cup Final Romario met his maker .Two of the most important members in squad lost a penalty.An injured Baresi had Italy's defense gate closed , thus runner ups , great team. Generally speaking that's how unpredictable football's nature can be and that's where the magic settles in .
Speak about Franco Baresi, it remind me to his Asics football boots. Always dream to wear one & finally I afford to had one with my money that I collected. This happened more than 30 years ago. I had a wonderful moment to watched the Serie A weekly report broadcast to us once a week on those days. Still fresh in memory some of great Milan players: Rijkaard, Gullit, Van Basten, Maldini, Albertini, Massaro, Contacurta, to name a few. Such a great moment. Viva 1990’s.
Anche il grande scirea era fortissimo...e lo dico da milanista!!! Per me erano pari...poi questione di gusti...ma tutti e due dei titani!!! Lo dico da sportivo.
@@robertopiscaglia6454 i milanisti dicono Baresi.... i juventini Scirea... due titani... non si può scegliere... onestamente!!!.da sportivo... Poi ognuno ha le sue preferenze!! E gusti!!
@@kamfroghminuscolo9387 la storia dice semplicemente che fino a quando Scirea non si è ritirato in nazionale giocava lui. scirea è stato un grande libero, baresi era un grande difensore centrale, forse il migliore di tutti, ma sono due cose diverse.
@@alessiofe è vero erano diversi ma due fuoriclasse allo stato puro.. Dopo mexico 86 Scirea si ritirò a 33anni.. e Baresi 26 anni raccolse il testimone..
We were in the middle of the golden years of Serie A, when a defender gracefully led you :) Here even Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo would have found it much more difficult :) with all respect for the 2 .
He's a sweeper defender, a position that doesn't really exist anymore in today's football. Football, and thus defending, was played differently in that era.
Exactly, the sweeper defender was a position behind all defenders, it was the last man before the Gk and the one who called the other defenders and set their positions. Sweepers defenders (or "liberi" in italian) were probably the fusion of a defender and a midfielder.
Franco Baresi was the best defender of all time !!! ... How he was able to anticipate game situations was already extraterrestrial !!! .. A real defense chief with high game intelligence ... the best example of this was the legendary offside trap by AC milan in the late 80s early 90s with Baresi as libero and clock, and the triple chain in front of him with Costacurta central, Maldini on the left and Tassotti on the right to dominate a true power demonstration in Europe (5 times in the final of the CL in 7 years !!! ) ... it was a little long ago, but still a piece of football history with Baresis signature
I was born in the same place as Franchino. The first time I saw him play, I was 6 years old. In all honesty, he had the ability and attributes to play in every single outfield position.
Its a harsh example of football ignorance to see amazing players like Baresi and then stil claim that Messi or Ronaldo are "best player ever", when neither of them are and neither of them could play like Baresi, Maldini, Nesta etc.. which proves football is COLLECTIVE and there has never been nor will be only one player better than all others.
Non era solo il più forte, era l’ANIMA di quel Milan… il giocatore che nei momenti di difficoltà tirava fuori personalità e carisma, si caricava la squadra sulle spalle da solo e la portava fuori dai momenti difficili…. Un campione e un CAPITANO unico… grazie kaiser….
Dalla Serie B al tetto del Mondo - sempre e solo con il Milan! Grande Franco, Capitano unico e Uomo con due palle cosi!!!!!! Grazie di tutto Franco, orgoglio Rossonero e di tutti gli italiani!
The greatest defender I've seen in 40 years of football If you ask any true AC Milan fan who the greatest Rossonero ever was, they will not hesitate one second. Now think of the players that played fo AC Milan though history.....
Back in the day I always thought he looked old and slow but he was deceptively quick. Saved his fellow defenders countless times with that pace to get to those last ditch tackles. A very good reader of the game but had no qualms putting his body on the line in the heat of battle. Maldini was excellent at left back but didn't come close to be as good as Baresi at centre back. Those were the days when Italian defenders ruled the football world.
The digital innovation happened just after Baresi retired. That's why we have so many little boys who think Maldini is this and that, when Franchino is on his own in our history. Not only the greatest Milan player, but the greatest Italian footballer of all time.
I agree with you. Only Meazza could be on a par with him. Not Rivera, not Valentino Mazzola (I'm sorry to say that, such un unlucky man with all his teammates), not anyone else. I really don't get why Beckenbauer as a sweeper is considered the best player of a powerhouse as Germany, but Baresi is somehow dismissed. He was the best player in one of the 3 top clubs ever
Like, 70% of Baresi's tackles in this video if comitted today will at least be yellow carded. Hard but clean, spectacular tackles. Just goes to show how soft football has become.
One of the greatest defensive leaders in football history. Super game reading, tackling, anticipation and head shot skills. Very strong personality on the pitch, impressive leading.
1° *Baresi* Faced the best generation of 9 shirts in the world
2° *Beckenbauer* He stopped the greatest tactical genius of the four Cruyff lines
3° *Maldini* The best defender of his generation, weighs not to have a World Cup, is acclaimed as the perfect defender by all his rivals
4° *Scirea* The greatest and best defender of the 80's, monster regularity and tactical notion out of series, stopped Zico and Maradona in one cup, great
*The biggest defenders in the history of world football, I'm Brazilian.*
Welson Dêivid dude maldini has won the world cup in 2006
Mircea Pintelie
Maldini is just a genius said by Romário and Ronaldo as his greatest scorer, nor does he need a cup, he is recognized as the best that everyone else I spoke to
Mircea Pintelie
Maldini did not win the cup, played 90/94/98/02
Welson Dêivid 4 puyol?
totally agree!!!
He is like a lion in the pitch, defending his territory like a king. Seeing him inspired many to play in defence. Defending is also an art, he taught the world.
Defending totally an art. My fav position.
true!
@@PranavNandyala92 you must be good defender i think
it is an art ur right. The same way theres footwork in dribbling, attacking and being on the ball, there is defending and being off it. Getting it back shows intelligence and knowledge of dribbling/footwork and in itself requires u to have good footwork to follow it and win it back, and go in at the right time. Aside from just foot races and shoulder to shoulder battles where its all in the physicality, 1 on 1s requires footwork and timing the same way dribbling does. Ur having to do the same thing as the attacker effectively in a lot of instances but without the ball (this is something that gets overlooked too often)
amazing how attackers just stood up and went back to the game, instead of rolling around like wieners on a hot pan for 10 minutes.
Guarda, hai ragione, una volta si simulava semplicemente meno. Una volta però c'era anche un senso di rispetto diverso: se eri contro un giocatore del carisma e dell'aura leggendaria di baresi (come anche facchetti, scirea, Beckenbauer, Maldini, Zanetti e pochi altri), simulare, giocare sporco era veramente considerato un atto inqualificabile da fan e rivali, se ne si usciva con la reputazione macchiatissima. Oggi questa cosa si è persa purtroppo.
That´s true, most of the amazing tacles depicted today ould be called fouls. I think chronic faking started to be a problem in the mid nineties when FIFA instructed referees to "protect the talent".
Nope, I'm 200 yr old and it's always been part of football, esp on the continent and in South America. When foreign players invaded England, starting in the 70's all the way through to now, the tough Germans used to go down if there was a sniper in the ground, Klinsman for eg and he was well in the Barasi era.
fetuso fetuso thats Serie A for you
fetuso fetuso football was a very different sport back then though a player like Neymar wouldn’t cope players like Gattuso would have none of his antics
What a tremendous player he was . Respect from England 🏴
Just imagined italy team now have 5 backs and that's baresi, maldini, nesta, fachetti and cannavaro.Probably rivals team couldn't scored one goal if italy have these 5 hell of defenders.Insane!
Rahim Sharif that's sure!
I believe cristiano will manage to score long goals and headers. I highly doubt for Messi since he isn't proficient in both
Vincesia Oey neither Ronaldo nor Messi could do anything against that legendary defensive lineup.
Costacurta
Trade Cannavaro and Nesta for Scirea and Gentile, add Buffon as a GK and you might have something.
His performance in 1994 world cup final was fantastic,he saved Italy's ass so many times in that match
Especially if you think it was after only 17 days since a surgery on his broken meniscus, an injury occurred in the first matches of the WC...and he was already 34 years old!!
With another defender maldini....
He kept Romario quiet that day...
all his career was like that final...that s the thing...Baresi is the greatest because of that.
I di not remember a player who overcame him.....not even Maradona....Baresi was just toooo good
@@cosvideo2008 Scirea.
*Fun Fact:* Baresi was only *5'9* , but obviously this was during a time where you didn't need height to compensate for your lack of ability to defend.
Man u guys are savage af😂😂
Mascherano is 5'9 and was a beast, great players can play in any generation.
Also Cannavaro is 5' 9.
like someone from barca????
Canavarro was also good and not tall.
What a defender. Even canavaro is no close to him. A defender that plays like a midfielder and like a striker and also dribbles. What an icon of a player. Franco Ba.....re......si.
cannavaro is shitted doped.
Cannavaro????ever heard of Nesta?
@@subhajitroy7706 i think baresi is like nesta+maldini. cannavaro in 2006 was close to baresi, but the rest of the his career was not even close.
Fun fact: Cannavaro's Italy were the last team the keep the world cup trophy before they further shortened the length of time that a country could keep it.
Total BS. Italian football federation should just take the thing and keep it in their headquarters for fans to admire. Far away from the stench of FIFA corruption.
@@MikeDchy25 so.. from FIFA corruption to Italian corruption? XD
Easily my favorite player of all time. The passion, the leadership, and above all, the heart to play for the badge and throw himself on the line to keep a clean sheet. Legend 🙏
I’ve been watching football since 1986 and Baresi is still the best centre back I’ve ever seen.
Maldini says knock knock, "Hello" is anyone even close to me..!!! Baresi now left far behind..
So you missed scirea
@@taahasaloda5494 Maldini was by far the best left back i have ever seen and when he got older and lost his pace, moved to the center and made a great center back, but nowhere close to Baresi, who was born a sweeper.
@@taahasaloda5494 Maldini era un fottuto terzino, dopo l'addio di Baresi è andato centrale...quindi che cazzo parli
@@taahasaloda5494 Baresi was better and not by a small amount.
Capitano mio capitano. Da romanista, sei stato il più forte difensore che ho mai visto. Grazie per avermi dato pa possibilità di guardarti. FB6
Io cuore rossonero, ma guai a chi tocca '"a maggica". Vi voglio bene, romanisti. 💛❤️
@@mapris8579 ❤️
The greatest defender I've ever seen. He had everything - extremely smart with lazer like precision with his anticipation, postioning and clean challenges, quick, fine passer, brave, deceptively strong, supremely consistent, lots of heart, and a great professional. He was one of those players who could have been outstanding in a number of positions given his overall quality. His 2-3 week recovery from a serious injury just in time to play in the 94 World Cup final (and excel in it) really is legendary. I was devastated that he, Baggio and Maldini didn't win that day.
Round of applause for the person who created this footage👏👏
Simply legend - Franco baresi 👹💪❤️🔥
I'm a Inter fan, but I think Baresi is the best central back in the history 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I'M A JUVENTUS FAN AND I CONFIRM, FRANCO BARESI IS THE BEST DEFENDER IN THE HISTORY (YOU CAN SAY : BEST SWEEPER, BEST CENTRAL BACK, BEST LIBERO..... BUT IS MORE APPROPRIATE TO SAY BEST DEFENDER INSTEAD BEST CENTRAL BACK, SIMPLY BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO DEFEND LEFT BACK, RIGHT BACK, CENTRAL BACK LIKE NO OTHER DEFENDER IN ALL FOOTBALL HISTORY)
WATCH THIS VIDEO-LINK =
th-cam.com/video/boPQNpPvJq0/w-d-xo.html
After Beckenbauer
@@CromeLF2 my ears are blooding After this bullshit
@Luca Baldo (IN ENGLISH) GAETANO SCIREA WAS MY IDOL.....YOU KNOW, EACH OF THIS FOUR LEGENDS (BARESI, SCIREA, MALDINI, BECKENBAUER) A PART FROM MALDINI THAT WAS A LEFT BACK, DESPITE BEING ALL SWEEPERS, IN EACH SPECIFIC DIFFERENT ROLES, THEY ALL THREE ARE THE BEST OF ALL TIME, BUT AS PURE DEFENDER FRANCO BARESI IS A SUPERHUMAN, OUT OF THIS WORLD, OF AN OTHER PLANET, IS SIMPLY THE BEST DEFENDER OF THE FOOTBALL HISTORY.
Beckenbauer
May we concluded that: in 80s and 90s, goalkeeper was the easiest job in Italian football. Especially in Milan.
LOL
Mmh I don't know... Offensive players in Serie a in that years were the best in the world. Maradona, Van Basten, Gullit, Zico, Platini, Matthäus, Falcao, Weah, Baggio, Batistuta, Zidane, Del Piero, Ronaldo and so many more
@@matteoraphaelrinaldi2 he said italian football
@@nkkmain7537 they all played in Italy but van Basten Gullit and weah played at milan, Zidane, matthaus,zico and platini were midfielders
Baresi, Costacurta, Maldini and Tassoti were the best defense of that era. In the period from 1989 to 1995, they played 5 Champions League/European Cup finals - 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994 and 1995. It was a monstrously strong team.
@@nkkmain7537 they played in Italy, u don't know shit about football.
Simply the best defender of all time in the best football team of all time.
Real Madrid Best team off all time Barca second Milan third for me
@@fatihkzlova8971 Bayern
after alessandro nesta
@@fatihkzlova8971 Barca is not second
@@perfectchampions8971 nope Bayern only have 6 cl 1 uefa 2 supercup 3 world club cup and 1 cup winners cup but Barca have 5 cl 5 supercup 4 cup winners cup and 3 times world club cup winner that's why Second best team Bayern third best
He was very fast for a defender.
Because the weight até lower...
1,76m...
Because he have a lower height 1,76m...
Benfoca Sadia size doesn’t matter just look at Usain Bolt he’s tall and the fastest person in the world
@@bmcomps1725 yes, but imagine Usain run and stop quickly, he would break his knees
@@joegrimm9629 LOL nice 1
The tears in his eyes shows his love for his club
Era la finale del campionato del mondo USA 1994! Italia Brasile. 😞
My first memory in football is of this man running across the San Siro and crying, when he said goodbye to football.
2:26 cruyff just chilling
Yooo😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣
😅 Wtf
That Luka Modric _🗿_
0:20 and Messi before he turned into a child 😂
Most impressive defender I ever saw.
Me too
@@giordanodafrassini1476 Me three :) (I help football fans with English football vocabulary on my channel... new topics every week.)
@GTS He definitely wasn´t at the peak of his powers in ´82 (he was 22) and in '86 (he just wasn't to the coach's taste). He was at his peak from '87 until just before he retired, 10 years later.
Me too
Me too
An hero of my generation. So humble and shy out of the field , so strong, great, heroic on any football field around the world. He's an unforgettable legend, he is "Il Capitano".
Quietly brilliant, silently lethal, a proof that defending is an art at a time footballers talked more with their boots. The struggles of his childhood as an orphan, brought up by an uncle, shaped him.
I remember Gary Lineker once said in a podcast, "imagine you have dribbled past Bergomi, Ferrara and Maldini, and then you saw an italian smoking in front of you ready to take your ball away." That's just show how brilliant Baresi conducting the defens backline
That italia generation of 94' deserved to win a worldcup.. such a shame what happened in the penalty shoutouts ..im not italian but ill never forget that day, their whole journey in that world cup was heroic, at least 6 key players played injured including Baresi and Roberto Baggio.. i watched all the games, Italia impressed me the most cause they played with heart and soul in that tournament, that generation didnt win the trophy but they won our hearts forever! 💙
England's Ray Wilkins said Baresi was easily the best player he ever played with.
Maldini’s leadership, Sergio Ramos’ tenacity, Varane‘ pace, Vidic’s reading of the game, Cannavaro’s aggression, Nesta’s timing and Ferdinand’s distribution of the ball = Baresi
Pigeon Faeces how dare you mention sergios ramos' name in the same sentence as baresi
@@hueyfreeman1983 ramos is a fantastic defender...
Leo Messi no he isn't and this is coming from someone who has watched him since his early years at madrid here is an example of fantastic deffedners terry desailly puyol and vidic ramos doesn't come close to any of them p.s spare me the whole I'm a barca fan but i admit ramos is a legend speach
@@hueyfreeman1983 spains Player have won 3 competitions back to back and no one won ballon d'or they are so underrated
@@hueyfreeman1983Spain 2008-2012 is the best National team ever for me
The godfather of Maldini
But then Maldini turned up as God Father to all the greatest defenders ever.. No one can even be close to what Maldini was
@@taahasaloda5494 baresi is far better.
Maximus3075 nah man Maldini was sumn else put him at rb lb cdm cb he’d do no wrong
@@04foreverinvincible69 yep Maldini "Il capitano"
You all blind stupids those who say Maldini is overall best, should Baresi vs Brazil wc final. Then you will realise who’s the best defender of all time
Far and away the best defender of all time. This video also clearly shows how todays "top" defenders haven't got the first clue about positional sense and tactical awareness.
Maldini was much better
@@andreasansonetto4122 Nesta was better than both.
Now this is just blatant nostalgia bias. Today's top defenders : Ramos, VVD, Chielini etc all have great awareness, positioning and defensive abilities. I'm not saying they are on the level of baresi, but they aren't terrible.
One know less than the other lmao dont talk if u are so ignorant
Nah modern defender and modern football in particular is much better
A World cup 3rd place, a World cup runners up, and also a World Cup winner.....Franco Baresi for you 👏
Better than Beckenbauer in my opinion. He was awesome against Brazil although he missed the PK.
Agree, Beckenbauer was a very good middlefielder who adapted as a defender. Baresi, imho, had it all, except the fact maybe he was'n to so good at heading, but he was the classical sweeper (even in the Sacchi's AC Milan), so he did'n t really need it
Baresi is better at tackling... Beckenbauer is more skilful on the ball... both were great readers of the game... possibly the 2 best central defenders of all time.
Baresi con quello che ha vinto almeno due palloni d'oro!!!!!
Baresi is the best italian libero ever but Beckebauer was better and more influent not only for his team but for the game as a whole.
Kaiser played almost midfielder other football both Extraterrestrial
The most greater defender I've never seen on football fields. Baresi was supernatural.
Franz Was A Genius (The Original From Germany)!
@@M.EngelhART Baresi was the greatest along Maldini and Scirea!
@@NoName-hg6cc I Don`t Agree. They Also Hadn`t This Genius And Skills Of Beckenbauer. His Elegance Was Unique And His Play With The Outside Of The Foot. 60 Meters Passes Were Often Exactly Perfect And My Parents Spoke Years Later About, That He Was Walking And Running Like An Aesthetic Galloping Horse. Even "Pelè" Remarked, That He Could Play In His Best National Team.
@@M.EngelhART I don't agree with you either. Beckenbauer didn't have Maldini elegance, Baresi tackle, which was perfection, or wasn't as good as, Scirea with the ball. Maradona himself praised at least one of them and so did Ronaldo el fenomeno
@@NoName-hg6ccHe Is Untouchable And Changed The Game Revolutionary. He Was The First "Playing", Technical Libero, Who Was Part Of Offense Game. He Was The Leading Man And Captain Of Germany (World Champion, European Title And CL-Winner 3 Times In A Row). People And Experts Were Voting For Hin As The Best Defender Of The 20 Century. They Called Him "The Kaiser" Because Of Many Reasons.
Franchino Baresi, popularly known as Franco Baresi (born on May 8, 1960 in Travagliato), is a former Italian footballer, known as one of the best defenders in history. He developed his entire career at AC Milan.
Baresi is the second best player in the history of AC Milan after Paolo Maldini played more games with his club with a total of 719 games, also stands out as a player who won almost everything with his club; to have been champion 6 times of the Serie A, 4 times of the Italian Super Cup, 3 times champion of the Champions League, 3 times of the European Super Cup and 2 times of the Intercontinental Cup with a total of 18 titles. The Italian The national team won the 1982 World Cup.
He was selected in 19th place as one of the 100 best players of the twentieth century by the magazine World Soccer, and 17th in Placar magazine in 1999. He was also selected as one of the 50 best players of the 20th century by Guerin . Sportivo Magazine. On the other hand, Pelé selected him as one of the FIFA 100 players, he was included in the all-time team by Planet Foot magazine in 1996. He was also selected by the newspaper La Repubblica and the Dutch magazine Voetbal International as one of the the best soccer players and was selected player of the year in Italy in 1990.
For all this, in his honor, AC Milan retired shirt number 6 in recognition of his successful career and is considered today as one of the best liberos in the world. Fifa describes him as an "extraordinary" player.
Da interista grande rispetto per Baresi, guardando questo video mi sono emozionato, che gran giocatore che è stato, purtroppo non ne sforniamo più così...
Già...gli ultimi son stati maldini e zanetti i giocatori di oggi sono delle fighette tatuate senza palle che non si prendono alcuna responsabilità
1:10
Fifa:
"tHaT LoOks liKE 70 pAcE"
Lol kkkkk
He should have atleast 80 pace in every card
3:41
In Fifa 70 pace - about 85 of sownthing like that ea have a speed boost on all defenders
I think the same thing ahahahahaha
His greatest advantage was his pace and physical strength. Real legend
Fifa:70 Pace
Pes: 96 Speed
The late legendary Swedish player and coach Nils Liedholm (who played for and trained AC Milan) when asked to name some of the best italian players ever, replied :"Baresi, Baresi, Baresi, Baresi and Baresi"
@Harry Snothead The swedish trio of the 50s was better than the ducht trio of the 80s
What a defender! His reading of the game was just incredible.
Man City fan here respecting Baresi, best defender I've ever seen and heart of a lion ❤ Maradona said it all ⚽️🔥
I appreciate you for understanding players of 80s-90s and making videos about them...rather than CR7 and messi...People who joined these don't know how good football & players was back then
Mamma mia Francone. Ogni tanto è bello rinfrescarsi la memoria. Quanto giocavi bene
El mejor defensa de todos los tiempos. Que pena que en ese tiempo no hubieran tantos videos como hoy. Hay grandes defensivos en la historia y la mayoria son de Italia, pero el mejor sin duda alguna es Franco.
Se Caldara é valutato 40 milioni di euro un baresi nel 2018 come minimo varrebbe quanto? Un miliardo? 2? Che capitano. Un eroe. Il migliore. Leggenda.
Baresi valore inestimabile!!!.....
Se koulibaly vale 100 milioni lui ne varrebbe 150
@@antoniopannain429 Franco Baresi vale 1500 milioni..
Koulibaly è forte ma non esageriamo dai....come dire che Cassano equivale quasi a Maradona... impensanbile..
@@kamfroghminuscolo9387 è la valutazione che fa il mercato non io, per quanto baresi sia forte non può valere più di mbappè o neymar che sono attaccanti
Best defender ever
Qaz there is paolo maldini
Yup u are right
gaetano scirea is better
no
Becakenbauer best defender ever
Liked before I watched. It’s often forgotten how good on the ball he was. Baresi#1
Magical & wonderful. Before Baresi there was only forwards and goals. After I seen Baresi my eyes were opened to the art of defending. No. 6 forever Baresi
As a young man growing up in the 1980’s and 1990’s Milan and Franco Baresi were only second in my appreciation to my home town club of Aberdeen. AC Milan to my mind are the absolute essence of football royalty up there alongside only Manchester Utd and Real Madrid.
Wow.Absolutely amazing.
1 finest art of defending
2.true grit
3.superb timing of tackles.
no doubt the best central defender in football history when he wins the ball he switch to midfielder with good pace passing and he finish the action he build or assist to his teammates which is brilliantly amazing grazie franco baresi 🇮🇹 thx for the upploader 2 🤞❤️
I wish Baresi could come out of retirement to defend against this music !!!
Song name?
@@rudrabiswas2308 Anikdote-Imma Killa
@@sacmasapankonusmala_ thanks
El mejor libero de la historia del futbol
beckenbauer
He is THE reason why I cheer up AC Milan. Il Capitano!!! My favorite European player
94' World Cup Final Romario met his maker .Two of the most important members in squad lost a penalty.An injured Baresi had Italy's defense gate closed , thus runner ups , great team. Generally speaking that's how unpredictable football's nature can be and that's where the magic settles in .
Speak about Franco Baresi, it remind me to his Asics football boots. Always dream to wear one & finally I afford to had one with my money that I collected. This happened more than 30 years ago. I had a wonderful moment to watched the Serie A weekly report broadcast to us once a week on those days. Still fresh in memory some of great Milan players: Rijkaard, Gullit, Van Basten, Maldini, Albertini, Massaro, Contacurta, to name a few. Such a great moment. Viva 1990’s.
El mejor central que vi en mi vida .Jamás nadie volverá a tirar el fuera de juego como el.
Il miglior libero di sempre e lo dico da juventino.
Anche il grande scirea era fortissimo...e lo dico da milanista!!! Per me erano pari...poi questione di gusti...ma tutti e due dei titani!!! Lo dico da sportivo.
Secondo me come libero era migliore Scirea ma come puro difensore centrale Baresi era insuperabile
@@robertopiscaglia6454 i milanisti dicono Baresi.... i juventini Scirea... due titani... non si può scegliere... onestamente!!!.da sportivo... Poi ognuno ha le sue preferenze!! E gusti!!
@@kamfroghminuscolo9387 la storia dice semplicemente che fino a quando Scirea non si è ritirato in nazionale giocava lui. scirea è stato un grande libero, baresi era un grande difensore centrale, forse il migliore di tutti, ma sono due cose diverse.
@@alessiofe è vero erano diversi ma due fuoriclasse allo stato puro.. Dopo mexico 86 Scirea si ritirò a 33anni.. e Baresi 26 anni raccolse il testimone..
The word Legend is used not deservedly sometimes.
This guy is a true LEGEND.
We were in the middle of the golden years of Serie A, when a defender gracefully led you :) Here even Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo would have found it much more difficult :) with all respect for the 2 .
What a legendary defender 😍😍 truly the greatest center back of all time, I don't know how he didn't won the Ballon d'or, the Ballon d'or lost him
8:04 the standard of the game was so high back then
He's a sweeper defender, a position that doesn't really exist anymore in today's football. Football, and thus defending, was played differently in that era.
Dian Dian it was the famous catenaccio style
you don't know what you're talking about, no offence.
Exactly, the sweeper defender was a position behind all defenders, it was the last man before the Gk and the one who called the other defenders and set their positions. Sweepers defenders (or "liberi" in italian) were probably the fusion of a defender and a midfielder.
His positioning and defensive awareness is amazing one of the top defenders of all time
Baresi is the icon of all defenders around the world.when I was a footballer in my club as a defender I ,I was trying to be a copy of him
Maldini had played with many great players, but when ask " who is the best player you play with " there are only one that's Baressi
When it comes to defending Baresi is simply an all time great and one of the best ever central defenders.
Legendary Italian defender players are the greatest of all the time
Baresi, the best defender,defender! In my time,Im now 67 years old. 99.9% tackles perfect! The other 1% allowed,Ciao!!!
look at what was considered a tackle just a decade ago and then thinking about today's world class forward supposed to have 60 goals min a season...
Q defensor fantástico, Barsei era completo, sou fã dele
Absolute BEAST!!!!! when the sport had men
Best central defender i've ever seen play.
Franco Baresi was the best defender of all time !!! ... How he was able to anticipate game situations was already extraterrestrial !!! .. A real defense chief with high game intelligence ... the best example of this was the legendary offside trap by AC milan in the late 80s early 90s with Baresi as libero and clock, and the triple chain in front of him with Costacurta central, Maldini on the left and Tassotti on the right to dominate a true power demonstration in Europe (5 times in the final of the CL in 7 years !!! ) ... it was a little long ago, but still a piece of football history with Baresis signature
His defensive awareness is out of this world.
I was born in the same place as Franchino. The first time I saw him play, I was 6 years old. In all honesty, he had the ability and attributes to play in every single outfield position.
@Barfieman362 not on the same level!
@Barfieman362 Regrettably you have no idea what you're talking about, so I'm not even wasting my time discussing football with you.
Its a harsh example of football ignorance to see amazing players like Baresi and then stil claim that Messi or Ronaldo are "best player ever", when neither of them are and neither of them could play like Baresi, Maldini, Nesta etc.. which proves football is COLLECTIVE and there has never been nor will be only one player better than all others.
Non era solo il più forte, era l’ANIMA di quel Milan… il giocatore che nei momenti di difficoltà tirava fuori personalità e carisma, si caricava la squadra sulle spalle da solo e la portava fuori dai momenti difficili…. Un campione e un CAPITANO unico… grazie kaiser….
Thanks for not ruining this video with crappy hamstertechno.
Dalla Serie B al tetto del Mondo - sempre e solo con il Milan!
Grande Franco, Capitano unico e Uomo con due palle cosi!!!!!!
Grazie di tutto Franco, orgoglio Rossonero e di tutti gli italiani!
Much love and respect for "the hatchet" - from 🇬🇧
3:41 EA really fucked up his pace stat
EA is sh*t
Very bad music ruined the clip
Agree عاصم العنزي
Amen
totally agree. the music is a disaster! Baresi played in the 80s and 90s. On could catch that a bit musically also.
The greatest defender I've seen in 40 years of football
If you ask any true AC Milan fan who the greatest Rossonero ever was, they will not hesitate one second.
Now think of the players that played fo AC Milan though history.....
The Godfather of defending.
Back in the day I always thought he looked old and slow but he was deceptively quick. Saved his fellow defenders countless times with that pace to get to those last ditch tackles. A very good reader of the game but had no qualms putting his body on the line in the heat of battle. Maldini was excellent at left back but didn't come close to be as good as Baresi at centre back. Those were the days when Italian defenders ruled the football world.
Slow???????
One of the greatest players ever played football is life x x x x x :))
Franco barezzi and Paulo maldini, the iron wall.
together with Bily Custacuerta.
Learn to write correctly names
And Alejandro Nezta
And Also Nesta and Cannavaro
also Fabìo Los Canavaros
The digital innovation happened just after Baresi retired. That's why we have so many little boys who think Maldini is this and that, when Franchino is on his own in our history. Not only the greatest Milan player, but the greatest Italian footballer of all time.
I agree with you. Only Meazza could be on a par with him.
Not Rivera, not Valentino Mazzola (I'm sorry to say that, such un unlucky man with all his teammates), not anyone else.
I really don't get why Beckenbauer as a sweeper is considered the best player of a powerhouse as Germany, but Baresi is somehow dismissed.
He was the best player in one of the 3 top clubs ever
With all the respect to Maldini, Baresi has been the strongest defendernof all time by far.
Like, 70% of Baresi's tackles in this video if comitted today will at least be yellow carded. Hard but clean, spectacular tackles. Just goes to show how soft football has become.
Franco and Paolo. The best defenders ever !
Melhor zagueiro que vi jogar ... FRANCO BARESI
Baresi, Maldini, Nesta might be the best top 3 cb of all time and they all play for Milan
the Greatest defender of all time
My favorite italy defenders baresi number one maldini number two
Assolute the best one after Maradona!! 💪💪, thanks Franco
Maldini:
🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ *HE IS MY TEACHER* 🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
Bro leaved the pitch when he was a gramps already wtf 😂😂😂
Mad respect only for this men
One of the greatest defensive leaders in football history. Super game reading, tackling, anticipation and head shot skills. Very strong personality on the pitch, impressive leading.
Melhor zagueiro que vi jogar, coisa que hj em dia não se vê mais. Baresi jogava muito.
This channel is so awesome!!