@@KD-zc3kp Because at the start of WC Italy cheated, they cheated the whole tournament because they were too OP. Man, all 23 of them were world class, really unfair lol
For others it is defending their goal. For Italians, it is defending their honour, integrity and dare I say their country. Italians are the only ones who celebrate defending a goal like scoring one.
I can confirm this, cause even when we play in school o at the park with friends, we try to defend with passion. And of course we celebrate a tackle like a goal
@@francesconasole5281 its very unfortunate a tackle should be celebrated like a goal. I have the same attitude will never let them make the goal and defend for my life. That's why love the Italian defense.
Man I still can't believe how Italians were the only ones to be able to stop Messi at his prime when he was dribbling the entire team and scoring Hands down the greatest defenders of all time
@@litamtondy Zidane managed to win a Euro against all of them in their prime. Zidane also almost score a header in 2006 in the final. Messi could barely handle an old Nesta
@@asevado I disagree with that statement. Rossi did flop against Ajax, because Rossi could have easily blocked the shoot with his foot, yet Rossi wasnt known to block balls with his Feet. So Kluivert, who had a goalinstinct similar to Inzaghi beat Rossi in that Champions Final. And also, that Ajax team was incredibly strong. Yet, here I am and I say that Rossi is in my opinion the most underrated goalkeeper in history. Maybe an unlucky one considering his career. He could throw the ball with his hands like others do with their feet! Never seen any other like him. And he made many incredible saves. You also have to consider that Seria A was at his time the strongest of the world. Btw, it wasn't any Ajax, it was the strongest Ajax of its team history in my point of view. (Yes, even stronger than Cruyff era)
Is Chiellini only a good defender? He was out due to injury and Juve suffered 6 goals in 2 games, Chiellini is also a charismatic man, Charge the team in difficult moments
@@TheLusianPopa that's why i always say this.. what if players like Baggio and Maradona could play in our days and what if players like Messi played in that era. We will never know but i am pretty sure Baggio and Maradona today they would be from another planet, they already were aliens!
Best goalkeepers: german/spaniards best defenders: Italians (some good spaniards as well) Best midfielders: italians, spaniards Best forwards: brazilians
@@titanio784 Materazzi estaba al nivel del actual Chiellini. Lo único que se le recrimina es que era un criminal. Pero gracias a su espléndido juego aéreo, Italia tuvo su último mundial.
@@giannisasini9003 lol Serie A is not the same plus he went to a team that already won like 8 consecutive titles and he lost it to inter 😂 the only Ronaldo that conquered Serie A is R9🇧🇷
Without any doubt,i grew up watching serie a of late 90s/early 2000s, when it was the best league in the world, the best strikers vs the best defenders!
@@xano2921 Ronaldo is much older though,and Juve arent as "attacking" as Real Madrid anyway.. i think a PRIME 2010-2017 CR would score 40 goals easy in Serie A If Lukaku scores 30+ a prime CR could score at least 10 more
The Italians have introduced me to the art of defending. I've been following them since 1990. They are truly the best defenders the world has ever seen. Because of them, i switched from a striker to a defender back in my days. To this day, I absolutely enjoy playing defense. Maldini + Nesta + Cannavaro + Chiellini + Baresi are, in my opinion, better than any CR7 and Messi out there. Unfortunately, only strikers get all this popularity out there and win different awards. Defenders rarely get any credit and are always to be blame if something goes wrong. Most people know who CR7 is but very few know who Maldini was
Really dude?? you can speak maldini's name in every country that football is the favorite sport and people will recognize him...the guy is a legend...probably the most recognizable defender ever...
@@bonalugozzi E io da Milanista ti dico che se leggo "Italians do it better Most amazing defending ever" non mi aspetto di certo di vedere il Bonerone..
I've only seen two players match or outdo Paolo Maldini. Overmars outmatched him with his insane speed, making the older Paolo have to pull some fouls to stop him, but Paolo still held his own against him. Ronaldo outmatched him, Nesta and everyone else. Simply too good, quick and creative before those damn injuries.
As a Manchester United supporter, I really loved Ferdinand & Vidic. Since Maldini's decline they have been the best defensive pair I think. But that might soon change with van Dijk & de Ligt in the Dutch national team.
School of Defence 💪🏼 Principal - Scirea, Fachetti Vice Principal - Baresi, Gentile, Collovati Co ordinator - Maldini, Bergomi Vice Co ordinator - Nesta, Vierchowod Senior Professor - Cannavaro, Ferri Professors - Tasotti, Constacurta, Panucci, Materazzi Assistant Professors - Chilenni, Barzagli, De Rossi, Bonucci Students - Every defender except them!!
I can confess that the Italian defenders are faaaaar better then any other league or country in the world allso waching Maldini play in the Elite football for such a long time was unbelievable When it comes to elegance and reading the game I think Nesta is the best defender of all time Allso I remember cannavaro in the world cup 2006 he was unstoppable he won every single tackle in that tournament ...
Thank you for this awesome video! The Italians are the best defenders. In world soccer! Their defensive style is elegant and classy. It's good to see the Azzurri back! Serie A will be back stronger!
As an italian this is what i think 🇩🇪 goalkeepers 🇮🇹 defenders and defensive midfielders (gattuso and de rossi) 🇪🇸 midfielders for control and passing 🇧🇷 forwards (need I say anymore)
Ma dai... Gentile era un picchiatore e basta. All'epoca il calcio era molto piu fisico (ho cominciato ad andare a SanSiro nel '83)...il regolamento consentiva molto piu contatto e sanzionava fondamentalmente solo l'entrata da dietro a forbice (a volte manco quella...), persino le gomitate erano punite solo se palesemente volontarie....anche tirare la maglia era abbastanza consentito salvo che il giocatore venisse palesemente strattonato e sbilanciato per piu di 2 o 3 secondi. E si giocava "a uomo". In pratica giocatori come Gentile o Furino si appiccicavano a un avversario assegnato e lo picchiavano tutta la partita tirandogli la maglia, dandogli gomitate o entrandogli sulle gambe appena si avvicinava la palla a lui.
@@ClaudeMagicbox Ma lo dici te stesso che allora si giocava "a uomo" e che le continue trattenute erano "normali" e io ci aggiungo che non esistevano le ammonizioni per falli tattici ne la espulsione per doppia-ammonizione e tutto ciò é stato a favore di Gentile sicuramente, vero no?! Ma vale per qualsiasi altro difensore (o mediano) di quei tempi ma non tutti sono riusciti a non fare segnare i propri avversari - Gentile spesso, molto spesso ci riusciva annullandoli completamente. Questa é la differenza! Ci tengo a precisare che non era cattivo, quei falli come per esempio quello di Benetti su Castellini, non erano da lui perché puntava molto sul anticipo e se non gli riusciva anticipare, bloccava con fisico gli avversari appena gli arrivasse il pallone (nel momento che cercavano di girarsi verso la porta sua) perché riusciva a "leggere" i loro movimenti...poco talento tecnico ma tatticamente e difensivamente nel suo reparto e ruolo da marcatore a uomo, é stato un giocatore fuori dalla norma.
@@EVOZORE Sono d'accordo, Gentile giocava molto sull'anticipo e sul fisico. Era rude, ma non un picchiatore. In tutta la carriera fu espulso una volta, per doppia ammonizione (proteste). E per parecchi anni e' stato praticamente insuperabile, gli davano l'attaccante piu' forte e lui lo annullava. Benetti era un delinquente, andava per fare male, e spesso pure ci riusciva. Tardelli era un'altra carogna, talmente bravo anche in costruzione da far dimenticare le entrate assassine. Zoff-Gentile-Cabrini-Brio-Scirea con Furino davanti e' sta una delle difese piu' forti viste in Italia, credo alla pari solo di quelle dell'Inter anni '60 e del Milan di Sacchi/Capello. Ed e' stata l'ossatura delle nazionali del '78 ed '82.
That was a bad game lol what are you talking about? Italy provoked Zidane by insulting his sister because they knew it was the only way they could win. Sure enough they succeeded, but it was a dirty game from both sides and embarrassing for the sport
@@muncheez2553 With all due respect to Zidane who is my favorite player, but french don't deserve him. They took it out on him after they lost a final, they just forgot what he had achieved with France....98World cup and Euro 2000.
@@Mezomo2009 Yes you are very right. Zidane carried France for a long time. But hey, France of today is much more collective and solid altogether. They don't just have one player carrying them.
@@patrickstar6693 pasta has 4 stars in case you forget. Ikea or french fries combined are half way to reach pasta. Show respect to the goodness of Football
cannavaro is good but nesta is better defender, cannavaro lost his place to ivan cordoba in inter and when he play for juventus the best central defender for juventus is thuram, while nesta always the best central defender for lazio and milan he just unlucky with several injuries. when nesta in his peak i never saw any defender better than him. people said that nesta is best central defender after baresi in italy.
@@ultimatexi7491, overall i agree but for central defender nesta is the best, maldini spend most of his career as left defender and he move to center position after he get old (30+) not as fast as his younger day but maldini provide leadership and discipline for defence. when jaap stam come to milan 2004 milan starter in defence is maldini as left defender, nesta and jaap stam as central defender and cafu as right defender. nesta and cannavaro is best duo in central defence, they complement each other very well.
The ART of defence it is just beautiful to watch I miss the old days. Yes R9 was probably one of the greatest strikers ever but even he had nightmares facing those defenders at times he got owned and at times he owned them because top strikers only managed to score 20 plus goals and it shows how tough this league was in comparison to other europeon leagues they would have 30 plus goals.
Sadly, many of those involved in football these days, especially fans, have no idea about the art (and guile) of defending like these titans. Very few defenders from the current era come close to any of these legends in terms of defending ability
The rules have changed,physical contact is way less allowed and so defense is more about parking the bus that trying to tackle and go for a counter,that's why there are many teams that play high posses football because they have the time on the ball now a thing that with a man on man marking you werent allowed
because defending and pressing become collective responsibilities nowadays not just defenders. one player need to have many aspects besides their positions to cover space when build up/defending now a striker need to have a defending aspect to pull back, pressing defenders (or tackle them) and build up attack to the teammates.. that's why it is called advance forward
@@wasigupitobudiarto7767 True. Defending today is much more a matter of making the team on the ball doubt themselves and pass the ball back to try a new angle, so there's less pressure on the centrebacks' and wing backs' shoulders. You can even virtually count with the fingers on one hand the numbers of attempted sliding tackles in a typical top league match today. Some of the tackles in the video are no longer allowed, and players have received yellows and reds for, even if it played the ball first, because the follow through are considered dangerous plays.
I still miss seeing Nesta. One of the few players who got me hooked to football. His reading of the game was amazing and I could probably watch a compilation of his crazy tackles for days without break. That's how much of an amazing player he was, in my eyes.
Cuánta belleza en un solo video! Defender es un arte subestimado por la mayoría de los aficionados al futbol, incapaces de reconocer que la genialidad de un gran gol es proporcional a la defensa que debió superar.
easy to spot Nesta in the compilation, most elegance and class :D Cannavaro was flashy and more famous for a while, but Nesta was more reliable all the time. If you watch a compilation of his goals, you wonder why he wasn't an offensive midfielder. He just goes trough 4-5 players without a sweat, just to pass the ball at the end. And even more impressive that I can't remember ever seeing him lose a ball.
KxngAnubis you’re right but the problem is with consistency. All these teams I’ve listed have legends in certain position across all of their generations. But teams like France, Netherlands, Argentina...etc have legends in certain positions at a certain time but not all the time. For example Netherlands like u said had great legends in midfield and attack like Cruyff, Kluivert, Frank Ricard but now there are no big names.
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Come on Italy you have been my favorite international team, since I was a kid. Italians do it best. GO ITALY, from Hungary.
@Alfa&Omega 00000 Love Italy Forever....
Sit Romana potens Itala virtute propago
Thank you Hungarian friends!😀
😎👍👍❤️❤️
Thank you 🙏💪
Best defending line-up ever was in world cup 2002: Buffon, Maldini, Nesta, Cannavaro, Zambrotta.
And the fucking south korea cheated i hate that wc disgrace to football italy was the only team that can deafeted brazil
@@KD-zc3kp Because at the start of WC Italy cheated, they cheated the whole tournament because they were too OP. Man, all 23 of them were world class, really unfair lol
Totally agree, also that was the best Italy ever whit Totti, Del Piero, Vieri and Inzaghi
@@KD-zc3kp cheated? Wtf
Tassotti costacurta baresi maldini
Best back 4 ever
For others it is defending their goal. For Italians, it is defending their honour, integrity and dare I say their country. Italians are the only ones who celebrate defending a goal like scoring one.
I can confirm this, cause even when we play in school o at the park with friends, we try to defend with passion.
And of course we celebrate a tackle like a goal
@@francesconasole5281 its very unfortunate a tackle should be celebrated like a goal. I have the same attitude will never let them make the goal and defend for my life. That's why love the Italian defense.
Some may call him overrated but Vidic described it best: You can fix a broken nose, but you can't fix a broken pride.
Man I still can't believe how Italians were the only ones to be able to stop Messi at his prime when he was dribbling the entire team and scoring
Hands down the greatest defenders of all time
They managed to win the World Cup against Zidane, Messi isn't that hard of a feat after that.
@@litamtondy Don’t underestimate Messi skills
Pepe has entered the chat
@Child of Barbaros they did it by fouling and failed many times
@@litamtondy Zidane managed to win a Euro against all of them in their prime. Zidane also almost score a header in 2006 in the final. Messi could barely handle an old Nesta
Baresi x maldini just conceded 23 goals in 196 matches 🔥🔥🔥
Nendra Imsawan is this real 🙀
@@canelkahriman9768 you bet
@@canelkahriman9768 yes when they played together from the first minute
Baresi, Maldini, Tassotti and Costacurta.
They had a useless goalkeeper like Sebastiano Rossi, who hardly ever had shoots on target.
@@asevado I disagree with that statement. Rossi did flop against Ajax, because Rossi could have easily blocked the shoot with his foot, yet Rossi wasnt known to block balls with his Feet. So Kluivert, who had a goalinstinct similar to Inzaghi beat Rossi in that Champions Final. And also, that Ajax team was incredibly strong. Yet, here I am and I say that Rossi is in my opinion the most underrated goalkeeper in history. Maybe an unlucky one considering his career. He could throw the ball with his hands like others do with their feet! Never seen any other like him. And he made many incredible saves. You also have to consider that Seria A was at his time the strongest of the world. Btw, it wasn't any Ajax, it was the strongest Ajax of its team history in my point of view. (Yes, even stronger than Cruyff era)
Bonucci, chiellini are good defenders, but Cannavaro, Nesta, Maldini and Baresi are legends
Is Chiellini only a good defender? He was out due to injury and Juve suffered 6 goals in 2 games, Chiellini is also a charismatic man, Charge the team in difficult moments
Manuel Ciscato Chiellini is one of the greats!
Bonucci is sucks and overrated. He doesn't know how to defence
tacuazinful chiellini is not a good defender, he's up there
chiello is already a legend , has been for a long time .
Whose here after Italy's 2020 Victory!!! Chiellini and Bonucci Master Class!!!
The vets carried us the entire way!
🥳🇮🇹🏆💖🇮🇹
Finally we can say Chiellini and bonucci are in Italy history book of defending
@@DBDYAKU They needed that trophy to cement their greatness!
The legendary Italian defence continues forever
Imagine neymar among these guys hahaha
phone pyae he would quit football
He would roll on the floor all day
Imagine CR7 against these guys.
@@Godplayzdice he would change championship because he wouldn't be able to move
Nesta and maldini would scare him so much he would decide to retire
Carlos Tevez: “The Serie A is the university for all strikers.”
🤣🤣🤣 True AF even if you play it on fifa career mode or pes master league sirie A is really hard league you are going to score a goal
haha and he said that in the weak 2015 serie a , imagine how tough the seria defenders were the 90s or eary 2000s
NUTS
@@TheLusianPopa today's players wouldn't survive 80s-90s Serie A
@@TheLusianPopa that's why i always say this.. what if players like Baggio and Maradona could play in our days and what if players like Messi played in that era. We will never know but i am pretty sure Baggio and Maradona today they would be from another planet, they already were aliens!
@@novelist5380 true... Can't compare 80s 90s and half 00s with these days.. Immobile too wouldn't reach double figures 15y ago..
I'm Brazilian and I admire the Italian defenders. The best!
i'm Italian and i admire the Brazilian forward.The best
+Iavicoli Marco lol mutual respect
Best goalkeepers: german/spaniards
best defenders: Italians (some good spaniards as well)
Best midfielders: italians, spaniards
Best forwards: brazilians
@@ijp789 brazilians are over rated
@@fabianpatrizio2865 5 world cups & they're overrated? I wanna see what'd happen if they weren't overrated
'Defence' defines Italy 💙🇮🇹. My all time favourite footballing nation. Hope the team gets better & better everyday. Forza Azzuri💙. Love from India.
Me too
Maldini: Sicurezza
Nesta: Eleganza
Cannavaro: Potenza
Baresi: Esperienza
Bergomi: Sky e Caressa
Bergomi era sicuramente meglio come difensore che come commentatore
HAHHAHAHAHHHAHAHHAHAHAH
@@TheBrocktonBlockbust Cazzo ridi
bergomi è una leggenda
@@MrPolimucil perché secondo te beppe Bergomi non una leggenda (vai a guardare il suo palmares)
Picchi, Facchetti, Burgnich, Gentile, Scirea Baresi, Bergomi, Vierchowod, Costacurta, Maldini, Nesta, Cannavaro, Materazzi, Zambrotta, Barzagli, Bonucci y Chiellini. Italia dando cátedra en defensa.
materazzi no
@@titanio784 Materazzi estaba al nivel del actual Chiellini.
Lo único que se le recrimina es que era un criminal.
Pero gracias a su espléndido juego aéreo, Italia tuvo su último mundial.
@@danstiberzap6169 se puede decir que tecnicamente era mejor que Chiellini pero como defensor era debil, es ridiculo compararlo a los otros
@@danstiberzap6169 era bueno Materazzi. Me quedo con chielini igual.
Materazzi are a killer of football.
Italy always had best Defence
Il calcio italiano
Grazie ! Thank you i am italian 💪
F. Canavaro n A. Nesta was an iron wall of italy... Respect them so much.
Euro 2012 🇪🇸 4 - 0 🇮🇹
immediamal coccinello
Euro 2016 🇮🇹 2 - 0 🇪🇸
Chiellini, Pellè 😉
Three things Italians are always top: fashion, food, and world-class defenders
Also cars 😉
MotoGP Riders...♥️
Yes
Yeah! That’s why I can’t lose weight
Add other aspect of history, art, science and so on and u will be near the right number 😂😂😂🇮🇹❤️
I'm italian. the first lesson in italian football schools is: The best attack is defense.
In Italy defense is a science.🇮🇹
Non è proprio così come dici tu.
A parte che il talento non lo insegni a scuola.
You got that right
@@pasqualinoalessandroperri580 il talento neanche serve
the opposition can't win, if they can't score!
E metteci il cuore sempre e comunque
"Maldini went through the entire 90 minutes without tackling. That is an art and he is the master of it. He is a great player." Sir Alex F.
37 defensive action no one fouls.
Hard, but clean and never looking to cause injuries. Sergio Ramos should learn from the italians.
He can't...He is shit
@@andreavivaldi8619 he's overrated as hell...
Best comment 👍👍👍
For the Italians, defending is art. For the spanish, it's mostly a battle.
flying_dutchman 09 well he's won like so many UCL and 1 World Cup and so many la ligas
U may hate him but that doesn't mean he isn't good
People used to said that "u ain't striker if u've never been in Serie A"
And to this day every single defender in Italy says the strongest player who ever kicked a ball in Serie A was The Phenomenon.
Look at Cr7
Serie A is not a Defensive League anymore
@@giannisasini9003 lol Serie A is not the same plus he went to a team that already won like 8 consecutive titles and he lost it to inter 😂 the only Ronaldo that conquered Serie A is R9🇧🇷
@Αλέξανδρος Ronaldo literally scored 101 at a shit juve side, just sayin.
Your saying “and lost it to Inter” as if he was the whole team 🤡
being a striker in italian football league in the 90s and 2000s must have been very hard
Without any doubt,i grew up watching serie a of late 90s/early 2000s, when it was the best league in the world, the best strikers vs the best defenders!
Still isn't, even tho not as before. Just look at the difference of Cristiano Ronaldo between when he was in Spain vs now in Italy
@@xano2921 Ronaldo is much older though,and Juve arent as "attacking" as Real Madrid anyway..
i think a PRIME 2010-2017 CR would score 40 goals easy in Serie A
If Lukaku scores 30+ a prime CR could score at least 10 more
80's were hardest. Ask to Maradona
80's - 2006
The Italians have introduced me to the art of defending. I've been following them since 1990. They are truly the best defenders the world has ever seen. Because of them, i switched from a striker to a defender back in my days. To this day, I absolutely enjoy playing defense. Maldini + Nesta + Cannavaro + Chiellini + Baresi are, in my opinion, better than any CR7 and Messi out there. Unfortunately, only strikers get all this popularity out there and win different awards. Defenders rarely get any credit and are always to be blame if something goes wrong. Most people know who CR7 is but very few know who Maldini was
Defending is an art
@Oh_ Norm Pelè could do both
@Oh_ Norm you need both to win i dont think defending is better they are equals
@@swarls2520 true
Really dude?? you can speak maldini's name in every country that football is the favorite sport and people will recognize him...the guy is a legend...probably the most recognizable defender ever...
Like my Nonno told me when I was a kid, “Even a bad Italian defender is still pretty good”
Nonno ahahahaha
Ma che nonno...
Nonno was a sensible intelligent man.
True story
"my nonno"
I'm Indian but I support Italian team with my heart . My most favourite team along with India 🇮🇳💙🇮🇹
It's a shame that only Cannavaro won the balon'dor. Maldini, Nesta, Baresi, Gentile, Scirea and so on deserved it too.
baresi won ballon d'or
maldini definetly deserves it
It's too biased towards attackers.
2006 cannavaro was too good.....he won literally everything and individually his best year
@@mehdimatthew6821 Baresi never won the Ballon d'Or unfortunately. He came second in 1989 though
PAOLO MALDINI comes from another planet.........
Stima assoluta per aver messo un intervento di Bonera come prima clip
Totally random ahah
ahaha
Apparte il fatto che Bonera è stato un buon difensore, e non sono milanista
@@bonalugozzi E io da Milanista ti dico che se leggo "Italians do it better Most amazing defending ever" non mi aspetto di certo di vedere il Bonerone..
@Oh_ Norm Si concordo
No bullshit, no dirty or hard plays. Just Good old ITALIAN DEFENDING! Jeez it's beautiful
And they just won the European Cup 🇮🇹
Love your professionalism and skill Italy.
Lots of love from Australia 🇦🇺
"The only time I saw Maldini was worried about his opponent was gainst Ronaldo (R9)."
-- Desaily --
Defender AC Milan
only one RONALDO only from Brazil.. he is the original RONALDO
Can you blame him
It's the Ronaldo fast like light and strong
@@arsamein88 yes
I've only seen two players match or outdo Paolo Maldini.
Overmars outmatched him with his insane speed, making the older Paolo have to pull some fouls to stop him, but Paolo still held his own against him.
Ronaldo outmatched him, Nesta and everyone else. Simply too good, quick and creative before those damn injuries.
@Alfa&Omega 00000 you only saw post injury Ronaldo then
After spending 20 years of my life watching eating drinking football, Maldini & Nesta were the best Defence Duo. In my opinion!!
Not just your opinion, THEY WERE THE BEST
As a Manchester United supporter, I really loved Ferdinand & Vidic. Since Maldini's decline they have been the best defensive pair I think. But that might soon change with van Dijk & de Ligt in the Dutch national team.
@@neemnoa303 No no they doesnt look strong just watch how easy they concede
They were simply amazing being the most elegant effective correct defenders ever
Maldini - Baresi........
I'm a Malaysian..i admited that the Italian defenders are the most valuable player all of time like BARESI,MALDINI, CANAVARO,NESTA😍😍
In 2006 Italy taken 2 goals: 1 penalty (very doubt) an 1 by herself (Zaccardo). Pratically the opponents never scored against Italy.
Yes
School of Defence 💪🏼
Principal - Scirea, Fachetti
Vice Principal - Baresi, Gentile, Collovati
Co ordinator - Maldini, Bergomi
Vice Co ordinator - Nesta, Vierchowod
Senior Professor - Cannavaro, Ferri
Professors - Tasotti, Constacurta, Panucci, Materazzi
Assistant Professors - Chilenni, Barzagli, De Rossi, Bonucci
Students - Every defender except them!!
Baresi-Maldini-Scirea>>>>Facchetti
Faccheti was a pioner from full back..
@@helenioherera3614 Yes, but he was surpassed from Maldini, as Maldini was a slightly better left-back
Madhurjya Das nice way to put it. grew up wid this era
Special guest for an intensive stage: Pasquale Bruno
I almost cry.. I miss 80-90s italy team
Chiellini, cannavaro and nesta's best moments were in 00s
I miss the all of good football after that
And all the game after 2010
Cannavaro went down as 1 of the greatest defender of all time while only being 175 cm tall, absolute legend
Size doesn't matter. Most people just use it as an excuse for underachieving.💪💪
italys food and defenders are most amazing. just enjoy it.
Nesta is like James bond of defending. Elegant, lethal and at the last moment he saves the world
I can confess that the Italian defenders are faaaaar better then any other league or country in the world allso waching Maldini play in the Elite football for such a long time was unbelievable
When it comes to elegance and reading the game I think Nesta is the best defender of all time
Allso I remember cannavaro in the world cup 2006 he was unstoppable he won every single tackle in that tournament ...
Thank you for this awesome video! The Italians are the best defenders. In world soccer! Their defensive style is elegant and classy. It's good to see the Azzurri back! Serie A will be back stronger!
Defenders 🇮🇹
Midfielders 🇪🇸
Forwarders 🇧🇷
Seleção imparável uma bestia
The perfect squad
As an italian this is what i think
🇩🇪 goalkeepers
🇮🇹 defenders and defensive midfielders (gattuso and de rossi)
🇪🇸 midfielders for control and passing
🇧🇷 forwards (need I say anymore)
@lazio merda Pensavo che fossi tedesco poi ho visto il nome e ho capito che sei una brava persona
@@eugi38 nome fantastico but gk italians too lol
And what about the old style italian defense... Gentile! The legendary defender who cancelled Zico and Maradona in Spain 1982!
Emiliano Laurenzi his still has Zico’s ripped shirt and Maradona’s ankle hung on his wall 😂😭
Nobody that played against him at WC or Euro scored Zico, Maradona, Kempes, Krankl, Fischer, Boniek...zero goals.
Claudio Gentile a guarantee!
Ma dai... Gentile era un picchiatore e basta.
All'epoca il calcio era molto piu fisico (ho cominciato ad andare a SanSiro nel '83)...il regolamento consentiva molto piu contatto e sanzionava fondamentalmente solo l'entrata da dietro a forbice (a volte manco quella...), persino le gomitate erano punite solo se palesemente volontarie....anche tirare la maglia era abbastanza consentito salvo che il giocatore venisse palesemente strattonato e sbilanciato per piu di 2 o 3 secondi.
E si giocava "a uomo".
In pratica giocatori come Gentile o Furino si appiccicavano a un avversario assegnato e lo picchiavano tutta la partita tirandogli la maglia, dandogli gomitate o entrandogli sulle gambe appena si avvicinava la palla a lui.
@@ClaudeMagicbox Ma lo dici te stesso che allora si giocava "a uomo" e che le continue trattenute erano "normali" e io ci aggiungo che non esistevano le ammonizioni per falli tattici ne la espulsione per doppia-ammonizione e tutto ciò é stato a favore di Gentile sicuramente, vero no?! Ma vale per qualsiasi altro difensore (o mediano) di quei tempi ma non tutti sono riusciti a non fare segnare i propri avversari - Gentile spesso, molto spesso ci riusciva annullandoli completamente. Questa é la differenza! Ci tengo a precisare che non era cattivo, quei falli come per esempio quello di Benetti su Castellini, non erano da lui perché puntava molto sul anticipo e se non gli riusciva anticipare, bloccava con fisico gli avversari appena gli arrivasse il pallone (nel momento che cercavano di girarsi verso la porta sua) perché riusciva a "leggere" i loro movimenti...poco talento tecnico ma tatticamente e difensivamente nel suo reparto e ruolo da marcatore a uomo, é stato un giocatore fuori dalla norma.
@@EVOZORE Sono d'accordo, Gentile giocava molto sull'anticipo e sul fisico. Era rude, ma non un picchiatore. In tutta la carriera fu espulso una volta, per doppia ammonizione (proteste). E per parecchi anni e' stato praticamente insuperabile, gli davano l'attaccante piu' forte e lui lo annullava. Benetti era un delinquente, andava per fare male, e spesso pure ci riusciva. Tardelli era un'altra carogna, talmente bravo anche in costruzione da far dimenticare le entrate assassine. Zoff-Gentile-Cabrini-Brio-Scirea con Furino davanti e' sta una delle difese piu' forti viste in Italia, credo alla pari solo di quelle dell'Inter anni '60 e del Milan di Sacchi/Capello. Ed e' stata l'ossatura delle nazionali del '78 ed '82.
Will come back stronger than before 💪🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
Sta volta con Romagnoli eroe della difesa
doubt it
Fix the attacking side 1st
Italia always comes back
Italy has the victory in her dna
Maldini at 2:15: “STAI ZITTOO!!”
That means: “SHUT UP”... what a capitain ❤️🖤
@@rafihfn obviously at his team mates, Maldini was a gentleman, he would never talk in that way to an opponent!
Italy defend was beast.And i from malaysia 🇲🇾
L'Italia, la scuola dei difensori. Saluti 🇧🇷
Grazie.
Il Brasile, la patria dei fantasisti 🤗 🇮🇹
One of my best days in my life was when Italy defeated french fries in world cup final 2006. Grazie Italia 👍
That was a bad game lol what are you talking about? Italy provoked Zidane by insulting his sister because they knew it was the only way they could win. Sure enough they succeeded, but it was a dirty game from both sides and embarrassing for the sport
@@muncheez2553 With all due respect to Zidane who is my favorite player, but french don't deserve him. They took it out on him after they lost a final, they just forgot what he had achieved with France....98World cup and Euro 2000.
@@Mezomo2009 Yes you are very right. Zidane carried France for a long time. But hey, France of today is much more collective and solid altogether. They don't just have one player carrying them.
When Ikea defeated pasta in the WC 2018 qualifiying was also one of the best days in my life.
@@patrickstar6693 pasta has 4 stars in case you forget. Ikea or french fries combined are half way to reach pasta. Show respect to the goodness of Football
Great video, now a second video including Bonucci an Chiellini's masterclass at Euro 2020.
Italy knows how to produce world class defenders..
Nesta +maldeni +Baressi👌👌👌😍
@@ultimatexi7491 nesta was 10 times better than cannavaro
@@ultimatexi7491 nesta play in 2006 but he was injured
MALDINI AND BARESI ARE CORRECT!
cannavaro is good but nesta is better defender, cannavaro lost his place to ivan cordoba in inter and when he play for juventus the best central defender for juventus is thuram, while nesta always the best central defender for lazio and milan he just unlucky with several injuries. when nesta in his peak i never saw any defender better than him. people said that nesta is best central defender after baresi in italy.
@@ultimatexi7491, overall i agree but for central defender nesta is the best, maldini spend most of his career as left defender and he move to center position after he get old (30+) not as fast as his younger day but maldini provide leadership and discipline for defence. when jaap stam come to milan 2004 milan starter in defence is maldini as left defender, nesta and jaap stam as central defender and cafu as right defender. nesta and cannavaro is best duo in central defence, they complement each other very well.
Back when Italy conceded goals only from Penalty and own goal. 2006 world cup.
The ART of defence it is just beautiful to watch I miss the old days. Yes R9 was probably one of the greatest strikers ever but even he had nightmares facing those defenders at times he got owned and at times he owned them because top strikers only managed to score 20 plus goals and it shows how tough this league was in comparison to other europeon leagues they would have 30 plus goals.
I remember Batistuta surpassing Maldini and Baresi during Italian Supercup in 96, amazing goal
Batigol was a different kind of beast.
@@chepesantacruz777 yeah Maldini and Baresi are still legendary players though
Baresi was already 36 so no wonder
@@relentero8547 no excuse dude, defenders are well known for playing older than that
Looking at those tackles and challenges back then makes me realise how soft football has become today
Most of those tackles would be fouls and yellow cards today
Yeah we live in sonwflakes time. Nothing you van do about it.
you're right! it's because everybody hates catenaccio after tiki taka boom
that's why i don't admire modern football as it has lost its unique talent yet the spirit is still there
True I prefer the old rough football not what is today,
Nesta has the best defensive abilities of any footballer I’ve ever seen in my life. And I’ve been watching football for 30 years
So funny when some idiots campare him to dirty 1 like Ramos
Sooooo true!And the elegance?Like Cannavaro against Germany world cup.
Il RE Scirea più in alto di tutti.
Nesta s sliding tackle- the most perfect thing ever in football
Amazing when maldini steal the ball with sliding tackle. Happy is simple :)
Sadly, many of those involved in football these days, especially fans, have no idea about the art (and guile) of defending like these titans. Very few defenders from the current era come close to any of these legends in terms of defending ability
The rules have changed,physical contact is way less allowed and so defense is more about parking the bus that trying to tackle and go for a counter,that's why there are many teams that play high posses football because they have the time on the ball now a thing that with a man on man marking you werent allowed
Chiellini and godin are few of them
because defending and pressing become collective responsibilities nowadays not just defenders. one player need to have many aspects besides their positions to cover space when build up/defending
now a striker need to have a defending aspect to pull back, pressing defenders (or tackle them) and build up attack to the teammates.. that's why it is called advance forward
@@wasigupitobudiarto7767 True. Defending today is much more a matter of making the team on the ball doubt themselves and pass the ball back to try a new angle, so there's less pressure on the centrebacks' and wing backs' shoulders. You can even virtually count with the fingers on one hand the numbers of attempted sliding tackles in a typical top league match today.
Some of the tackles in the video are no longer allowed, and players have received yellows and reds for, even if it played the ball first, because the follow through are considered dangerous plays.
@@jacobpedersen-banovcinyear2965 don't u ever pls nooooooo
Nesta and Maldini were something amazing to watch. I miss the good old days 😭😭😭
It's truly amazing how many great Italian defenders there has been. Baresi by a nose, but Cannavaro, Maldini and Nesta inseparable.
I still miss seeing Nesta. One of the few players who got me hooked to football. His reading of the game was amazing and I could probably watch a compilation of his crazy tackles for days without break. That's how much of an amazing player he was, in my eyes.
Cuánta belleza en un solo video! Defender es un arte subestimado por la mayoría de los aficionados al futbol, incapaces de reconocer que la genialidad de un gran gol es proporcional a la defensa que debió superar.
Y más cuando esos defensores son los: Maldini, Baresi, Nesta, Cannavaro, Gatuso, Beckenbauer, Moore, Pasarela, Figueroa etc.
Es mucho más difícil.
Franco Baresi was just a little bit before my time. But seeing his highlights here...wow! He's a legend!
I think Italian people have fallen out of love with football, they had soo many great players they used to put Del piero on the bench 😬
How you feel about this now 😆🏆🇮🇹
Maldini, Baresi, Nesta, Cannavaro. Italian's Golden Wall
Damn that slide and scoop maneuver, Maldini's signature move. It's so nice to see
The passion and dedication 🔥
Italy Golden Era when they only need to score 1 goal to win
The opposition could not make 1 so..
🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹nun scrivo in inglese perché farei 'na figur'mmerd😅
samuel vincitorio HAHAHAHAHA
onesto
Bravo
samuel vincitorio Hahaha ke uomo
Ho pensato la stessa cosa!
Italy had the best defence in WC 2002. It still hurts that Maldini didn't win a WC ☹️
Well brazil was a beast too
if Bobo did not miss easy tap in at late of 2nd half the outcome will different
South Korea cheated.
@@abhirajarora7631 ok the officiating was biased, but if Vieri didn't miss tap in at 2nd half the outcome will be different
@Marco Pasini it's like Sterling miss vs Lyon
easy to spot Nesta in the compilation, most elegance and class :D Cannavaro was flashy and more famous for a while, but Nesta was more reliable all the time. If you watch a compilation of his goals, you wonder why he wasn't an offensive midfielder. He just goes trough 4-5 players without a sweat, just to pass the ball at the end. And even more impressive that I can't remember ever seeing him lose a ball.
Fantastic video, thanks!
The Italians know what Pack Hunting means....
And more amazingly, they are all not injury-incurring tackles...
There!!You said it right! A pack hunters !Well done!
If you ask Suarez, the best one is Chiellini... you know, he tastes better XD
Suarez deserves that someone knocks of his front teeth
@@gr637 yeah, he always bites people
TheAlivededChannel I mean I wouldn’t say always, just like 2 times and the last One was since 2014. So now he’s clean.
This was old school football.
Blood, sweat and passion in every tackle and pass, but rules, VAR and money is killing the beautiful game
I miss having the opportunity to watch a master piece like this and to pick up a ball straight away and go outside to play...time really does fly.
Baresi was a beast of a defender , the best !
Agreed
Baresi
Maldini
Cannavaro
Nesta
Chiellini
Bonucci
Bonucci fa una sega a tutte queste leggende mai dai la bonucci. Meglio che guardi il basket che di calcio capisci poco
Alessio Rossi 😂😂
bonucci is shit
@@bima2353 go back to fifa
Chiellini e bonucci HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Easiest job to be a goalkeeper if you have Italians in front of you.
Love nesta clean tackling
You forgot Ciro Ferrara, Gentile and moreover Gaetano Scirea, probably best defender ever.
Here’s football’s excellency!
GK- Germany
Def- Italy
Mid- Spain
Attack- Brazil
If we have to say i would put italy in gk too
Netherlands has a high chance of being in the attack position
KxngAnubis you’re right but the problem is with consistency. All these teams I’ve listed have legends in certain position across all of their generations. But teams like France, Netherlands, Argentina...etc have legends in certain positions at a certain time but not all the time. For example Netherlands like u said had great legends in midfield and attack like Cruyff, Kluivert, Frank Ricard but now there are no big names.
Gk Germany ahahah, good joke
Gk italy
Defense italy
Midfield netherlands
Forwards argentina / brazil
Old school. Awesome
For Italians, "Defending" is an ARTS and a MASTERPIECE!
That satisfaction of pressing the O button in ps2
The old days
Siam pronti alla morte l’Italia chiamò... Sì!!!!
Legendary Shinobi ❤
Greatest defenders of history football.
Simplemente lo mejor garra, pasión,amor a la camiseta lo tienen todo italia tiene a los mejores defensores sin lugar a duda
Chiellini è l'ultimo grande marcatore rimasto
Lanciarules l’ultimo grande randellatore rimasto... è una categoria in estinzione
Già ke uomo chiellini non ce ne sono più come lui
Romagnoli per essere un 95 è fortissimo ed ha 24 anni un difensore raggiunge il top tra i 27 ed i 31 di solito
Antonio Pannain vero però deve crescere per diventare il top
@@antoniopannain429 romagnoli e mediocre
This video makes me proud of being Italian🇮🇹
Wow love this edit
They are legend, show us video action of the new gen of italian defender
Those people are legend..And they deserve to be a winner in 2006 world cup
Perfect!!
Still remember how Italy won the World Cup in 2006, Cannavaro was scary and Buffon was possessed by Spiderman. Great memories.
The music makes them more heroic
*Italian ministry of defence* ♥️
Italy is the Rolex of defending.
A crunching slide in tackle is just as good as a goal for me. I love defending
italy always a land of great defenders and goalkeepers