Many people believe that there are four major football kings in football, namely Pele, Maradona, Messi, and Ronaldo. However, Brazilian star Rivaldo has a different view. He said that Ronaldo still has a long way to go before becoming the king of football. Cruyff and Beckenbauer are all above him.
The first person in European football history, Ronaldo is definitely confused. The lack of a World Cup is his biggest shortcoming. Even if he wins the World Cup, Ronaldo will not be the number one player. Just like Messi, even if he leads Argentina to win the World Cup, his status can only be second to Maradona. Cruyff is at least the most competitive. Although he does not have the honor of European Cup or World Cup, Beckenbauer himself also praised Cruyff and Pele as two identical weights on the same scale! This shows the status of Kesheng.
Actually speaking of Cruyff and Beckenbauer, Cruyff was the pioneer of total offense and defense from a player's perspective. Other than Maradona, no one else could support this style of play. He is a rebellious person and doesn't care about honor. Beckenbauer created the free-man style of play. He launched an attack from the center back and penetrated the entire field. This style of play is not something that ordinary people can do (the other one is probably Matthaus). Cruyff and Beckenbauer's skills, tactics, and honors are all comparable. Perhaps only Zidane can compete with the two of them.
In short, in terms of contribution to the development of football, it should be Cruyff; in terms of honors, Cristiano Ronaldo is slightly higher than Zidane and Beckenbauer; in terms of data, Cristiano Ronaldo is of course the undisputed number one; Ronaldo and Zidane had too many good helpers in the team at the time, which would lower their ratings to a certain extent. Globally, the Brazilian lineup during Pele's era was also the most luxurious, so from my personal point of view, there is no problem in Ronaldo's top five. This is purely a fan's personal opinion. Everyone must have their own football king in their hearts.
What is the standard of ? A three-time World Cup champion and an outstanding performance in the knockout rounds? Or go to the middle and lower reaches to lead the team to win the championship? How can different people in different eras be exactly the same? None of the three football kings can have the advantage over each other. Only Messi has been the best in the past twenty years, with all the championships and honors. The process is arduous, the character is good, and the relationship is single-minded. Who doesn't love such a football king!
Technology, honor, and leadership spirit. Messi ranks first in history in these three aspects. There is no doubt about it. Especially in terms of honor, Messi has a Grand Slam of collective honors. Excluding the World Youth Championship and the Olympic Games, can you imagine that Pele has not won the America's Cup and Maradona has not won the America's Cup three times? Messi's personal honors include 7 Golden Globe Awards, 2 Lawrence Awards, 2 World Cup Golden Balls, and 91 goals of the year. Each of these items alone is a ceiling, let alone all in one!
Of course, the vast majority of people can recognize the following eight superstars at the same time (four from South America and four from Europe): soccer king Pele, alien Ronaldo, new soccer king Maradona, and seven-time Golden Ball winner Messi. Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo are the four representatives of European football.
The main honors of the four: Ronaldo has five golden balls, five Champions League championships, and the 2016 European Cup championship; Zidane is a Grand Slam winner, with World Cup, European Cup championships, World Footballer , and the Champions League. Cruyff won the European Footballer of the Year three times and the European Champions Cup three times. Beckenbauer won three European Champions Cups, two European Footballers of the Year, the 1974 World Cup, and the 1972 European Cup.
Now football standards are changing, now is the data era, and data has become more important. In the past, football was divided into Golden Goal and Golden Boot. No matter how good the scoring data is, it is only Golden Boot. Golden Ball values control on the field, so defenders like Beckenbauer also have a very high status. Pele Maradona has super personal dribbling ability. It is easier for a person to win five games and six games to become the king of the ball.
is different now. Football has completely upgraded from star tactics to system tactics. In the current football system, positional skills are more important. Just do everything you should do in your position. In the future of football, one-stop players will no longer be respected. In the future, the Golden Boot and the Golden Goal are likely to be integrated. Whoever scores more goals will be the king of the ball.
