Tuesday, 26 May 09, 03:20 PM · Comments(29)
Now it's the moment to cast your votes to defend your favourite players in the playoffs of the long, long, long competition...
The 24 of the greates players from the past and present, voted by you, and some of them selected by our OleOle team of football gurus were batched in groups of three for this quarterfinals.
Each group contains players from different countries and only one in each group will qualify for the semifinals.
Here is the chart:(Click on it to ENLARGE)
You can vote once on each one of the quarterfinals by clicking on the player picture bellow to access the poll.
So here it is. The task is tough. Invite your friends to vote too!!!
George Best (N. Ireland) Lothar Mathäus (Germany) Zinedine Zidane (France)
Paolo Maldini (Italy) Ronaldo (Brazil) Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Maradona (Argentina) Ryan Giggs (Wales) Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Johan Cruijff (Holland) Del Piero (Italy) Garrincha (Brazil)
Beckenbauer (Germany) Franco Baresi (Italy) Eric Cantona (France)
Pelé (Brasil) Raul (Spain) Marco VanBasten (Holland)
Eusébio (Portugal) Oliver Kahn (Germany) Bergkamp (Holland)
Michel Platini (France) Di Stefano (Argentina) Johnny Hayes (England)
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CONTEST RULES:
"I separated the best players (the ones that people most argue about) into countries or categories. Some countries like Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Germany, England ... will be a category on their own and some countries with less entries will form a group category. You will have 2 weeks to submit your votes for each category and after that the 2 top voted players will move to a next round. In the end of the whole process we will be able to find out who are the top 10 best players of all times. And if you also decide to leave a comment on the my blog posts revealing your opinion about the players in that category your name will be on a raffle for a chance to win a Retro Football Strip Replica... It will be a prize from me for your participation."
29 Comments · Add yours
personally, i think garrincha is the greatest footballer of all time
he showed the world the beauty of football
his dribbling was masterful art
viva garrincha
alegria do povo
Wow, super-hard draw. So far I have it down to Zizou v Garrincha and Pele v DiStefano. This is very hard.
This is an unenviable task. I couldn't pick from ten let alone just one.
But I remember reading that Maradona deemed Di Stefano to be the greatest ever. That's a good enough reference for me.
In my life time, though, it would have to be Zidane.
diego is king. He did it all, for his national team and for his club teams.
zidane is next in my eyes.
messi and cristy should not be listed, they are pups and still have alot to prove on the international level.
i enjoyed your post
Zidane should be the best of all time.
But If it's the 'FREAKEST' of all time. It should go to Maradona. He was sort of Genius that I liked.
Group 1: Zinedine Zidane.
Group 2: Paolo Maldini.
Group 3: Diego Maradona.
Group 4: Johan Cruijff.
Group 5: Franz Beckenbauer.
Group 6: Pelé.
Group 7: Oliver Kahn.
Group 8: Michel Platini.
This is my vote.
group 1: Zidane
group 2: Maldini
group 3: Maradona
group 4: Del Piero
group 5: Baresi
group 6: Pele
group 7: Eusibio
group 8: Di Stefano
Group 1: Zinedine Zidane.
Group 2: Ronaldo
Group 3: Diego Maradona.
Group 4: Del Piero
Group 5: Franz Beckenbauer.
Group 6: Pelé
Group 7: Bergkamp
Group 8: Michel Platini
i think that would do.
Thnx
Alexandre Pato
But De Lima Ronaldo from Brazil will be my all time favorites. he is the best ever forward to have gone through the big teams like Inter, AC Milan, Barcelona, Real Madrid. he was just awesome. and he still plays for Corinthians and they won the Paulista in Brazil. so he is performing well.
i wish he returns to brazilian national team.
F***'n s**t!
You got hard. Terrible options. Well
Group 1: Zidane (sorry, George Best)
Group 2: Ronaldo
Group 3: Maradona
Group 4: Garrincha (sorry, Cruyff)
Group 5: Beckenbauer
Group 6: Why ask? P-e-l-é, sure!
Group 7: Eusebio
Group 8: Platini
pls where is henry???????
1. Either Diego Maradona or Zidane They were phenomenal.
2. Which ever of the two again.
Reply to jim:
During the election for the best French player, which happened a while ago in this blog, Henry came in 4th place and didn't qualify for the playoffs: LINK
Group 1: Zidane (sorry, Best)
Group 2: Ronaldo
Group 3: Maradona
Group 4: Del Piero
Group 5: Beckenbauer (sorry Cantona)
Group 6: Pele
Group 7: Eusebio
Group 8: Platini
Pele
Maradona
Eusebio
There's nothing else to chose ...
how can you compare oliver Kahn and bergkamp with EUSEBIO???eusebio, third in is poule?it´s a joke...
SLB 4ever
Group 1: Eusébio
Group 2: Eusébio
Group 3: Eusébio
Group 4: Eusébio
Group 5: Eusébio
Group 6: Eusébio
Group 7: Eusebio
Group 8: Eusébio
1ºEUSÉBIO; 2ºMARADONA; 3ºPELÉ; 4ºDI STEFANO; 5ºGARRINCHA; 6ºBECKENBAUER; 7ºZIDANE; 8ºPLATINI; 9ºCRUIJFF; 10ºRONALDO; 11ºVAN BASTEN; 12ºCRISTIANO RONALDO; 13ºRYAN GIGGS; 14ºJOHNNY HAYNES; 15ºDEL PIERO; 16ºGEORGE BEST; 17ºMESSI; 18ºLOTHAR MATHAUS ;19ºBARESI; 20ºBERGKAMP; 21ºOLIVER KAHN; 22ºRAUL; 23ºMALDINI; 24ºCANTONA.
Where is Luis Figo !?
1- Zidane
2- Ronaldo
3- Cristiano Ronaldo
4- Del Piero
5- Eric Cantona
6- Pelé
7- Eusébio
8- Michel Platini
MARADONA & EUSEBIO THE BEST PLAYERS
MARADONA AND EUSÉBIO THE BEST OF THE BEST
EUSEBIO!
EUSEBIO, MARADONA E GARRINCHA!!!
Zidane
Ronaldo
Maradona
Garrincha
Beckenbauer
Pelé
Eusébio
Di Stefano
Group 1: Zinedine Zidane.
Group 2: Paolo Maldini.
Group 3: Diego Maradona.
Group 4: Johan Cruijff.
Group 5: Franz Beckenbauer.
Group 6: Pelé.
Group 7: Eusebio
Group 8: Michel Platini.
This is my vote.
how can be possible a simple goalkeeper and a good player but not a legend have more votes then one of the biggest strikers of all times...EUSEBIO IS A GOD!!!the lack of knowledge these days can easily be combated through the internet ... if someone is really curious about Eusebio, search about him that will not be disappointed for sure with such phenomenonal person.not a simple player but such a great man...never will be forgotten and forever will be love!!just to spice a bit...
* 2 times champion of European clubs, the European Champions Cup: 1961, 1962;
* Portuguese Championships: 60/61, 62/63, 63/64, 64/65, 66/67, 67/68, 68/69, 70/71, 71/72, 72/73 and 74/75;
* Cup of Portugal: 61/62, 63/64, 68/69, 69/70 and 71/72;
* Champion's Cup of Honor: 1963, 1965, 1968, 1973 and 1975
* North American League: 1976
* Mexican League: 1976
* Vice-European Champion: 62/63, 64/65 and 67/68
* He won twice (1967/68 with 43 goals and 1972/73, with 40 goals) in the Golden Boot, awarded to the best scorer trophy Europe.
* Prize for best player in Europe, Ballon d'or in 1966.
* Best striker of the World Cup of 1966, marking nine goals;
* Best striker of Portuguese first division in 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 and 1973;
* Best European striker in 1968, 1973
* Best striker Champions League, 1965, 1966 and 1968
I hope it be enough to make u search about "THE BLACK PANTERA" EUSÉBIO DA SILVA FERREIRA ONE OF BEST PLAYERS EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!
SL BENFICA FAN
group 1: Zidane
group 2: Maldini
group 3: Maradona
group 4: Garrincha
group 5: Beckenbauer
group 6: Pele
group 7: EUSEBIO "THE BLACK PANTHER" (scored 727 goals in 715 games)
group 8: Di Stefano
Euzébio is the legend!!!Who is Kahn and bergkamp??????
Zizou(4EVER),Messi,Maradona;Cantona;Pelé,Di Stefano.
Força Benfica!!!!!!