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In the 90s and 2000s it was like anywhere in the world you looked, there were moments of pure brilliance - with the midfield talent pool spread heavily throughout the world.
But there was one from Italy who a pretty decent amount of people believed was the greatest of his generation, and his name was Andrea Pirlo.
But just how good was he actually? And how does he compare to midfielders today? Well, let's take a look.
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bro please do Manuel neuer probably the best goalkeeper ever🧤 🇩🇪
DID YOU GET COPY RIGHTED
You should cover Claudio Marchisio(I dislike that he played for Juve, but he was a great player, and he has unfortunately gotten very underrated as a player)
@@thetruth4654 AGREED
@@Ronaldo-2017 yeah bro :(
“After the wheel, the PlayStation is the greatest invention ever” ~ Andrea Pirlo
That quote alone made me love him so much more
Someone who played PlayStation in the morning and won the world cup later that day
Nesta: Yep, that's true. *Broke his thumb😂
That's why he doesn't like to run on the pitch
playstation is goated 😂
"Football is played with brain.Legs are the tool" :- Pirlo He was not the strongest, Fastest but He was the smartest.
Cesc Fabregas was smarter than pirlo. Cesc was the smartest footballer ever
That's what Italy is missing today, such outstanding figures who gave the team the calm they needed under stress
😂😂😂@@OmarAli-mh2jm
@@OmarAli-mh2jm says who?
@@Mario-vn2qf Anyone who understands football
He also made Pogba look like a 100 million player
What? Don't understand, can you or someone explain
@@DrRan617 I think he refers about when they were teammate in Juventus, having Pirlo as teammate smooth the game very much and indeed during that season Pogba looked like a great champion
😂😂
oh come on...i think the witch doctor deserves some of the credit as well!
I remember Xavi saying “Pirlo doesn’t play football, he teaches it” high praise from another top midfielder! Pirlo was pure class, no other player now or in history played like him and his style he was so unique
Yep, he's truly one of a kind. We'll probably never again see a player who could create so many direct chances and be so dangerous from the number 6 position. And also we'll probably never see a player who will create that much advantage on the pitch despite having so little athleticism and physical tools. He was still one of the best and most dangerous midfielders in the world in his last season at Juve despite being 36 at the time. I think he surely could have played on that level until 40 at least if he wanted, he just didn't need much atleticism. A true football giant, superhero. I'm not sure who to pick really, but I think he's a very strong candidate for the best midfielder of the 21st century so far. The guy won EVERYTHING and was a key guy in his teams (club and national team) for about 15 years.
My favourite player ever, broke my heart when Milan decided to not give him the 3 years of contract he was asking for. Also you didn't mention his signature move, the body feint. Rigorously performed at incredibly slow speed, but it just worked every single time
Probably the most elegant player ever. It was pure joy to watch his entire career.
Yeah, that was a beginning of the ACM dark age 😢🔴⚫️
My Brother in Pirlo❤
That was perhaps one of the worst bad decisions AC Milan has ever made
@@andjelkozlotvorthat was perhaps one of the worst bad decisions AC Milan has ever made
Had to upload this for the THIRD time 😢 Hopefully it will be the last copyright block on this, but I appreciate all of you who've watched this. Apologies for the inconvenience
Thank you for your hardwork ❤😊
Why was this video subject to a copyright block?
what is causing the copyright block?
YT algorithm is going crazy,i uploaded R9 goals for AC MILAN (i even changed the audio and MADE VIDEO BETTER QUALITY) but i got a copyright warning
Make a video on busquets
I'm sorry, Raymar, I feel bad this masterpiece of a video gets copyright striked for a 3rd time. Stay strong and keep on grinding ❤❤
appreciate it brother! no worries, just glad the video is viewable now 🙏 always looking for your pfp in the comments haha
@@RaymarFootball 😅
Pirlo is one of the greatest Midfielders of all time. Italian or not. Absolute class.
why the "Italian or not" is necessary? why that need to be mentioned?
Agreed perhaps at best midfielder ever. pirlo. When your Nick name is “the architect” you know quality is present.
@@5at5una He's saying he was good enough to be in the debate for greatest midfielder outside of just Italian football as well
And inter let him go😅😅😅.
One of my all-time favorite players. Fun fact about Pirlo; in the years of 2006 and 2007, he won a FIFA World Cup, Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, and a FIFA Club World Cup. These were just a few of his many achievements 💯.
Lies again? SO Apex Predator Cobra Viper
Straight facts - no lies. Look it up.
He won that ..thanks of others Pirlo was just a random Player For AC Milan ..like Ambrosini for example
@@rebix7612 imagine comparing one of the best cm of our generation to ambrosini
Pirlo was just class❤
absolutely 👨🏫
Class in every possible sense.
You don't see players like him anymore. So calm and cool when having the ball. Anyone who tried to pressure him got trolled.
In 2006 World cup he was Italy's best player, without him that win couldn't happen.
Pirlo is an elegant player for Italy and an excellent free kick specialist. Milan was dumb letting him go to Juventus and started a 9 year dominance of Juventus in Serie A. A deep lying #10 legend for Milan, Juventus and Italy.
he was asking well too!
Pirlo is the greatest playmaker ive seen in my life time , hes alomst at Messi's level of genius , game changer where ever he plays he wins and transforms a team
Yet kids say KDb is a better passer
@@markelon8303i agree he is not , hes better attacking player but he plays a different position, to make it easy for the kids Pirlo played Xavi position more in the centre while KDB plays Inesta position more forward
@@davidjohn6323 I know. I only mentioned passing
@@markelon8303 idk cause de bruyne is a coc so he made more assist bit I can assure that pirlo wasn't lacking in passing although he may not have all that assist cause he was a playmaker not a coc
For me it's Xavi Hernandez
I'm half brazilian half italian, I remember on sundays watching Milan play in the morning and then Grêmio in the evening, I didn't even wanted to watch cartoons, for me watching that 2008 Milan squad was more entertaining than anything else, I remember that some days I would pretend to be sick just so I didn't have to go to church to watch Milan play 😂 as soon as the game finished I would grab a ball and start trying to recreate Pirlo's dribble moves, passes and free kicks... He's my favorite player. Ti amo Pirlo, sarai per sempre il mio preferito! ❤️🖤
Pirlo also assisted in the WC final
Pirlo was the man of the match in the world cup final
3:44
I remember watching Pirlo score that long range goal i think that was his last season at AC Milan and the Panenka against Joe Hart things like these you dont forget
I think you forgot to mention his inpact on Italian silver in europs 2012. In 2006 he was more one in the group but in 2012 he was clearly the best in a Italian team that overpreformed.
they unfortunately had to face that worldbeating spanish side…
In 2006 Pirlo was way more than a bit player, he led the tournament in assists for goodness sake lol...above the likes of Zidane, and other playmakers in the tournament.
@@bzilla1090 I agree, but before the tournament it was more talk about Totti and Toni and so on and under the tournament it was talk about Grosso, Zambrotta and Canavaro. In 2012 he was the starplayer.
Pirlo scored a beautiful goal vs Ghana, made a brilliant assist vs Germany and was a world class playmaker by then. Italy lost in 2012 not because of Spain being that great. In the group stage they were slightly better than the Spanish and drew the match. In the final, half team was blatantly injured or unfit to play. In fact, they played almost half match with 10 men because they had no substitutions left.
@@miguelporras8366 Yes he was great even then
In my opinion, Pirlo and Gennaro Gattuso made the perfect pair for Milan and Italy. They covered each other and their specific abilities differed from each other tremendously. One was a midfield wizard with vision and precision passing, the other was a midfield tyrant, stamping his presence with a rottweiler kind of aggression and passion to defend and to control the space. You need to have complementing players and I dare not say Batman and Robin because Robin is a side kick. Gattuso was not Pirlo's sidekick, they were EQUAL partners in crime and their legacy with the 2006 World Cup will go on for all time
I absolutely agree with everything you wrote! Though late Gattuso improved a lot in ball possession, dribbling and passing.
Gattuslow was always running around like a headless chicken
@@bluewave2634🤣🤣🤣
gattuso cover midfield "alone". At the time was pirlo, gattuso, seedorf and kakà
@@azazelcaos yes if Ancelotti needed an offensive minded squad. When he needed a more defensive strategy, the much underrated and understated Massimo Ambrosini would replace Seedorf. He was also a no fuss midfielder who was tidy and was also good at defensive work as well as offense. An all rounder in my opinion and complemented the squad very well
I’m italo-Brazilian and Pirlo is literally in my top 5 players of all time. Saw him live at Maracanã Stadium scoring a SCREAMER free kick goal against Mexico for the 2013 Confederations Cup. 2x1 Italy, goals from Pirlo and Balotelli. I’ll never forget that day.
When Pirlo and Totti were on the pitch, italian attackers had only to run, the ball automatically went on their feet.
I feel your pain with all these copyright claims Raymar😂
Claims are bad but blocks are just pain
@@RaymarFootball ❤
Why so many Reuploads? Btw Amazing as always ❤..
Thanks to him i started watching football in 2005 he is and always be my favorite player🇮🇹🙌
The best regista ever! ❤️🖤🇲🇪
One of the best ever. He had the best accuracy than anyone by far. Love to watch him play.
I remember growing up idolizing Pirlo, Xavi, and Cesc.
R9 picked him in his greatest 11 so he must have been good
I wouldn’t necessarily put him top 10 all time but if you break it down to midfielders only then easily!
@@RaymarFootball R9 picked him in his greatest playing X1
@@RaymarFootball you think that he is after Xavi,Iniesta, and Zidane?
@@shabaansiddiqui7413 zidane, modric, xavi, iniesta, platini
@@vuk5475 Zidane is the only name there that is beyond Pirlo in midfielders. All the others lag behind
I can't seem to wrap my head around how an intelligent player like him couldn't blow apart the world of coaching
@khae ache he started coaching at the top level too early, he's been burned by Andrea Agnelli's bullshit
Coaching is different.
Many top players fail as coaches like Maradona nd Pirlo...then there is Zidane , Cyurff
Pirlo, Modric , Iniesta , Xavi Zidane all goat midfielders
@@Mrdinomist Literally the top 5 GOATs of the midfield.
ty, i was waiting for this one
this video was incredible, you did my favorite player justice so well. thank you
appreciate the love brother ❤️
He’s my favorite Italian midfielder of all time. Thanks for making this video 👏🏼
Seeing as you did one on Pirlo you need to do one on Demetrio Albertini, considering Pirlo was the next Albertini, the Original King of the Regista.
In Italy no one remember Albertini...because is a average midfielder like Di Biagio, Fiore or Carnevale or Giannini normal players but Pirlo are a Legend not only in Italy, but in the world!
Great video of a great footballer, always ALWAYS a joy to watch your content
appreciate the kind words brother 🙏 much love
You’re literally my go to channel your videos make me go outside and play football
wow man that’s actually one of the best comments i’ve ever seen 😂❤️ appreciate the love bro! glad it makes you want to play
When I saw the Milan squad you showed when he joined them, I let a scream out. They were phenomenal!
Easily in my top 5 midfielders of all time. Alongside Zidane and Modric (plus 2 others) he is the essence of a complete midfielder, of a midfield maestro.
Modric is nowhere pirlo level
Did you just compared Modric to Pirlo? 💀
Modric is nothing compared to pirlo
Great video as always as an Irish man I'd love to see you do a video of some of the greats Ireland had trough the years
trew the years 😂 I’ll def have to brother
@@RaymarFootball excuse the spelling brother my bad...i look forward to seeing your next video bro love from Ireland
As an italian soccer fan, Ilove your channel. Watching your vids feels like documentaries about legends. Will you ever make a video about Roberto Baggio and his difficult career?
much love to italy 🇮🇹 and of course bro 👀 one of the greats I have to!
You can find Baggio all over the internet. We need some forgotten and hidden gems like: Albertini, Signori, Boban, Asprilla, Lucarelli, Fuser, Dino Baggio, Casiraghi, Zenga, Ravanelli, Serginho, Evani, Di Natale, Di Vaio, E Chiesa, Montella, Hubner…
Pirlo was such a unique player, even in his day there was no one else like him, and certainly not today. Verratti was supposed to be the next Pirlo but he's not the same type of player.
The Panenka against Joe Hart says it all about the legend.He had the best game of his life that night against England.
I'm a Milan supporter and I watched Pirlo all his career, he was an exceptional player, great vision, and superb technique, but the greatest playmaker of Italy is Roberto Baggio by far, even a more complete player.
He was so good he invented a positional role, the Regista
he is THE regista
Guardiola and Albertini did this role before Pirlo
@@Jimbobiscuit yep but Albertini and Guardiola didn' t have the control of midfield than Pirlo
@@MatteoBassi1983 Guardiola did. But he played in a more advanced role. Albertini played deeper and was a great player with awesome techinque, but Pirlo was pure fantasy
@@JimbobiscuitAlbertini was amazing player, but sadly so forgotten 😢🔴⚫️
Most underrated, I think he doesn’t get enough appreciation
What a midfielder pure class 👑✨
I still believe that Pirlo get the recognition he deserve outside Serie A fans is after his performance against England NT in euro 2012 ..
great video! can you make a video about Gennaro Gattuso?
Hello, where do you get your statistics, for example, for the 2002/03 season. Just wondering as I can never find anything pre 2010. Thanks
hope they don't take this down :)
My GOAT The reason I started watching Seria more intensely, love Juve, and one of the main players to get me into the game we all love A man of unparalleled finesse and beauty in the game
Idc, I’ll watch it again! Great work, Raymar.
One of my all time favorite players!
Respect!!
The " brain" of Italy's National Team .. so much inside and control, combined with technicque and pace ... absolute briliance ... thanks for the video, it was great! .. ps I just missed his assist to Balotelli 2012 vs Germany.
It was montolivo that assisted balotelli
@@ohikerestephen6107 thank you .. I just checked it now, you are right, my mistake, sorry
He doesnt get the recognition he deserves.He is better than iniesta in my books
yes he is.
No he's not lmao
@@llawliet2814 he Is, you think Iniesta Is stronger because he worked in a duo. Pirlo carried alone
@@flaviofortunati4390 That's a BS argument/excuse lmao Iniesta is clear
@@llawliet2814 You are so delusional
PLEASE DO BAGGIO I'M BEGGING YOU
Best football channel on KZhead
My all time favorite midfielder.
Can I ask where you get the stats from for the Serie A 2002/03 season?
What a legend. Do Paul Scholes next
Andrea Pirlo could fit in at any club and excel there at that time. Barça, Real, United, Chelsea, you name it. He was so good.
Nope he would never survive the fast paced EPL
I don't say this often But i like the way you insert the commercial 😂😂
I started watching your videos when I was 12 years old and i am now 17😂 Thank you Raymar for making my teenage year's amazing with your videos 😍❤️
damn 😭 that’s crazy haha time flies. glad you enjoyed after all these years bro! appreciate ur kind words really, means a lot and couldn’t do it without you guys ❤️
Pirlo,one of the most underrated midfielders of all times.
He is not underrated lol there’s a reason many call him a legend
shut up, how is he underrated? he’s not, everyone knows his class
@@AJ-ew7kr Not universally like lets say the way Zidane or Iniesta are given the recognition.Pirlo probably gets the most recognition only in europe n Italy.
I’d use the term under appreciated since many people know how great pirlo was, but they just dont talk about him enough
@@RaymarFootball Yea,true,thats the best way to put it.
I show my son all the vids bro. He’s 10, a true baller. Have to let him know there used to be incredible players before now. Your videos are the best for that imo
that’s great man! good luck to the little guy 💪 much love❤️
Make a vid about Cassano. It seems like people were underrating him recently, because they forgot how great he actually was.
Albertini, Galli, Boban, Desailly, Evani, Ancelotti, Serginho… all forgotten
this man motivates me to go outside and play like a champ
thats it 💪
That lefty freekick with Italy was nasty wtf! Imagine scoring a freekick banger with your weak foot. Crazy 🤯
He’s so underrated
That ac milan was fire back then yo ❤❤
My favorite italian player... A true mastermind
We need some videos about Barcelona please
One of the best Freekick takers ever
Not even close, if you actually know football
ROFL that manscape ads cut in is smooth af.
lmfao thank you bro 💀
Another banger
Lessgooo pirlo finally arrived
W video, Pirlo is CLASS
he made me wanna bcome a soccer player like him when I was 6 and I dont regret it
Pirlo the Great👌
Pirlo best comparison would be Xabi Alonso, both incredible playmakers, incredible free kick maestros, always calm, CMs/CDMs, played against each other in 05 Final and both WC winners
😂
My guy you can't compare the greatest CM/Regista ever to someone outside of the Top10, Ruud Gullit, Seedorf, Frank Rijkaard, and Demetrio Albertini are all better than Xabi Alonso, especially Albertini, Pirlo wasn't the first Pirlo, he was the next Albertini.
their positions were the same but they definitely played their own unique styles! Xabi alonso also deserves a vid 👀
@@RaymarFootball BRIAN LAUDRUP PLEASEEEEEEEE
Prime Pirlo 2006-07🔥 -with Italy, he won World Cup (2006) -with AC Milan, he won UCL (2007)
Video 5 of asking for a video on a Belgian legend (Jan Ceulemans, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Enzo Scifo) or their 1986 world cup
More of every legends before Kompany
My favourite player of all time I don’t how you could hate this man love him my opinion he’s in top 7 midfielders but only my opinion let me see yours
The goat in his position
my favorite midfilder why i wanted to play a midfielder
You uploaded this like 3 times gang
Easily the greatest CDM of all time
The best deep-lying playmaker ever.
CDM?! This isn't FIFA, buddy. He's not a defensive midfielder. He's a regista, a deep-lying playmaker. Big difference. The only ''CDM'' in the teams he was in was Gattuso, for for Milan and the national team.
@@Al-ji4gd Exactly! He’s basically AMF or classic 10 (his first role until Carlo Mazzone put him deeper) in the place of regular DMF. Guardiola played similar role in Barca during the 90’s.
Hey Raymar can you do a video on Paul Scholes
He was criminally under rated
"He rocked the best beard ever in football"-‐--->>straight to add.....
He can make the ball dance and mesmerize the fans -Raymar football
Can you do a video on my old neighbour in Australia later to become Italian legend Cristian Vieri . At one time the highest paid footballer in the world .
Grazie Andrea per i sogni in Nazionale ❤🇮🇹
As an Italian and a Juventus fan, I must say I MISS PIRLO IMMENSELY. The absolute best midfielder Italy ever had.
he is the most entertaining dm of all time
1:00 at 10 yrs old Pirlo had a mustache already
i would have loved to see both pirlo and xavi in the same team, definitely my 2 favorite midfielders ever.
"One of the best beard in football history". Indeed.
Can we see a video about Paul Scholes
my inspiration in futbol