"How does Ribelli compare with Figo?" "What is the level of Vieri at the peak?" There are many questions like this, and fans of different ages will also discuss them accordingly. Sometimes people think that Starlight Glimmer is at the turn of the century, but now football seems dim. Speaking of the comparison between old and new players, it seems that old players have a natural advantage and a "halo". Older fans may say that you have never seen this player play football with your own eyes, and you can't feel the shock he brought at that time, or the gas field that made your opponent flustered; At that time, the younger generation who had not started watching football might say that just looking at the highlights and data didn't feel so exaggerated.
Right or wrong? In fact, there is no absolute answer, because players of different eras are known to fans of different eras in this way. In different stages of football development, whether it is the intensity and style of the game inside the stadium, the composition of the teams outside the stadium, the change of transfer policy and the degree of commercial promotion, or the way of football communication, it has its own characteristics of the times. Manchester United legendary goalkeeper Schumacher gave an example: "How difficult is it to compare Puskas with Messi? Messi's actions can be seen by the whole world through live television; However, it is difficult for Puskas' achievements to spread around the world through video. From this perspective, many people will say that Messi is the best, because we have seen his picturesque skills and goals; But Puskas, we can only know through limited videos and legends. "
Of course, it is not so difficult to compare the stars of today with those of 20 or 30 years ago. After all, there were a considerable number of live TV broadcasts and game videos at that time, and forums gradually emerged to discuss the performance of some players and teams within a certain range. On Puskas, Schmeichel said: "People who have seen him play football are telling stories about him. After many years, we only know that he is great, but we don't know how great he is. " Twenty years ago, stars were not as unlucky as Puskas. At least they have an intuitive impression of how great they are, but this intuitive impression may not be exactly the same as the way they evaluate players now. Nowadays, players are put under a magnifying glass after every game, and there are all kinds of data analysis and strange comments on social media.
For defensive players, such evaluation criteria are very unfavorable. When boateng's ball thrown by Messi spread all over the world and set off a wave of PS frenzy on the Internet, how many people would realize that there was nothing wrong with boateng's standing and following before, just because his consciousness kept up (but his body couldn't)? Messi's foot frequency against the sky was replaced by a worse defender. He may shoot easily at the first cut, or he can't respond at all after Messi makes the move with the ball. In this way, it doesn't matter how boateng defended Messi in the 20 14 World Cup final and how stable his performance was in Germany and Bayern-many people think that he has become an "embarrassed central defender dominated by Messi", and by the way, he also installed some adjectives to describe it.
In a Rome Derby in March 2002, Montera played the Big Four, and Nesta, who performed poorly, was replaced at half-time. Today, it is still easy to find the Chinese battle report of this game. If such a game is put in today's environment, what kind of evaluation will Nesta get? The forum may discuss his achilles heel and even say that he is not worthy of what kind of position; The PS masters of social networks are ready to move and make fun of Nesta's embarrassment; More people will probably remember Nesta as a "centre-back who was killed by Montera", and such a crit may be worse than what boateng faced. Of course, this is not to compare the strengths of Nesta and boateng, but to say that the players live in different environments and face different reporting methods and analysis levels. The older the player, the less likely it is to "expose" to us.
On the other hand, the existence of Messi Cristiano Ronaldo has invisibly raised people's demands for players, and also made players of their same era under the great light. Levan scored 30 goals in the Bundesliga for two consecutive seasons, and Higuain scored 36 goals in 35 Serie A games in a single season. How can newspapers and TV play the leading role? Cavani scored 49 goals in 50 official games last season, and was the best team in Serie A for three consecutive years in Naples. But when it comes to Uruguayan stars, it seems to be more of a mockery of tucao cake. In the era of Mero's rule, Iniesta, Ribelli and Harvey won a single prize with enough weight, which is already a "dry goods" that can help a little compared with previous people; But not winning the Golden Globe Award means that some powerful stars can't compete with their predecessors now? Actually, not necessarily.
The mode of football is also a factor. With the entry into force of Bosman Act and the continuous improvement of commercialization, the living space of small and medium-sized clubs has been compressed, and super clubs have become more and more powerful. The Champions League knockout may be more exciting and the level of competition is getting higher and higher, but the previous group stage is slightly dull. Compared with the era of "Huangsa people", there were more "heroes" in the melee years ten or twenty years ago, and the representation of stars in different teams may leave a deeper impression on people. Now besides Ronaldo Messi, there are many excellent players in Real Madrid and Barcelona, but Mero's brilliance is too dazzling, which seems to make people feel that Mero's teammates are lower than their predecessors. On the stage of award selection, Real Madrid is Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona is Messi, which may be one of the reasons why Neymar chose to leave and pursue this "award status".
Mero's era is not over yet, but in the face of the ultimate enemy of time, these two superstars will eventually retreat. At that time, how will you tell fans younger than you about the miracle of Messi Cristiano Ronaldo? In fact, when supernovae such as Mbappé and Dembele appeared, the fans who watched Messi Cristiano Ronaldo grow up step by step actually became "old fans" inadvertently, and began to discuss whether the talents of Mbappé and Dembele could be compared with that of Mero's generation. It is not difficult to brag about Mero, a top figure in history, but after ten or twenty years, how do you answer "Who is stronger in XX or Ribelli" and "What is the level of cavani?" Maybe at that time, your evaluation style of Ribelli would be similar to the style you listen to old fans evaluating Figo now. Fans who started watching football ten years later did not have the chance to experience the fear of being dominated by Allianz king.
From the age when we first watched the ball, we all have our own memories of that generation of players. This kind of memory is not only the performance and data on the field, but also the influence of communication. At that time, the intuitive feeling was beyond the experience of the human body. Your favorite superstar's memories of him are not only goals, assists, tackles or trophies, but also adjectives such as "amazing", "shocking" and "incomprehensible", as well as reports from all walks of life-TV news, newspaper pages and forum posts, to further deepen your impression of him. Football is always changing. It is better to share the unique memories of different eras than to compare the stars of different eras.