Top 10 greatest players in history: Ronaldo ranked bottom

In the list of the greatest players of all time voted by the Daily Mail (UK), Cristiano Ronaldo is behind both Zico or Garrincha, while Lionel Messi is ranked highest.

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10. Cristiano Ronaldo

According to Daily Mail, Ronaldo is an excellent athlete, a perfect individualist, a skilled finisher, a heading expert and an excellent free kick striker.

CR7 won five Champions Leagues with Man Utd, Real Madrid and Euro with Portugal. The British newspaper said that Ronaldo's dedication, scoring ability and love of football have helped Ronaldo become second only to Messi in his generation.

9. Zico

Zico has never won the World Cup, but receives more love than the generation of Brazilian players who won the 1994 and 2002 World Cups.

Daily Mail describes him as a sublime number 10, master of set pieces, Brazil's crown jewel in the period 1978-1986, and the all-time hero of Flamengo Club. Like Pele, Zico spent most of his career with football in his home country. He went to Europe when he was 30 years old, but still scored 30 goals in 53 matches for Udinese Club, and won the Serie A Best Player award in 1984. Along with Diego Maradona, Zico is one of the two best dribblers of the decade. 1980.

8. Garrincha

According to Daily Mail, Garrincha is revered by Brazilians no less than Pele. He was the unsung hero of his home team during the campaign to win the 1958 World Cup. Four years later, after Pele was injured in the group stage and could not play anymore, the right-wing superstar "carried" Brazil to the championship. second consecutive enemy. Garrincha was on the 1958 and 1962 World Cup squad, winning the title of Best Player and Top Scorer of the 1962 World Cup.

7. Ronaldo De Lima

"The famous player born in 1976 is the original Ronaldo and the greatest Ronaldo," Daily Mail described, and said that if not injured, Ronaldo could have ranked higher on the list.

Also according to this newspaper, Ronaldo is one of the best dribblers of all time, with mesmerizing turns, lightning speed, perfect control and pleasing to the eye of viewers. He brought Brazil to the 2002 World Cup, the team's most recent world championship. In 2003, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick against Man Utd, and made the fans at Old Trafford stand up and applaud.

6. Alfredo Di Stefano

The former Argentine striker is considered Real Madrid's best player of all time. He won five consecutive C1/Champions League Cups, and scored in all five finals, including a hat-trick in a 7-3 win over Frankfurt at Hampden Park, where young coach Alex Ferguson came to watch. .

5. Zinedine Zidane

Daily Mail compares Zidane to a ballet dancer wearing soccer shoes, delighting viewers with his ability to glide on the field and unparalleled technique. The former French midfielder played an important role in the campaigns to win the 1998 World Cup, Euro 2000 and Champions League 2002. In 2006, he continued to reach the World Cup final and only lost to Italy in a penalty shootout.

4. Johan Cruyff

Daily Mail described Cruyff as the smartest player of all time, and played like a conductor conducting an orchestra.

Cruyff and former coach Rinus Michel are also symbols of total football tactics. His tactical thinking can still be felt through the principles of Pep Guardiola. Cruyff helped Ajax win three consecutive C1 Cups, before taking the Netherlands to the 1974 World Cup final.

3. Diego Maradona

Maradona is the owner of the World Cup's most beautiful goal of all time, and a rebellious angel that makes viewers amazed.

The low center of gravity brings balance, poise and power to the Argentine legend. He sometimes makes viewers feel like even a football team cannot stop him. Maradona was great with both Argentina and Napoli, reaching two World Cup finals - including one victory, one UEFA Cup and two Serie A.

2. Pele

The late Brazilian player is the embodiment of beautiful football, the only player to have won the World Cup three times, and the leader of the greatest team of all time - Brazil at the 1970 World Cup. Not only impressive Regarding his ability to score goals, Pele also knows how to create important goals for his teammates.

Daily Mail used the words perfect, beautiful and generous to describe Pele's pass to Carlos Alberto in the 1970 World Cup final. When Pele died in 2022, hundreds of thousands of Brazilians lined up to see him off.

1. Lionel Messi

According to the Daily Mail, this is a player that many fathers are willing to take their children to see, so that in the future the child can tell the next generation that they saw Messi play football.

The newspaper said that Messi's scoring record and ability to choose time and space are all extraordinary. The dribble from midfield and then assisting Julian Alvarez to score in the 2022 World Cup semi-final is just one of Messi's many moments of genius. Daily Mail affirms that with the 2022 World Cup championship, Messi has erased the last doubts about him being the best player of all time.