>Tfw I will never live this era
>Why even live?
t. 18 year old zoomer

Haha you're a zoomer!
t. 25 year old zoomer

>>149737255 (OP)
not only were the big teams all stacked but even the midtable teams would occasionally have a world class player or two which is unheard of these days

>>149738573
Totti, Cassano, Bati, Shearer, Villa, ect... Are based af

The stars were larger than life back then. Today everyone is the same instagram retard

>>149737255 (OP)
Even Keane was in awe of Maldins aura. Something telling about the most arrogant teams hardman captain being taken aback by the opposition before even hitting the pitch

>>149745630
Di Natale* not Cassano

>>149737255 (OP)
I remember watching this game, roy keane tried a proper brexit tackle on Maldini, but Maldini just skipped by him like nothing

>>149745806
Keane is a fake hardman

>>149745806
I'm Paolosexual but: Baresi>>>>>Maldini.
Yes I'm old enough to remember.

>>149746445
What made him better?

>>149737255 (OP)
miles better than today's football, but pretty soulless already compared to the '80s and '90s.

>>149746457
Nothing that dude is retarded

>>149746457
I"ll give it a try.
Baresi's absolute interpretation of his role is what makes him a fascinating (and terribly dominant) player. Obviously, physically, it's from another era and it's incomparable, but no one has led a defense better than him, if only for the way he used the offside line and dictated it to others.

I'll give you that Baresi would probably be ridiculous in today's football given his physical limitations, but he was such a dominant player for almost 10 years. Maldini is a tremendous player, but well, when you move back to the wing because someone else prefers you in the center, I'm sorry, but he isnt the same breed.

TLDR: Maldini is a lesser Baresi. Clone a perfect CB brain into a current player? You take Baresi. All time.

>>149746457
Baresi is (along with Nesta) the only guy besides Ramos who has managed an elite central defense over the long term, capable of winning over very long periods. Maldini played left back, except for a few seasons. Yet 100% respect for Maldini.

>>149738523
You're still a baby
t. 27 year old zoomer

>>149745806
Yeah, I noticed that look he gave him around the 9 second mark.

>>149737255 (OP)
Which game was this? I thought the 2007 match but I don't recall Rui Costa being on that team. Group stage match?

>>149737255 (OP)
consider this: people 20 years from now will look at our times the same way since its all just gonna keep getting worse. so enjoy it

>>149747602
Milan vs Manchester united 2005 Ucl r16

Almost 30 year old boomer here. I remember watching this era. I got into the sport for the first time when euro 2004 was on

>>149746523
This. Football peaked in the 70s and 80s, and has been consistently declining since then.

How did Milan fucked this up?

>>149750198
Pic related

>>149747775
Fug

>>149750198
Milan despite liking amazing on paper neither won the serie a or the champions league that year. Granted juve was involved ins some serious match fixing and got kicked down to serie B for a season as punishment

>>149737255 (OP)
Who's in goal for Yanited? I'm old and I'm at a loss as to who this balding fella is.

>>149747775
Dunno if it can get worse than the Pepball autism era desu. Made me completely stop watching football.
Seems like teams are moving away from that approach at least now.

>>149737255 (OP)
Nah you Zoomoids have it better watching every team in Europe including the national teams filled to the brim with West African footballers.

>>149738573
what. i mean you had mbeumo and cunha and joao pedro at smaller clubs in the premier league. grealish was at villa and van dijk and mane were at soton

>>149737255 (OP)
Crazy how old 28yos looked in 2005, they all look 39-42 on video

Reminiscents of Agassi and Jordan era, full men at 25-28

>>149746589
you know what? fuck you. fuck you in the ass

>>149746364
>successfully fakes it his entire career

>>149737255 (OP)
I wore #7 back in the day when it was the number no one else wanted. that's how old i am.

>>149737255 (OP)
ridiculous amount of soul here
making a PSG vs Man City final looks like La Liga's Segunda División B match

>>149751115
Tim Howard. He was pretty shit for United but really great for Everton.

>>149758922
What caused this? Players today look like soibois

>>149737255 (OP)
>being nostalgic about prememe players
kek

>>149758970
Many such cases. Some players are just afraid of getting carded or hurt for pointless stuff. So pussies like Pepe and Sergio Ramos just get by

>18 year old
gugu tata

Just use old camera, have the players wear baggy jerseys, and have longer hair. That’s literally it.

>>149737255 (OP)
Funny how back in those days I used to think those guys all looked like numales compared to older generations.

>>149765379
Endocrine disruptors in every food source, packaging and water supply

>>149737255 (OP)
Why is it that, not only i can name every player that was shown here( that can be explained easily cause i was 10 then, peak years for following football) but every player there had aura, swagger, proven ability and seems like basically all of them are stars, compared to teams now where it feels like they are all frauds with occasional fraud with superstar treatment? Is it just nostalgia

>>149765801
Skibidi*

>>149737255 (OP)

Yes, a all around better time. No sodomite armbands and other LGBTPedo faggotry shit too.

>>149737255 (OP)
Were these players really better or do we only think that because of nostalgia. Will future generations look back at this PSG and Chelsea team and think "Dembele, Palmer, Enzo, Hakimi, wish i could have seen them play!"?