"He (Angel Di Maria) has so many skills to be a super-superstar and he behaves like a no. six, he behaves like a helper for others, like a Real Team Player. Amazing Mixture!" - Thomas Tuchel

The di maria thing always gets to me. He’s so good but he’s never really been on a team where he is the best players

I'd say Edison Cavani. Overshadowed by Ibra, then Neymar even Membape. Now CR7. There are only a few seasons where he's the club main man. Even at National level, he's overlooked because of Luis Suarez. But he's, imo, one of the finest striker in the generation

One player I can really appreciate, especially for his time in Wolfsburg is definetely Edin Dzeko. Tremendous striker who had the bad luck to be born in Bosnia Herzegowina. If he had been born in a country that could win stuff, he would be appreciated as much as he deserves to be

Perisic would’ve been a good shout for this list, he was always good at every club he played for but was never the main man because he played with de bruyne at Wolfsburg and with Lukaku at Inter. And that’s not even mentioning the national team he has been excellent in every single tournament he’s played in but was always never as talked about as the big stars of the Croatian team like Modric, Rakitic and Mandzukic.

Thanks for mentioning van Hanegem, he is appreciated here in the Netherlands but often overlooked everywhere else.

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I think Di Maria is the most under apreciated and underated player of all time!

This video surely deserves a sequel! There's no shortage of examples to pick from. Loved the inclusion of Coutinho, he certainly deserves more attention and praise, even here in Brasil! Alfie, If you do a following to this video in the future, I have some names I'd like to suggest: Bebeto (especially in 1994's Brasil) David Villa (Barcelona and Spain) Claude Makélélé (first years of the 'Galáticos Era') Jari Litmanen (at club level)

Best example in all sports is with Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan

Barzagli for Juve and Italy, people always talked about Chiellini and Bonucci instead

Van Hanegem is a great example, star player of the Feyenoord team that won the European Cup and arguably the Netherlands' second best player ever, ahead of van Basten, Gullit, Robben etc., yet he is rarely mentioned anymore. Besides having brilliant technique and vision, he was nicknamed 'the Crooked' for his outside of the boot curling passes across the pitch, he was a notoriously tough tackler, very physical despite his lack of pace, and regularly scored double figures in the Eredivisie as well.

Can you do a documentary on the afc Wimbledon on the nine promotions in eleven years, how they’re a fan own club and how they have a stadium in plough lane now. The story of they lost the club, how the F A allowed that and won’t allow that anymore. How they went up the English football leagues.

Claudio Marchisio was my favorite midfielder for like 10 years, really happy to see him get a shout in this video

An extraordinary genius who has a lot of talent but goes unnoticed ... but I'm always been a Di Maria fan. That one goal against France in 2018 alone is enough to show his ability... Di maria ❤️

Rui Costa was definitely a Midfield Maestro

In Portugal, we call that João Pinto, João Vieira Pinto to not be confused with the other footballer João Pinto who was a legend in the 1980s and 90s for FC Porto.

Rui Costa, that Fiorentina shirt, memories... Great video!

For a second part of this (absolutely brilliant list) I would suggest Thomas Müller. I feel like outside of Germany he rarely gets the kind of recognition he deserves. I would genuinely argue that he's overall, pound for pound a better player than Neymar and other "Ballon d'Or Winners in a world without Messi and Ronaldo " contenders that grab more headlines and attention.

Pele always tends to overshadow the rest of the 1970 world cup winning Brazilian stars even though there was numerous star players on that team even without Pele they would still likely have won the world cup but its always Pele who gets the credit.

Juninho Pernambucano was overshadowed in the Brazilian national team, also Jorge Burruchaga was an incredible player in his prime, very elegant on the ball, quite fast and athletic and had great vision but he is not as well known as his teammate Diego Maradona.

A name that comes to mind is Santiago Cañizares, goalkeeper for Valencia during their really good period of early 2000s. He was one of the outstanding GKs in Spanish football, but he happened to coincide with a rising star like Casillas. Cañizares was very highly regarded in Spain and would feature for the NT some times, but Casillas was most often the first choice and would become far more recognized internationally. It's fair, as Casillas really was a top-3 world class GK, but Cañizares was also brilliant in his own right, and could have been a bit more widely known if Casillas hadn't burst into the scene at such a young age.

I don't watch PSG that much but when i do, I always see Angel Di Maria as the only one running hard amongst Neymar, Messi and Mbappe.

Criminal to leave out Thomas Müller on this list. Never made world XI, despite his consistently fantastic goal contributions per 90. World cup, WC golden boot, 2 trebles, broken Bundesliga assist record-Lewandowski, as fantastic as he is, has much of his success due to Müller shadowing him

Thank you for recognizing Marchisio! He is a Juventus legend and fan favorite for those exact reasons!

Man Utd fan here, and I’m glad to see Carrick on a list of underrated talents. Even having watched the club for nearly 3 decades, he is one of my favorite players of all time, very much an English Pirlo to me.

Do you think Keylor Navas should be in this list? Doesn't get applauded for his efforts in both Madrid and PSG

A great example would be Benzema at Real Madrid, massively overshadowed by Ronaldo. One of the best strikers of this century..but he gets no credit Frank Rijkaard was Massively overshadowed by Ruud Gullit too

Thanks for including Angel di Maria, very underrated.

From an arsenal fans perspective, who went to every highbury game during pires time at the club, I got to disagree about his inclusion. Everyone was well aware of him being just as important as Henry. It sounds like sounds like the opinion of someone that is too young to remember the period. If you wanted an example of an under rated player at arsenal during the period, Gilberto Silva is your man. "The invisible wall" is the most under rated player I have seen at arsenal, he even got heckled by arsenal fans.

Great list Alfie! If you ever do a part 2, perhaps Sandor Kocsis? Scored so many goals for Hungary but in comparison to Ferenc Puskas he's somewhat overlooked

HITC Sevens was the last place where I'd have expected to hear the name "Ancient Aliens"😂

Feel like Gundogan is a great shout too

Your honorable mentions make me wonder if Benzema would have ever gotten his flowers if Cristiano stayed at Real Madrid.

You missed the obvious one IMO. Edinson Cavani. When he arrived to PSG, he was overshadowed by Zlatan. When Zlatan left, Neymar & Mbappe soon arrived and once again put Cavani in the shadows. When he left PSG and joined United, he soon was overshadowed by CR7. The whole career of Cavani can be sumbed up as him being the second wheel. That's a shame considering the fact that he's always performed well

Loved that you highlighted Coutinho and Wim de Kromme in this video! Van Hanegem especially, as an American grandson of Dutch war refugees (my Opa loved footy, the class Dutch players especially, him and my Dad were/are Massive Oranje and PSV fans ) I grew up watching the players that won Euro 88 and broke into the team throughout the 90's after but always regaled with stories of Abe Lenstra, Faas Wilkes, Sjaak Swart, Willem van Hanegem, Barry Hulshof, Arnold/Gerry van Muhren, and of course Coen Dillen and Willy van der Kuijlen being my Opa and Dad's respective favorite players...plus many others! My favorites were Van Basten, Cocu, and I loved watching all of the great Surinamese/Dutch talents too! Davids, Seedorf, Rijkaard, and Gullit just blew me away. The amount of truly class players being produced by these two tiny countries from the mid-1930s on is just wild!

Every Santos fan, regardless his age, knows the best attack line that ever played at our country: Dorval, Mengalvio, Coutinho, Pelé e Pepe

Great analogy with JFK, Huxley and CS Lewis. Enjoyed that

Would love a part two. I also believe Keylor Navas deserves this title. Was behind Casillas until he left, then behind Courtois went to PSG and is now behind Donnarumma. All while being an elite level keeper where ever he has played. Multiple champions leagues and league titles, as well being a great servant for Costa Rica especially during their run in the 2014 World Cup.

Another brilliant video

I'd have to add Nándor Hidegkuti, whose role as a deep-lying centre forward (the original false 9?) was pivotal to the Aranycsapat era. Also, from the great French team of the early '80s, dominated by Platini, Marius Trésor - a defensive rock who retired before the 1984 Euros.

Thank you for including Marchisio, Marchisio is last homegrown player to make a great splash. He was always clutch and underrated in the team.

Mark my words, Marchisio will be a phenomenal Coach if he decides to become one. He always had this "stying in the background, giving the spotlight to others, but still having full control of the pitch and the way how the game is played" - vibe. He was phenomenal in his days and that over a long period of time.

Love videos like these

I would have added Costacurta, overshadowed by Maldini, Baresi and Nesta

Pogba overshadowed by Lingardinho😭

Shout out to Peter Beardsley.

So many times I have had to explain to Prem fans just how great Marchisio was and why us Juve fans rated him so highly

You should do Man City 11/12 vs Man City 21/22 combined XI. It's finally been long enough for City's first post-takeover club heroes to leave the club, so there's enough of a difference between the two sides to make a really interesting video.

Great video as always Alfie 🔥

Weird how nobodies mentioning di Maria got the opportunity to be the main man at Manchester united, but it didn't work out. Some players are just meant to be behind the scenes supporting players. They deserve more credit though

This is an another great video 👍

Marchisio was brilliant. One of the last true box to boxers.

Stupendous video

Robert Pires was my favourite. Seeing Pires and Henry in that Dreamcast shirt... memories, love it. It's the first shirt I ever owned.

Thomas Muller deserves a shout his never really been praised for what his capable of doing

Finally some recognition for how brilliant pires was 🙌

I love you Alphie, finally Our great willem whom I am named after is being talked about. In the Netherlands there was long a duscussion if he was the most important player for the dutch "Total football".

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There was a time at Real where I thought Di Maria was the third best player in the world.

Rooney as an honorable mention is a bit far fetched. He was Englands star for years and after Ronaldo’s departure from United he was their star for a few years too.

HITCSevens, please do a video about the best XI in the Premier League since 1992 in each position e.g Schmeichel, Cech in goal, Neville, Azpilicueta, Walker at right back. It would be brilliant.

Could you do a video about the best players from countries bad at football. Ps, love your videos🤌

You definitely could have done a part two on this. People would eat this up

Lovely video as always. I know that you enjoy the word “myriad” but just fyi it does not require “of” after. Think of it as more akin to many than to millions when describing a number.

Could you do: 7 3-way transfers, 7 best underdog youth league runs or 7 luckiest players- talent in comparison to titles won or players played with. Thanks

Instantly thought of Zidane and Djorkaeff. Without Zidane the French side would have been built around djorkaeff 96-2000

I fully agree with you in this list and hope to see Angel Di Maria boss to be shining once again with Paris Saint Germain and Argentina national team alongside Lionel Messi boss,good friends!!!:-D

It’s the same thing in psg with di Maria again

You should do a video on the 7 best player-managers ever or the most clubs represented by the same player and manager duo, for example Benitez and Rondon

Robert Pires is one of my all time favorite, it’s incomprehensible how underrated he was. Only his missed penalty stayed in history😂

part 2 of this video please

This needs a second part. Other examples are Thomas Müller, Marco Verratti and Blaise Matuidi

Pires ability should probably be mentioned more akin to the likes of Giggs or Ginola. They still get a retrospective look and rightly so as building the bricks of what premier league widemen should be. Heck, even Beckham’s crossing ability from wide is still a referenced hallmark of the league even if it pales in comparison to his fame. That Arsenal left wing and Robert Pires’ contribution to it is actually something to be highlighted and built upon. It’s really some of the best footballing offerings the league has given us since ‘92. It was a definitive step forward to the European technical quality where we are now.

Can you do a video of the fall and rise of Belgium team Union SG?

I saw Nicky Butt playing for Birmingham a fair bit and must query your suggestion of him as an honorable mention. What do you think happened to him by that stage if his inclusion for consideration in such a list is truly valid?

Some footballers are overshadowed. This suggestion hopefully not. Day 5: Top 7 second/amateur teams in football (Hertha BSC II which almost won the DFB Pokal, Real Madrid Castilla who lost to their first team in the spanish cup in 1980 but got into Europe, Wellington Phoenix Reserves who play in the NZ National League)

Best German Premier league players of all time I'm posting this request on behalf of another fan/subscriber who has made this request 255 times/days. His name is Ryuzaki Taiyou so all credit goes to him.

Sonny Anderson, Mario Jardel, Giovane Elber all overshadowed by Ronaldo Nazario

Does anyone know what songs he uses in these videos? I can barely hear the music these days because its been lowered but its relaxing and i've never figured it out

14:40 I love how there is a a guy on the roof of a grandstand🤣

Carrick was so important to our success with his passing which allowed us to control games

Pires was absolutely first class My French friends at the time loved the style that he brought to the game. That Arsenal team was unbelievable. The first 11 was the stuff of legend.

angel di maria use to play with both Cristiano and Lionel Messi.

If u ask any arsenal fan about thier glory years, they all remember pires bergkamp and henry. Most of the midfield credit went to Patrick Vieira ..but who people still tend to forget is Gilberto Silva.

You should look into Jorge El Mágico Gonzalez, a player Maradona, said was better than himself, but never gets much love from being from a small country

0:55 I think NBA Basketball Legend Sam Jones is a great example. He died on the 31st of December, but it was overshadowed by Betty White dying a couple of hours later.

Considering when Alfie showed the Barca team photo my brain went “Xavi, Iniesta, Messi” the requirements for this list are very hard to disagree with

Guti and Raul/ the stars of the real team of that time?

Di Maria is a greater big match player than Neymar and many other players under spotlight and that's a fact.

Because of politics is why Wayne Rooneys name is not mentioned,the most overshadowed player in the history of football if he did follow Ronaldo to Real Madrid,he would still be playing like Bale,but because of the signing of Ronaldo than and now is put a burden on his legacy,at Manchester united, his own country,turned there back on him...one of the greatest

The thing not to be forgotten about Ángel di María is that he was one of the best players of Man United until during one of his matches somebody broke into his house and held his family at knifepoint IIRC. Anybody saying he was a bust should ask themselves how should he have kept performing in circumstances like that. And it say a lot about how good a player he was that even then he had the 3rd most assists in the whole division. He is more fairly appreciated outside of England, I think. People aren't concerned with the one season at Man Utd when you have a decade and a half at Benfica, Real Madrid and PSG.

Pires was brilliant

Robert Pires is a Arsenal legend I think most of our fan base will tell you he wasn't overshadowed, maybe to neutral fans he was but Pires was a baller if you was lucky enough to see him play every week.

I feel like scoring in all three of the winning finals for your country is pretty legendary

Try to make a video on UCL winners that were not winners of local league. I think is important as in my opinion champions league should only be made from league winners from all European countries

Honorable mentions: Pedro, Karim Benzema ( pre Ronaldo leaving), Edin Dzeko, Keylor Navas, Roy Makaay, Olivier Giroud.

robert pires was one of my fav players ...... he was truely criminally underrated .. carrick was the solution to the English golden generation, but they went with stardom, rather than quality .... Di Maria is basically criticized in England ... rest of the world knws hw talented he is ..... one bad season (whr he was initially good in beginning) doesn't defines a players career ....

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I have a friend who’s uncle was Robert pires