Don't forget poland

Gentile era come il gatto, sapeva solo colpire, non suonava niente! colpendo finché non sono riuscito a fermare Zico e Maradona.

Kicking, tripping and holding players, all behind the referee's back is not what defending is about. Watch some videos of Franz Beckenbauer.

​@@gunternetzer9621Watch some video of Baresi and Maldini, the best defenders ever.

@@gunternetzer9621 The Argentines got back from fate what they did in '78 with the Hungarians' young classic, Törőcsik.

That's just admitting defeat

@@magopiendibene You know nothing about real football. Gentile was the antithesis of what football and defending should be about. A coward and a bully who did it all behind the referees back. Compare him with Franz Beckenbauer or Paul Breitner who won all their duels by interception using skill and intelligence. Gentile should have been banned from the game or a given lengthy suspension but was indulged by compliant managers and weak referees.

Like scoring by hand as Maradona did?

​​@@eliantotristalia1695 Fouling 23 times in single world Cup. Today's standard Gentile would be out within no time

@@eliantotristalia1695 I you know, if that goal would have been disallowed, Maradona would’ve scored 2 more to England, Maradona was unstoppable in 1986.

Fun fact, "Gentile" in italian means Kind

Nice observation

Esatto

Just compare him to maldini , which shows the difference in class !!

Sissies like Neymar wouldn't even enter the pitch...

@@rinkiakepapa5625 but maldini never won a world cup...

Italy's cynical, dirty, time wasting culture prevented them winning more titles.

​@@gunternetzer9621You are obsessed, an italian bullied you or stole your girl, isn't it?😂😂😂

@@gunternetzer9621bru💀💀💀

Steve Jones Your assessment is spot on. It is arguably the greatest game ever played. Brazil had Zico but Serginho was a joke. He shanked a clear goal in the first half. Brazil brought on Isidoro in the second half but he should have started instead. Zoff made arguably the greatest save in a World Cup tournament towards the end of the match which would have given Brazil the result it needed to go through had it gone in. I still have this match on VHS cassette. LOL!!

Steve Jones bullshit socates scored his perfectly legitimate second goal that wasn't offside and zico had a clear blatant penalty denied when he was shirt was ripped in half and he was chopped down in the penalty box. Brazil 4 Italy 4 Brazil goes through. Secondly Italy third goal was illegitimate as the goal they scored from the corner didn't cross the line for a corner.

true jones! they had the lumber jack SERGINHO CHULAPA... I believe that Brazil would have won it had careca been fully fit for spain 82.

Penal in zico

Steve Jones Brazil wasn't good defensively either , not to mention their bad goalkeeper , they got by weak teams in the first round and when they played a strong Italian team their defense was exposed .

Unfair. Italy won that world cup by attacking.

@@wonjubhoy Gentile era come il gatto, sapeva solo colpire, non suonava niente! colpendo finché non sono riuscito a fermare Zico e Maradona.

Maradona was too young in 1082, 4 years later the Diego was unstoppable

Gentile era come il gatto, sapeva solo colpire, non suonava niente! colpendo finché non sono riuscito a fermare Zico e Maradona.

Gentile era come il gatto, sapeva solo colpire, non suonava niente! colpendo finché non sono riuscito a fermare Zico e Maradona.

Gentile era come il gatto, sapeva solo colpire, non suonava niente! colpendo finché non sono riuscito a fermare Zico e Maradona.

They would be constantly suspended after been sent off 🤣🤣 they still moan about protecting players aswell, they want to thank their lucky stars they’ve never had to play this guy 🤣

@@donaldduck5553 Gentile was the antithesis of what football and defending should be about. A coward and a bully who did it all behind the referee's back. Compare him with Franz Beckenbauer or Paul Breitner who won all their duels by interception using skill and intelligence. Gentile should have been banned from the game or a given lengthy suspension but was indulged by compliant managers and weak referees.

He should have banned from the game. A dreadful player who did it all behind the referee's back. He should have been driving an Italian tank with one gear - backwards.

@@gunternetzer9621 well if he did it to the referees face he would of been sent off every game 🤣 rumour has it he’s still hanging onto zico

Amazing team who won the ultimate prize in football

so what happened to conti in 86 he played in 86 what. happened and this is the same team same players that drew with peru and camerroon and should have lost only beat poland cause boneik was out

Because player like vierchowod , van basten must retired earlier...

Baresi too😉

baresi, vierchovod, bergomi, tasotti, the list of Italian Butchers is endless....

Gentile was the antithesis of what football and defending should be about. A coward and a bully who did it all behind the referees back. Compare him with Franz Beckenbauer or Paul Breitner who won all their duels by interception using skill and intelligence. Gentile should have been banned from the game or a given lengthy suspension but was indulged by compliant managers and weak referees.

NONSENSE

correct

how about roy keane?

Vinnie Jones a.k.a bullet tooth Tony.

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cause italian tackles touch the ball... unlike Pepe's and others. Look at Maldini, Nesta, Baresi etc... 90 minutes, 40 tackles, 0 fouls.

From Glasgow!

La pobreza no te deja ver a Maradona

​@@zunder8113Zico fue mejor que Maradona y ambos superiores a Messi.

@@galotorres8393 jaja que pelotudo

Lol...Baresi ,Maldini are class...not frauds like Gentile

fabrykiro Absolutely correct , Messi wouldn't stand a chance with players like Gentile .

Better than Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar

jim doe yes like he's done in every world cup tournament he's played in..🤣🤣

@Chakka Boola wow I thought Shearer had record with 11

@Chakka Boola so confused. It was in relation to the Neymar game in which he was fouled 10 times but they claimed the record still belonged to Shearer with 11

You are correct. Footbal is fixed sometimes

Fik Desta Both defended hard but did not make bad fouls.

bebeto and romario had the feet but didnt exploit the body as much as Diego which many times went forward just thanks to body strenght and fighting.

Baresi was absolute class. And what a defensive line-up he was part of un that Italy team, with a young Maldini, Mauro Tassotti, and Costacurta.

True. That performance by Baresi and the other defenders is the greatest piece of defending I have ever seen up until this day.

Yeah yeah yeah !! Baresi, Maldini ? great players... but no WORLD CUPS...

you were born in 40s 50s

John Charles legend, from a Juventus fan

@@luca91274 he played centre forward too sometimes? Only player that flexible I can remember was Ruud Hullit.

Non ti illudere, non é Libico ma i suoi Genitori in quel periodo vivevano in Libia perché la sua familia svolgeva dei lavori per la Diplomazia Italiana a Tripoli. Gentile é Italiano di genitori Italiani di Sangue Italiano, fatti passare subito quest illusione

His nickname is actually Gheddafi

Thats what theyve been doing to messi for past 16 years

Hard....... but Gentile.... xD

😂😂

Popping the blue pills, i guess lmado 😉😂😂😂😁😊

Just like Maradona against Argentina...

Sweet DREAMS are made of you!

he was born in libya and lived there till years old

You saw one picture and now you say "ripping shirtS when you can't hit the more talented"? Really? What about all the tackles on the ball on Zico?

Ball winning is a euphemism for kicking people. If you like your football in a skilled and cultured groove it is possible to win the ball without doing this - the classic example from the past is Jean Tigana from the great French midfield of the 80’s. The wiry man from Mali was never a chopper; more of an interventionist; anticipating passes and cutting them out - always the first attacking player to get back to help in defence and always available just outside his own penalty area if a colleague won the ball in defence. From there with one deft pass he turned defence into attack. He often cut out opposing attacks by intercepting passes in midfield at the precise spot where the ball could be won, without a tackle and certainly not by kicking anyone. The art of interception sets the quality defenders and midfield players a big step apart from players who might be quicker, but rarely look and think.

he said if i go to final i will shave my moustache

Jorge Ponce. 2)You know that rules are change? 2)Prove your statement

In this game, Gentile was called 23 fouls (some fouls were not called at all, he actually committed more than 30) and received only one yellow card. That 23-to-1 disproportion had not been seen and was not to be seen again in any World Cup. Joao Havelange put pressure on FIFA Referee Committee so that refereeing would never again be so lenient. Havelange (of Brazilian origin) wanted to preserve elegant South American playmakers against atrocious defenders, mostly Italians and Germans.

Jorge Ponce​ Never found any sources about this fouls. You didn't bring any source,except a biased BRAZILIAN Fifa president.Yeah,really beliavable.

Watch the game and count the fouls, including the 23 that were called by the Romanian referee.

Jorge Ponce​ Sorry,but this isn't a valid argument.Lots of people watched the semifinals and the final where Italy won the WC,even if Brazil was eliminated.So? They wanted to see Italy afterall...

Maddalin Tudor Prove it. Gentile was hard but did not do hard fouls

Watch the match .. Romania - Italy - EURO '84 Qualifiers .. it was 1 0 for Romania (goal by Boloni with Balaci with the assist) .. Look at the final whistle when Gentile goes to hug Balaci at their way to the locker-rooms.. All the entire match Gentile was a "toy".. Balaci asked him several times "That is Antognoni ? Yes. That is Rossi ? Yes.. But who are you ? said Balaci to Gentile.. Then Gentile explodes :))) .. Balaci had the most higher cheek in the history of romanian football.. even more than Hagi or Dobrin.. Balaci at the age of 18 was the leader of the national team..

Maddalin Tudor I saw it and I saw nothing special....yes,Italy played bad,but I didn't see this "Baraci" dangerous at all.... And I found no source of that dialogue. Baraci sure was good for Romania standart but Italy 1984 wasn't as strong as in 1982,whith same fellung they had during the tournament.

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Maddalin Tudor​ Where di he said that? He was talkin about Maradona

Ancora godo

he wasn't a killer since he never tackled an opponent with the intention of harm - as for instance did Roy Keane once

in fact he never injure any players

Typical hater... English maybe?

Who cares if he had no talent otherwise. He's a world cup winner and he did his job with maximum effectiveness. Paolo Rossi also didn't have much skill with his feet, but he was a textbook poacher.

Maradona received a red card against Brazil for a criminal foul!

@@zzzzzz8515 Maradona fouls the Brazilian who in the previous play, cases injuries to an Argentine player. That part is never shown

he's a defender....and neither Maradona nor Zico have scored a goal when he marked them

@@juliozapata1134 yes he stopped Maradona fouling him 21 times and Zico by grabbing and breaking his shirt when he was about to score..

@@trlz3085 bla bla bla

But it takes skill to prevent goals

but then again, kenny burns wasn't as hard as romeo benetti..the true GOAT of hardman.