So many brutal fouls trying to contain him...Italy were very lucky to escape a red card.

There’s this myth that Henry wasn’t a big game player. He was so much more than goals and often when he didn’t score he would have registered an assist or a man of the match performance

I am Italian and Henry is still today my favorite player of all time, when I play in football tournaments I always choose the 14 if I can. The Italian defense in those years was incredible and unique in every role and Henry was the perfect opponent for a great great show.

so many legends in this match! the 2000-2010 decade was golden

Imagine how fast he would have been if he wasn't wearing a parachute

I can tell you, as an Italy fan during that era, NO ONE was scarier than Henry. Zidane not even close. Zidane gets all the hype now for some reason but Henry was always the best player on that French team during that era. Every time he got the ball, it was terrifying. He was always capable of magic.

Imagine Henry in the Modern game, there wouldn't be a defender left on the opposing pitch, the top defenders could only foul him, often blatant reds, he was unplayable.

Henry, Pires, Wiltord, Vieira = Basically mini Arsenal up front.

Used to play with Arsenal in PS2 just because of him.

The G.O.A.T of the E.P.L and the reason I fell in love with football. TH14.

*I can't forget that faithful year 2000 Sunday afternoon here in Jamaica...top 3 most inspired Terrific Henry performances of all times🔥💡🇯🇲👊🏾*

Nesta is one of the games very best CB, to see Henry spin him and leaving him in the dust like that is amazing. Henry was the most exciting player to watch

Imagine this was green Henry, Prime Henry was a few years later!

Most underrated player in football history

henry spinning nesta like a yo-yo. yikes. those were the days man.

How I wish players like Neymar and others will learn from how Henry gets genuinely rough and tough tackled, falls down, even from career wrecking tackles and GETS BACK UP, STANDS UP IMMEDIATELY TO CONTINUE PLAY. Footballers like Neymar etc will do well in the MOVIES. This was even in an era when Strikers were not as protected as in recent times.

henry humiliated cannavaro and nesta in the worst way.... what a player

And that wasn't prine Henry... How he never won the ballon d'or still puzzles me

I well remember this game. This Henry was crazy good. TH at 22 was better than Mbappe at the same age. Henry 2000> Mbappe 2020 Mbappe was more precocious, i mean Mbappe 20 > Henry 20, but starting at 22, TH became someone else. And i think there were a lot more great player back then. At tha time, the name's greatest were : Zidane, Djorkaef in France Figo in Portugal, Ronaldo, Rivaldo in Brazil Batistuta, Redondo in Argentina Totti, Del Pierro, Maldini in Italy, Bergkamp, Seedorf in Netherlands, Raoul in Spain etc.... Today, compare these name with Benzema, Old Cristiano, old Messi, Neymar, Verrati, Chiesa, Van Djik, De Bruyne, Salah etc... Compare Maldini, Canavaro, Nesta, Stamp, Thuram, Cafu, Carlos with Van djik, Bonucci, Rudiger, Alexander Arnold... Not the same things!

Was a GREAT match; goals from Wiltord, Del vechio & Trezugette were absolutely memorable Kluvert was unplayable, Totti was very good, Germany was rebuilding then ......Euro 2000 was just awesome!

First R9 blew Nesta back out then your boi Henry wanted a go lol

Man played like this in a final, unreal.

This is a GOAT performance. Only 20 years old and humiliating Maldini, Nesta, Canavaro its a joke.

i'm french and italian defense made a great work on him. he was unstoppable, but have no real situation to score, they pushed him on side, made fouls when they have to. great game by the italians. we were lucky on this game

unbelievable pace

Our Henry, the Legend of Highbury, the scourge of defenders and nightmare of goalkeepers. Dear Henry, he of the Gunners of yore. Well, that was Henry as we remember him.

That team was a joy to watch of course it helped he was a gunner to this day my car plate still says TH 14

No he didn't. Italy had him covered easily, it was because of 2 stupid mistakes that Italy lost. Nesta was the best player of the tournament.

Today I changed my mind - Italian Defence over hyped! 😅 But Henry still the same - Top Class Striker! 😃

Prolly Titis best showing in a final against an immaculate défense that played him well really considering. Zizou barely showed in that final (but was extraordinary for the other games). Back when pure defending was still an art form.

Мој омиљени играч свих времена.

Ronaldo Fenomeno at 21 and Thierry Henry at 23 humiliated Italian defense like a boss ... GOAT Strikers .... Van Basten Ronaldo Romario Henry Shevchenko ... 5 best strikers from last century

Henry Me Love! The King

King Henry for a Reason TH14 the best ever.

its like watching Mbape terrorize defenders now loool titi!

Here after the Henry and Maldini interaction.looks like Henry came out better in this battle

Thierry Henry Is my best ever player

Wiltord,Pires, Trezegeut and Makelele all deserve to go down as legends

تيري هنري لاعب نادي الارسنال وبرشلونة والمنتخب الفرنسي أحسن لاعب هداف وسريع وفنان ومبدع وراقي لكن مظلوم إعلاميا يستمتع المشاهد باسلوبه وحركاته ولمساته السحرية جوكر يجعل المشاهد يتمتع بكرة القدم وجعلني أحب الفريق الذي يذهب إليه ابو حسن

Rare breed

If im picking an all time 11 hes my striker

He was.... he was.

Only he and Ronaldo9 have had this great ball control at such high speed.

Back when the top players got kicked to pieces but just shrugged it off, got up, and played on.

He played well in that final but the ones who deserve credit for bringing the chaos that destroyed Italy's defence were Pirès, Wiltord and Trezeguet.

Henry straight abused a legendary Italian defense in this game

The KinG, TH14 is the greatest striker PL ever witnessed. Period

Horrible referee, it's he's not allowed to get away from the defender when they are dragging and pulling at him..

This Guy was so fast that even his team mates had great challenge catching up with him too🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I watched football bcs him

There is a Martinelli in thus man

after Totti best player that day

Henry won the most motm awards in the entire tournament. Why was zidane given player of the tournament?

Maybe he was faster than our Mbappe

2 minutes of silent for those said guy named Walker would take this beast down

🥇💪🏅

italy playstyle, foul and provoke as in 2006 final

I always hated to see Italy playing since mid 80'S, it's all about fouls and stopping the opponent anyway possible...

Best prem player. By a distance

Henry best striker since Pele and the greatest ever French player and I can debate that. watching fancy moves or step over or elegant moves or great goals on youtube highlights doesn't tell the true story of how great a player is .

Watching this is just another reminder of how nice it is to have Italy out of top tournaments. Dirtiest team out there

Honestly feel like this guy was better than R9. If he was Brazilian he would be considered better than R9.

Zidan was in the team and the young Henry was running the show

Gud

italy were playing 4 CB 😅

That French National team of 2000 was some team !

What a strong defense. Because of that the stats doesn't mean everything. I don't think Messi and even Ronaldo have the same stats with this kind of defense. In this area the defense were very very strong particularly in Italy.

Neymar would still be rolling after these tackles.

Same as mbappe the dribbling the pace

He played so well in this final and yet the narrative was that Henry didn’t show up for finals because he didn’t score 🙄. Unfortunately Paris in 06 will linger in the mind forever. We shouldn’t let that completely distort the picture tho.

I've seen at least 4 yellow cards and a red card...

VAR would've had a field day

smh,smh,it's very very sad how Henry is not considered the best striker since Pele and top 5 greatest ever player . Henry has been a better and more efficient striker than r 9 and he is the best of his generation ahead of zidan,r 9,Ronaldinho etc

تيري هنري لعب لعب بالطليان

Mbappe learned a lot from TH.

mbappe is the new version of this guy

the cycle repeats

canavaro had long hair???

الفريق الايطالي لعب وسخ وعنيف جدآ وتحكيم زفت ضيقوا خلقي على اللعب مسكين هنري كسروه تكسر

That butcher, Nesta tried to break his legs. Pathetic.

The next time some deluded nutter claims harry kane is better then henry i will send them this video, look at that defense hes facing and he has them all over the place, kane scores a penalty against Norwich and is talked about like a god by the media

Great player but he still did not score ;). Italy's defense it is absolutely the best in the world.

Yeah he embarrassed them so much ended not scoring/assists or F-ALL in yet another final as the Italian defenders dealt with him. Typical Thierry flopped in all finals that he played throughout his entire career & NEVER not even once ended as top scorer or best striker in tournaments. FACT🤷🏻‍♂️you can all bark now

You were reaaly good in this match，but not good enough to be the MVP of this match even France took the champion. Frankly, you played much better than Zidane did in national matches.

He looKs like jon jones

young Henry just made legend defenders like Nesta and/or Cannavaro look like desperate youngsters frightened of a superstar player

But against maldini...

Great Henry Great everybody.... But Fabio Grosso from nowhere Is Better 🇮🇹😁🤣👍

This reminds me back in the day i used to play PS2 and i have Pro Evolution Soccer and Henry run like a cheetah 😂 just like Ronaldo the Fenomena

Not sure about that! He played well but didn't score...pretty sure it went to penalties.. Both Italian centre halves were excellent that night

humiliated the best team in the world? lol, shit click bait title. there is nothing humiliating about getting outclassed by one of the most excellent strikers in the world. its like people who dont watch football are judging only on how it looks on TV

looking at the videos, my opinion is that Mo Salah is wayyy better. Those defenders aren't PL defenders. VVD would've put him in his pocket for sure

Imagine Henry vs Maguire in todays football.

If Henry was playing in Italy, his career would've ended early. He was good and fast, but those Italian defenders would do anything to get the ball, including ending your career