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My grandfather is Italian. I have only seen him cry when my grandmother died and when he sees Marco van Basten on television. Even when Marco gives just commentary on a football game in a language my grandfather doesn’t understand. That tells me how great Marco was, and still is, in Italy.
@Ordinary Opinion I think so too. Why would anybody cry over seeing a person that you admire on TV? I mean, he can obviously cry over what he want but since the commentator wrote that he never saw him cry except at the 2 mentioned times, I call bs. Sounds a bit fake.
Van Basten is the reason I started watching football. When I was 8 years old I didn’t like football but the euros were on and I saw him score a hat tick against England and it was like he was on another level to everyone else. Decades later and I’m still obsessed by him.
It's incredible to think that in his short career (only 10 years), Marco Van Basten was fully fit in only 3 (actually the first 3), and until the rest of his career he had to deal with problems with his ankles and knees, and despite these problems, he scored a massive amount of goals, won many trophies and won the Ballon d'Or 3 times. Imagine what kind of player he could be without these injuries...
You could say the same about Ronaldo. The *actual* Ronaldo - the Brazilian one. If his knees weren't such a problem, can you imagine what he could have done?
@@drstone2358 I remember seeing Kobe say he took major inspiration from Van Basten during his time in Italy, both of them are legends of their respective sports
coming from someone who grew up watching 2010s football , for me the quality of strikers during the 80s and 90s were insane , even small clubs had big names. ( Shearer , R9 , Romario , Van Basten , Batistuta , Suker , zamorano , Bebeto , salas , etc) you don’t find players like them these days.
@@marko5532 really? That’s pretty cool, yeah he had a very unfortunate end, either you die a hero or live long enough to become a villain, for me Van Bastens career ended like a hero
Best out and out striker I ever saw. His balance and ball control were exceptional. His vision was like an eagle. His precision on shooting was like a marksman. He was a genius. Should never be forgotten.
I grown up watching him and crying when he retired. The best striker for me. When he had the ball in the pinalty box, it was almost 100% goal guarantee. Thanks Marco for all of the memories.
Well the physio told the management that he is good to go. And he was one of the most essential players in Cruyffs Ajax. So let's say it like this if you are the coach of Tottenham and Harry Kane your best striker is injured and suddenly the physio says he can continue won't you want him to?? That is what cruyff did.
If I remember correctly in his book, it was Fabio Capello. Capello knew it and can't hold his tears in MVB retirement. In Milan he never played with both healthy legs.
Something missing from the analysis is the elegance with which he played football. It was delightful to watch him play. One of the best player. I remember a stat at Milan from La Gazzetta dello Sport at the time: he did not touch the ball a lot but 7 out of 10 time he touched the ball, it would end up in a goal.
As a Dutch I am so proud of our players it’s so sad that we didn’t win more international trophies we arguabaly have the best best players ever for a country
Pound for pound Holland may be the one country that has produced the best players, certainly in Europe. With a population of around 15 million (and less 20-50 years ago) it is quite remarkable how many technically gifted players have come out of the Netherlands. And they keep coming. Yes, based on technical skill, Holland has underachieved. They should have won in 1974, maybe even in 1978. Not to forget the matches against Brazil in 1994 and 1998. The one in 1994 was a great, great game. Even Beckenbauer himself said around 25-30 years ago in a joint TV interview with Cruyff that Cruyff was the best player to ever come out of Europe. Marco van Basten is one of my all-time favorite players and he was without a doubt the best striker of his era and one of the best of all time.
Both true.with so little population so much top class players are insane.also netherland influenced football more than any other country..!But at her top moments lost some finals that should have won.
Italian defense's were super tough back then, uncompromising tackles were part of the game back then as well, not like now when defenders pretty much aren't allowed to tackle
Lol keep acting this way you nostalgia merchants won’t let go that players today are better tactically and will make excuses on how the old players are better keep crying.
@@mehyeah2931hi look guys is the Genz snowflakes crying again hurt their feelings say their dumb excuse nostalgia 😂😂😂 cry me river snowflacke back to your mom basement and keep crying 😂😭
@@mehyeah2931its true tho people who played in that time said that many times. In fact Gullit said you only had 2 camera’s on the pitch. People would spit on you, kick you when the ball wasnt near etc. Maradona also used to get hammered sometimes, the two footed tackles were crazy 😂
What get's me about all these top players from the 80's and 90's is that they mastered the *basics*. Much of the skill work they employed would look simple today, but the difference is that they used them effectively and decisively. All they cared about was finding space as quickly as possible and running towards the goal, no nonsense.
Today this is done at a higher level, also with use of calculated risks (skills or dribbles). Even defence is better than it used to be. It’s just that they’re not allowed to be as rough as in the past anymore.
It was at the old stadium ‘de meer’ in Amsterdam... my father was there and he happened to visit the stadium that day, had no season ticket.. It’s one of Marco’s most famous goal here in The Netherlands
Van Basten was and is my all time favourite player. It’s criminal how his career ended. Considering he was regularly playing against the toughest/best defenders week upon week, his achievements are amazing.
Best Striker alongside Ronaldo Nazário! Amazing Basten! That goal in Euro 88 from an unbelievable angle and all those bicycle kicks, he mastered them! My infancy idol!
I can still remember his time at Ajax and AC Milan well. As a little boy I watched Ajax matches with my father. I also think he was the best striker In and round the 16 meter area
He was much more than just good . He had everything what an excellent player needs. Technical , intelligent , strong and fast . He was more compleet than any other player.
Such a shame his career met its end at only 28 years old...he was outstanding,such a class,one of the best of all time,definitely top 5 of all time for me
33 goals in 46 games for Milan was superb. In Italy back then, goals were difficult to score, and was a low scoring league due to small size of pitches and the defenders were best in the World.
Arguably Holland has the best starting 11 of all time: Van der Sar Krol Koeman Van Dijk Stam Rijkaard Seedorf Gullit Cruyff Van Basten Robben Power, speed, creativity. Subs: Sneijder, van Nistelrooy, van Persie, Kluivert, Neeskens etc. etc.
@@nirnaycreation5611 definitely Bergkamp as well! Just that we have so many good strikers in our history that I had to put etc. I remember in the 2000's we didn't even call up Roy Makaay who was the best striker in the Bundesliga or Bergkamp (though he was slightly older) because we had Kluivert / van Nistelrooy. And now... we're stuck with Wout Weghorst :(
No Wonder when Zlatan Ibrahimovic arrived at Juvenus, Capello showed him Van Bastan's videos everyday to help him improve his technique. What a Dutch legend.
Zlatan already knew van Basten at that time. They were together at Ajax. Zlatan even got in a argue with the trainer, who said he should defend more. Van Basten told Zlatan to save energy for attacking moments. So Zlatan said to the trainer should I listen to you, or to (legend) van Basten...
True. Ibrahimovic was still a playground player. Great skill, but a quit poor basic technique. Cruyff once said about ibra : “he has a great technique for a poor footballer, but a poor technique for a great footballer”
im from 82 and i remeber that when we use to play we were pretanding to be someone, and van basten was always on our lips.even if he retired at 28 he is a LEGEND period.
As clean a striker of the ball as I've ever seen. Add his intelligence and physical attributes and you have a complete football player. Ajax used to create so many
How good was Romário? If Romário had have played 98 and 02 world cups, He could have been considered the football king. Unfortunately, for a lot of reasons, includind his personality, he wasn't summoned. In 1994, Brazil would be out of the world cup, so he was called against the coach willing, and he destroyed in the game facing Uruguay, what leaded Brazil to the cup and after, champion of the cup. This year, Romário was ellected the FIFA best player of the year.
He used to live near by. And as then I guess 18 or 19, he was really patient in giving the kids in the neighbourhood pointers on their technique. And once we played a game, the "kids against him". I believe he still managed to win :D He was as I remember a really, quite friendly guy; he didn't have any "super star syndrome". And I guess he still doesn't.
It's honestly really cool to see that carry over later into his TV analysing stuff. Although it's probably a shame he's no longer a trainer, since we really really could use alot of those right now.
First UCL I ever watched, AC Milan-Goteborg 4-0, Marco scored all four; to me, Van Basten is the best ''true 9'' in history. Plain and simple. Unfortunately he couldn't play past 1994 so that he gets more acknowledgement and trophies and break some more records. His instinct was something !
Top work again one I really wanted to see, most complete centre, the man had crazy numbers and out of this world finishes. All I want now is the Shevencko video
Van Basten was a beast. Back in the early 90's stuff about him was scarce around here and whenever something about him came in the paper kids would cut him out to hang him amongst the legends. Here in Portugal we would always idolize our national players and then Pele, Van Basten, Maradona, Raijkaard, Ronaldo... that's how big he was, he was amongst the legends.
He is a legend. Played with a messedup ankle since his early 20's and still won 3 ballondors. I wish we could go back in time and see what would happen without his injury.
Born in 94 started watching football for as long as I can remember I think the middle of the 90s is where my knowedlege of football kind of starts to slip away
My dad would love to see this video . Marco , Rudd , Franco Beresi , Brian & Micheal Laudrup & Roberto Bagio are just some that come mind . That era really had some solid players .
Marco van Basten, the dancing cat. An incredibly complete striker. A beast that scored from any position, and yet played with an elegance that is unmatched.
he grew up a couple streets behind mine, here in Utrecht, the Netherlands. cant say I knew him, he was 4 or 5 years older. but i saw him, play football on the street. quite something, to have one of the best football players ever come from my neighborhood.
Lethal striker, he inspired so many striker during 90-2000 era, that iconic kick from sideline will be remembered as the one of greatest goal in history
Im a huge CR7 fan..i started watching football from 2007...thanks to ronaldo....but watching your videos...i get to know how great the other legends were...thanks for that
Not to be rude, but I never really saw Ronaldo as someone that has one truely special talent. He has this weird combination where he's exceptional at almost everything, but he's not truly special when it comes to anything except for maybe heading the ball or his work ethic off the pitch. He was an exceptional dribbler till he turned ~30, but not as good as Messi or Ronaldinho or Hazard. He has a phenomenal 'weak foot', but not as good as Sneijder or Kroos or Beckham. His finishing is superb, but it's not as good as Lewandowski, Van Basten or Ronaldo Nazario. He has style and some flair, but not that special touch that Bergkamp or Zidane had. CR7 is special for me because he is the most well rounded forwards maybe ever, but certainly not the best forward for me.
@@blank1933 Maybe, but can you point out to me why he's more rounded? As far as I can tell Ronaldo is one of the few players that can actually play rightwing, leftwing, and striker.
@@suckieduckie it is not about positions it is about ability, baggio could pass dribble shoot hold the ball, run and jump all to a high standard. Cr7 never had all of those abilities at once, they were staggered if he had one he lost the other
The sad thing is , if he was playing football ten years later they could of fixed his ankle , van nistelrooy apparently had a very similar ankle issue and it was able to be sorted thanks to developments in surgery, as a AC Milan fan of that era , he will forever be my number 1 forward .
Happy to have lived through the golden days of Dutch Soccer, with Van Basten, Gullit and Rijkaard still playing in the EreDivisie. Than playing for AC Milan and winning the EuroCup! Just look at the pictures of the Dutchies celebrating this win and in the 'grachten van Amsterdam' (Amsterdam's Canals). Great time to be a Dutch boy growing up. For him (and us as a Nation) it was too bad that he got those ankle injuries. And the fiasco of 1990 World Cup... Always heard that Van Basten and other players wanted Johan Cruyff as Coach of the national team. The Dutch League chose a different coach and the team never was a team from the start. Remember that a lot of great (international) strikers once played in the Dutch League: Ronaldo; Romario; ZLatan and Suarez are some the most recent once. They all learned from Van Basten
Honestly, 3 balon dors at the age of 28? He has a half of fame level career and he retired before he hit age 30, like Raymar said, If he wasn’t plagued with ankle injuries, I’m sure he’d have been the first player with 5 balon dors
@@Omar-kl3xp unfair to call messi and cr7 bettter .based on stats ...the circumstances and context of the era are important nowadays the ball is a lot lighter ,the pitches are better , defenses were way tougher and players got less protection fron refs , current era is amazing but give respect where it's due to other generation of players ...for example if r9 had the sports science that we have now he'd have eaten messi and ronaldos records for breakfast ...he just could never stay fit
You might want to make an edit to your commentary because the reason for his injury is really well documented as it was during an offensive tackle of him during an away game at Groningen early on in his career.
His score with the bicycle kick at 2m:59s is legend. Breaking away from his opponent inflight and scoring like this is incredible. Marco had the talent to score from impossible positions just like Dennis Bergkamp could. Next to the fact that Marco was a very smart striker which literally danced through opponent defenses with the ball glued to his kicks like a ballet dancer.
Proud to be Dutch, Cruyff and van basten are top 10 players of all time for me. IDK why people sleep on van basten or Ferenc Puskas, literally ahead of their time by 30 years.
I always love raymar's review. He is so astonishing. Listening to raymar's review about basten it shows that what a world class player he could have been just like today's Messi or Ronaldo. But injuries didn't make his career go over for a long term
As a Dutchman I grew up watching this guy, he is from the same neighboorhood as I in Utrecht. He was an amazing player. And you're right he almost never missed a penalty kick. Unfortunalty one he did miss was in in the semi final at the Euro 1992, still remember that :(
6:35 I watched that goal live on TV and I knew how good he was years before the game but that goal convinced me I was watching the greatest goalscocer ever.
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Maradona said: "Van Basten was a perfect machine who broke down as soon as he was about to be the best ever" that alone should make everyone think. Besides that he's the only player who won 3 balón d'ors and retired so early. What should stand out tho is watching him play, he had Benzema and lewandowskis touch, Suarez dribbling, van persies coordination, inzaghis off ball movement and zlatan's flair. Only strikers that come close are the Ronaldos: Cristiano is actually more efficient but less classy, R9 was more explosive but had 1/10 of van Bastens ability off the ball. In conclusion the most elegant and pure number 9 that's ever crossed the football pitch.
he should also do a video on like Puskas or Di Stefano or Platini or someone like that, still I’m very happy he mentioned Van Basten, he’s one of my favorites
@@lior995 we have to wait till Lewas Carreer is over. Then we can judge on who is better. But Müller imo is top 3 strikers of all time. Most dont even know him
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Ok Raymar, congrats
Congratulation bro
Congrats bro. Ps I just binged all of your videos Lol.
Congrats. Can’t wait for more consistent uploads.
congrats raymar god bless
My grandfather is Italian.
I have only seen him cry when my grandmother died and when he sees Marco van Basten on television.
Even when Marco gives just commentary on a football game in a language my grandfather doesn’t understand.
That tells me how great Marco was, and still is, in Italy.
Amazing!!
@Ordinary Opinion football man. It’s the beautiful game. It does something to you yk?
He’s also great in the Netherlands because he was one of the men who brought us our only international trophy
You post this on EVERY van Basten video.
Verbatim.
@Ordinary Opinion I think so too. Why would anybody cry over seeing a person that you admire on TV?
I mean, he can obviously cry over what he want but since the commentator wrote that he never saw him cry except at the 2 mentioned times, I call bs. Sounds a bit fake.
47 apps, 33 goals and 33 assists??? That's gotta be one of the best seasons I've heard of in terms of numbers
messi in 2012 want to talk to you
@@bg-sj9tx he said one of not the best.
and Italy had the best defenses in the world then
playing against tough defenses also
Honestly Im not too sure that is correct, seems way too much
Gullit is literally everywhere on this video 🥲 man is haunting me even outside of FUT champs btw would be good if you can make a video on him too
He mentioned him in the ac Milan video
FUT Champs 😂😂😂😂😂
Duh !! MvB played with Gullit next to him or behind him at both AC Milan and Holland, so he would be rarely more than 20 meters away .
Gullit is from Amsterdam...Ajax told him twice he wasnt good enough 😃.Gullit was a beast qiff he couldnt pass you ,he would go through you
@Houssain Al ahmafi he did that on purpose...he knew you would watch..
Van Basten is the reason I started watching football. When I was 8 years old I didn’t like football but the euros were on and I saw him score a hat tick against England and it was like he was on another level to everyone else. Decades later and I’m still obsessed by him.
Same, and i'm English! Watching that '88 side was a revelation
He was the second best player of that era and for me number 10 of all time
Same age and same story! Its was euro 88!
Maybe he was one of the first to use steroids before testing
doesn't help you in football lol@@user-ct1lf3hf1v
It's incredible to think that in his short career (only 10 years), Marco Van Basten was fully fit in only 3 (actually the first 3), and until the rest of his career he had to deal with problems with his ankles and knees, and despite these problems, he scored a massive amount of goals, won many trophies and won the Ballon d'Or 3 times.
Imagine what kind of player he could be without these injuries...
He could have a bigger legacy and continue until 2000
You could say the same about Ronaldo. The *actual* Ronaldo - the Brazilian one.
If his knees weren't such a problem, can you imagine what he could have done?
@@jpgduff I agree, but the other one is also Ronaldo and an amazing player
@@Anoalekontrieger There's only one Ronaldo. He's Brazilian.
@@jpgduff yea no way, Cristiano is just as much a RONALDO as Nazàrio
Fun fact Kobe Bryant Grew up
Inspired by Van Basten and AC Milan
Yup! Kobe lived in Italy
I knew Kobe lived in italy but didn’t know he was inspired by Van Basten
@@drstone2358 I remember seeing Kobe say he took major inspiration from Van Basten during his time in Italy, both of them are legends of their respective sports
@@drstone2358 Fun Fact
Thierry Henry's Idol is Van Basten!
@@zudarzahnshow5759 🤯
He is very underrated most of these kids won’t know him lol.
Only the best of the best are remembered
I do
@@ogwu6732 absolutely right, romario was better than him, nobody remembers him
@@Nishantkumar-zs5vi true true
coming from someone who grew up watching 2010s football , for me the quality of strikers during the 80s and 90s were insane , even small clubs had big names. ( Shearer , R9 , Romario , Van Basten , Batistuta , Suker , zamorano , Bebeto , salas , etc) you don’t find players like them these days.
My dad loved Van Basten, when I saw this video it immediately improved my day, probably gonna show it to him
My dad named me after him and i feel so bad for his unfortunate career😢😭
@@marko5532 really? That’s pretty cool, yeah he had a very unfortunate end, either you die a hero or live long enough to become a villain, for me Van Bastens career ended like a hero
@@sourswift its the most unfortunate footballer . Then its reus😭
@@sourswift always the Marko's are unfortunate
@@marko5532 yeah :(
Maradonna and van Basten are the two players my dad admired the most. Seeing their videos, I understand why❤
respect bro ! also my 2 favorite players + R9
Maradonna, Van Basten and Romario were my childhood favourites....(and Ayrton Senna)
@@amsterdamG2G senna is the best F1 driver ever.
@@rodimusprime5330 Michael Schumacher is the best F1 driver of all time actually
@@GGWolfPackForever2 lol
Best out and out striker I ever saw. His balance and ball control were exceptional. His vision was like an eagle. His precision on shooting was like a marksman. He was a genius. Should never be forgotten.
I grown up watching him and crying when he retired. The best striker for me. When he had the ball in the pinalty box, it was almost 100% goal guarantee. Thanks Marco for all of the memories.
We’re lucky to live in the same era as Messi and Ronaldo. We are also lucky to have raymar here to share all these stories with us
I dont think we are lucky, the last 2 generations of footballers were better than Messi and Ronaldo's
@@blank1933 no
Indeed
@@netoibe2389 yes
@@netoibe2389 from which generations are u thn?
The story goes that he injured his ankle while at Ajax but Cruyff made him play through it which caused permanent damage and recurring injuries.
Well the physio told the management that he is good to go. And he was one of the most essential players in Cruyffs Ajax. So let's say it like this if you are the coach of Tottenham and Harry Kane your best striker is injured and suddenly the physio says he can continue won't you want him to?? That is what cruyff did.
@@hussainabbas9578 I was never blaming Cruyff! Just saying what happened which caused MVB’s ankle issues.
If I remember correctly in his book, it was Fabio Capello. Capello knew it and can't hold his tears in MVB retirement. In Milan he never played with both healthy legs.
@@marcsugi Just Imagine, not fully fit and he won a balon'dor. Fully fit van Basten would be the best Milan and Dutch player ever
@@parulkhosla7291 his legacy would have been huge
Something missing from the analysis is the elegance with which he played football. It was delightful to watch him play. One of the best player. I remember a stat at Milan from La Gazzetta dello Sport at the time: he did not touch the ball a lot but 7 out of 10 time he touched the ball, it would end up in a goal.
the dutch football team of van Basten's time was just incredible. it still saddens me that they couldn't win the world cup during their time
We're cursed. It's okay.
Cruyff couldn't do it.
Van Basten couldn't do it.
Sneijder/Robben/RvP couldn't do it.
We've accepted this curse.
@@samoverbeek4778 netherland best cuntry to never have won a world cup
@@leroiarouf1142 Yeah in general but not rn
@@samoverbeek4778don’t forget gullit
They didn’t won becausevthe wc was rigged
As a Dutch I am so proud of our players it’s so sad that we didn’t win more international trophies we arguabaly have the best best players ever for a country
Pound for pound Holland may be the one country that has produced the best players, certainly in Europe. With a population of around 15 million (and less 20-50 years ago) it is quite remarkable how many technically gifted players have come out of the Netherlands. And they keep coming. Yes, based on technical skill, Holland has underachieved. They should have won in 1974, maybe even in 1978. Not to forget the matches against Brazil in 1994 and 1998. The one in 1994 was a great, great game. Even Beckenbauer himself said around 25-30 years ago in a joint TV interview with Cruyff that Cruyff was the best player to ever come out of Europe. Marco van Basten is one of my all-time favorite players and he was without a doubt the best striker of his era and one of the best of all time.
Stop it! Brasil players shit all over Dutch
Both true.with so little population so much top class players are insane.also netherland influenced football more than any other country..!But at her top moments lost some finals that should have won.
Best players ever are from Brazil in general.
I know him. Can go to debate about best striker ever easy.
@@RobFloyd1967 1970 dutch couldnt win becaus brazil with pele was one of the best wc teams ever
Italian defense's were super tough back then, uncompromising tackles were part of the game back then as well, not like now when defenders pretty much aren't allowed to tackle
Lol keep acting this way you nostalgia merchants won’t let go that players today are better tactically and will make excuses on how the old players are better keep crying.
No they aren't
@@leemc5646yes they are snowflake 😂
@@mehyeah2931hi look guys is the Genz snowflakes crying again hurt their feelings say their dumb excuse nostalgia 😂😂😂 cry me river snowflacke back to your mom basement and keep crying 😂😭
@@mehyeah2931its true tho people who played in that time said that many times. In fact Gullit said you only had 2 camera’s on the pitch. People would spit on you, kick you when the ball wasnt near etc. Maradona also used to get hammered sometimes, the two footed tackles were crazy 😂
What get's me about all these top players from the 80's and 90's is that they mastered the *basics*. Much of the skill work they employed would look simple today, but the difference is that they used them effectively and decisively. All they cared about was finding space as quickly as possible and running towards the goal, no nonsense.
Are football players any different today though? Almost all of them value effect over magic more too...
Today this is done at a higher level, also with use of calculated risks (skills or dribbles). Even defence is better than it used to be. It’s just that they’re not allowed to be as rough as in the past anymore.
@@jotarokujo9587 bullshit recency bias bullshit
Even as a young English lad growing up... MVB stood out from the rest ... pure class... arguably the most gifted striker I’ve ever seen
Yep feel exactly the same ! Watching him take England apart with my dad and just both thinking what a player .
2:59 Jesus Christ how come i haven't seen that goal before😳. Absolute screamer
6:30
I hope you know this one though, this is the goal that made us win Euro 1988.
This angle is near impossible to score.
@@WritingGeekNL Yeah, this is a classic.
It was at the old stadium ‘de meer’ in Amsterdam... my father was there and he happened to visit the stadium that day, had no season ticket.. It’s one of Marco’s most famous goal here in The Netherlands
@@Robin-is3ke by accident?
@@karsten7566 he happened to visit the stadium that day, had no season ticket. Sorry my english is not that good haha.
Van Basten was and is my all time favourite player. It’s criminal how his career ended. Considering he was regularly playing against the toughest/best defenders week upon week, his achievements are amazing.
the foul at 8,37 was criminal
뭔가를 해서 찢어졌다
In my opinion Greatest AC Milan player of all time and they had a lot of legends.
Yeah, in his time AC Milan only had legends.
Maldini is
@@tarekel-maddah1737 arguably
@@tarekel-maddah1737 agree, and Baresi. But most of all out Marco di Basta!!🇳🇱
Weah Shevchenko Rajkard Kaka Pirlo Desai Savicevic...Lot of Milan legends...but one of its own is Van Basten...one of the best striker s of all time
Best Striker alongside Ronaldo Nazário! Amazing Basten! That goal in Euro 88 from an unbelievable angle and all those bicycle kicks, he mastered them! My infancy idol!
Thank you so much for this documentary. I grew up with Marco. Still remember his debut, his gosld. One of the greatest players I’ve ever seen.
Marco is by far the most complete striker in modern history. He had it all. His way of playing was timeless.
Behind r9
B..B..But.. What about my favorite striker?
@@oswaldoguillen2843 R9 lack of heading
You are right. That is why he was dubbed "The Swan of Utrecht "
Lmao that's Messi, he can't head for good. Cr7, was complete and jumps really high.
van Basten is an absolute legend! One of the best players ever.
I can still remember his time at Ajax and AC Milan well. As a little boy I watched Ajax matches with my father. I also think he was the best striker In and round the 16 meter area
Van Basten in his prime was pure magic. My favorite player ever.
He was much more than just good . He had everything what an excellent player needs. Technical , intelligent , strong and fast . He was more compleet than any other player.
Finally, the one and only Marco van Basten! The predator, the gaol machine deserves more than he has! MVB❤️
I'm Dutch and winning the Euro1988 event was one of the greatest things I can remember. But even I didn't realize he was THAT good!
Such a shame his career met its end at only 28 years old...he was outstanding,such a class,one of the best of all time,definitely top 5 of all time for me
For me better than cr7
33 goals in 46 games for Milan was superb. In Italy back then, goals were difficult to score, and was a low scoring league due to small size of pitches and the defenders were best in the World.
Yeah if mbappe for example could get 39 goals and 26 assists in 46 games for PSG in 2021/22 in Ligue 1, imagine what Van Basten could get
@@thatracingguy5694 i am afraid my phone wont count that high xd
When i was young Marco was my superstar.Never forget Gullit,Koeman,Van Basten.
Arguably Holland has the best starting 11 of all time:
Van der Sar
Krol Koeman Van Dijk Stam
Rijkaard Seedorf Gullit
Cruyff Van Basten Robben
Power, speed, creativity.
Subs: Sneijder, van Nistelrooy, van Persie, Kluivert, Neeskens etc. etc.
@@daarom3472 Neeskens, Van Hanegem, Faas Wilkes, Bergkamp, Abe Lenstra.. I'm sure there are a lot more Dutch legends
@@darkhooligan of course there are more, but they wouldn't make the first 11 :D
@@daarom3472 bergkamp??
@@nirnaycreation5611 definitely Bergkamp as well! Just that we have so many good strikers in our history that I had to put etc.
I remember in the 2000's we didn't even call up Roy Makaay who was the best striker in the Bundesliga or Bergkamp (though he was slightly older) because we had Kluivert / van Nistelrooy. And now... we're stuck with Wout Weghorst :(
My favourite all time player of any era. He was truly World Class.
No Wonder when Zlatan Ibrahimovic arrived at Juvenus, Capello showed him Van Bastan's videos everyday to help him improve his technique. What a Dutch legend.
Zlatan already knew van Basten at that time. They were together at Ajax.
Zlatan even got in a argue with the trainer, who said he should defend more.
Van Basten told Zlatan to save energy for attacking moments.
So Zlatan said to the trainer should I listen to you, or to (legend) van Basten...
True. Ibrahimovic was still a playground player. Great skill, but a quit poor basic technique. Cruyff once said about ibra : “he has a great technique for a poor footballer, but a poor technique for a great footballer”
Before I saw this comment I saw basten’s movement and style of play and thought zlatan plays like him
@@haaduria32 no no Marco did youth Ajax. When Zlatan left Ajax, Marco came to Ajax.
@@waso778 the part I told is literally in Zlatans book 🙄
Such memories, what a suberb striker he was, and I'm a Feyenoord Rotterdam fan from the cradle to the grave. Says it all. Marco, thank you!
im from 82 and i remeber that when we use to play we were pretanding to be someone, and van basten was always on our lips.even if he retired at 28 he is a LEGEND period.
As clean a striker of the ball as I've ever seen. Add his intelligence and physical attributes and you have a complete football player. Ajax used to create so many
...great football players.
They still creatie Thaise players
You already know this is gonna be a great video just before watching it
How good was Romario please!! That man was pure magic inside the 18 yard box!
In figs or pes
I just got Romario in pes a week back! Absolutely lethal, in that game
@@mesf430 are you implying that he wasn't good in real life? Lol
@@no_one7456 no
How good was Romário? If Romário had have played 98 and 02 world cups, He could have been considered the football king. Unfortunately, for a lot of reasons, includind his personality, he wasn't summoned. In 1994, Brazil would be out of the world cup, so he was called against the coach willing, and he destroyed in the game facing Uruguay, what leaded Brazil to the cup and after, champion of the cup. This year, Romário was ellected the FIFA best player of the year.
In my view , still the greatest centre forward ever; he had everything - shooting, heading, dribbling, hold-up, assists and of course finishing.
And no matter left or right.
@@hermanmertens8383 Yep !
He used to live near by. And as then I guess 18 or 19, he was really patient in giving the kids in the neighbourhood pointers on their technique. And once we played a game, the "kids against him". I believe he still managed to win :D
He was as I remember a really, quite friendly guy; he didn't have any "super star syndrome". And I guess he still doesn't.
That’s pretty awesome..it’s also, nice to know he was playful off the pitch
My mother used to live in the same flat as him in utrecht. She said that even as a little kid he was like that.
@@ryandebruijn5761 Damn that's cool mate! Love hearing some random stories like this
It's honestly really cool to see that carry over later into his TV analysing stuff. Although it's probably a shame he's no longer a trainer, since we really really could use alot of those right now.
Possibly the greatest number 9 ever, just BRILLIANT. As football fans we were robbed of his talent so early.
Ronaldo from Brasil is the greatest 9, even though I've got huge respect for van Basten
@@juandhaltrich Ronaldo won less ballon do’r with way more years🤷♂️
@Mang Cing he played a lot longer than Van Basten was able to - he barely played a game past 26.
When did Ronaldo score 9 goals in a WC by the way?
@@itsinthetreesitscoming7431 he was mistakenly referring to the 8 he scored in 2002
@@arnold-hu4vk I know - that was my way of saying he never scored 9 goals in a WC tournament.
First UCL I ever watched, AC Milan-Goteborg 4-0, Marco scored all four; to me, Van Basten is the best ''true 9'' in history. Plain and simple. Unfortunately he couldn't play past 1994 so that he gets more acknowledgement and trophies and break some more records. His instinct was something !
Top work again one I really wanted to see, most complete centre, the man had crazy numbers and out of this world finishes. All I want now is the Shevencko video
I was with him in his first team at EDO (Utrecht) at age 7 or 8 but only a few months. He went to UVV immediately.
Between him and R9 for the biggest “what is”
And Adriano b4 his family death.
What if you mean
Van Basten was a beast. Back in the early 90's stuff about him was scarce around here and whenever something about him came in the paper kids would cut him out to hang him amongst the legends. Here in Portugal we would always idolize our national players and then Pele, Van Basten, Maradona, Raijkaard, Ronaldo... that's how big he was, he was amongst the legends.
He is a legend. Played with a messedup ankle since his early 20's and still won 3 ballondors. I wish we could go back in time and see what would happen without his injury.
Most complete striker of all time ❤️
No doubt about it..
Marco Van Basten, élégance et classe, légende du football hollandais 👍 Très grand footballeur.
To the young ones: This video is about a legend in football who has etched his name on the minds of many.
Born in 94 started watching football for as long as I can remember I think the middle of the 90s is where my knowedlege of football kind of starts to slip away
My dad would love to see this video . Marco , Rudd , Franco Beresi , Brian & Micheal Laudrup & Roberto Bagio are just some that come mind . That era really had some solid players .
Rijkaard, Gullit & Van Basten - A fantastic Golden Era!
Return of the king! Congrats on the undergrad, bro!
im subbed to u
@@brystevonofo768 So am I.
Marco van Basten, the dancing cat. An incredibly complete striker. A beast that scored from any position, and yet played with an elegance that is unmatched.
he grew up a couple streets behind mine, here in Utrecht, the Netherlands. cant say I knew him, he was 4 or 5 years older. but i saw him, play football on the street. quite something, to have one of the best football players ever come from my neighborhood.
Lethal striker, he inspired so many striker during 90-2000 era, that iconic kick from sideline will be remembered as the one of greatest goal in history
Imagined R9 and Van Basten without injuries in the serie A. 🥶🥶
Ronaldo and messi in laliga
Im a huge CR7 fan..i started watching football from 2007...thanks to ronaldo....but watching your videos...i get to know how great the other legends were...thanks for that
There is a lot of amazing players in history.
Not to be rude, but I never really saw Ronaldo as someone that has one truely special talent. He has this weird combination where he's exceptional at almost everything, but he's not truly special when it comes to anything except for maybe heading the ball or his work ethic off the pitch. He was an exceptional dribbler till he turned ~30, but not as good as Messi or Ronaldinho or Hazard. He has a phenomenal 'weak foot', but not as good as Sneijder or Kroos or Beckham. His finishing is superb, but it's not as good as Lewandowski, Van Basten or Ronaldo Nazario. He has style and some flair, but not that special touch that Bergkamp or Zidane had. CR7 is special for me because he is the most well rounded forwards maybe ever, but certainly not the best forward for me.
@@suckieduckie well rounded forward is too far there are a plethora more well rounded. E.g Baggio off the top of my head
@@blank1933 Maybe, but can you point out to me why he's more rounded? As far as I can tell Ronaldo is one of the few players that can actually play rightwing, leftwing, and striker.
@@suckieduckie it is not about positions it is about ability, baggio could pass dribble shoot hold the ball, run and jump all to a high standard. Cr7 never had all of those abilities at once, they were staggered if he had one he lost the other
The sad thing is , if he was playing football ten years later they could of fixed his ankle , van nistelrooy apparently had a very similar ankle issue and it was able to be sorted thanks to developments in surgery, as a AC Milan fan of that era , he will forever be my number 1 forward .
I'm Italian and i'm Internazionale f.c. supporter.,but this guy was absolutly incredible. Ba
d luck for him and for the football fans too
Happy to have lived through the golden days of Dutch Soccer, with Van Basten, Gullit and Rijkaard still playing in the EreDivisie. Than playing for AC Milan and winning the EuroCup! Just look at the pictures of the Dutchies celebrating this win and in the 'grachten van Amsterdam' (Amsterdam's Canals). Great time to be a Dutch boy growing up.
For him (and us as a Nation) it was too bad that he got those ankle injuries. And the fiasco of 1990 World Cup... Always heard that Van Basten and other players wanted Johan Cruyff as Coach of the national team. The Dutch League chose a different coach and the team never was a team from the start.
Remember that a lot of great (international) strikers once played in the Dutch League: Ronaldo; Romario; ZLatan and Suarez are some the most recent once. They all learned from Van Basten
How dare you take time off to study and leave me hanging for more videos 😂. gg bro, love these videos 👍
Genuinely deserves to be in the conversation with Maradonna, pele and cruyff for the third best player of all time imo.
Honestly, 3 balon dors at the age of 28? He has a half of fame level career and he retired before he hit age 30, like Raymar said, If he wasn’t plagued with ankle injuries, I’m sure he’d have been the first player with 5 balon dors
Who’s the top two?
It certainly isn’t anyone born after Jan 1st 1985 👍🏻
No actually not
@@fioredeutchmark lol u are forgetting about cr7 and messi which they have broken almost every records .
@@Omar-kl3xp unfair to call messi and cr7 bettter .based on stats ...the circumstances and context of the era are important nowadays the ball is a lot lighter ,the pitches are better , defenses were way tougher and players got less protection fron refs , current era is amazing but give respect where it's due to other generation of players ...for example if r9 had the sports science that we have now he'd have eaten messi and ronaldos records for breakfast ...he just could never stay fit
People saying Zidane scored one of the greatest goals in a cup final, clearly haven't seen the Euro 1988 final. Absolutely out of the world Goal 👏👏👏
Hmm no one say that lol goal van Basten everyone says number one.
You might want to make an edit to your commentary because the reason for his injury is really well documented as it was during an offensive tackle of him during an away game at Groningen early on in his career.
His score with the bicycle kick at 2m:59s is legend. Breaking away from his opponent inflight and scoring like this is incredible. Marco had the talent to score from impossible positions just like Dennis Bergkamp could. Next to the fact that Marco was a very smart striker which literally danced through opponent defenses with the ball glued to his kicks like a ballet dancer.
Important fact, he wasn’t a crybaby and knew he had to live for his sport to maximize his talent. Similar to what CR and Zlatan do.
Been waiting for this video for ages, most underrated striker ever
I love having to wait a month for this
The vids are fire regardless
This guy was so talented! I loved to watch him play, he always make my jaw drop.
Thank for making this mini documentaries, like this one of Marco Van Basten, excellent, excellent, excellent JOB! Wow 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That volley at 6:33 is still one of my favourite goals ever 🔥
Proud to be Dutch, Cruyff and van basten are top 10 players of all time for me. IDK why people sleep on van basten or Ferenc Puskas, literally ahead of their time by 30 years.
when van basten was playing for milan he was my favorite player of all, kind of like messi today. the games were not as much fun when he retired
I always love raymar's review. He is so astonishing. Listening to raymar's review about basten it shows that what a world class player he could have been just like today's Messi or Ronaldo. But injuries didn't make his career go over for a long term
Was lucky enough to see Van Basten play twice in the 80s, once for Holland against England 88 and AC Milan v Man Utd 89..
Romario actually pls do on him that man was Brazil's pride for soo damn long (Like so raymar can see)
First i read it ''like Neymar'' and i was about to say, no way Brazil was proud of Neymar as much as of Romario :D
Mans also scored bangers for us to see on UA-cam compilations
As a Dutchman I grew up watching this guy, he is from the same neighboorhood as I in Utrecht. He was an amazing player. And you're right he almost never missed a penalty kick. Unfortunalty one he did miss was in in the semi final at the Euro 1992, still remember that :(
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Growing up in the 80's this man was My idol.
He compelled me to love the game. What a great team was AC Milan on those days!!!!
His kick was so powerful even in slow motion that I’m not surprised his ankles were prone to injury
Thanks mr ray for liking my comment =)
the best striker I've ever seen an absolute monster.
to this day i still feel sad of how he ended his career at the age of 29
6:35 I watched that goal live on TV and I knew how good he was years before the game but that goal convinced me I was watching the greatest goalscocer ever.
6:31 correcting the time
Very happy for you to have achieved your success regarding university. And would also like to take the time to thank you for all your exceptional videos . They are very much appreciated .😊
Gullit, van bastan and rijkaard 💥💥 deadly trio
These videos are so elite, u should do one about rivaldo🤷♂️
4:55 this information is incorrect, he had 33 goals and 13* assists
Wow really high quality content men!! Really enjoy it‼️ van Basten my foorbal idol back in the day 🙏🏼
Maradona said: "Van Basten was a perfect machine who broke down as soon as he was about to be the best ever" that alone should make everyone think. Besides that he's the only player who won 3 balón d'ors and retired so early. What should stand out tho is watching him play, he had Benzema and lewandowskis touch, Suarez dribbling, van persies coordination, inzaghis off ball movement and zlatan's flair. Only strikers that come close are the Ronaldos: Cristiano is actually more efficient but less classy, R9 was more explosive but had 1/10 of van Bastens ability off the ball. In conclusion the most elegant and pure number 9 that's ever crossed the football pitch.
Do One about Ricardo Enrique Bochini The most underrated player for Argentina
Do a Video about Gerd Müller pls🙏🙏🙏
He needs more recognition...
Would love to see it
he should also do a video on like Puskas or Di Stefano or Platini or someone like that, still I’m very happy he mentioned Van Basten, he’s one of my favorites
According to today's kids he is just a second tier Lewandowski.
@@lior995 I’ll slap any kid I see that says that
@@njbrx
Yeah I have seen some poll on an Instagram story (on some lame football page) saying "Gerd/Lewa", and Lewandowski got about 60%....
@@lior995 we have to wait till Lewas Carreer is over. Then we can judge on who is better. But Müller imo is top 3 strikers of all time. Most dont even know him
Imagine him today and the price he would have been bought. Van Basten at his time met career-destroying defenders and still managedthrough.
hearing stories about football players during old eras always is a goosebumps to me