A unique phenomenon in the world of football. The players were afraid of his laser sharp stare, and the fans adored him. When you saw his extraterrestrial head shining from afar, you just knew that everything would be under control. He continued to shine even in the darkest hour of the (Italian) football, known as "Calciopoli". If memory serves me correctly, he was the only referee who got out of the scandal clean and unblemished. Incorruptible and uncompromised, he felt and respected the anatomy of the game better than anyone. Each of his matches was a master class of refereeing. Rarely took cards out of his pocket, but if he rewarded someone with one (or two), you knew it was deserved. He was especially sensitive to divers, in a country where diving has risen to the limits of art. His popularity and authority were so great that they changed the retirement age of referees... just because of him. The most admired and the most respected human being, with the most hated and most corrupted job in the (god)fatherland of organized crime. No, ladies and gentlmen, it's not Pope John Paul II, it's the first and the last superstar among the referees - His Excellency Mr. Pierluigi Collina!
"When Zlatan walks into someone they apologize , but when Collina walks into Zlatan , then Zlatan also apologize ,and therefore we declare every boss has a boss"
@@billymurray1687 Fergie won 2 UCLs in 30 years, wydm goat fergie ? He is the greatest in United's history, Ancelotti has 2 as a player 4 as a manager, trained peak Milan, peak Real , peak Chelsea 2009-2011.
Collins is THE BEST, I am 63, been following football since 1964, seen thousands of refs, but Collins, he is worth the match day ticket alone, he should be the eufa/FIFA head ref and trainer
You see how well respected he is for punishing players for not listening to him and abiding by the rules? Why don’t more referees take a leaf out of his book and get more respect for it? Instead referees keel over and let the players dictate the game. Referees in football could learn a hell of a lot from rugby referees as well.
I remember when this rule came out (or rather, it was always there, we just focused it more) . It really gave us referees a good tool and players started respecting the rule more.
Those days of the Derby della Madonnina Cold nights in the San Siro, Collina , Maldini, Sneijder, Zanetti, Gattuso, R9, Kaka, Mourinho, Ancelotti Ah those days 😌😌😌❤️❤️❤️ #Nostalgia
Eso sí era un árbitro. Le daba igual las críticas y lo que pensasen los demás. Si te tenía que sacar dos tarjetas amarillas al mismo jugador por lo que pasa en el vídeo y expulsarlo, te lo hacía sin dudar. Personalidad y carácter.
I highly admired Mr. Collina, uncorruptible and harsh against all italian clubs, as a Fiorentina fan I commend this man for doing the toughest job in sports.
Literally the entire town, including the prison population, was on that wall and the free kicker tried to blast through it, anyway, like those people were not opaque.
it doesn't matter if you put your whole team on the wall, there are 1 or 2 Roma players on that wall and they will create hole for the shoot to go through.
I like refereeing by Szymon Marciniak. He does it almost without mistakes, is fair, consistent and you can see that players also believe that he will make the right decisions.
Serie A was at her peak since the 80s all the way to the mid - late 2000s until the era of Manchester United's CR7 coming of age and the global financial crisis of 2008
One day collina make some noise. Turn on punk song with max volume in his home.. And the neighborhood call police because feel disturb. Police came and arrested collina's neighborhood
Basically every single game of football anywhere in the world ought to be referred by this man. An absolute machine, even if he made a “bad” call (doubt he ever made one, like X never played a bad pass) it could never be attributed to anything other than the fallibility of man. Unbiased, unblemished and unsurpassed- the undisputed GOAT
A referee in the rugby mould : take no crap,just as it should be.I remember there was talk of bringing him to England, wasn't going to happen but a nice idea.
Back when Italy had the most talented players, coaches and also referees.
And money.
Back when matchfixing was the norm in Italy, not surprised who the ref is either.
Still have best coaches
Sam back when Italy had the most talented players and coaches. How many world cups did these generated of talented Italian players and coaches win
@@tommysherman7155 2006. 2002 was robbed by Corea
The only referee from the past who is remembered more than most of the players who played the game
Not quite, but the undisputed best referee we have seen.
Thats completely false lmao
i dont watch football much and even i recognized him. i remembered him from 98 WC.
@@R9naldo nah, more people know him than 2nd league players or even clubs in the league
lmao he is not even the top 10 most remembered person at this game
A unique phenomenon in the world of football. The players were afraid of his laser sharp stare, and the fans adored him. When you saw his extraterrestrial head shining from afar, you just knew that everything would be under control. He continued to shine even in the darkest hour of the (Italian) football, known as "Calciopoli". If memory serves me correctly, he was the only referee who got out of the scandal clean and unblemished. Incorruptible and uncompromised, he felt and respected the anatomy of the game better than anyone. Each of his matches was a master class of refereeing. Rarely took cards out of his pocket, but if he rewarded someone with one (or two), you knew it was deserved. He was especially sensitive to divers, in a country where diving has risen to the limits of art. His popularity and authority were so great that they changed the retirement age of referees... just because of him. The most admired and the most respected human being, with the most hated and most corrupted job in the (god)fatherland of organized crime. No, ladies and gentlmen, it's not Pope John Paul II, it's the first and the last superstar among the referees - His Excellency Mr. Pierluigi Collina!
@JOAKIM JEPPSSON Both. Some kind of awe.
Solid!
Awesome comment, enjoyed reading it👍
Perfectly written.
Well said brother. A referee of his caliber is sorely missed today.
One day Collina was walking in Milan and bumped into Zlatan’s shoulder… Zlatan apologized.
It's normal, that time zlatan very young..
Yea now everybody knows who's boss !!
"When Zlatan walks into someone they apologize , but when Collina walks into Zlatan , then Zlatan also apologize ,and therefore we declare every boss has a boss"
@@Madara_Uchiha69420 well said
Because Collina is a god of destruction, if you make him ungry he will destroy you… not even your soul will remain
The Boss of All the Referees.
The only ref to be featured on the cover of a football game.
Says it all really
@@farhanatashiga3721 for 2 times
He was on the cover of the game because he is the FINAL boss of all referees 😅
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The only undisputed GOAT in football at his position.
Forever!!!!
That's a FACT!!!
fergie?
@@billymurray1687 Fergie won 2 UCLs in 30 years, wydm goat fergie ? He is the greatest in United's history, Ancelotti has 2 as a player 4 as a manager, trained peak Milan, peak Real , peak Chelsea 2009-2011.
@@SchoolShootings he won the european cup winners cup with Aberdeen. FUCKING ABERDEEN
He demanded so much obedience from every player, and everyone knew better than to argue with him. Fair and just and respected by all, what a legend.
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When a referee is the on the cover of a football video game you know he’s the goat.
Damn right
We really miss him a lot. The legend Collina
Stop missing him - he is still alive...
@@MrMajkelonWe really miss him as a referee
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The only Referee Simeone hasn't threatened with his flailing arms.
Well if they do that to him his stare alone will send them to the shadow realm.
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@@burnaardnufc3173I think it's a bot. Regardless,you are right
watching him as a referee makes me watch football without worrying bias shit
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦🏾♂️ please shut up
Real Madrid can't pay this guy
@@sarov7658 real won ucl on his tenure, you mean barca?.
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The legend that is Collina. His stare was enough for me to say "Yes Sir, sorry Sir"
The very best referee on Earth ,he was beyond VAR
VAR is total rubbish
If this was today and VAR ever tried to tell him he was wrong, he would just stare intensely until VAR apologised.
The man, The myth, The legend.
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Scott sterling
Collins is THE BEST, I am 63, been following football since 1964, seen thousands of refs, but Collins, he is worth the match day ticket alone, he should be the eufa/FIFA head ref and trainer
(Collina)
A referee so good that he was on the cover of Pro Evo 3 AND 4.
Very right my brother
@Giulio Romeo correct
Best referee ever
You see how well respected he is for punishing players for not listening to him and abiding by the rules? Why don’t more referees take a leaf out of his book and get more respect for it? Instead referees keel over and let the players dictate the game. Referees in football could learn a hell of a lot from rugby referees as well.
Today's referees would take five minutes to just check the var
the greatest referee that ever lived
The best referee of all time.
Any time someone writes about football history Mr. Collina will be there. A great referee, a great man.
Totti, delvechio, aldair, zanetti, bergomi, Ronaldo nazario, Zamorano, diego Simone, even collina. so many legend in just few second video
This the man that Algerians cry even harder when he rejected their crying for a rematch. Smart people deserve praise.
Just how scared were they of Totti's shooting
the only referee who we all fans can agree with his decision
That man was a CCTV him self 😊
Collina does not fuck around
This was the last of the greatest generation collectively....time when Italian football mattered and Brazilians were still ruling the world.
Italian football still matters. more than French and german football
The guy made man child Gattuso to shit bricks. He is a legend.
I love this kind of decision. mistake is mistake, wrong is wrong if those repeats 100 times
I remember when this rule came out (or rather, it was always there, we just focused it more) . It really gave us referees a good tool and players started respecting the rule more.
That was an era where there were too many legends INCLUDING THE REF!
It would have been even more interesting had it been Zanetti again and Colina showing him the red lol
their charisma and authoritarianism was impressive without any arrogance or desire of protagonism
Actually when VAR gets confused, it asks to Collina for some guidance.
In a sport full of superstar players and coaches, he was the one and only superstar referee. How we need more of his kind today!
Simply used to call this man "eyes", back in the day. Top ref.
So good he was on the cover of Pro Evolution Soccer 3
They were not even trying to argue 😂
0:24 Jesus Christ, and those Inter players surrounding Collina are legends in their own right, especially Ronaldo.
Collina the most feared ref in history of football no money could buy out collina
Those days of the Derby della Madonnina
Cold nights in the San Siro, Collina , Maldini, Sneijder, Zanetti, Gattuso, R9, Kaka, Mourinho, Ancelotti
Ah those days 😌😌😌❤️❤️❤️
#Nostalgia
When i was a kid i saw him live back in the day in cold snowy Moscow in 2002) he served Spartak - Arsenal match.
I like how the "5 seconds later" text card stays on for 4 seconds. I guessed it saved 1 second of my life.
Eso sí era un árbitro. Le daba igual las críticas y lo que pensasen los demás. Si te tenía que sacar dos tarjetas amarillas al mismo jugador por lo que pasa en el vídeo y expulsarlo, te lo hacía sin dudar. Personalidad y carácter.
I highly admired Mr. Collina, uncorruptible and harsh against all italian clubs, as a Fiorentina fan I commend this man for doing the toughest job in sports.
Collina: a mountain of knowledge and authority, reaching the top of the competency hill.
The GOAT when he was on the pitch everybody knew it would be a fair match
You knew it'd be a fair match if he was in charge. And he was always in control.
Looks like a Totti freekick from that range is scarier than a penalty.
It was always amazing to see players realize 'oh wait, this referee ain't kidding around' with Collina.
We need referees like him again!
You don't argue with Collina. Fact.
Collina was a rugby ref at heart
When literally everyone is agreeing on Collina being the best referee of all time you know that it’s right
Legend has it they wanted to cast him in the Fast & Furious franchise but they couldn't afford his legenday shiny bald head.
Only ref to have his face on the cover of a football computer game. Legend.
Literally the entire town, including the prison population, was on that wall and the free kicker tried to blast through it, anyway, like those people were not opaque.
PMSL! 🤣
Totti does shoot pretty hard. Maybe he thought he could kick the ball in the goal and take the wall with it?
Yeah this guy never played 11vs11 in his life
it doesn't matter if you put your whole team on the wall, there are 1 or 2 Roma players on that wall and they will create hole for the shoot to go through.
@@duydatyds Sure worked out like that, didn't it?
When Zlatan is having a fight with Chuck Norris, Collina is their referee
*_"Im not on the field with you, YOU'RE on the field ME"_*
The only man who was on a video game cover
Simply one of a kind. Best referee in the world at this moment.
biggest legend of all legends
true GOAT of all GOATS of refs the world ever had
Italians were the worst for wall creeping that spray is a god send
the golden era of serie A, i miss that moment, when serie A will be the most popular leage in the world again ??
If every referee were this good & this incorruptible, FIFA would be out of business
He reminded me of the rugby referee version,Nigel Owens. Fair but firm.
Incredible referee. Loved him and trusted him to deliver a fair game.
In the video game of referees, he's the final boss that you cannot beat even with a cheat code.
Especially with a cheat code!
Collina, one of the best ever. His facial expression would always be saying “don’t fluf with me…”
why do players have a difficulty with "you cant move until the ball moves?"
He was the presence of pure justice on the fields.
I like refereeing by Szymon Marciniak. He does it almost without mistakes, is fair, consistent and you can see that players also believe that he will make the right decisions.
The best referee in the world
Serie A was at her peak since the 80s all the way to the mid - late 2000s until the era of Manchester United's CR7 coming of age and the global financial crisis of 2008
Theres a reason why he is GOAT. Aside from his craft, we all know he cannot be bought, this is evidenced in calciopoli investigation. What a man
The United Nations should hire him to referee election. There'd be no arguments
collina: i can do this all day.
One day collina make some noise. Turn on punk song with max volume in his home.. And the neighborhood call police because feel disturb. Police came and arrested collina's neighborhood
As Turkish club supporter, Collina is ALWAYS welcomed in Turkiye. Legend
A encarada mais assustadora da história? 😳 😅
Pierluigi Collina será uma lenda para sempre.
The only referee to be in a FIFA pocket
Basically every single game of football anywhere in the world ought to be referred by this man.
An absolute machine, even if he made a “bad” call (doubt he ever made one, like X never played a bad pass) it could never be attributed to anything other than the fallibility of man.
Unbiased, unblemished and unsurpassed- the undisputed GOAT
He is famous for apologisimg when he did make a mistake during games, even personally going to players or managers and explaining. True great.
He was special.
When he blow the whistle player beg for mercy,but player now day arguing even the clear foul
real man, real referee,
Saw this goat at the airport a few years ago. He travelled in a full suit. Such a boss.
Criteria, application and consistency - legendary.
That man doesn't need a VAR is IS the VAR,
Пьер Луиджи Калина, я не фанат футбола, но знаю о нем как от легенде судейства.
Ultimate Legend
A referee in the rugby mould : take no crap,just as it should be.I remember there was talk of bringing him to England, wasn't going to happen but a nice idea.
Colina, a very good referee.
Коллина - это легенда. Его уважали, как никого другого.
Please don't accept the digit@l currency or the Artifici@l intelligence (ai) system that is coming, it is against GOD. who have ears let him hear!
JESUS is coming soon and JESUS is the only way to salvation accept JESUS as your LORD and SAVIOR today!!.!
Don't take the v@ccine trust in the LORD ALMIGHTY and if you already taken it please pray to GOD about it because it is a deception.
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remember when football had so much personalities that even referees were stars?
What a shocking performance from Collina.
Collina 2-0 Both teams
The only referee that did not make exceptions, a rule is a rule, and his decisions were absolute. 😂
True....Collina was good