@@sheejashibu9069 I think Buffon, Neuer and Casillas are are all goat debate GKs. I personally favor Neuer but I wouldn’t disagree if anyone said otherwise.
Man the Italians are the best when it comes to defending there’s no doubt, I miss the international team at the World Cup they were so much fun to watch hopefully they make a comeback and have a powerhouse of a team again.
If you are running towards the italian goalkeeper and see Nesta, Cannavaro and Maldini in front of them, then you know exactly that it was never an option to score a goal.
The best defender I have seen in last 40 years is Franco Baresi and very close second is Paulo Maldini... Nesta, Cannavaro, Ayala, Costacurta, Stam etc were all great...
He wasn't very offensive but at Paris, he always played with a proper cdm behind him like Matuidi for example and his speciality was his ball conservation and passing wich are main attributes of central midfielders.
@@julian-eu3xh for national team he plays more defensive with vitinha proper center bro , not arguing bro I was just telling heis also great with ball winning tackles
The best and elegant defender of all time it’s Paolo Maldini…I will say after Maldini the best defender it’s Nesta so a duo with those two it’s an beatable… Then I bieleve third on that list is Canavaro… Then all the others…
All of them, or almost all, great defenders. However, to me, Nesta sits above the rest. Not only because of his positioning, anticipation, tackling or general reading of the game. But because he was knocked down so many times through injuries and he still found it in him to come back every single time
Wow! Awesome video! The Italians have been the best defenders in the world! My four favorite defenders, of course, they played for AC Milan and Juventus: Maldini, Nesta, Cannivaro and Chellini! These defenders were legendary. The Italian defense helped Italy in being a world soccer power. Italian football needs to go back to its great roots of great, legendary defending to be a world soccer power again.
7:02 That slide tackle by Nesta on Wiltord at Euro2000 final is the best one ever. Simply masterclass. Nesta, Cananavaro and Maldini are my favorite all time defenders (along with Lillian Thuram - the only non-Italian).
The best defenders of Italy has been from the team of work Cup 1982. All of them were a real warriors on the pitch : Baresi, Bergomi, Cabrini, Scirea, vierchowod, Gentile, Collobati.
Franz Beckenbauer is on a different stratosphere altogether, because he was more than just a defender. But purely as a defender Maldini and Baresi are up there. Even Passarella and Scirea.
When you think about it - Scirea, Baresi, Maldini, Cannavaro, Nesta and Chiellini were considered best central defenders in the Worild at their peak time.
King of Goal line clearances, Leonardo Bonucci. 🧱 King of Sliding Tackles, Alessandro Nesta. 💨⚰️ King of Interceptions Fabio Cannavaro. 🚷 King of blockers, Giorgio Chiellini. 🚫 King of Aggression, Gennaro Gattuso. 👿 King of ALL, Sir PAULO MALDINI. 👑
These videos are relatively new from the last 20 years, but Italy has been strong defensively all its life, the famous "catenaccio" has always existed since the beginning of football. 🇮🇹❤️🇮🇹
Top defending(Disfensore) from time to time of ITALY Team : Franco Baresi, Bergomi, Costacurta, Paolo Maldini, Christian Panuci, Fabio Cannavaro, Alessandro Nesta, Marco Materazzi, Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonuci 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
i played ac milan for championship manager 03/04, my 1st eleven line up gk - dida lb - maldini rb - cafu cb - cannavaro (bought from juve) cb - nesta dm - gattuso cm - pirlo cm - seedorf amc - kaka fwd - f. inzaghi fwd - shevchenko all of them are beast, especially the defender.
Maldini Baresi and Beckenbauer were the greatest defenders in history, one step below are Scirea Nesta Cannavaro Hierro Puyol Koeman Passerella Gentile and Thuram
Superb defending. No other country defenders do this better. Absolutely insane. World Cup 2006 was when they put up their best form for the world to see.
Juventus 80s/90 defensors: Gentile, Cabrini, Bonini, Brio, Scirea, Ferrara, Kohler, Julio Cesar, Torricelli, Porrini, Pessotto. Goalkeepers: Zoff, Tacconi, Peruzzi. Juventus from 1977 to 1999 (80s + 90s) was the european team that won the most European cups organized by UEFA: 12 european cups ! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🥈🥈🥈🥈 In total 16 UEFA cup finals ! 76-77 UEFA Cup 🏆 82-83 UEFA Champions League final 🥈 83-84 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 🏆 83-84 UEFA Supercup 🏆 84-85 UEFA Champions League 🏆 84-85 Intercontinental Cup 🏆 (World Champion) 84-85 UEFA Supercup 🏆 89-90 UEFA Cup 🏆 92-93 UEFA Cup 🏆 94-95 UEFA Cup fimal 🥈 95-96 UEFA Champions League 🏆 95-95 Intercontinental Cup 🏆 (World Champion) 95-96 UEFA Supercup 🏆 96-97 UEFA Champions League final 🥈 97-98 UEFA Champions League final 🥈 98-99 UEFA Intertoto Cup 🏆
Italian Serie A built one of the best midfielder on planet Earth right now, Paul Pogba of France. He never played in professional French Ligue 1, proven won the FIFA World Cup as the France national football team captain.
Sono milanista e in passata abbiamo avuto difensori davvero insuperabili. Per me i migliori in assoluto sono stato Maldini Nesta e Thiago Silva. Subito dopo Stam. Se avessi potuto scegliere altri dufensori da mettere nella mia squadra avrei inserito Puyol. Un giocatore assolutamente al livello di quelli che ho già scritto. Mi piaceva molto anche a livello umano. Era la guida del Barcellona, un grande uomo prima che giocatore
As italian, I can guarantee you that era is unfortunately over ... a corrupted federation destroyed Juve and italian football to make favour to traitors. We lost the spirit, before than technical skills About historical defense performances, I suggest everybody to go to see two matches in particular: Brazil-Italy 1994 WC final Holland-Italy Euro 2000 semifinal in Holland two 0-0 ended at the penalties lottery, two matches with the other side attacking 120 minutes, with great strikers, and a continuous and relentless performance from italian defender
As a die hard Juventus fan on America, I am sickened to hear this. I used to albe able to watch Serie A regularly 10 years ago; however, I haven't be able to watch Serie A anymore. What is sad is to see Italy not dominate in the World Cup anymore. Also, the great technical play and skills seem to be lacking with the Italian players. I was so fortunate to see Italy play on several world cups, winning two.
1990's Italian league was the best thing in history of football. Best defenders (Maldini, Nesta, Cannavaro, Montero, Thuram, Cafu...) against best attackers in the world (Shevchenko, Crespo, Vieri, Inzaghi, Batistuta...)
Es por eso que Italia tiene 4 mundiales ganados,para el tano,defender es un arte..solo así se entiende que ahora Italia carece de esos excelsos defensores y por eso ya no es esa selección que todos temían enfrentarse porque era difícil ganarle a la Azurri cuando tenían a los mejores defensores del mundo.
old school defenders, are the besTs! nesta, maldini, canavaro, puyol, samuel, lucio, tery, ferdinand, stam, bergomi, thuram, desai, campbell, and more...
The only player that seemed to get the better of these Italian defenders was - Ronaldo Nazarhio (R9) (Brazil). He played in this era - (the 1990s) for Inter Milian. No one could believe it. But he did succeed against these types of Defeneders and became known as the "PHENOMENON*. I would like to see Messi (Argentina) and Christiano Ronaldo (Portugal) do what Ronaldo Nazarhio (R9) (Brazil) did against this type of Defending.
"If I have to make a tackle then I have already made a mistake" - Paolo Madini
He said slide. If I have to make a slide then I have already made a mistake
While in the mean time, Cannavaro was doing amazing clean tacklet
Nesta is so elegant and smart in every tackle. My all time favourite defender
Maldini
@@dominikw.4814 Baresi
Ac milan
The best ever
damn right
Maldini! He took kick on head but stands like nothing happened. He said "Lets play" no complain. Today football needs that kind of players
Neymar?
Phyol?
@@templeman1648 of Thant happened to neymay, he'll rolling for 1 kilometer
I don't think Messi and CR7 could score more than 20 goals. If the opponent like them all. 😂
😊
And behind all, Buffon.
Yes,even if you somehow get past the defenders,good luck getting past Buffon.
@@farhadmahfuz8843 Or Toldo, or Perruzi
@@d444Dino Zoff is the best, after that comes Buffon, Zinga, Peruzzi, Pagliuca, Rossi, Toldo, Donnaruma, and others.
The best italian class and epoque ever
And in front of them, Gattuso..
My bro : What defence should I play in fifa?
Me💀: ITALIANS
All others were good. But Nesta, Maldini and Cannavaro were at another level.
And bersi
@@cr7footballlovers460baresi
Zanetti
Roberto Carlos
@@FootballwithMadrid this is not include a Italia ❌❌
@@cr7footballlovers460 Baresi is italian
And buffon as gk 💀
Maldini - takes a kick to the head, makes the interception, lands on his back, head bangs into the ground on impact - keeps going.
Next level man.
"I fear only one man in defence and that is Maldini" - Ronaldo Nazario (R9)
The converse also holds true. That is, Maldini could say the same of the Phenomenon.
Bonucci became weak on his last days as a player but, he was a real beast in his prime and his passing was class a quick reminder that he was a dm
Maldini is a legend, Nesta is a master❤
Nesta was the smartest defender with most accurate tackles.
Maldini,too
😊
Yeah 100%
Nesta : sweeper
Canavaro: Marker
Maldini : both ❤
Baresi: their teacher
this was Amazing, thank you EFB
Always think of that back 6 of prime italy - maldini , nesta , cannavro , zambrotta , gattuso , pirlo 🫡🫡
Bonucci is really underrated!...He was a beast at his peak!
1:18 Maldini 🔥
The Italian defense is the best ever! Cannavaro , Maldini , Baresi , Nesta, Scirea , Bonucci , Chiellini, Zambrotta ,Facchetti ....
...Dino Zoff, Gianluigi Buffon, Gianluigi Donnarumma. now i know GKs don't really count as defense but still..
@@xxxKoreanGK They do, they are the last line of defence in football, so they count.
@@NilupaDelankagebut german one better
neuer,khan,ter stegan
@@sheejashibu9069 I think Buffon, Neuer and Casillas are are all goat debate GKs. I personally favor Neuer but I wouldn’t disagree if anyone said otherwise.
Messi who.?
Nesta king of sliding tackle even in penalty box.
Maldini is the king of sliding tackles. Nesta learned from him since Maldini was older
yeah he is
The Italian was born to be defender.
Pirlo Baggio del Piero Totti Vieri Inzaghi Zola P.Rossi are not defenders
And one of my personal favourite Luca Toni wasnt a defender...
@@farhadmahfuz8843Luca Toni is an aggressive pressing defender
and diver
Ho 44 anni....se mi bendi gli occhi ti faccio 15 gol...io da solo contro la tua squadra
Man the Italians are the best when it comes to defending there’s no doubt, I miss the international team at the World Cup they were so much fun to watch hopefully they make a comeback and have a powerhouse of a team again.
Italian 70's/80's/90's/00's defenses, are not only an hymn to football, but also to all sports...
Baresi all time favourite 🔥🔥
If you are running towards the italian goalkeeper and see Nesta, Cannavaro and Maldini in front of them, then you know exactly that it was never an option to score a goal.
Korean smiled
@@dyonic70Koreans paid*
There, fixed for ya.
I remember Milan with Nesta, Cafu, Maldini and Stan with Gattuso as 5, simple unbelievable.
@@Vera150607 Stan? you mean Jaap Stamp?
Stam not Stamp.😂😂😂@@relaxationwithmaru8859
The best defender I have seen in last 40 years is Franco Baresi and very close second is Paulo Maldini...
Nesta, Cannavaro, Ayala, Costacurta, Stam etc were all great...
Agreed, defensive skills alone Franco Baresi > anyone
I can confirm Italy had the best as well as loyal center backs -
Maldini
Canava ro
Baresi
Chiellini
Bonucci
Gattuso(CDM)
Zambrotta
Nesta
Verrati(cdm)
Also consider Costacurta
Verrati is a cm though.
@@julian-eu3xh he play more as defensive, goes less in attack
He wasn't very offensive but at Paris, he always played with a proper cdm behind him like Matuidi for example and his speciality was his ball conservation and passing wich are main attributes of central midfielders.
@@julian-eu3xh for national team he plays more defensive with vitinha proper center bro , not arguing bro I was just telling heis also great with ball winning tackles
Bro such a legendary video 😍🔥❤ damn its pretty good spectacular 🔥🔥👏🏻
Old school always got it wow😍🔥 old always gold
Its really satifiying when you got a chance to see all of theese beauty
The best and elegant defender of all time it’s Paolo Maldini…I will say after Maldini the best defender it’s Nesta so a duo with those two it’s an beatable…
Then I bieleve third on that list is Canavaro…
Then all the others…
You forget baresi
what about, fettucini, alfredo, mario and luigi, margarita, carbonara
Maldini is the best defender l have ever seen ❤
I learn from him
All of them, or almost all, great defenders. However, to me, Nesta sits above the rest. Not only because of his positioning, anticipation, tackling or general reading of the game. But because he was knocked down so many times through injuries and he still found it in him to come back every single time
00:01 Banana tiger, banana tiger 🍌🐯
not many have i seen as observant as you
Wow! Awesome video! The Italians have been the best defenders in the world! My four favorite defenders, of course, they played for AC Milan and Juventus: Maldini, Nesta, Cannivaro and Chellini! These defenders were legendary. The Italian defense helped Italy in being a world soccer power. Italian football needs to go back to its great roots of great, legendary defending to be a world soccer power again.
Paolo maldini
Goat of defending
Benarrivo and Apolloni from Parma in WC 1994 ,both played a great tournament...
Cannavaro 2006 OMG!!!
7:02 That slide tackle by Nesta on Wiltord at Euro2000 final is the best one ever. Simply masterclass. Nesta, Cananavaro and Maldini are my favorite all time defenders (along with Lillian Thuram - the only non-Italian).
The best football defender in the world are Italians and Nemanja Vidic
Stam above vidic tbh.
Said Serbian lol
Vidic😂
Typical utd.not vdic.maguire the best!
I would like to also add de ligt in this conversation. He's one of those ruthless defenders in current times
The best defenders of Italy has been from the team of work Cup 1982. All of them were a real warriors on the pitch : Baresi, Bergomi, Cabrini, Scirea, vierchowod, Gentile, Collobati.
I really love the bgm and the way you make videos on this channel from Japan🇯🇵❤.
These guys were so elegant, robust but also fair
when the defending is more entertaining, only these guys can do it
Although my favourite is Maldini, but there was something different about Baresi , man had the awareness and vision of a midfielder 🤌
Maldini best defender in history
No. Franz Beckenbauer was the best defender in history.
Franz Beckenbauer is on a different stratosphere altogether, because he was more than just a defender.
But purely as a defender Maldini and Baresi are up there. Even Passarella and Scirea.
@@fuadalif6909 bro at that year beckenbaur was best maldini's defence is way pure and elegant than beckenbaur
@@fuadalif6909 and the whole italian defence maldini baresi nesta cannavaro zambrotta are way more better than beckenbaur
@@fuadalif6909 the italian defence is way than beckenbaur's defence and the german defence
Football - the defense 💣💥💪 Italy- we owne this business💀🗿💀🗿💀🗿
Franco Baresi in World Final 1994 has been the best defendet all time
When you think about it - Scirea, Baresi, Maldini, Cannavaro, Nesta and Chiellini were considered best central defenders in the Worild at their peak time.
Italian players defence in Club matches: 🐰
Italian players defence in international matches: 🦖
the easiest job in italy, being the national team's goalkeeper
sadly every single tackle if done now will be awarded against with a card even if it was extraordinarily great.
Yeah slide tackling is a thing of the past 😢, I can't remember the last time I seen one.
Italian the art of defending.
Defender like Cannavaro,maldini,nesta and other defender are 🐐
King of Goal line clearances, Leonardo Bonucci. 🧱
King of Sliding Tackles, Alessandro Nesta. 💨⚰️
King of Interceptions Fabio Cannavaro. 🚷
King of blockers, Giorgio Chiellini. 🚫
King of Aggression, Gennaro Gattuso. 👿
King of ALL, Sir PAULO MALDINI. 👑
If defending is an art thn
Italian defenders are artist ❤
These videos are relatively new from the last 20 years, but Italy has been strong defensively all its life, the famous "catenaccio" has always existed since the beginning of football. 🇮🇹❤️🇮🇹
Crazy how often Bonucci saves the shot instead of the goalkeeper
Goalkeeping is another part of defensive football. Buffon is the best keeper that ever lived.
Top defending(Disfensore) from time to time of ITALY Team :
Franco Baresi, Bergomi, Costacurta, Paolo Maldini, Christian Panuci, Fabio Cannavaro, Alessandro Nesta, Marco Materazzi, Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonuci 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Gaetano Scirea
Claudio Gentile
Ciro Ferrara
Pietro Vierchowood
The Witcher 3 music at the beginning made laugh my as s off.
i played ac milan for championship manager 03/04, my 1st eleven line up
gk - dida
lb - maldini
rb - cafu
cb - cannavaro (bought from juve)
cb - nesta
dm - gattuso
cm - pirlo
cm - seedorf
amc - kaka
fwd - f. inzaghi
fwd - shevchenko
all of them are beast, especially the defender.
boy:what's the challenge
officer:score against italian defender
boy:sorry I don't want to break my leg
Great edit tho ❤ Keep up the good work
Maldini Baresi and Beckenbauer were the greatest defenders in history, one step below are Scirea Nesta Cannavaro Hierro Puyol Koeman Passerella Gentile and Thuram
Harus nya Nesta mendapatkan 2 - 3 ballon d'or dia yg terbaik bersama maldini di lini pertahanan🔥😱
Superb defending. No other country defenders do this better. Absolutely insane. World Cup 2006 was when they put up their best form for the world to see.
Juventus 80s/90 defensors: Gentile, Cabrini, Bonini, Brio, Scirea, Ferrara, Kohler, Julio Cesar, Torricelli, Porrini, Pessotto.
Goalkeepers: Zoff, Tacconi, Peruzzi.
Juventus from 1977 to 1999 (80s + 90s) was the european team that won the most European cups organized by UEFA: 12 european cups ! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🥈🥈🥈🥈
In total 16 UEFA cup finals !
76-77 UEFA Cup 🏆
82-83 UEFA Champions League final 🥈
83-84 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 🏆
83-84 UEFA Supercup 🏆
84-85 UEFA Champions League 🏆
84-85 Intercontinental Cup 🏆 (World Champion)
84-85 UEFA Supercup 🏆
89-90 UEFA Cup 🏆
92-93 UEFA Cup 🏆
94-95 UEFA Cup fimal 🥈
95-96 UEFA Champions League 🏆
95-95 Intercontinental Cup 🏆 (World Champion)
95-96 UEFA Supercup 🏆
96-97 UEFA Champions League final 🥈
97-98 UEFA Champions League final 🥈
98-99 UEFA Intertoto Cup 🏆
Nesta was Underrated!!!
Best centre-back after Beckenbauer and Baresi
К сожалению спина не давала ему покоя
Only an idiot like you would think he is underrated. He was one of the best and unfortunately your casual football mind does not process it.
Italian Serie A built one of the best midfielder on planet Earth right now, Paul Pogba of France. He never played in professional French Ligue 1, proven won the FIFA World Cup as the France national football team captain.
Sono milanista e in passata abbiamo avuto difensori davvero insuperabili. Per me i migliori in assoluto sono stato Maldini Nesta e Thiago Silva. Subito dopo Stam. Se avessi potuto scegliere altri dufensori da mettere nella mia squadra avrei inserito Puyol. Un giocatore assolutamente al livello di quelli che ho già scritto. Mi piaceva molto anche a livello umano. Era la guida del Barcellona, un grande uomo prima che giocatore
Besides, Puyol himself said that the only team he'd have liked play for was Milan aside from Barça.
THE MAMA MIA gave me litteral chills 2:17
These Italian defenders are all graduates of the “ Lord Harry Maguire academy for defence” so no surprise if they do well.
Leonardo Bonucciiiii the best of all defenders ❤
Nesta is legit the best tackler in football history.
I was 10 when i saw maldini played at world cup in france. Since then i'm ac milan fan
Maldini is the God Father of defending
Look at Maldini,s fork tackle.
I believe Maldini standing solely at back can handle against 4 striker in today's generation 😂😂😂😂😂.
Cannavaro was above everyone by a mile in 2006 WC. Think about it that above him they are still Maldini and Nesta!!
The English think they can defend but they cant even do that
These defenders were something else!!
Nesta and maldini and puyol 🔛🔝the top 3 defenders for me of all time and than put the rest 😍🔥👑⚡🦍
As italian, I can guarantee you that era is unfortunately over ... a corrupted federation destroyed Juve and italian football to make favour to traitors. We lost the spirit, before than technical skills
About historical defense performances, I suggest everybody to go to see two matches in particular:
Brazil-Italy 1994 WC final
Holland-Italy Euro 2000 semifinal in Holland
two 0-0 ended at the penalties lottery,
two matches with the other side attacking 120 minutes, with great strikers, and a continuous and relentless performance from italian defender
As a die hard Juventus fan on America, I am sickened to hear this. I used to albe able to watch Serie A regularly 10 years ago; however, I haven't be able to watch Serie A anymore. What is sad is to see Italy not dominate in the World Cup anymore. Also, the great technical play and skills seem to be lacking with the Italian players. I was so fortunate to see Italy play on several world cups, winning two.
They not only tackles ,they also win the ball
1990's Italian league was the best thing in history of football. Best defenders (Maldini, Nesta, Cannavaro, Montero, Thuram, Cafu...) against best attackers in the world (Shevchenko, Crespo, Vieri, Inzaghi, Batistuta...)
I think Bonnucci is underrated
Italian defenders defends their line just like Warrior.
The perfect type of video
Respect striker too. Who scored against them and won the match
Baresi, basically maldinis teacher, so underrated, and people sleeping on the gks like buffon or perruzi
Es por eso que Italia tiene 4 mundiales ganados,para el tano,defender es un arte..solo así se entiende que ahora Italia carece de esos excelsos defensores y por eso ya no es esa selección que todos temían enfrentarse porque era difícil ganarle a la Azurri cuando tenían a los mejores defensores del mundo.
the attack wins the battle but the defense wins the war... it is also the motto of many NBA coaches
The art of italian defending, yes but on this art, they were 2 genious above all others ! Nesta and Cannavaro !
Tackle on Di maria is so Clean 😲
Неста величайший защитник. смотреть за его игрой было одно удовольствие. самый техничный и эстетичный защитник
U can find best defenders born for Italy
The Italians have a production line churning out brick wall centre halves
🏆🇮🇹 Sólo Forza Italiana 🇮🇹🏆
🌎🥇⭐ FOREVER ⭐🥇🌎
4:12 Maldini aura🔥
Despite this the bbc of Juventus wasn’t not able to win any ucl during the era of the bbc of Madrid. This still hurts me to this day
old school defenders, are the besTs! nesta, maldini, canavaro, puyol, samuel, lucio, tery, ferdinand, stam, bergomi, thuram, desai, campbell, and more...
The only player that seemed to get the better of these Italian defenders was - Ronaldo Nazarhio (R9) (Brazil). He played in this era - (the 1990s) for Inter Milian. No one could believe it. But he did succeed against these types of Defeneders and became known as the "PHENOMENON*. I would like to see Messi (Argentina) and Christiano Ronaldo (Portugal) do what Ronaldo Nazarhio (R9) (Brazil) did against this type of Defending.
If you played,Baressi,,maldini,Costacater, are the epitome of true defending,love Azzuri from uganda and USA
Imagine Nesta with Chiellini. 🎉🎉