@MMauge Not true, identity existed back then, and only 1 King was Truely French which was William, most the non native English King's were Norman, which now is identified as being French but back then they identified as Norman. So no not most of them. There was only ever 1 French king of England.
@@plasticbudgie and can you remind me what was the official language of the normands ??? Normands were basically french. Exactly like the history of britanny (Bretagne) is french history even before it became a part of France !
Cantona was the epitome of Sir Matt Busby's philosophy of United. For Busby, it wasn't enough to win games. Any team could grind out results but United had to do more than that. United had to be entertaining. People would work all week and at the weekend, go to Old Trafford and they wanted to be entertained. United had some flair, particularly in the wide areas but they were a largely functional team. Cantona made them entertainers. It's not just that he brought flair and guile to the team, it's that he gave the players around him the confidence to express themselves as well. What Ferguson realised was that Cantona was a showman and Old Trafford became his stage. Collar up, chest puffed out, he went out there every single time not just to play but to perform. The fans weren't just a crowd, they were an audience. The team were there to put on a show and Cantona...well, he was the star.
When Cantona first came onto scene, he was mind blowing for the English game. He brought flair, personality and as this video states, an aura that had never been seen prior. I remember United players like Andy Cole saying they were always mind blown at the stuff he did in training. Cantona was the catalyst to United's dominance in the 90s.
Cantona brought something that english football was a bit missing since its european cups ban in 1985. Talent. Cantona was a misfit in french football and something which is my personal opinion on the matter, a good and sometime a great player but simply not good enough to have a status that he thought he deserved at Marseille, his city and his club, a starter role, in what was arguably the best team in Europe with Milan. He didn't decide to go in England he basically didn't had any other choice he was blacklisted because of his attitude not his talent. A blessing in disguise, but never quite managed to be a french international on the long run despite being captain until his kung fu moment. Blossomed in England and good for him, as we say in France "noboby is a messiah in his own country". He gave joy to a lot of people from Manchester and that's the most important thing at the end. Emotions and he gave plenty.
Cantona made the Premier League exciting and exotic - Before him it was stale old English football - he transformed the game in England and paved the way for Zola, Bergkhamp etc. He was also a genuine character, a maverick, a rebel - something the game lacks these days tbh.
Le GOD, the greatest player ever in the premier league, 5 leagues 2 doubles , in 6 years ..left foot right foot great in the air, deceptively quick.. and he had a personality…. The whole package
So many memories watching this guy when I was a kid. Happy times especially time spent at my Dad and watching his reaction to all the amazing goals he scored. My favourite player and character of all time, hands down.
Im 40 now, and Eric Cantona is my hero and idol, he made me so happy while he was at United, i was devestated when he decided to retire, Eric, I truly truly love and miss you. You are a true LEGEND of Manchester United. always missed
It still annoys me that he didn't win the CL with us especially 97 that was missed opportunity, But he gave us some of the best years as fans and in life, The 90s were just class, he'll always be the king of old Trafford 👌🇮🇪
What a player!……I still picture the goal in the fa cup against Liverpool. What a feeling, its still emotional today! Long live & love the king✊ ty Sir Eric ❤
He was dare to spoke what he think, do what he love and he never cared anyone's point of view on his life. He just live the way he wanna be. It's a simple thing that most people can't. It takes true courage to live like that
Ferguson saw in cantona that vital spark of something different,.that his team lacked,..... his squad packed with great players, but cantona gave them that cocky self belief , with unpredictable Gaelic flair,...that all great winners need,..he was that final piece of the jigsaw,...and sparked an incredible period of success,..and he was the catalyst in ending a torturous 26 year wait for the holy grail...the league title
throwback baller great to watch live. that slide tackle was insane🤣🤣🤣 Both feet flying off the ground, this guy was different. Definitely had some demons lol *1:46*
Eric Cantona is a legend. It doesn't matter which club you support, or from which country your are. If you know the beautiful game, you know this legend. 👏🏾👏🏼👏🏽
This guy was my absolute hero as a kid. I missed the match where he kicked off, but heard about it the next day at school from friends. Let's say that the world caved in around me and I was absolutely gutted. I thought it was all over from there on, haha. I was also sad when he retired, but there's a part of me that has always respected that decision to do it whilst in his prime as there's nothing I hate more than washed up has-beens who beat a dead horse.
Those ‘washed up has been’ have achieved things you will never ever achieve, they have a legacy that will live on long after they are gone. What do you have? Some of you fans are toooo rude
I feel blessed to have witnessed man utd and eric cantona and grow up with that team and era. His goals and assists is insane. Every season he played in English football with leeds or man utd he won the league. The time he got banned, we didnt win it. Coincidence? I think not. GGMU. Eric Cantona walked up the falls road in belfast afew years ago, a legend yet most people didnt recogise the guy as he was older and with a beard. Surreal moment seeing him, I walked down that road a million times with erics goals in my head as a kid going to school. great video.
As a lifelong Arsenal fan, I loved how Cantona raised the bar. You no longer needed to wait for the world cup top are world class football week in, week out.
As a teenager I was a huge Tottenham Hotspur supporter. I switched my allegiance to Manchester United because of Eric Cantona. A king. A genius. A god.
Guys like Cantona are geniuses and like most geniuses stark raving mad . We forgave him everything . He knew how to play . What tells us thos ahout ourselves . Confusing, this .
What often didn't show up on TV was how much time he had on the ball. My seat at Old Trafford was in the second row of the south stand, so I got to see his movement and off the ball play, which was phenomenal. But when he had the ball, players would back off; presumably they didn't want him to embarrass them. What a player. Definitely the best I've ever seen live.
His career was bonkers 😂 The only season he ever played for a club for a full year was his second season for United. He never played a full season for one club in France without either getting banned, sent out on loan for his bad behavior or literally getting sold during the season. He went to Leeds mid season, won the title with them. Signed for United in October so we're still not on the same team for a full season 😂 He won the title again with United. The next season he actually does a full year. His first one ever. His third season with United he kicks a fan and gets banned. That ban bleeds into the next season were he comes back and wins the league again and retires at 29... what a legend 🤣
Correct I very rarely watch a game now all robots are a hundred miles an hour , not a ball player or character in sight, Stan bowels Rodney marsh etc etc
The game of football is still beautiful it has just changed. The Brazilian style of football is dead and it is no longer effective the ways of total football is the right way
People today will never truly understand how important he was to the Premier League Manchester United and the game of football as a whole Cantona is to football what Elvis is to music.
PELE WAS THE KING 1. He could score with either leg. He scored over 1,000 goals, goals of all types, colors and shapes. From outside the box, inside the box, volleys, scissor kicks, diving headers, soft, hard, over the goalie's reach, upper corner, lower corner. You think of it, he did it. 2. He was excepcional with headers. He would usually out jump taller defenders. He was like a fish in midair, able to get higher once he jumped. Observe carefully his header-goal against Italy in the finals of the World Cup México 1970. 3. Physically, he was impecable. Strong, fast, quick, powerful, with remarkable endurance. 4. Technically, Pelé was masterful. His control was awe inspiring. Pelé made it look easy, natural, joyous. He could dribble past a cloud of defenders like a hot knife through butter. 5. Tactically, Pelé had no flaws. He would move knowingly on the field, commanding his teammates, understanding where they would be, occupying spaces, opening the game as needed. Watch him control and blindingly pass the ball to Carlos Alberto for Brazil's fourth goal in the final against Italy in the World Cup México 1970. Simply delicious! 6. He was courageous. Most of the time, when he stepped on the field, Pelé was a marked man. Teams would have their top defender shadow him constantly. He played most of his career without the benefit of the disciplinary cards, they were instituted in 1970, Pelé's last World Cup. The referee's "culture" of the time, allow for much more rough play. Pelé learn to defend himself against tough defenders and never backed down. 7. Pelé played on fields that were not the best by today's standards. The ball would bounce here an there, responding to the unevenness and holes on the field. It was much more difficult to make a good pass, much more difficult to control the ball and yet, Pelé shone with the light of a genius. 8. Pelé won many national titles, international titles and the World Cup three times. He is still today the youngest player to play in a World Cup final (17 years old at Sweden 1958) and score (two goals). 9. Finally, Pelé was FIFA's best ambassador of the game. An example for the youth of the future and most decent human being. And who could beat that smile? I saw him score the most remarkable goal I have ever witnessed... Lima was all up in a buzz as the news spread like wild fire about the arrival of Santos of Brazil with Pelé. Santos was going to play against Alianza Lima the Peruvian champion. The excitement increased as Alianza announced the hiring of an Uruguayan defender named Souza just for the match. Souza's job, of course, was to shadow Pelé all game long. Alianza paid Souza the enormous amount (in those days) of $500 dollars just for the one game, all other expenses (travel, stay, etc.) covered. It was summer, so the game was going to be played at night at the "Estadio Nacional." As the game progressed, Souza, a tall, black, strong and agile player was doing a very good job of shadowing Pelé. Souza, being from Uruguay, was schooled in the ways and manners of their style of play. That is, all nonsense and as rough as the referee would allow and more. It was almost half time, Pelé was next to the touch line near midfield watching his goalie kick the ball long and high. As the ball fell towards him, Pelé smoothly chess trapped it and allow it to roll down onto the field in front of him. Souza jumped on the ball but Pelé was first. With his back towards Souza, Pelé heeled the short bounce of the ball over Souza's head. Fast as lightening, Pelé turned around, his eyes riveted on the ball as it was falling down passed Souza. He quickly realized that Villanueva, Alianza's goalkeeper, about forty meters away, was way out of his line. In a flash, Pelé volley the ball. It described a laser like parabola over the surprised humanity of Villanueva and into the back of the net! It was magnificent! Extraordinary! Amazing! An instant hush fell all over the stadium, as if all those human minds needed time to really process and accept was they had just witnessed. And then, then, everybody stood up and applauded and applauded and applauded. I still can hear them. Father, may you rest in peace, thank you for taking me that night to the stadium. Your loving son, always. Pelé, Pelé WAS AND IS THE BEST!
I would have loved to have played with Eric, would have hated to play against him. Such a presence on the field, and never backing away from even the likes of Vinnie Jones.
Cantona made me fall in love with premier league and Man U. Even at a young age I didnt really judge him on his moments of anger - I loved his spectacle and skill. He made me want to go out in the yard and play
He’s the best in the last 30 years, but Robson & Best wore it before him. Many who are old enough class George Best as the greatest player to ever play in England
I remember the chip against united in the cup...wow...and that celebration lol...i especially liked that goal cause I'm a Wednesday fan😂... incidentally it was my club who brought him to England...we could have won the league if we kept him....dam 0:19
If No Cantona, scholes , Giggs, Beckham those protégés would not be as good as they have become. They all look up to him, He changed the football culture of the English game. He show them what’s the king of football to be look like , mentally, skills, vision, creativity, and the heart of the champions.
When a French is called a king by English people he's a king.
some English kings were french mate...
Yes Sir 🇬🇧
@@weesky5222 Most of them actually x)
@MMauge Not true, identity existed back then, and only 1 King was Truely French which was William, most the non native English King's were Norman, which now is identified as being French but back then they identified as Norman. So no not most of them. There was only ever 1 French king of England.
@@plasticbudgie and can you remind me what was the official language of the normands ???
Normands were basically french. Exactly like the history of britanny (Bretagne) is french history even before it became a part of France !
Cantona was the epitome of Sir Matt Busby's philosophy of United. For Busby, it wasn't enough to win games. Any team could grind out results but United had to do more than that. United had to be entertaining. People would work all week and at the weekend, go to Old Trafford and they wanted to be entertained. United had some flair, particularly in the wide areas but they were a largely functional team. Cantona made them entertainers. It's not just that he brought flair and guile to the team, it's that he gave the players around him the confidence to express themselves as well.
What Ferguson realised was that Cantona was a showman and Old Trafford became his stage. Collar up, chest puffed out, he went out there every single time not just to play but to perform. The fans weren't just a crowd, they were an audience. The team were there to put on a show and Cantona...well, he was the star.
Well said!
When Cantona first came onto scene, he was mind blowing for the English game. He brought flair, personality and as this video states, an aura that had never been seen prior. I remember United players like Andy Cole saying they were always mind blown at the stuff he did in training. Cantona was the catalyst to United's dominance in the 90s.
@@Irfan87 so on point boss man 🫡
Spot on! I was eleven when he signed for us and he turned us into world beaters overnight he was next level in terms of class
Cantona brought something that english football was a bit missing since its european cups ban in 1985. Talent. Cantona was a misfit in french football and something which is my personal opinion on the matter, a good and sometime a great player but simply not good enough to have a status that he thought he deserved at Marseille, his city and his club, a starter role, in what was arguably the best team in Europe with Milan. He didn't decide to go in England he basically didn't had any other choice he was blacklisted because of his attitude not his talent. A blessing in disguise, but never quite managed to be a french international on the long run despite being captain until his kung fu moment. Blossomed in England and good for him, as we say in France "noboby is a messiah in his own country". He gave joy to a lot of people from Manchester and that's the most important thing at the end. Emotions and he gave plenty.
When the naturally talented one of kind George Best calls you a genius then you are a fucking genius no questions asked
your right about that rip mr best what a player
A drunk calls someone a king, yeah that's something 😂😂😂
There's probably a parallel world out there where Sheffield Wednesday signed Cantona and became giants of England and maybe beyond.
Cantona, Chris waddle and Chris Bart-Williams smashing everyone in Europe!?
@@leechapman-ri9rb you forgot David Hurst scoring loads of goals 😀
@@Dakrih Oh yeah! If it wasn't for his dodgy knee he would be still talked about like Shearer and Henry etc.
Not even in ur dreams 😅
You ain't smashing it in Europe with Kevin pressman in goal
Cantona made the Premier League exciting and exotic - Before him it was stale old English football - he transformed the game in England and paved the way for Zola, Bergkhamp etc. He was also a genuine character, a maverick, a rebel - something the game lacks these days tbh.
not surprise when game's gone soft these days, any small actions might end up a yellow
This way he is the best player in pl history
Eric’s my hero but I also look at those other early foreign premier league players, Bergkamp, Di Canio, Zola and Ginola
Le GOD, the greatest player ever in the premier league, 5 leagues 2 doubles , in 6 years ..left foot right foot great in the air, deceptively quick.. and he had a personality…. The whole package
A package the present ManU sorely misses.
So many memories watching this guy when I was a kid. Happy times especially time spent at my Dad and watching his reaction to all the amazing goals he scored.
My favourite player and character of all time, hands down.
The character, charisma and the collar. What a player ❤
The most iconic and perhaps the most important player in the history of Man Utd .
Im 40 now, and Eric Cantona is my hero and idol, he made me so happy while he was at United, i was devestated when he decided to retire, Eric, I truly truly love and miss you. You are a true LEGEND of Manchester United. always missed
These mini docs are phenomenal. Unreal story telling. Nice one mate.
Just a genius. A force of nature and a warrior too. The King.
15:32 This is just pure wizardry, how on earth did he do that, never seen something like this
Players with the talent and charisma that Eric had only come around once in a lifetime, I count myself very fortunate he came to united during mine❤
It still annoys me that he didn't win the CL with us especially 97 that was missed opportunity, But he gave us some of the best years as fans and in life, The 90s were just class, he'll always be the king of old Trafford 👌🇮🇪
Absolute genius of a player! Ooh ah Cantona, ooh ah Cantona! 💪🏼👏🏼👏🏼
What a player!……I still picture the goal in the fa cup against Liverpool.
What a feeling, its still emotional today!
Long live & love the king✊
ty Sir Eric ❤
Cantona is just sheer football
Pure legend
Beautiful. I got teary-eyed at Eric, the Philosopher.
poetic and masterfully crafted
@@Goao.17 football is an art realised by an artist. And a sport played by athletes. Not many artists around these days.
Brought tears to my eyes hearing that little manc kid say it was the best day of his life!
been skipping this video on my feed for couple days, gave in today, what a beautifully made video!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
There won't ever be another human like Eric Cantona.
Wonderful , there will never be another Eric Cantona 🤟
So glad to see him play many times, Eric the king!
There hasn't yet, there isn't now and there will never be another Eric Cantona.
He was dare to spoke what he think, do what he love and he never cared anyone's point of view on his life. He just live the way he wanna be. It's a simple thing that most people can't. It takes true courage to live like that
It's easy to live like that! It's called being normal
When I think of a dream team, his name will always be first on the list. A legend, the king, a magician... OT still sings his name nearly 30 years on
Ferguson saw in cantona that vital spark of something different,.that his team lacked,..... his squad packed with great players, but cantona gave them that cocky self belief , with unpredictable Gaelic flair,...that all great winners need,..he was that final piece of the jigsaw,...and sparked an incredible period of success,..and he was the catalyst in ending a torturous 26 year wait for the holy grail...the league title
throwback baller great to watch live. that slide tackle was insane🤣🤣🤣 Both feet flying off the ground, this guy was different. Definitely had some demons lol *1:46*
And then slapped the guy after he complained when you watch the footage😂 legend
Eric Cantona is a legend. It doesn't matter which club you support, or from which country your are.
If you know the beautiful game, you know this legend.
👏🏾👏🏼👏🏽
This guy was my absolute hero as a kid. I missed the match where he kicked off, but heard about it the next day at school from friends. Let's say that the world caved in around me and I was absolutely gutted. I thought it was all over from there on, haha.
I was also sad when he retired, but there's a part of me that has always respected that decision to do it whilst in his prime as there's nothing I hate more than washed up has-beens who beat a dead horse.
Those ‘washed up has been’ have achieved things you will never ever achieve, they have a legacy that will live on long after they are gone. What do you have? Some of you fans are toooo rude
@@GeniusUpTop Sit down.
I feel blessed to have witnessed man utd and eric cantona and grow up with that team and era. His goals and assists is insane. Every season he played in English football with leeds or man utd he won the league. The time he got banned, we didnt win it. Coincidence? I think not. GGMU. Eric Cantona walked up the falls road in belfast afew years ago, a legend yet most people didnt recogise the guy as he was older and with a beard. Surreal moment seeing him, I walked down that road a million times with erics goals in my head as a kid going to school. great video.
1966 was a great year for English football - Eric Cantona was born!
I remember seeing that line on billboards...Nike advert... around 95 96
@@leeturton9254 That's the one!
Eric wasn't just the final piece of the puzzle he was the giant piece of the puzzle that turned Man Utd into the Kings of England.
He was the final piece of the jigsaw
As a lifelong Arsenal fan, I loved how Cantona raised the bar. You no longer needed to wait for the world cup top are world class football week in, week out.
Everyone talks about Pessi and Penaldo. Eric is one of a kind, the true GOAT 🐐🐐
You are a disgrace to football fans of all generations for having the guts to try to shit on the two greatest footballers of your generation....
Very well edited, great watch.
Extremely underrated channel, keep it up 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks for compiling this great montage.
Lovely documentary , keep it up
quality documentary 14k subs is criminal
seriously man idk how more mans arent watching this
@tomp1923 Not just men watching it, many women like me were United fans when Cantona was bought. I have been since 1982.
lock him up asap
I followed Utd everywhere to watch Eric. A gifted talent who played with style & flair. For the few years I saw him I was blessed.
He is the response for which i absolutely adore United. I saw him play against BVB and I say: this guy is great!
It is time to built a statue tu this guy who made Premier League! We could.do itnin front of aur new stadion but PL should do it first! 😊
all the best man
My guy 🙏
Best vid of King Eric, I've seen! 💯🔥
Great video. Thanks for your work.
this is what peeves me off . a lot of people think united are the same team as they where with this beautiful football player !
the unmatched aura of being first 🗣️🔥
all of the talk about who is the GOAT is redundant when you watch the natural genius of someone like Cantona- Magnifique!
That fa cup final goal as well stepping back waiting for it to drop and pinging it with oace and swerve, brilliant
And now we end up with Mason mount wearing the legendary number 7 😢😢 what happened to this club
Criminal ain’t it 🫤
Its so sad watching united play now....
Eric was too pbysical for European football.
English football was made for him, and he made it here.
By God he made it here.
An absolute one off.
Love you my King 👑
As a teenager I was a huge Tottenham Hotspur supporter. I switched my allegiance to Manchester United because of Eric Cantona. A king. A genius. A god.
THE KING🦁
Guys like Cantona are geniuses and like most geniuses stark raving mad . We forgave him everything . He knew how to play . What tells us thos ahout ourselves . Confusing, this .
Probably the most iconic player ever in the premier league
IT'S PLAYERS LIKE CANTONA THAT MADE MAN UNITED A GREAT CLUB E TEAM FOR YEARS E WE THE FANATIC FANS LOVE E THANK THEM ALWAYS
❤❤❤👍👍👍😊
What many people didnt talk about Cantona is, he is the real reason why United didnt go for Zinedine Zidane's signature.
Amazing video. Thank you very much
Just sublime 🎉
He is my football hero,legend and king ❤
I don't always like videos but I just had to like this one...
The King 👑
From a genuine match going Man United fan. We still sing his name to the rafters of OT!
I have the kick as my lock screen
What often didn't show up on TV was how much time he had on the ball. My seat at Old Trafford was in the second row of the south stand, so I got to see his movement and off the ball play, which was phenomenal. But when he had the ball, players would back off; presumably they didn't want him to embarrass them. What a player. Definitely the best I've ever seen live.
king👑
What a player
My Hero
His career was bonkers 😂 The only season he ever played for a club for a full year was his second season for United. He never played a full season for one club in France without either getting banned, sent out on loan for his bad behavior or literally getting sold during the season. He went to Leeds mid season, won the title with them. Signed for United in October so we're still not on the same team for a full season 😂 He won the title again with United. The next season he actually does a full year. His first one ever. His third season with United he kicks a fan and gets banned. That ban bleeds into the next season were he comes back and wins the league again and retires at 29... what a legend 🤣
We need joga bonito back! The game has gone too tactical, too similar, too predictable! Play the beautiful game with flair, passion and joy!
Correct I very rarely watch a game now all robots are a hundred miles an hour , not a ball player or character in sight, Stan bowels Rodney marsh etc etc
The game of football is still beautiful it has just changed. The Brazilian style of football is dead and it is no longer effective the ways of total football is the right way
"Look at Eric here, now that's what you call style"!...😆😆
People today will never truly understand how important he was to the Premier League Manchester United and the game of football as a whole Cantona is to football what Elvis is to music.
There was a Nike ad. 1966 was a great year for English football. Eric cantona was born. That fan deserved more than he got btw
PELE WAS THE KING
1. He could score with either leg. He scored over 1,000 goals, goals of all types, colors and shapes. From outside the box, inside the box, volleys, scissor kicks, diving headers, soft, hard, over the goalie's reach, upper corner, lower corner. You think of it, he did it.
2. He was excepcional with headers. He would usually out jump taller defenders. He was like a fish in midair, able to get higher once he jumped. Observe carefully his header-goal against Italy in the finals of the World Cup México 1970.
3. Physically, he was impecable. Strong, fast, quick, powerful, with remarkable endurance.
4. Technically, Pelé was masterful. His control was awe inspiring. Pelé made it look easy, natural, joyous. He could dribble past a cloud of defenders like a hot knife through butter.
5. Tactically, Pelé had no flaws. He would move knowingly on the field, commanding his teammates, understanding where they would be, occupying spaces, opening the game as needed. Watch him control and blindingly pass the ball to Carlos Alberto for Brazil's fourth goal in the final against Italy in the World Cup México 1970. Simply delicious!
6. He was courageous. Most of the time, when he stepped on the field, Pelé was a marked man. Teams would have their top defender shadow him constantly. He played most of his career without the benefit of the disciplinary cards, they were instituted in 1970, Pelé's last World Cup. The referee's "culture" of the time, allow for much more rough play. Pelé learn to defend himself against tough defenders and never backed down.
7. Pelé played on fields that were not the best by today's standards. The ball would bounce here an there, responding to the unevenness and holes on the field. It was much more difficult to make a good pass, much more difficult to control the ball and yet, Pelé shone with the light of a genius.
8. Pelé won many national titles, international titles and the World Cup three times. He is still today the youngest player to play in a World Cup final (17 years old at Sweden 1958) and score (two goals).
9. Finally, Pelé was FIFA's best ambassador of the game. An example for the youth of the future and most decent human being. And who could beat that smile?
I saw him score the most remarkable goal I have ever witnessed...
Lima was all up in a buzz as the news spread like wild fire about the arrival of Santos of Brazil with Pelé. Santos was going to play against Alianza Lima the Peruvian champion. The excitement increased as Alianza announced the hiring of an Uruguayan defender named Souza just for the match. Souza's job, of course, was to shadow Pelé all game long. Alianza paid Souza the enormous amount (in those days) of $500 dollars just for the one game, all other expenses (travel, stay, etc.) covered. It was summer, so the game was going to be played at night at the "Estadio Nacional." As the game progressed, Souza, a tall, black, strong and agile player was doing a very good job of shadowing Pelé. Souza, being from Uruguay, was schooled in the ways and manners of their style of play. That is, all nonsense and as rough as the referee would allow and more.
It was almost half time, Pelé was next to the touch line near midfield watching his goalie kick the ball long and high. As the ball fell towards him, Pelé smoothly chess trapped it and allow it to roll down onto the field in front of him. Souza jumped on the ball but Pelé was first. With his back towards Souza, Pelé heeled the short bounce of the ball over Souza's head. Fast as lightening, Pelé turned around, his eyes riveted on the ball as it was falling down passed Souza. He quickly realized that Villanueva, Alianza's goalkeeper, about forty meters away, was way out of his line. In a flash, Pelé volley the ball. It described a laser like parabola over the surprised humanity of Villanueva and into the back of the net! It was magnificent! Extraordinary! Amazing! An instant hush fell all over the stadium, as if all those human minds needed time to really process and accept was they had just witnessed. And then, then, everybody stood up and applauded and applauded and applauded. I still can hear them.
Father, may you rest in peace, thank you for taking me that night to the stadium. Your loving son, always.
Pelé, Pelé WAS AND IS THE BEST!
He was a role model striker for me, after Van Basten. Thank you Cantona
I see where zlatan got is Ego from 💯
He was my idol back in 95-97.
Zlatan before Zlatan
If ever there was ANY player deserving of a statue at Old Trafford, it is Éric Daniel Pierre Cantona.
Cantona and the 92 youth team saved Alex Fergusson
I would have loved to have played with Eric, would have hated to play against him. Such a presence on the field, and never backing away from even the likes of Vinnie Jones.
Cantona made me fall in love with premier league and Man U. Even at a young age I didnt really judge him on his moments of anger - I loved his spectacle and skill. He made me want to go out in the yard and play
Great vids bro
Outstanding player
cantona is art
"...leave him off, he's French" Roy always got me
Probably the Michael Jordan of football
micheal jordan are the cantona of basketball
Fish= press. Trawler= himself. Sardines= his comments. Brilliant.
MERCI SIR BALLCULTURE , CONGRATULATIONS DEPUIS LE PAYS BASQUE FRAN9AIS
Cantona one of if not the best.
1:36 he dived lol
theres only one number 7 for me in Manchester United
his name is Cantona, Eric Cantona
He’s the best in the last 30 years, but Robson & Best wore it before him. Many who are old enough class George Best as the greatest player to ever play in England
I will not make those mistakes again... Wow... Legend
I remember the chip against united in the cup...wow...and that celebration lol...i especially liked that goal cause I'm a Wednesday fan😂... incidentally it was my club who brought him to England...we could have won the league if we kept him....dam 0:19
If No Cantona, scholes , Giggs, Beckham those protégés would not be as good as they have become. They all look up to him, He changed the football culture of the English game. He show them what’s the king of football to be look like , mentally, skills, vision, creativity, and the heart of the champions.
Soundtrack, if possible, anyone please?. And great video 👍