Alfredo Di Stéfano vs England | Elegance Personified | 23.10.1963

Don Alfredo captains the Rest of the World team at Welmbey, facing soon-to-be World Champions England. Albeit already 37 years old, Di Stéfano looked as good as ever, gliding above the pitch with the ball at his feet. The game itself, commemorating the century of the English Football Association, is well-worth the watch - it's thoroughly entertaining and the amount of all-time greats featuring is simply mind-blowing.
England: Gordon Banks, Jimmy Armfield (captain), Bobby Moore, Maurice Norman, Ray Wilson, Gordon Milne,Bobby Charlton, Jimmy Greaves, Terry Paine, Bobby Smith, George Eastham
Rest of the World: Lev Yashin, Djalma Santos, Jan Popluhar, Karl Heinz Schnellinger, Gento, Josef Masopust, Svatopluk Pluskal, Alfredo Di Stefano (captain), Eusébio, Raymond Kopa, Denis Law; Ferenc Puskás, Jim Baxter, Milutin Soškić, Luis Eizaguirre, Uwe Seeler

[@macca1146]

He would have loved today's tip tap footie, he made it look so easy in a world when men were men.

[@BrunoRonconFutebolClassico]

He was great!!

[@johnholmes912]

I remember seeing this as a small boy

[@peterparque4215]

With 39 years!.

[@Shifinline999]

grande di stefano🇦🇷🐐

[@robharding5345]

Eusebio & Di Stephano ran the whole game on their own.

[@victorformosa2825]

Would have been great to have seen Pele in there.

[@gmain1977]

Pele,Best, Eusabio and Di Stefano in the same team

[@gmain1977]

DI stefano,Pele, Maradona are best 3 , in their era greed was not a thing, jusy football. No social media hype cra.
Notice 7.47 he does a cryuff turn

[@johnholmes912]

Puscas, john charles, Greaves. best, Duncan Edwards.all better than that cheat Maradona

[@gmain1977]

@@johnholmes912 no Watch Matigovidz channel and watch what Maradona does with the ball.

[@ffhhkl8590]

@@johnholmes912still mad

[@sunwukong7567]

​@@johnholmes912That 🍑 still bleeding. Thieves of the world talking about cheating 😁

[@McFlashh]

Lol

[@fraclarke6523]

Walking pace football , too slow

[@davesushsksbsjdhdbsj8432]

Its a friendly game, and Di Stéfano was 36/37 years old

[@johnholmes912]

And yet better than today's rubbish

[@user-ir2ox2if2p]

​@@johnholmes912 🐶💔 keep sipping on that copium you old bat these players play slower than 70 year olds, zero pressing. They wouldn't be playing even in amateur leagues

[@marcr3170]

good players but 90s footballers were the best

[@ZAOUWV]

Extremely slow football/ look like amateur football nowadays

[@Mach15-20]

Just an exhibition game played to commemorate the century of the English Football Association.

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

in fact the pace of the game was higher back then... this is a friendly game and it's EVIDENT 🤦

[@gmain1977]

Its not that slow its camera tech not as good now , notice no diving and rolling on the floor

[@Libzalii]

Yep!!! It’s the PlayStation generation that won’t appreciate football before them because it was ‘slow’

[@johnholmes912]

I agree today's players do look like amateurs compared to these greats