The best football dribblers ever
The football game has many aspects one of it is dribbling.
Many great players can dribble very well but this list is about "The
best dribbler ever".
It are these players who can decide a match with just one action they
are the players who mastered dribbling the best and had the ability to
beat defenders no one else could.
Maradona is arguably the best dribbler ever, just watch one of his
videos and you will see why whole teams had to mark him. Maradona could
get past defenders easily, he would use body feints to fool a defender
into believing exactly the opposite of what he was actually going to do.
He would suddenly change direction when the defender was expecting him
to go the other way, it is this style of dribbling he used which is
called "Gambetta".
One example of this is his second goal against England in the 1986 World
Cup quarter-final where he would get the ball and beat five England
defenders before scoring a goal.
Maradona would later say in one of his interviews "In that game no one
could have stopped me, not even Mike Tyson".
Lionel Messi
The 23 year old Argentine has an incredible ball control and fast
acceleration. He can beat defenders with his short ball touches by
suddenly changing direction.
Although he is still very young we consider him as one of the best
dribblers ever already. With he´s brilliant play at Barcelona he has
already won the Champions League thrice.
He scored a similar goal like Maradona´s 'Goal of the Century' in a
match against Getafe where he dribbled past 5 players.
Garrincha was well-known for his great dribbling move where he
threatened inside but then suddenly go outside with a fast acceleration.
He would then reach the penalty area to score a goal or give an assist.
He did this move multiple times in a match and defenders would always
fail for it.
He won the World Cup twice and Brazil never lost a game with both Pelé
and Garrincha in the team.
Cruyff had the ability to see the weak spots in a defense he would see a
gap and suddenly accelerate into it and make his way to the penalty
area.
He was a great dribbler who could suddenly change direction and
accelerate past a defender. However he also had his own move named after
him, "The Cruyff turn".
In this move he would look like passing the ball to his teammate but
instead of kicking he would drag the ball behind his planted foot with
the inside of his other foot, turn 90 degrees and accelerate away from
the defender.
George Best
The greatest player ever to play at Manchester United was also a great
dribbler.
Best mainly used his right foot to cut away from defenders, creating
space in which he would continue his dribble.
Although only using his right foot he had a great control of the ball.
By using the inside and outside of the foot he allowed himself to
quickly change direction or dodge tackles.
Besides being great at heading, shooting and scoring goals, Pelé also
was a great dribbler.
With the ball short on his feet he had a great control of the ball which
looked like it would stick to his shoe.
This gave him the possibility to keep control of the ball even in short
areas. With this ability he was able to keep the ball with him in the
penalty area and score a lot of goals from there.
Brazilian player Ronaldo had a great dribbling ability.
He made amazing solo runs slaloming through the defense, passing several
defenders and finally beating the keeper and scoring a goal.
Ronaldo was great in doing step overs, whether it was a single one or
multiple ones, he would always get past the defender.
Not many players do step overs in front of the keeper the way Ronaldo
did in his match against Ghana at the 2006 World Cup.
Zidane is probably the player with the best ball control ever. He wasn't
the fastest, he didn't had a great acceleration, but he didn't need
that with such a control over the ball. Zidane could get out of
difficult situations easily. He also got an own move named after him,
the "Zidane Roulette". It's the 360 turn he perfected and used most
effectively of all players.
Ronaldinho
Although he may not be as good as in his Barcelona period, Ronaldinho
still is a great player with a lot of skills. He did a lot of amazing
tricks during his career, bringing freestyle skills in a football match.
One of his famous moves is the elastico where he fools a defender by
pushing the ball sideways but suddenly pulling the ball back to the
other side.
Stanley Matthews
Stanley Matthews was known for his great dribbling skills, because of
that he gained the nickname "the wizard of dribble".
Matthews had a great balance and sense of timing, he could suddenly
accelerate on a moment the defender would not suspect it. Pelé once said
Matthews was "the man who taught us the way football should be
played.".
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