Monday, June 11, 2007

Mean Joe Verde?

As we have been covering the career moves of young Brazilian midfield phenomenon Anderson, I thought it would be fitting to pay our respects to one of his predecessors. Here is footage of probably the greatest Brazilian midfielder ever, and some have argued and continue to argue the greatest Brazilian futeboler ever. Wait, wasn’t Pele the greatest ever and didn’t he play a recessed midfield position at times? It’s not important. Anyway, Zico had tremendous vision and unbelievable ball handling skills. Above all, he might have been the best free kick specialist of all time. Please see for yourself.




As I was looking for Zico footage I ran across these great Coke adds from 1982 (World Cup Year) one featuring Zico and the other Maradona in the role made famous by Mean Joe Green here in the States.



2 comments:

Big Blue Monkey said...

Can we assume that Maradona was given a Coke with "original" recipe?

The Beautiful Game said...

great stuff