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    SOCCER ICONS: The 50 best players of all time and their greatest achievements
    SOCCER ICONS: The 50 best players of all time and their greatest achievements
    SOCCER ICONS: The 50 best players of all time and their greatest achievements
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    SOCCER ICONS: The 50 best players of all time and their greatest achievements

    By Bryan Gelbe

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    There are all kinds of players, those which have caused laughter and tears persist in the memory of the fans. Their goals, their shots, their assists and collective plays, the celebrations they caused. It's almost impossible to determine who the best is, but we can propose the heroes of each decade. In this guide you will find the history of the great triumphs of the best players of all time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMB Cooltura
    Release dateFeb 1, 2015
    ISBN9789873788406
    SOCCER ICONS: The 50 best players of all time and their greatest achievements

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      SOCCER ICONS - Bryan Gelbe

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      Introduction

      Soccer is the most beautiful, complex and captivating sport. It displays beautiful and subtle movements, but also violent actions and human errors. Like no other activity, it generates deep and mixed emotions: joy, sadness, surprise, disappointment, fellowship, aggression and frustration. All of them emerge in different order during the same match. Soccer is the greatest passion of mankind. No one can ignore it. Directly or indirectly, soccer is part of our lives. It makes no social, economic or geographic distinctions. It does not discriminate by gender or age. The best definition of this wonderful sport was provided by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano: Soccer is the only religion that has no atheists.

      Soccer can be played very well or very badly; with the best or the worst intentions. You can be generous, supportive and creative. Or you can hit, lie and cheat. It all depends on them: those entering the field, the artists; those who come from nothing and become idols in a blink of the eyes. These men reflect us. They are what many people dream to be but could not be. They are the protagonists of the passion of mankind. They are part of history. They are the soccer players.

      There are all kinds of players. The greatest ones are those who remain in our memories; those who achieved great deeds that made fans laugh and cry out of joy: their goals, their dribbles, their passes, their shots, their blocks, their headers and their saves; their collective moves, their planned plays, the celebrations. Everything we once saw from the stadiums or followed by radio or television; the reason we hug strangers and argue strongly with them -- these are the product of the legacy of the greatest players in history.

      Asking who the best of all is will never generate an accurate or objective answer, but everyone who loves soccer has a candidate. It is debated at bars, meetings, parties, jobs and universities. They say time always puts things in place. However, it is important to understand that determining who the best in history is cannot be done. You cannot compare if there is a fifty year gap. Soccer has changed! Life changes! What is possible is to propose the best of each era. Maybe ten years is an acceptable segment for comparison. Following are the top 50 players in the history of soccer.

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      Now and forever

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      Lionel Messi

      He is the best player of the 21thcentury, but is he the best ever? Many say yes and many disagree. The debate is endless, but the true extent of Messi’s potential will be defined over time. Soccer can be analyzed more accurately at a distance. It will take several years for us to know whether Lio was the best ever. But the figures don’t lie: he obtained numerous titles with Barcelona, broke all personal records and scored so many goals that he broke records more than one hundred years old. Messi is the record man.

      How did he become the best in the21th century? The dust was rising on the soccer field in the Argentinean city of Rosario, marking Messi’s trail. He was running without stopping, dominating the ball

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