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Zanetti and Maicon: Who Was the Better Right Back?
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If you analize his entirely post word by word it is.Its dumbest thing I've read since joining this forum.Sorry but I couldnt resist,It is soo insulting and abusive to a legend and such a great player like Zanetti. Yea,Maicon was great 4 season here,after that he was getting just worse and worse(remeber Bale lol)but compare him to fkn Zanetti. And then comes this guy who either never watched Zanetti from 95 to early 00s or he is apsolute ignoramus,I dont know what to say anymore after that post.
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Zanetti is a legend and one of the best fullbacks in the game. Maicon in his prime was incredible and his form was amazing. There is no comparison between them as Zanetti is on a whole different level.
To call his end product "lackluster" is just ridiculous and that whole post shows the guy has no clue on what end product means in regards to player roles.
As a side note : I have spent 3 months with Inter primavera back in 2000 and we had first team players playing with us. There were incredibly strong players like Ronaldo, Seedorf, Blanc, Cordoba, Ferrari, Jugovic, Di Biagio, Vieri or Hakan Sukur but none of them felt as strong as Zanetti.
To call his end product "lackluster" is just ridiculous and that whole post shows the guy has no clue on what end product means in regards to player roles.
As a side note : I have spent 3 months with Inter primavera back in 2000 and we had first team players playing with us. There were incredibly strong players like Ronaldo, Seedorf, Blanc, Cordoba, Ferrari, Jugovic, Di Biagio, Vieri or Hakan Sukur but none of them felt as strong as Zanetti.
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I actually have, he is a week or so older than me ( 17th march for me ). We celebrated out birthday together.
You really have the audacity to talk about dumb posts when 99% of your posts consist of insulting out players? Luckily you weren’t an Inter fan back then or you’d have insulted Zanetti plenty of times as well. Course you’re here now that we’ve been winning, nowhere to be seen when we’re losing. Go back to your hole plastic loser
Wtf are you talking about? Zanetti was an absolutely fantastic player no doubt, he had many strong points like his dribbling, defending and remarkable balance but his product was a weakness….that’s a fact. His crossing and especially his shooting were far from the best. If you can’t admit that you’re a fanboy who knows nothing about football
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His crossing was just fine for a full back of his generation.
His shooting was quite decent but he didn't try to shoot that much, wasn't his job anyway.
The only weakness he had was with his forward passing, but I guess that's something only clueless fanboys can see.
I also love how you criticize someone for being around only when Inter wins when he literally signed up a week after a pathetic EL final loss
(joy)stick to what you know... Real football is a different animal.
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After reading that first post I thought this kurt dude never watched Zanetti,but If he did that makes his posts even more tragicomical. Its a sad story.Over and out.
His crossing was just fine for a full back of his generation.
His shooting was quite decent but he didn't try to shoot that much, wasn't his job anyway.
The only weakness he had was with his forward passing, but I guess that's something only clueless fanboys can see.
I also love how you criticize someone for being around only when Inter wins when he literally signed up a week after a pathetic EL final loss
(joy)stick to what you know... Real football is a different animal.
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10 years of FIFForum SupporterThis is a question for the older members surely who would remember JZ pre treble? 1995 onwards.
Maicon was a beast, that goal v Juve knee to volley was beautiful but he could simply not defend in my eyes, JZ was so versatile but at his main position at RB he could defend and run the wings pre wing back being a thing days, in my opinion there is absolutely no comparison, it's simply JZ all day long for me.
Maicon was a beast, that goal v Juve knee to volley was beautiful but he could simply not defend in my eyes, JZ was so versatile but at his main position at RB he could defend and run the wings pre wing back being a thing days, in my opinion there is absolutely no comparison, it's simply JZ all day long for me.
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10 years of FIFNostradamusMost Passionate MemberMaicon was excellent defensively in his prime.
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Not so good in 2010-11 IMO. Sorry
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10 years of FIFNostradamusMost Passionate MemberDon't see how that season contains part of his prime.
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Maicon was overall ok defensively but he was part of one of the best defense ever and definitely best Inter defense of all time for a good chunk of his time with Inter. 1v1 against opposing players there is no comparison between him and Zanetti. Zanetti looked like a cheat code at times (he was the only one able to stop Messi at 37 years old or so).
Yeah coming from the guy who said we’ll never win the league with Conte and Lukaku. You wouldn’t know football if it slapped you in the face
His crossing was just fine for a full back of his generation.
His shooting was quite decent but he didn't try to shoot that much, wasn't his job anyway.
The only weakness he had was with his forward passing, but I guess that's something only clueless fanboys can see.
I also love how you criticize someone for being around only when Inter wins when he literally signed up a week after a pathetic EL final loss
(joy)stick to what you know... Real football is a different animal.
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10 years of FIFNostradamusMost Passionate MemberI said that?
Wasn't I who was saying that it was a failure not to win it the first season and a failure not to get through CL groups in either season?
The @vitomins quote was made when we actually abandoned chasing Lukaku [with the cost of losing other targets at the time and still not resolving anything other than announcing that our 3 highest earners were out] and seemed clueless in the market, maybe you need to improve your ability to understand concepts like timing.
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One of the rare occasions that I agree with you.
His crossing was just fine for a full back of his generation.
His shooting was quite decent but he didn't try to shoot that much, wasn't his job anyway.
The only weakness he had was with his forward passing, but I guess that's something only clueless fanboys can see.
I also love how you criticize someone for being around only when Inter wins when he literally signed up a week after a pathetic EL final loss
(joy)stick to what you know... Real football is a different animal.
If you look at the few goals Zanetti scored, those were actually some cracking goals. He had the technique and power to hit a proper shot. It's just that he preferred not to shoot, rather than not having the ability to shoot.
His crossing was decent at best. Not spectacular, but by no means bad either.
It's Zanetti over Maicon for me. Zanetti provided more balance & stability in both defense and attack. All in all, a more reliable right back. Maicon was a beast, but Zanetti just had everything in him that a right back should have.