There have been great through ball passers in the last 20 years. Which one do you think is the best?
Some examples: Zinedine Zidane, Rui Costa, Andrea Pirlo, Andres Iniesta, Guti, Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Mesut Ozil, Kevin de Bruyne.
Idk man, as a Liverpool fan I hate saying this but De Bruyne has actually started to grow on me. Definitely the best passer of the past 5 years along with Messi no doubt.
Juan Roman Riquelme
Stats say Messi but eye test says Messi too
I wanted to say KDB but then saw the examples and Jesus I just remembered how good pirlo and fabregas were at this sh*t. When it comes to through balls purely I would have to go for Fabregas or Xavi
Scholes?
Seemed like the playmakers playmaker.
All those on the list are good shouts except Messi he’s toward the bottom of the list. Maybe last.
Juan Roman Riquelme
Peak Ozil was on a different level to the rest of the sport. Xabi and Pirlo were up there too. James Rodríguez and Juanfer Quintero in particular had a ridiculous through ball. Messi I’m not even including in the conversation because he’s above everyone in that (and many other) department.
The only correct answer is Messi or Totti , or Guti.
Ronaldinho’s passing is unbelievably underrated.
Kaka could absolutely slice teams open
KDB
Xavi hernandez is the best
https://sportsbrief.com/football/12438-the-top-passers-world-global-ranking/
how tf did you forget Xavi?