They were the football gods of the nineties: this is how they looked then and now

A Football fans born around the 80s they would definitely select Zinédine Zidane, Paolo Maldini, Roberto Baggio, Marco van Basten, Hriszto Sojcskov, Romario, Gheorghe Hagi, Jürgen Klinsmann, Dennis Bergkamp, ​​Lothar Matthäus, Rivaldo, Luis Figo, Gabriel Batistuta, Roberto Carlos, Peter Schmeichel, Pavel Nedved, Diego Maradona, Alessandro Del Piero, Thierry Henry or Ronaldo.

The nineties and now

The iron teeth of time, it seems unfortunately, everyone will. It can be seen even on footballers with muscular thighs who once had a slim physique and ran like cannonballs thirty years since their legendary heyday. The youngest ever FIFA Footballer of the Year, having scored more than 400 goals, is a two-time world champion with 19 trophies, and played 19 professional seasons. Ronaldo for example, we would probably just walk away without saying a word if we sat next to him at the parents’ meeting.

Click on the first picture in the gallery to start “Then and now” our photo selection.

The football stars and their judgment

However, we watched them enough back then and considered them almost like family members. Like Pele and then Maradona, the dominant figures of the turn of the millennium football from the 1990s, who are alive today but are no longer active they were celebrated stars, true demigods. Just as we imagine the ecstatic crowds of ancient Roman gladiator fights, millions and millions around the world fanned them, with the only difference being that the football stars of the 90s left the pitch alive at the end of the matches. with a gigantic amount of gas in their box and a huge advertising value in their portfolio.

This passion may have pushed him to improve his technique made Zinadine Zidane famous for her elegance and intelligencewho was chosen as the player of the year by FIFA in 1998, 2000 and 2003, and even considered by many to be one of the greatest football players of all time. But the horse also has four legs, yet he stumbles, and he is disciplined and calm Zizou is kaphat once tantrum on the lawn. FIFA did not think otherwise either, which awarded Zizou the Ballon d’Or at the 2006 World Cup, even though

in the final against the Italians, he headbutted one of the opponent’s players, Marco Materazzi, in the chest.

With the header that went to the wrong place, since then, it is understood, the French legend has only reacted to a backlash that comes as a bad joke in defense of his own familyand as he stated, he is not proud of his actions either.

But Zizou’s figure and judgment could not be overshadowed by a single wrong move, that is, a wrong move. However, this was not the case for another legendary figure of Real Madrid, Luis Figowho will remain a thorn in the eyes of many for life. They are the Catalans.

When both stars played football for RealGary M. Prior / Getty Images Hungary

Catalonia, in the north-east of Spain, thought that it had locked him in its heart for life and welcomed the soccer player, who was otherwise of Portuguese origin, into its ranks, when the Barca’s salvation volt. But suddenly, in 2000, perhaps not incidentally, it was a record amount for $62 million, it transferred It is known as El Clásico rival to the royal team of Real Madridleaving an irreparable breach in the heart of the Catalan people.

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