Veteran fans know that since football entered the system era in the 1970s, Cruyff and Beckenbauer are representative figures, and in the 80s, it was the famous Maradona and Platini "battle", and in the early 21st century, it was the world of Ronaldo and Zidane. However, it may be difficult to find a representative of football in the 90s, because this era of football superstars is a period of rapid development of systems and individual capabilities. On the afternoon of September 23, UK time, Bleacher Report magazine selected the representative stars of each era, the football saints of the 70s and the old horses of the 80s are recognized as the kings, but the representative stars of the 90s may be a little strange to today's fans - Michel Laudrup, the magazine said that he is between the Maradona and Zidane era, that is, the representative stars of the 90s.
It may be that when it comes to this era, many people first think of FIFA because of Van Basten's retirement, which has made drastic changes to the rules of football matches, so that technical geniuses such as Ronaldo have stood out. Laudrup's same generation of geniuses emerged, Baggio and Maldini competed with superstars such as Wea and Desailly, and even The Big Luo and Zizou who came out in the second half of the 90s need to "wait a few years". And anyone who really saw football at that time knew that the most successful player in 90-00 years was the Danish star Laudrup. His most talked-about miracle is the "4 plus 1" five consecutive la Liga titles. That is to say, in 1991-94, he led Barca to win the La Liga title for four years, and then he switched to Real Madrid, bringing the La Liga championship temperament to the Bernabeu. Due to the tension between the two men in La Liga, the stars who directly transfer between the two clubs will more or less be put on the hat of "traitor".
However, Laudrup is loved by both Madrid and Catalan fans, which is also a "miracle" of the direct transfer from the Rossandre to the Galactic Battleships. Such a stunning performance made him the best foreign player in La Liga in 25 years (74-99 years). Michel-Laudrup can also be said to have been born into a famous football family, and his younger brother Brian Lloyd can also be said to have been born in football. Laudrup is a Bayern star who has been named one of Pele's 100 FIFA Superstars. Speaking of Danish football in the 90s, many people may first think of the Danish fairy tale they created in 1992, after all, the final opponent is the Italian World Cup champion Germany team with Klinsmann. However, it is a pity that Laudrup did not participate in that European Championship, otherwise he would have added an important stroke to his brilliant football career.
Why is he said to be somewhere between the time of Maradona and Zidane? There may be some people who understand it purely from the perspective of the times, there is a certain truth but it is not very sufficient. Barca's old fans should know the "dream dynasty", Laudrup is the core of this dynasty, but how was this era established? This goes back to the departure of the old horse. Diego regarded Camp Nou as his first stop in Europe's major leagues, and in his two seasons with the Rossandre, Maradona not only created brilliant stats and many classic individual performances, but also brought The South American style to the Catalan football landscape. But was the old horse era a success for Barca? Obviously not, after all, the two sides did not look good when they broke up, but Diego has become the core of the Camp Nou system, when Barca are ready to bring in Van Basten from Ajax to fill the vacancy after Maradona's departure.
However, the Dutch did not come, so the Red and Blue Army, after Maradona's departure, until the rise of the "Dream Dynasty", had been struggling to get rid of the tactical options left by the Polo King. Perhaps people at that time only paid attention to the wild performance of the old horse in Naples, and few people noticed that his old club Barca was in the depths of the water, which was directly related to Diego's farewell. Laudrup's standout represents barca finally out of the "post-Maradona era" confusion and ushered in a "dynasty that doesn't need a king of balls", and in the 90s the competition for the La Liga title was still fierce, and it may be difficult to achieve it again today for four consecutive years. After all, the "Dream II" and "Dream III" dynasties are certainly star-studded, but they also caught up with Florentino's "Bank Battleship" phases I and II, so Laudrup became the king after the old horse.
He actually has some handover relationship with Zidane, and my old colleague said that before the incident, in a broad sense, he came to Real Madrid to bring the championship temperament, so that the Galaxy, which had not been involved in the La Liga championship for four years, suddenly won this award. What is more tragic for Ronaldo is that he played for Barca in the 96-97 season, which also opened the law of "which club to go to suddenly have no league title". From a technical and tactical point of view, Laudrup is the quintessential midfield master, not only bringing Madrid a long-lost league title, but also defining the attacking style in the Bernabeu system. Real Madrid's top brass introduced Zidane from Juventus in accordance with all aspects of Laudrup's qualities, and Zizou learned Laudrup's positional feelings in the early days of the Galactic Battleship. So the latter became the representative star of the 90s between the maradona and Zidane eras.