<h1>Valencia Captain Mendetta, what level? </h1>
In 2001, French midfielder Zidane moved from Juventus to Real Madrid for 75 million euros.
During the same period, Lazio spent 48 million euros to buy Valencia captain Mendietta, who was quickly reduced to "parallel goods".
In hindsight, these two transfers heralded a change in the balance of power between La Liga and Serie A, and from then on, the "Small World Cup Serie A" went into decline.
In the 2000 Champions League final, Mendetta played against Real Madrid
Barca: Menditta defends Figo of Real Madrid
Gezca Mendeta: Spanish midfielder, born in 1974, plays for Valencia, Lazio, Barca and Middlesbrough.
1 Copa del Rey, 1 Spanish Super Cup, 2 UEFA European Best Midfielders and 1 Spanish Footballer of the Year.
Mendietta's Ballon d'Or Award for Best Ranking, was eighth (2000).
Euro 2000, Guardiola and Mendietta
Serie A: Mendietta and Inter Sanetti
Mendetta has been captaining Valencia for a long time and has also represented Spain in European Championships and World Cups.
He can be a right forward, left forward, forward, back and even right back and is an all-rounder on the football field.
Mendetta is physically strong and tenacious, breaking through, crossing, plugging in, long-range shots and set-pieces are all extremely efficient.
Mendetta can either organize from the flanks to cut the ball inwards to make the team attack more fluent, or sit in the middle to dispatch the overall situation and be the team leader.
2000 Champions League final against Bayern Effenberg
Mendetta scored the best goal in the history of the Copa del Rey
Mendeta had unlimited scenery in the Champions League and the European Cup, but in 2001, he transferred to Lazio at a sky-high price and became a "parallel cargo".
Some fans believe that Mendietta is the strongest midfielder in the Champions League, no less powerful than Figo and Nedved.
Other fans feel that Mendietta is the "system player", leaving Valencia, nothing, the decline of Serie A and Lazio, blame him!
So, the question for the GreenWatchers is, what is the level of Spanish midfielder Mendieta?
Euro 2000, Spanish midfield core Mendietta
2001 Champions League, Mendetta and Arsenal Ljungberg
Front: Midfield superstar! Mendietta has a strong ability to lead the team, and the strength is not lost to Figone Devide!
Valencia aren't a top club, right? But Mendietta is the one who led Valencia to the Champions League final twice, how many players can do it?
At that time, Spain was only the "king of qualifiers", and Mendetta was the only highlight of the Spanish team, which was the thigh of Spain in Euro 2000.
Mendetta has played against midfield masters such as Nedved, Redondo, Zidane, Keane and Effenberg, and has not been left behind.
Even if it is a semi-retired state, a team like Middlesbrough can also score two dollars against Ronaldo's Manchester United.
Before 2001, I dare say that Mendetta was even stronger than Nedved!
Serie A Lazio against AC Milan
Premier League: Mendetta vs Manchester United alone
The opposite: parallel goods! If Mendetta is really so strong, why can't he do it after the age of 27?
Valencia produced a group of "system players" at that time, and Mendietta was one of them, and once he left the team, he was exposed.
In Serie A, Lazio's squad is strong enough, right? The sky-high Price Oftea did not work (48 million euros, the third in football at the time), dragged down Lazio's finances, and even ended the "Small World Cup era" in Serie A, which was really "one person destroying one country"!
Loan back to Barca, but also a parallel cargo, even La Liga can not play, can only go to the Premier League relegation team to mix days.
Retired at the age of 33, Mendetta such an early aging "parallel goods" star, there are many in the history of football, what to take to touch the porcelain Nedved or Figo?
La Liga: Mendietta and Redondo
Valencia squad, how many players can you still recognize?
Master of Transmission! He has won the Champions League, he has been the captain of Barca, can it be said that he is stronger than Busquets?
Played only 10 minutes in the World Cup and became a Premier League legend? Because he can beat Manchester United Barca!
Real Madrid's midfield master! He has never played in a World Cup, but he doesn't lose technically to Zidanefigo?
Premier League Flag! He was second only to Ronaldinho? He scored more goals than Kaka!
Is it the midfield master who lost to Figanedvide? Or Valencia's "system player"? What level of player is Mendietta in your mind? Mendetta and Effenberg, who is stronger? How many players can you recognize in the Valencia Champions League squad pictured above? Welcome to discuss together.