Yeah they were great,The Polish team from the 70s-80s was quite renowned, players like Boniek, Lato, Lubanski were all world class. Deyna was considered the Polish Cruyff and even got Ballon D'or podium in 1974 behind Cruyff himself and Beckenbauer. They won olympic gold and bronze medals in 2 World Cups(1974 and 1982). I suspect that many of them didnt get to play for huge European teams(except Boniek) because of communism, just like with the rest of Eastern European footballers.
Yeah I remember Boniek vaguely - he was superb. But you know that modern football fans (don't mean you Temptation) think football started in the 2000s and don't even know who the likes of Boniek was.As a matter of fact Lato was just as lethal as RL9 but as quick as Mbbape. Problem was he was behind the iron curtain and player transfer market was much slimmer than what it is now...RL9 wins the popularity contest but to me the greatest Footballer of Poland was Zbigniew Boniek...my hero of the 80s. RL9 is 2nd...hands down.
Spanish is an easy/simple language to learn tbh@Andresito: Spanish is easy for Poles. I know cause I'm learning and after a month of duolingo I managed to get by in Dominicana.
Thats true..., They have no clue of Pele, Cruyff or Beckenbauer...let alone Gerd Muller...Yeah I remember Boniek vaguely - he was superb. But you know that modern football fans (don't mean you Temptation) think football started in the 2000s and don't even know who the likes of Boniek was.
They think Gerd Muller was garbage and just a tap in merchant - little do they know he actually had fairly good playmaking ability and tracked back a fair bit too.Thats true..., They have no clue of Pele, Cruyff or Beckenbauer...let alone Gerd Muller...
Its a shame but most football fans are just casual fans I guess, I always enjoyed learning about different footballing eras, other country's football history, their greatest players, tournaments peaks etc. Out of the big ones you mentioned I agree that Zico is probably the one who's left out the most in conversations. Maybe its also because that Brazil team hasn't won anything worth mentioning despite playing good football.They think Gerd Muller was garbage and just a tap in merchant - little do they know he actually had fairly good playmaking ability and tracked back a fair bit too.
Like you say they don't even know the greatest of all time like Pele, Di Stefano Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Platini etc. Zico is a non-name to them too. And if you ask them who the likes of Kopa is they'll have no idea. And they think there's only one Luis Suarez too, lol.
racistSpeaks great Spanish btw. Wouldn't think he'd bother learning a new language at that age.
congratz for being Pole. Enjoy it unlike some are able to (El G)Anyhow, for an average Pole such as me, these are the most 👌 precious moments to live through, when your country man makes you proud like that and all. Especially, on the canvas of Santiago Bernabeu, in a Barca shirt...The whole World was watching and the whole 🌎 saw that the man who scored the first 2 goals - the most important goals, was who...?
Robert Lewandowski .... 🚜 ♥️.
I gotta go...
That was a great afternoon for me...
I'll see you.
Yeah me too mate. Football has an amazing history, not only on the pitch, but intertwined with politics. It literally has brought countries to their knees or brought them together.Its a shame but most football fans are just casual fans I guess, I always enjoyed learning about different footballing eras, other country's football history, their greatest players, tournaments peaks etc. Out of the big ones you mentioned I agree that Zico is probably the one who's left out the most in conversations. Maybe its also because that Brazil team hasn't won anything worth mentioning despite playing good football.