Was he really the goat of goalkeeping?
>>157430241That soccer ball looks based
until neuer showed up, yeah
yes because he pretty much invented the foundations of the position. keepers before him were just flailing retards.
>>157430241he stood out enough to win the ballon d'or as a goalkeeper in in the 1960s so i'm going to say yes
>>157430279Those things were tough as rocks
>>157430241no one alive right now was around to watch him play so we're all just taking a bunch of boomers word for it
>>157430241 I thought keepers didn't wear gloves back then? Also I don't know who this is
>>157430579ThisAnd Jongbloed, despite being an awful gk, laid the ground for ball-playing/sweeper gks
He revolutionised goalkeeping more than anyone else before or since. But everyone since has copied him, and had better training and fitness, so they're probably better than he was. If you got a time machine and brought Lev Yashin to the present day, he'd be noticeably worse than Jordan Pickford. This proves that GOAT arguments are worthless.
>>157434832should the goat debate regard only technique or historical relevance?
