#2 Never again will two players of such immense quality be playing at the same time, let alone the same league
In the course of the beautiful game’s rich history, there have been many who can quite justifiably throw down the gauntlet as being the greatest ever to grace the football pitch.
Pele won 3 World Cups with Brazil, a feat which will arguably never be repeated again, Johan Cruyff, possibly the most naturally gifted player to ever play the game, Diego Maradona single-handedly grabbed Argentina by the scruff of their neck and led them to world cup glory. Beyond these few, there are also the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Franz Beckenbauer, Michel Platini, Ronaldinho, Alfredo Di Stefano, to name a few.
But what’s common amongst all of them, is that most did not play in the same era, let alone the same league.
We are at a unique point in time when two of the greatest of our generation are fighting it out in the same league; what makes it more fascinating is that they’re at opposite ends of one of the oldest and greatest rivalries in football, Real Madrid and Barcelona.
This has made the ‘El Clasico’ more fiercely contested and much more entertaining. The quality of play from both teams is at a much higher level and each match bears certain unpredictability about it.
There may be only a few more years of both of them fighting it out in La Liga, with their bodies being able to bear only so much physical strain, them leaving is an eventuality that cannot be avoided.
Spend these years enjoying what they have to offer.
