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Born in Argentina, he later changed to Spanish nationality.
Alfred Di Stefano was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 4, 1926, and played for River Plate, Juracan, Millionaires, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Espanyol. Many people believe that he is the greatest player in the history of world football, better than Pele and Maradona. Stefano was a key force in Real Madrid's fifth successive Champions League title, scoring in the first four finals and scoring a hat-trick in the fifth final as they swept Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3.
Stefano is a well-rounded player, playing as a striker but as a midfielder and defender, having represented Argentina and, after changing his nationality, Spain, but sadly, he has never competed in a World Cup and has not been seen on the stage of the world's most important tournaments.
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He has two nationalities, Argentine and Spanish
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Di Stéfano has played for three national teams: six for Argentina; 4 times for Colombia (unofficial competitions); Represented Spain 31 times, but never played in the World Cup.
In 1950, Argentina refused to participate in the World Cup in Brazil, and the 24-year-old Di Stefano lost his first chance to participate in the World Cup.
By 1954, Argentina was still refusing to compete, and FIFA announced that Di Stéfano was not eligible because he had previously played for Argentina and Colombia.
In 1956, Di Stéfano was granted Spanish citizenship, and in 1957 he represented Spain in World Cup qualifying, but Spain failed to qualify, so he missed the 1958 World Cup in Sweden.
In 1961, at the age of 35, Di Stéfano had already helped Spain qualify for the 1962 World Cup in Chile, but missed the main tournament due to a muscle injury, after which he withdrew from international competition.
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Di Stefano was born in 1926 on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Italian parents.
He has dual citizenship: Argentina and Spain.
After a transfer to Real Madrid in 1956, Stefano became a Spanish citizen in more detail
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Lionel Messi is an Argentine footballer who plays for FC Barcelona and is one of the brightest superstars in world football today. Di Stefano is also an Argentine footballer, also at the peak of his debut, leading Argentina to the Copa America before moving to Europe, where he played for Real Madrid. Di Stefano has led Real Madrid to five Champions League titles, eight league titles, and two World Footballer of the Year awards.
Messi has won ten La Liga titles so far, and it continues, Messi's form is still at his peak, and there is a high probability that he will continue to win league titles, in the Champions League, Messi has led the team to win the Champions League four times, in terms of individual honors, Messi has won the Ballon d'Or six times, and the Barcelona club with Messi is called the Cosmos team. In the national team, Messi has led Argentina to the finals twice, and even reached the final, but unfortunately he met the powerful German machine in the final, and he was only one step away from the king of the ball.
Just like an imperfect story can be called an epic, this is also the only flaw in Messi, so Messi's achievements in all aspects have completely surpassed Di Stefano, and the following is a personal reason to further explain why he said so:
1. Achievement
Di Stefano lived in the early years of the last century, when the technical and tactical level of football, including the competitive state of the players, was certainly not comparable to today, someone once said that a second-rate team sent to the past will become a champion, of course, everyone has their limitations, but it is in such a competitive situation that Messi still surpasses Di Stéfano in terms of achievement data.
2. Honor
Di Stéfano later joined the Spanish nationality, but Messi is still an Argentine citizen, although he joined Spain with a high probability of winning the World Cup.
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In terms of achievements and honors, Messi is currently not as good as Di Stefano, and Messi is better than Di Stefano except for personal honors. The rest, neither in the Champions League nor in the national pairs, have yet to reach Di Stefano's achievements.
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Di Stefano is certainly not as good as Messi, but far ahead of Ronaldo.
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From the point of view of achievements and honors, Messi is comparable to Di Stino, and Messi is also the protagonist of the Brazilian football team.
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Yes, because Messi is very dominant now, so he is a very good player in the history of football.
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Messi can compare to this person, because Messi has a lot of fame and fans in the world.
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When to pass, when to lead, when to control the ball, that's it, but it's too superficial to say. It's too annoying to talk about the details, so I'll give you an example here, which I've already given before. An example of Rui Costa:
Rui first grinds the ball near the middle of the midfield and then goes straight forward, with a defender behind him chasing him and will immediately catch up and leave in front of him.
At the 20-metre mark, there were four defenders, one of his team-mates on the left and one on the right, who were cutting forward at high speed. And there was a lot of space on both wings to exploit, but he didn't.
Pass to anyone, continue to carry forward, and dribble the ball to the left ribs, because of the route and direction he chooses, attracting two defenders at the same time, the left back and the left central defender.
There are a total of three players who defend and return to defense, and they took two steps and didn't pass until the opposing team almost surrounded him, and suddenly a direct pass, behind the opponent's defender, that's it.
A pass tore through the opponent's entire backline, and the player who intervened on the left side got the ball and directly formed a one-knife goal.
Just this one example, I think Blind Hong can already explain a lot of things, if he can pass it on earlier, so that he will not let himself fall into the predicament of the bag.
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Di Stefano was originally an Argentine citizen. In the '50 World Cup in Brazil and the '54 World Cup in Switzerland, Argentina did not participate for political reasons. Before the World Cup in Sweden in 58, Di Stefano represented Spain in the World Cup, but Spain did not enter the main tournament that time.
In 62, I didn't have the opportunity to participate because of injury.
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He turned out to be from Argentina. Later, he became a Spanish citizen. FIFA does not allow such conditions to participate in the World Cup.