The funny thing is goalies make it look as if you would only need to get your hand in the way in time. But once you stand there and someone blasts a powerful one you quickly realize that often your arm and hand will just bend backwards and give way to the ball. Goalies are insane. I used to play defensive positions and everytime I crashed with my own goalie it was always me who was hurting.
@gabrielrigaud9426
Жыл бұрын
My childhood hero even tho I'm french and not Italian
@SportGamingComputing
Жыл бұрын
He's one of the fewest keepers that Messi struggled to score against, he wasn't able to score against him til the 4th or 5th meeting.. He's 45 years old now, and still playing at pro level for a serie B team called Parma "2nd tier of italy" the team where he started his career, and the fact that he's been playing professional football since 1995 and yet to retire is just crazy !! He's without a doubt one of the greatest goalies of all time, & most definitely in the top 5 all time
@danieltheis5458
Жыл бұрын
Hey Luke, you are pronouncing it right. For mepersonaly he is the GOAT and I´m from Germany. He has won everything has great paasion and was always a humbel guy. he is great and i was hoping for so long that you would react to goalkeepers because they really make the difference in big games. I follow you since the beginning of your football series and i love the way you fell in love with this great game
@KRISIMOS
Жыл бұрын
Neuer the 🐐 for me
@IshavedChewbacca
Жыл бұрын
he never won Champins League tho, not that it says anything about his skills. But that is my personal reason to put him in 3rd of all time, behind Neuer and Casillas
@mikaeldk5700
Жыл бұрын
I am Danish, and a big fan of Schmeichel. Schmeichel was the best keeper of his era. Remember that in 92-93 backpass rule to the goalie was changed alot, in the middle of his best times, but still he was an integral part of the 1999 triple. But.... I must say Buffon is the best GK ever for me; His professionalism, his passion, his skill, from teen to 40, everything. Of all keepers I have seen, Schmeichel and Buffon are the ones who stand out. And I would put Buffon on top, despite being Danish.
@dariogutierrez6716
Жыл бұрын
Definitely has a place in the top 5 ever goalkeepers. Arguably top 3. If you choose him as your best ever, you wont get many nasty looks. Career wise, Martínez wouldn't even help him put on the gloves.
@IshavedChewbacca
Жыл бұрын
My top 3 are Neuer, Casillas and Buffon
@damjuve13
Жыл бұрын
@@IshavedChewbacca so you are a man of good taste :D To be honest I think this is the top 3 of most people who saw those 3 played, the order may change, we could argue for every one as number 1, but definitly this is the top 3 of modern football goalkeepers
@IamnotfromUSA
5 ай бұрын
@@damjuve13 Cech can also be on that top 3 if you want to put him there of modern ones.
@Raastoff
Жыл бұрын
Its difficult to claim some goalkeeper being better than Buffon. He might not be renowned for his handling, but at the same time he didnt give dangerous rebounds so not a big problem. Other great goalkeepers that comes to my mind is Peter Schmeichel, Oliver Kahn, Van Der Sar, Casillas, Peter Cech, Chilavert - from the same period.
@nailer10
Жыл бұрын
U should check on Rogério Ceni, played internationaly for Brazil and in brazilian team São Paulo... but he was not ordinary, cuz he scored 131 gols in his career, AS A GK. Its just nuts. He also was, a great GK, u should check on rogerio ceni vs Universidad Catolica. One of the bests matches a gk ever played. 4real.
@chiaraderrico8783
Жыл бұрын
Definitelly the greatest of all time, and he is still playing at 45 yo! P.S. you must check Alessandro Del Piero
@christianzeugna
Жыл бұрын
buffon is by far the goat of goalkeepers in terms of reflecton and has always been a key player in parma, juventus and in the italian team, if it's difficult to say who the best player is it's even more difficult talking about gkpers, but he's surely in the top 5 together with other great italian, german and russian legends. as of right now i'd dare to say that maignan, ac milan's gk is the best at the moment, saving crazy shots in the serie a and in the cl this season. talking about italian football legends you should check on the story of paolo rossi, roberto baggio, maldini and cannavaro. italian players have been sooo underrated through history and are still rn in some way
@micheleduritto
Жыл бұрын
EDIT N2:(lol) It is debatable who is the GOAT of goalkeepers is...as with most goats in any sports, but a lot of people would say he is, and everyone definitely have him in the conversation at least. His reflexes were great, however, as with Maldini, most of his work was actually very good positioning and him reading how and who was going to shoot the ball and where, way before it actually happened.....if you want to be a good goalkeepers....you kinda have to be able to "predict the future" if you will...because, even with good reflexes (and Buffon had amazing reflexes) it is not going to be enought, the attackers is always going to have the advantage, but if you can read and predict what it is going to happen, AND you have good reflexes, then you become an world class goalkeeper...like he was (he is still playing...but of course right now, at 45 he is not as good as he was). Edit: also, he was an amazing and charismatic leader of both Juventus and the Italian National team, the defenders were under his command basically, because, that is also one of the things that good goalkeepers should be able to do, tell defenders how to move and when to move and who to cover while the match is still going on.
@sergo5
Жыл бұрын
Roberto Baggio is a must
@jgmediting7770
Жыл бұрын
I remember baggio and gascoigne standing out a mile at the 1990 World Cup.
@dovah2167
Жыл бұрын
Approve, a little older than other players he checked out but he's still a legend, also i recommand "Gattuso was a warrior" from AjComps, many don't think of him as good as he was but at the time he stopped players Ronaldinho and Cristiano Ronaldo
@salvatoredemarco
Жыл бұрын
damn the one time it really would've been interesting to check his wikipedia page you didn't, unlucky. you would've found out that he's actually still playing at age 45 in the italian second division, and his team (parma, the club where he started his professional career) is actually still in contention to get promoted to serie a although not one of the favourites. you also would've found out that he's been in 3 champions league finals (2003, 2015, 2017) with juventus but has never actually won it
@chrisellis3797
Жыл бұрын
Buffon, Peter Schmeichel, manuel Neuer, Gianluigi Donnarumma, iker Casillas, David De Gea. There's some great former and current keepers you could binge on.
@linggao2602
Жыл бұрын
There’s a documentary out there about CR7 testing his body’s limits and there’s one section where, the moment a passer touches the ball the lights went off and CR7 had to somehow feel where the ball would be and shoot it into the net. Unsurprisingly he did it every time. My takeaway from that, as an ignorant spectator, was that if you see the trajectory of the ball it’s too late for any reaction. You gotta anticipate where the ball goes with your gut feeling, and footballers at the level of CR7 would have that gut feeling. Back to Buffon here, he’s on par with CR7 in his position as a goalkeeper. So he’s able to anticipate where the ball goes the moment the ball leaves a striker’s foot. And he would done his homework before the match and know where the strikers of the opposing team would likely shoot, which foot he would likely use. You think it’s just his reaction time, but it’s way more than that.
@kianolner3818
Жыл бұрын
There’s not many goalkeepers that rival him in my lifetime. Iker Casillas (Spanish), Manuel Neuer (German) and I don’t care if I’m called biased I’m saying Alisson Becker (Brazilian). Goalkeepers work gets disrespected a lot because it seems easy when watching. But it’s a whole lot more than just put your arm out. Insanely talented and easily top 3 hardest positions to play.
@the_pbx99
Жыл бұрын
Really hard to say if he is the best ever with keepers like, Kahn, neuer, casillas and especially curtois now, but definitely Buffon will be remembered forever in the history as one of the greatest GK of all time
@benrasjid
Жыл бұрын
Yeah he's in the GOAT Goalkeepers conversation. Also he has the longevity, which not many players have in this day and age. He played top flight football as recently as 2021 with Juventus in Serie A. Currently he's still playing regularly in Italian 2nd tier with his first pro club, Parma, aged 45.
@sademartinson2758
Жыл бұрын
bro love the vids and the journey into the game. i’ve just got into it this year too at 20 from the us and it’s taken me over lol, my favorite team is liverpool i’m excited to see what team you end up picking, all live bro god bless!
@ChangingCrisis
Жыл бұрын
Check out Antonio di Natale. Probably the most underrated footballer ever. There was a period of time where only Messi and Ronaldo were outscoring him but he played for a significantly weaker team. Gattuso would also be a fun one to do
@CaptKomy
Жыл бұрын
Gigi is without a doubt the greatest in his generation at the very least. The man is still active today at 42 I think
@matteocardia6490
Жыл бұрын
45 now
@gavinmallett9331
Жыл бұрын
Buffon is def the GOAT of GK since 2000. Before that it could have been a number of players.... Lev Yashin(Russia), Gordon Banks(England), Oliver Kahn(Germany), Peter Schmeichel(Denmark) or Dino Zoff(Italy) would be the names that tend to be considered The Greatest EVER.
@rafaelpgrmr
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, you're not considering south americans at all... should at least name: Taffarel (Brazil) Chilavert (Paraguay) Higuita (Colombia) Carrizo and Abbondanzieri (Argentina) Mazurkiewicz (Uruguai)
@thomasterracciano4784
Жыл бұрын
As an Italian, you have thoroughly impressed me with your pronunciation of Gigi's name.
@addy3284
Жыл бұрын
Lev Yashin, Petr Cech, Kasper Schmeichel, Buffon, van der Sar, Neuer, Casillas are some of the best gks in football history
@Kobenoz
Жыл бұрын
We all respect Buffon! No matter where you're from, what nationality, which club you're siding on, or what's your position in your football club; we all respect Buffon...
@flatcapgaming
Жыл бұрын
Skill is important, but as you saw by the quality of the video's.. it's his consistency that makes him impressive. Literally years of quality performances. If you're into watching goalies shine, check out Oliver Kahn, Gordon Banks, Peter Shilton, Peter Schmeichel, Bruce Grobbelar to name but a few...
@dsfsfdsfdsfdfsd7245
Жыл бұрын
In the goatkeeper debate , it goes like this : National Achievements : Casillas / Neuer Club Achievements : Schmeichel / Neuer / Kahn Longevity : Buffon Own Achievements : Yashin Usually though , Yashin , Kahn (not much) and Neuer are left out as their era was to far ahead-to far back .
@Ellssama
Жыл бұрын
have you checked Iniesta yet, imo one of the best players to touch the ball, the key behind barcelona's success next to messi and xavi, check out " Andres Iniesta - The Last of his Kind - HD " by magical messi channel
@21stpilot3
Жыл бұрын
He’s currently checking out Italian/Italian league players but I’m sure he’ll get there at some point
@lukessportsacademy
Жыл бұрын
I reacted to a video about Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi. I can’t remember when I released that video. I will probably circle back around to him when we get to Spanish leagues
@damjuve13
Жыл бұрын
Great video but the most impressive with Buffon wasn't his highlights but the knowledge he got. Always perfect positionning, reading the game, his mental strenght. That allow him to be one of the best even at the end of his carrer at 40 years. To be short, he definitly is the Tim Duncan of football !
@rafaelpgrmr
Жыл бұрын
Gianluigi Buffon is not only one of the best goalkeepers ever, but one of the best players ever...
@Snitch55
Жыл бұрын
Buffon is quite simply the greatest goalkkeeper.
@orion_7726
Жыл бұрын
*Please react to "The Story of the Greatest Player that never got discovered" Its About a Italian player!*
@ulisesderas5773
Жыл бұрын
You should absolutely react to Manuel Neuer once you get a chance, the complete archetype of what a modern keeper should be. Completely revolutionized what should be expected from keepers in terms of on ball ability, extremely daring and confident with the ball at his feet, it's not uncommon to see him sometimes around the half way line when his team have the ball, it's insane. Though there were examples of "Sweeper Keepers" before him, Neuer really perfected the position, even finishing 3rd in the Balon D'or voting one year, an insane achievement for a keeper. Certainly I would say he was a more modern and "complete" keeper than Buffon, but it's hard to argue with Buffon's insane longevity and consistency. Definitely the two best keepers I've watched in my time
@bunt27
Жыл бұрын
9 times out of 10 he manages to push the ball wide when he saves it which makes a big difference. Lots of GKs can save but drop it in front of a player to score while they're on the ground. Brilliant keeper!
@thomasmartyn65
Жыл бұрын
Hey Luke! Great to see some GK Rep! Yeah Buffon is incredible, definitely one of my favourites! I’d also recommend to check out Nigel Martyn, he’s my dad and he was a great Premier League keeper from 87-06 and played for England as well where he actually played against Buffon and swapped shirts and it’s in my bedroom as I speak haha 😊 I’ve got more facts if you’re interested 😊
@lperea21
Жыл бұрын
World Cup without Italy is weird
@HarveySpecter0
Жыл бұрын
Gigi has no rivals for how consistent he was.
@SoulseekerNF
Жыл бұрын
Lev Yashin and Manuel Neuer are the greatest goalies ever because they changed the meaning of the position. Yashin made goalkeeping to be more than just standing on the line and stopping shots (and won the Golden Ball for that, the only goalkeeper ever to achieve that) and Neuer made goalkeeper to be essentially a complete field playing position. I love Buffon and have nothing but respect for him, in fact, I'd say that him and Peter Schmeichel are probably numbers 3-4 in all time goalkeeping rankings but still.
@IshavedChewbacca
Жыл бұрын
Pretty much the same reason I put Neuer in from of Casillas and Buffon for the GOAT. We wouldn´t have the current crop of skilled footwork keepers today, like Ederson, if it wasn´t for Neuer
@mannym7849
Жыл бұрын
Please feature Roberto Baggio
@nameanteater4772
Жыл бұрын
The thing about Goalkeeping is that some of the better saves are far less flashy or impressive looking (as catching the ball mid air is far more impressive than palming it away)
@jackputnam4273
Жыл бұрын
been waiting for you to react to some more keepers, and there’s no better one to start with than gigi. btw the beard trim and haircut are looking great :)
@DeadDrunk1
Жыл бұрын
Ben Foster just had an AMAZING penalty save during Wrexham vs Notts County
@bitter_peace
Ай бұрын
The next one goalie (with apssion :) ) should be probably Oliver Kahn, Der Titan
@em1nap
Жыл бұрын
Another great goalie: José Luis Chilavert, played in Argentina's league in 90's, penalty and freekicks top scorer, massive personality. The guy has a record scoring the most far away goal from a goalie from free kick, behind the midfield, insane
@GreyOne
Жыл бұрын
I'm culé, but I have to admit that the best goalkeeper is Cortois, no doubt about it. One tip for pronouncing Italian names, just pronounce them like they were Spanish and you'll do fine 90% of the time.
@anxofernandez3344
Жыл бұрын
He's one of the GOATs, you have to watch Iker Casillas, Víctor Valdés, Peter Cech, Oliver Kahn, Kasper Smeichel ...those would be the best of the past 25 years. The absolute GOAT is Lev Yashin.
@carlosalazar5984
Жыл бұрын
Top 3 goalkeepers of all time(in my opinion) 1. Lev Yashin 2. Íker Casillas 3. Gianluigi Buffon
@AhmedNagyx
Жыл бұрын
imo Manuel Neuer is the GOAT. He also won a World Cup with Germany( Buffon did with Italy) and won 2 champions league ( Buffion didn't win any).
@HarshSingh-to5nl
Жыл бұрын
If u think buffon has reflex watch Iker Casillas.... That man pretty much played on intuition then 😅
@kimura1388
2 ай бұрын
My Hero!! watched his career and he was consistent till the end... for me the G.O.A.T.
@mannym7849
Жыл бұрын
Well done on the pronunciation of Buffon’s name 🙌🏻👍🏻 😁
@mjgerster3280
Жыл бұрын
Gigi is probably the GOAT yes. My top three would be Gigi, Dida and Edwin van der Saar. If you need some italian players.. I haven't seen everything of you but my favorites are Cannavaro, Gattuso, Del Piero, Baggio, Maldini ane the wizard Andrea Pirlo of course. If I could recomend someone (my favourite player) it would be Paul Scholes but he played in the premier league. He played the greatest passes and scored the most insane goal you've ever seen. Best midfielder with Pirlo for me. Keep up the nice work. Cheers from switzerland.
@tevlar
Жыл бұрын
I would say Buffon is absolutly top if not top 5 I cant say for the goalkeepers in the 0s-70s since i didnt live then. Schmeichel, Casillas, Kahn, Neuer, Cech are probably one notch better from the goalkeepers during my lifetime. Yashin, Banks, Zoff are some before my lifetime. I would recomend videos like this for more history about the player kzitem.info/news/bejne/13yO0X6HgXeGfHo
@draganmarkovic491
Жыл бұрын
It's generally accepted that Lav Yashin is a GOAT when it comes to goalkeepers but Buffon is certainly up there, especially if we are talking about more modern times...
@milosstefanovic6603
Жыл бұрын
One more fun thing for you, its SO MUCH HARDER to defend headers than kicks, because you can read the player where his gonna kick, you cant read a header
@micheleduritto
Жыл бұрын
Also, what better time to react to italian football than now....Italy, right now have the most clubs still in european competition out of every other country.... 5 clubs: 2 in the Champions League, 2 in the Europa League and one in the Conference League, all in the semifinals of their respective competition...by comparison...the Premier League has "only" 2 left.
@nothernmonkey8612
Жыл бұрын
The greatest goalkeeper of all time is JIMMY GLASS you should react to the story behind the greatest escape in football history it's a 25 minute video on KZitem it was 24 years ago in 1999 I remember it like it was yesterday who sells the only goalkeeper the club has with 3 crucial game's to go thank God we got JIMMY GLASS on loan unless Carlisle United were out of the football league after 71 years playing professional football
@Ozreuh
Жыл бұрын
Buffon have been in the top 5 goalkeeper of the year for 20 years in a row, with some as number 1 of course. It always has been who the best between Buffon and someone else : Kahn vs Buffon Van Der Sar vs Buffon Casillas vs Buffon Cech vs Buffon Neuer vs Buffon en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFFHS_World%27s_Best_Goalkeeper I'm a Juve fan so i'm biased but for me Buffon is the Goat of Goalkeeper. And his nickname was Superman, how cool is that.
@Dashwolf
Жыл бұрын
Casillas was a better goalkeeper in terms of agility. Buffon was a better commander of his defense. Both highly esteemed goalkeepers.
@andreapani8573
Жыл бұрын
Buffon is one of the greatest of the modern era, and he started playing regularly at top level at 17, when the others are still at the academy, Martinez on the other hand is very good, he had a fantastic world cup, but until now he can not be compere with people, like Buffon, Neuer, Schmeichel, Bartez, Casillas or going back, Zoff, Schumacher, Bank.
@Shock_Mike_Hawke
Жыл бұрын
Buffon is GOAT, he even beats his teammates on Rock paper scissors, every single one of them. There's a video of him beating them on KZitem. That's how you know his reaction time is on another level.
@autistandcat6804
Жыл бұрын
Check out: José Luis Chilavert, Edwin van der Sar and Oliver Kahn
@andremar6586
6 ай бұрын
Yashin is the goalkeepers’ goat, Buffon is right after him. But Buffon says that Cech is the best goalkeeper he has ever seen playing.
@PedroLima-ip5zb
Жыл бұрын
Completely pointless know whos the goat. Hes a GK that can get you 15 points, with his savings, and win you a trophy, like the strikers score goals this guys save you from suffering. All part of a team
@Fsegment1Test
Жыл бұрын
Manuel Neuer is probably the GOAT
@benderdelkarma9183
Жыл бұрын
You should react to a gp training dude it´s awesome. One of the importants thing of a gp are his reflexes cause the ball can change his trajectory very quickly
@milosstefanovic6603
Жыл бұрын
You wonna see another crazy player that you dont know about, Andrej Shevchenko
@timb2674
Жыл бұрын
Im not sure if its true, but i actually think goalies react before the ball leaves the attackers foot. Because they have seen thousands of times an attacker take a shot at them, so i think they can already recognize from body language, ball position etc. where the ball is gonna be going. But im not 100% sure if this true, maybe someone else who knows can chime in? Edit: But obviously goalies still have insane reflexes, you cant predict every shot
@benjaminbronnimann3966
Жыл бұрын
He made his debut for the Italian national team at just 17 and has been playing professional since 1995, now he's 45 and still playing professionaly in his hometown club Parma in Italys 2nd highest division
@bexyr
Жыл бұрын
To be precise Parma is not his hometown, it's where he growth professionally from parma's juniores 'till he debuted in Serie A. Parma's juniores is one of the big schools in Italy for young football players
@joelos5221
Жыл бұрын
React Rogério Ceni, the Striker Goalkeaper, he is known in Brasil because he was a goalkeeper who took free kicks
@gandalf_thegrey
Жыл бұрын
My favorite. Proudly have a kit with his name on.
@danielemerich9586
Жыл бұрын
there´s a lot of great OGs keepers, that actualy are in the discussion of the best! but there is no discussion that the GOAT of the keepers is Manuel Neuer!
@sammyclee
Жыл бұрын
For me the best ever is Peter Schmeichel, you should definitely watch his best saves!
@Peter.Parker
Жыл бұрын
Buffon is good but The greatest goalkeeper of all time is either Nuer or Yashin.
@TimedOut4noReason
Жыл бұрын
Buffon is most peoples fav gk but neuer or oliver khan are probably a lil better imo. Neuer is probably the most talented and different goalkeepers ever, as he literally changed goalkeeping
@benmorton5855
Жыл бұрын
You'll always get generarional debates, some will say Banks or Yashin, but Buffon is the best ive ever seen. Other people will be pointing out he played all his peak years in an era where goalkeepers only had to keep the ball out of the net, whereas now they have to be able to sweep behind the defence and play out from the back, which is true but you can only judge a player on they did at the time, not what they hypothetically could or couldnt do
@JohnDoe-dn9ez
Жыл бұрын
I have a suggestion... check out Materazzi
@cemerencantas5719
Жыл бұрын
The best goalkeeper ever imo is Manuel Neuer, he changed goalkeeping
@Kongs91
Жыл бұрын
Im biased, but Peter Schmeichel is my goat in goal
@matizmbk3261
Жыл бұрын
Buffon have a great passion for football, he is 45 and he is still professional player
@marioyonathan
Жыл бұрын
Gigi Buffon! The concrete wall of Turin.
@edd5657
Жыл бұрын
Hard to pick a goat goalie but Buffon is definitely up there
@JohnDoe-xz1mw
Жыл бұрын
you really dont need the qualifier "italian" in one of the best goalkeepers who has ever lived
@milosstefanovic6603
Жыл бұрын
You wonna know about another crazy player that you dont know about? Eric Cantona
@samueleviti8407
Жыл бұрын
My friend Gigi buffon is the Goatkeeper
@maxtan7857
Жыл бұрын
Gianluigi Buffon one of the greatest Goalkeeper.
@רוןקליגר
Жыл бұрын
The most impressive thing about Buffon its he is still playing at the age of 45
@RiDeN-jy3nj
Жыл бұрын
My goat gk is either Buffon or Iker Casillas
@cieslik7564
Жыл бұрын
3:55 When the ball leaves the foot it's to late. Keepers have to react before thinking and position them selfs to the body of shooter.
@codymassey37
Жыл бұрын
so many great keepers you could look up he is so very high on the list their is also oliver kahn,david siemen,peter schmicheal ok i gotta stop i can put name up here all day for keepers
@slimsapata3751
Жыл бұрын
Your pronounce of his name is right, btw
@Michael-ev2xu
Жыл бұрын
Definitely has to react to Phillp lahm
@pseudonym9215
Жыл бұрын
You have to check out Alison Becker the best goal keeper in last 5 years
@fisheye375
Жыл бұрын
Yeah! The debate is clearly between him and Neuer.
@rabbitshady499
Жыл бұрын
From a barca fan, i think buffon is the goat GK.
@rudramahanty3862
Жыл бұрын
Lev yashin is the goat of goalkeeping.
@marcelo_vrda4589
Жыл бұрын
Greatest italian GK in history of football
@hachimlamrhari856
Жыл бұрын
he is the goat Casillas, Neuer, oliver kan are also up there..
@leonardolonghigelati5931
Жыл бұрын
the only one that was close to him was kahn but buffon is just the best of all time.
@Klaueee
Жыл бұрын
For me, he is the best Goali together with Manuel Neuer
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