2 Greatest Central Defenders of all Time?

[StevenF1919]

Outside of an own goal, Italy's backline in 2006 didn't concede until the final either. There's no doubting their record but they don't have 2 bonafide GOATs in their position like Sacchi's Milan.

Italy's backline in 78 is a good shout but I prefer the 82 squad with Bergomi that took down possibly the greatest national squad of all time. I've never seen anyone man mark someone harder than Gentile on Zico

 

[Evilo]

One WC is something. 28 games including one WC and one EC is something else.

 

[Power Man]

Beckenbauer Baresi and Blanc

Yeah I cheated

 

[Ivan13]

Voted Beckenbauer and Moore. Baresi wasn't far off the top two.

He was the best, so yeah he wasn’t far off.

Also, Kaiser doesn’t belong here at all.

 

[The Abusement Park]

I feel like Messi and Beckenbauer are kind of in the same situation in their threads. If you consider him a CB than it’s clearly Der Kaiser, but obviously he played a different role than what most CB’s have done historically.