Through all time, which countries have contributed most to the sport?

by The John Carter of Mars Fri May 04, 2012 5:35 pm

England - inventing the game
Italy - making defending an art + EFFICIENT Football
Holland - total football
France - great technicians + beastly athletic players
Brazil - SAMBA = made the game BEAUTIFUL (the WOW factor) + the greatest (attacking) talents ever seen
Argentina - not much really beside Maradona

I honestly don't think the game would be the same without the influence of BRASIL. they are for me the most important nation in history of football.

by Guest Fri May 04, 2012 5:43 pm

Spain - European football..........

by vivabarca38 Fri May 04, 2012 5:44 pm

Brazil by far IMO.They are the ones that made the football game beautiful and exciting.

by Rebaño Sagrado Fri May 04, 2012 5:46 pm

Mexico- the wave

by REWB Fri May 04, 2012 5:50 pm

vivabarca38 wrote:Brazil by far IMO.They are the ones that made the football game beautiful and exciting.

this, football would be nowhere near as exciting as it is now without brazil's samba

by Lord Hades Fri May 04, 2012 6:06 pm

india- watchers lol Laughing

by Doc Fri May 04, 2012 6:08 pm

As a non German not living in Germany, I am disgusted no one mentioned Germany.

by BarrileteCosmico Fri May 04, 2012 6:15 pm

Uruguay were the first ever national powerhouse. They made the game beautiful before Brazil and Holland.

Required reading: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/web/COM1171750/index.htm

by Onyx Fri May 04, 2012 8:47 pm

This thread's appearing as the latest thread in the general section, even though the last comment was over 1 and a half hours ago. :vagi:

by spanky Fri May 04, 2012 8:48 pm

mtfootball wrote:This thread's appearing as the latest thread in the general section, even though the last comment was over 1 and a half hours ago. :vagi:

+1

by Bellabong Fri May 04, 2012 8:58 pm

Germany:

Profitable clubs that are financially in the green and of course the epic youth system,

by The Messiah Fri May 04, 2012 9:55 pm

Germany, young talent

by Die Borussen Fri May 04, 2012 10:03 pm

portugal - coaching

by Jay29 Fri May 04, 2012 10:15 pm

I have to make a small, but important, corection: the English didn't invent football, they just made it a professional vocation and created the basic rules that everyone still plays with. The sport that is kicking a ball around had been created in several countries before than.

In terms of tactics and training methods, you can't pick out countries who have revolutionised those fields. Rather, they were invented and developed by certain inidividuals from all over the world and it's those ideas that lead to the most entertaining and amazing teams in football history: Austria, Hungary, Brazil and the Netherlands, to name a few.

In this sense, it'd be unfair to say that certain countries were/are responsible for certain things.

by Ganso Fri May 04, 2012 10:45 pm

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Uruguay were the first ever national powerhouse. They made the game beautiful before Brazil and Holland.

Required reading: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/web/COM1171750/index.htm

we became a powerhouse and became the most consistent talent making and trophy winning NT ever.Uruguay?

by animal.crackers Fri May 04, 2012 10:49 pm

GoonerJay29 wrote:I have to make a small, but important, corection: the English didn't invent football, they just made it a professional vocation and created the basic rules that everyone still plays with. The sport that is kicking a ball around had been created in several countries before than.

In terms of tactics and training methods, you can't pick out countries who have revolutionised those fields. Rather, they were invented and developed by certain inidividuals from all over the world and it's those ideas that lead to the most entertaining and amazing teams in football history: Austria, Hungary, Brazil and the Netherlands, to name a few.

In this sense, it'd be unfair to say that certain countries were/are responsible for certain things.

So essentially, England invented the sport. Wink

by vizkosity Fri May 04, 2012 11:14 pm

multiple, but with my bias ( I admit), Germany with their youth prospect, and awesome counter-attacks/teamwork.

Although i do also admit that it can get a little dry seeing Germany playing against top teams and end up with something like 1-0

by BiasedMilanFan3 Fri May 04, 2012 11:25 pm

Brazil

The rest

by Ganso Fri May 04, 2012 11:52 pm

vizkosity wrote:multiple, but with my bias ( I admit), Germany with their youth prospect, and awesome counter-attacks/teamwork.

Although i do also admit that it can get a little dry seeing Germany playing against top teams and end up with something like 1-0

You are talking about them atm....

by DuringTheWar Sat May 05, 2012 1:44 am

GoonerJay29 wrote:I have to make a small, but important, corection: the English didn't invent football, they just made it a professional vocation and created the basic rules that everyone still plays with. The sport that is kicking a ball around had been created in several countries before than.

In terms of tactics and training methods, you can't pick out countries who have revolutionised those fields. Rather, they were invented and developed by certain inidividuals from all over the world and it's those ideas that lead to the most entertaining and amazing teams in football history: Austria, Hungary, Brazil and the Netherlands, to name a few.

In this sense, it'd be unfair to say that certain countries were/are responsible for certain things.

Ok mate, the english didnt invent the concept of using your feet to kick something, they did however invent this sport called football. The games people played before football bore no resemblance to football, and cant be described as forerunners to the sport.

by DuringTheWar Sat May 05, 2012 2:22 am

The John Carter of Mars wrote:England - inventing the game
Italy - making defending an art + EFFICIENT Football
Holland - total football
France - great technicians + beastly athletic players
Brazil - SAMBA = made the game BEAUTIFUL (the WOW factor) + the greatest (attacking) talents ever seen
Argentina - not much really beside Maradona

I honestly don't think the game would be the same without the influence of BRASIL. they are for me the most important nation in history of football.

Firstly brazil didnt make the game beautiful, they have a great history but this myth is born out of the fact that they were the first great team to benefit from advancement television and the advancements in the marketing industry. The hungary team of the 40s/50s for example is one of various teams that made football "beautiful", here is one of their games

Not really much besides maradona? how about being one of the major players in the development of "total football"? does di stefano ring a bell to you? how about the history of developing many of footballs greatest improvisers such as sivori, maradona, messi? this is a country where lionel messi is not even widely considered one of the top 3 players in its history.

by DeviAngel Sat May 05, 2012 2:31 am

Netherlands. Everything came from there all the modern football and the tiki-taka style to focusing on youngsters and total football.

by Cruijf Sat May 05, 2012 3:57 am

Uruguay must be mentioned, and after them I'd say Brazil and Holland for making the game entertaining.

by Kick Sat May 05, 2012 4:15 am

England Brazil and Uruguay.

Then the rest.

by Guest Sat May 05, 2012 4:39 am

Spain bought European football compeitions to the world (well Real Madrid did).....yet no one mentions them

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