Gary Lineker
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yes, well, I scored the goal that no one remembers in that game.
Was he at his peak?
I would say he was absolutely at his peak, mid-twenties.
He was unbelievably good.
Well, I played in a game against him, so I know what we were told.
What would they say?
No, the plan was, whenever he got the ball...
Get as many people around him as possible.
Because if it was one-on-one, he'd kill you.
It's like Messi now.
You can't just mark him.
And he's very difficult because you can't then go, well, we'll put three players on him because then you're outnumbered everywhere else.
But he was so good.
I mean, he played like a different game.
It's like Messi and him, for me, the two players that my lifetime, I didn't really see much of Pele, I only caught the end of his career.
But in my lifetime, those two, they do stuff that's impossible.
And they were so similar, you know, diminutive, left-footed, Argentinian.
Just so creative.
Just wonderful.
And they beat people.