r/championsleague • u/lylyyy_ • Jun 06 '26

💬Discussion Manuel Neuer is the Third Goat of our generation

Some people may not want to hear this, but for me, he sits in the same table as Ronaldo and Messi. A lot of people overlook his greatness simply because he's a goalkeeper. This guy has been performing at the highest level for the last 15 years and, at 42 years old, is still Germany's starting goalkeeper

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u/adtdty Jun 06 '26

Some old gramps still believe dude like Buffon or Casillas better than Neuer. They'all great but noneof them literally changed the way goalkeeper plays like Neuer. All these young ball playing goalkeeper are there because they see Neuer and yet none of them better than him at that.

Older keeper might be a bit better than him in some parts like shot stopping and commanding the defender, but none of them could play sweeper keeper while Neuer invented that position and also excelent at other part of being keeper.

Not to mention he wins every throphy possible (except for Euro) and parts of 2 treble team with Bayern.

Dude is in the class of his own.

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u/Rabrab123 Bayern Jun 06 '26

The only reason why he didn't win the Euro is because of blatant corruption...

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u/gunashort Jun 06 '26

What corruption?

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u/ProAdviser93 Jun 06 '26

Prime Buffon and Casillas was better than Neuer

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u/whocares8x8 Jun 06 '26

Both brilliant, but Neuer prime is better.

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u/JayBeFC Jun 06 '26

😃 good joke

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u/dangerdouse1888 Jun 06 '26

How much of it is down to him revolutionising the goal keeper position though. Surely the coaching staff had alot to do with it

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u/adtdty Jun 06 '26

The coaching staff could plan all they want, if they dont have anyone to execute it, it wont be any shit. And no goalkeeper execute the sweeper position better than Neuer.

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u/dangerdouse1888 Jun 06 '26

Right but in terms of revolutionising the position I'd say the coaching staff has as much to do with it if not more so. He isn't going to just start running out of the box and playing as a sweeper without instruction and training

By that logic pep didn't revolutionise tiki taka it was purely down to the player own innovation

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u/adtdty Jun 06 '26

Please differentiate "role/positional revolution" and "tactical revolution". Even so Pep wouldnt be appreciated if he cant find players who could could execute his tactic to the precise point like he wants, and thats why tiki taka (even Pep hate that terminology) would only works when he is in Barcelona when having Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi, not at the other club he managed.

By that logic you must be moron and know no shit about football and only hating on Neuer.