Basel 1-0 Manchester United highlights and reaction as Lang scores late winner

But there are a few players that nearly everyone agrees upon. Many of these stars play for the elite soccer teams—Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Manchester figure prominently in this list—and a few of them are already considered legends, like Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. His ability to mesmerize defenders with a mix of skill and pace is unmatched, and it often appears as though the ball is glued to his feet.

Messi led his home country Argentina to the World Cup final, losing to Germany, and to the finals of the and Copas Americas.

JOSE Mourinho fears the worst after Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo were forced off with serious-looking injuries as Manchester United reached the Europa League semi-finals.

Inspiring a nation However a quick look at some of the flashpoints that have peppered Ibrahimovic’s career — breaking a rib during a fight with Milan teammate Oguchi Onyewu, threatening to break the legs of Rafael van der Vaart, another so-called colleague, and being sent home from a crunch Sweden qualifier for ignoring a curfew — suggests that with the talent, comes some baggage. When you don’t have my confidence The Catalan coach may have won 14 trophies during his tenure, including two Champions League crowns, but he earned the wrath of the strong-minded Ibrahimovic when changing his tactics to accommodate the desires of a certain Lionel Messi.

This all came after ‘Ibra’ had set a Barca record in becoming the first player to score in all of his first five league games for the club, a feat that had proved beyond previous club legends such as Romario, Hristo Stoichkov and Eto’o himself. He wanted to play in the middle, not on the wing, so the system changed from to I was sacrificed and no longer had the freedom on the pitch I need to succeed.