Pele in '70 was the first WC I remember (I was 9). I even remember the music for BBC, and for ITV. Then the Dutch in '74 (the best team not to win it, apart from Brazil in '82, maybe - or the French that year, but even we beat them in the opening game). The thing about that Brazil '70 team, though, was that it was 9 megastars and a supernova. The goalie was pathetic, but he barely got tested. The Dutch team was Cruyff, the Argie teams after '78 were Maradona or Messi, and the Hungarian team mt dad raved about in the 50s was Puskas. The French teams in the 80s were Platini (though Tiggana, Tresor, and Giresse were magnificent).I'm too young for those you mentioned (only saw the latter end of Maradona) but Messi is without doubt the greatest player I've had to god fortune of seeing.
Would be great to see what those players you mentioned could do with modern technology though
