Daniel Passarella vs Gabriel Batistuta
Argentina against Argentina. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Daniel Passarella
Argentina · 1978–86 · CB
- Almanac rating
- 93
- Rank in Argentina
- #4 of 33
- Caps
- 70 · 22 goals
- Clubs
- Club Atlético River Plate, ACF Fiorentina, Inter Milan
When Argentina beat the Netherlands at the Monumental on 25 June 1978, the trophy went into his hands before anyone else's, and he finished a centre-back career with 134 goals in 451 matches. World champion as captain in 1978 and part of the winning squad in 1986, he took seven league titles with River Plate and scored freely from set pieces in Serie A for Fiorentina and Inter. Career record: 70 caps and 22 goals for Argentina; club career at Club Atlético River Plate, ACF Fiorentina, Inter Milan.
Gabriel Batistuta
Argentina · 1991–2002 · ST
- Almanac rating
- 91
- Rank in Argentina
- #7 of 33
- Caps
- 78 · 56 goals
- Clubs
- ACF Fiorentina, AS Roma, Al-Arabi SC
Relegation to Serie B in 1993 was the moment other strikers would have left Fiorentina, and he stayed, scored them back up in one season and finished as the club's leading Serie A scorer with 151 goals. No one else has scored World Cup hat-tricks at two tournaments, 1994 and 1998, and he won the Copa América in 1991 and 1993, the Serie A title with Roma in 2001, and held Argentina's scoring record until Messi. Career record: 78 caps and 56 goals for Argentina; club career at ACF Fiorentina, AS Roma, Al-Arabi SC.
The verdict
The almanac puts Daniel Passarella ahead by 2 rating points, 93 against 91.
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