I feel like alot of noobs try to look up Ronaldinho and Zidanes stats and then argue that they werent that good. They dont realize that in the 2000s teams would have like 60 goals a season with like 70 something points to win leagues. Back then games were more defensive because a win used to be 2 points in the early 90s, and teams were slowly adjusting out of the mindset that draws and wins arent that distinguishable. In the 2010s the top teams were scoring 80-100 goals and getting 90 points in the league. Even in serie a the second place teams were getting 80+ goals. I definetly could see a young Ronaldinho lighting it up in the modern era, or a young Zidane doing even better than he was.
Puskás.
Joined Madrid aged 31. Went on to score 242 goals in 262 games.
After serving a 2 year ban for not returning to Hungary. Prior to which he scored 383 goals in 367 games.
Now imagine him with modern fitness training and no 2 year ban.
He was fat as fuck when he played for Real Madrid and still managed to score all those goals. Amazing.
He had like 30+kg but managed to loose 20 or 25 I think
Different rules, bad organized defences, bad players. If he would play against guys like Maldini, Canavaro, Van Dijk, Thiago Silva, Chielini every game, he would of score 42 in 262 games