For me, seven matches is the whole problem. A seven-game sample against a handful of opponents can't stand above campaigns that run thirteen or fourteen games through group stages and knockout rounds. Yes, all his goals came in the knockout rounds, but in that era every round was knockout. That's the format, not extra merit. Twelve goals is fantastic, but the level of defending he faced bears no comparison to modern European football. One iconic final, as brilliant as it was, shouldn't rewrite the definition of a campaign. We're honoring a moment, not a sustained body of work.
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