I remember the original anime (I wasn't born when it first aired, but this anime was repeatedly aired throughout the 80s in my country). I was supperaddicted to it, even though I didn't like football.For the passionate soccer fans Captain Tsubasa seems pretty good!
It's funny because I remember that a few years ago I read somewhere that some people calculated how long a pitch must had been according to how much the characters ran while they were thinking and talking... and it was huuuuuge, of course.