Repeatedly showed he had the big name mentality, won literally everything, almost dragged a terribly-managed France team to the world cup in his last act as a footballer, but thought better* of it. Genuine legend of the game, and just sublime to watch.
Oh, and he’s pretty much the heir to Ancelotti in terms of managing big-name players well…
*While I’m sure people will point out that headbutting Materazzi wasn’t the best idea, even that was probably the most cinematic way to end a football career that I’ve ever seen, like watching the haggard old gunslinger die in the finale of an epic western.
You DO NOT take a penalty like this in a World Cup final unless you know at this time you are the greatest footballer alive. Confidence. Class. Insanity. Genius. Art.
The tennest ten I’ll ever give out. The best of all time IMO. The type of player I just love watching and love watching more than yer Messis despite their output. A compilation video of his best touches is pornography.
The best. Well, Messi might be better but I wouldn’t watch a film with the cameras trained on him for the whole game. Zidane gets that film because Zidane has the weird unidentifiable thing that makes him iconic, the way he stands or carries himself or something. There’s an aura.
A sexy, sexy footballer to watch who was a massive big game player. Probably should have impacted more games more regularly but I think the big moments, and the poetry of it all means he’s a tiny bit overrated in hindsight.
Still was an incredibly good footballer, obviously