One of the most entertaining, skillful, intelligent and underrated players of all time. And a total gentleman. Fair and a team player. And always had that smile on his face. You see how much he loved to play.
Quanto era forte.. e l'Italia intera era tutta così forte che potevamo prenderci il lusso di tenercelo in panchina.. per movenze, postura, velocità e tecnica, Zola era l'incrocio italiano tra il Messi di oggi e il Maradona di ieri. Barone d'Inghilterra, ecco come termina la leggenda di un giocatore sublime che non ha vinto ciò che la sua classe sopraffina avrebbe meritato. Onore a Gianfranco, figlio di un calcio italiano che non c'è più.
No, non potevamo permetterci il lusso di tenerlo in panca. Non li abbiamo mica vinti quei mondiali e quegli europei. Avessimo vinto, Zola sarebbe stato un lusso Ma siccome non abbiamo vinto un cazzo, Zola non era un lusso, era necessario, come Mancini. La miglior generazione di piedi nella storia del calcio italiano e non abbiamo vinto un cazzo. Ma dove lo vedete il lusso.
Per la mentalità dell'epoca, ne poteva giocare solo uno di numero 10 (a fatica), e meglio del divin codino non ce n'era. Il lusso stava nel fatto che in qualsiasi altra squadra di quei tempi avrebbe giocato titolare, perché nessuno aveva la fortuna di avere due numeri 10 come Baggio e Zola in nazionale. Ma lui aveva appunto Baggio davanti a sé; se non abbiamo vinto niente con lui, non avremmo vinto neanche con il grande Gianfranco.
@@simonebattaglionsmm5401 Appunto, il problema non è Baggio, e neanche Zola. il problema è la mentalità dell'epoca. Che poi è la mentalità di sempre, in Italia. Il primo che vedo con un po' di coraggio è Mancini, che chiama i più forti. Evidentemente lui lo sa bene cosa vuol dire essere un fenomeno e venire lasciato a casa. Tra il 90 e il 98 avremmo dovuto fare filotto di mondiali, e invece grazie alla mentalità di far giocare solo un fantasista per volta, niente. NIENTE. I discorsi sull'equilibrio stanno a zero, visto che abbiamo PERSO.
@@pipinoilbreve6909 non lascia proprio niente. Se tu leggessi bene eviteresti di rispondere a sproposito. Ho parlato di 3 mondiali, tu parli di una partita. Leggere, e quando non si è sicuri di aver capito, si rilegge.
The best Italian player alongside Baggio, Cassano and Evaristo Beccalossi. He was a mix between Baggio, Del Piero and George Best. Criminally underrated. Efficent, precise, fast and insanely skillfull. Zola forever.
This guy is just phenomenal,he was much more skilled then 95% of now days central attacking midfielders and his shot was amazing equally with right and left
I think many realised he was good, but not many realised he was great. There were so many skilful players in his era but there's a silkiness to Zola. It's not flair, it's class.
Zola was a genius with the ball. What he produced at Napoli and Parma and Chelsea were some of the beautiful moments in the game of Football. Was a privilege to have lived through Italys golden era. We can only wish that it can get back to the days of the Seven Sisters.
we stand in awe for brazilians players too.. When i from Italy think at Brasilians players i start to kneel and pray.. So many wonderful players from There. Zico, Neymar, Pele', Ronaldo, Ronaldinho etc. etc.. Greetings and Respect from Italia
For me, he was closer in style to the great Zico. Only Italy can ignore a talent like Zola. Baggio and Zola could have easily played together in behind great strikers such as Signori and Vieri. They could have been devastating and fantastic to watch.
Zola was the Italian zico rather than Maradona. Incredibly gifted player. Complete mastery of balance, coordination, agility and reaction time. Hardly needed any power, he had so much finesse, elegance and grace.
Wrong, Zola was understudy to maradona at napoli. Trained with him as a youth and eventually played in the same team with Diego. So many similarities beteeen the two, height being one of them. He copied everything maradona did including his technique. Without maradona Zola wouldn't have been half the player he was.
Che giocatore... per certi versi lo preferivo anche a Baggio. Le punizioni di Zola erano veri capolavori. Adesso, a distanza di anni posso dire che è stato un vero privilegio poterli vedere giocare entrambi dal vivo
The players back in the days had so much skill and technique they could simply beat a defender with just their first touch, these player's nowadays is just purely about power and pace.
Football has changed and tactics have changed but what are you talking about? There are many players who use their skills and technical abilities to beat players
@@sajadfadhel7727 I do agree with you that there are some in our era currently but in my opinion just a few, back then practically every major league had a few stand out players in most cases every team who were pure class and technique.. Iniesta is a prime example of what I'm talking about didn't need strength or power to get the better of an opponent. Unfortunately he is a dying breed.
True Chelsea fans will know and adore him from the very beginning he partnered with hasselbaink on attacking which made chelsea could match with arsenal, liverpool and manchester united
I was a fan of Chelsea in 2000 when Abramovich bought them, well I’m from Soviet Union so I chose that team to follow, and then I started to hear about Zola, I forgot about it and stoped following Chelsea maybe 10 years ago, and just stumbled on this video of Zola decided to check it out, I’m impressed is a understatement this guy is almost on the level off maybe Messi the way he moves passes the ball shoots even takes scores with head, the ball control is crazy that he takes on 3-4 people, shame he was underrated,
Same here man. I got so angry when Abramowich came and they got rid of him just for being too old. He was the reason Chelsea got into CL that year and attracted the new owners. I also loved Claudio Ranieri and he got sacked just so they could bring Jose Mourinho, it had nothing to do with bad results. Chelsea irritates me, it's such a plastic club and Man City is even worse.
Gianfranco Zola, un giocatore squisito, con movimenti naturali pieni di talento ed eleganza allo stesso tempo. Ho sempre detto che era un giocatore spettacolare, che meritava più riconoscimenti di quanti ne avesse realmente. Era sempre un mix tra Maradona e Messi di oggi, ma aveva il suo stile. Dato che mi piaceva Gianfranco, un magnifico giocatore, mi sarebbe piaciuto vederlo al Barça.
If u never saw zola play for napoli and parma please shoooosh. He was king of Italy in his heyday. At times he out shined baggio and he actually benched him for Italy.
Un campione imprevedibile ed implacabile. Un piacere vederlo giocare. Per il grande talento di cui era dotato, avrebbe meritato vincere di più. Non avrebbe sfigurato affatto accanto a Messi, anzi
There were many great Italian strikers that time. Vialli, Baggio, Ravanelli, Zola, Signori, Casiraghi, Chiesa, Mancini, Inzaghi, Del Piero, Vieri... Have you seen Robert Prosinecki's play? His dribbling was very special, incredible.
Hunfootball that red star was packed with great number 10 Savicevic was my absolute favourite player ( I support inter milan ) esplosive and absolute unique player ...and they sold stoijkovic piksi to Marseille another absolute genius
Robby Baggio was indeed great player, he can dribble past many opponents just like Maradona.. But in terms of playing style & posture, zola was the closest things to maradona.. Zola hustle just like Maradona, with body balance like Maradona, not easily down to a tackle similar to Maradona.. In terms of personal skill, i would like take Robby Baggio all day.. But in terms of playmaking, Zola was better playmaker than Baggio, Zola was similar to Maradona in that terms.. Baggio develop his playmaking role at the end of his career, when his speed and acceleration rapidly down due to age & many injuries he had received before.. Before that, he was something like Brazilian Ronaldo, bursting with deadly skill past 2-3 opponents to score goal.. So it is true that Zola was the italian player closest to Maradona style of play..
@@themrkoxi8334 Btw, now that I finally found a Hungarian football fan, did something particular happen in your country in 1964-66? The average attendance in your league went from 16.000 to 11.000 and has never come back since, so I wondered if some policy or tax regulation affected the fan culture at the time, or if it was simply the end of the golden generation of players?
MetalForTheMasses I think you think about 1956 when Hungarian youth, from universities rebelled against comunism and the Soviet tanks and souldiers came in and crushed the young guys killing a lot. Puskas and the best footballers of that time didn’t even dare come home, fearing the Soviets will lynched there families, so Puskas stayed in Spain and the Hungarian football died, from there on. I think that is ehat you where referring on. If it’s not I will find out for you, just try to be a bit more specific.
Zola was a bloody incredible player... and in those years he was the 4th choice after Del Piero, Baggio, Totti.. and maybe after Mancini as well. Magic box! And Italy deserved the Italia 90 and Usa 94 world cup!
Totti? Totti and even Del Piero were a generation after Zola. Zola's main problem was the Italian team had space for just 1 fantasista, and that was unfortunately Baggio
Can you believe that I never knew about him or even his name . Jesus he is on the same table with the phenomenal . What a great player it's a shame that I don't know him.
in my opinion Baggio Zola and Maradona have something in common ....In serie A among 1985 and the middle of 9o's they used to twist defenders as none ......They weren't tall but they're fast as technically impressive with gorgeous feet and free kick specialists
Un fuoriclasse!!!! Grandissimo!!!! Avesse vinto più titoli nazionali ed europei ( scudetti e Champions) sarebbe stato osannato. Ha vinto uno scudetto a Napoli da sconosciuto, poi più nulla di importante. Avesse vinto più scudetti e Champions, la cassa di risonanza sarebbe stata ben diversa. Sono i titoli che fanno la differenza ( a torto o ragione), la classe non basta.
@@riccardosebis5333, non ho scritto che non ha vinto nulla: leggi bene. Se avesse vinto più scudetti e qualche Champions sicuramente avrebbe avuto più visibilità.
Mio idolo da quando ero piccolo. Fuoriclasse assoluto, per certi versi sottovalutato, forse per la presenza di tanti altri campioni di quell’epoca, primo fa tutti Baggio, o anche perché non ha giocato in una una squadra top(juve,Inter,Milan), ma io lo preferivo allo stesso Baggio. Grande Gianfri!
A very good player - legendary, i would say - at club level, however quite underappreciated at Azzuri level. Zola could have won 100++ caps for Italy and benched Del Piero or Baggio for good. The fact that in his prime he played in England instead of Italy didn't help matters either; for years Italian National Team always reluctant to pick eligible players outside Serie A therefore making Italian outside Serie A looks like rejects instead of star, no matter how good they are.
The history somehow forget this guy but men back in the days of El Diego, Gianfranco was right there with him in skills coldness to score, passes I mean this guy was an all around footballer.
Zola, Baggio, Del Piero, Totti, Chiesa, Vieri, Cannavaro, Maldini, Pirlo, Buffon, De Rossi.... best players ever and Legends. Today one of this Legends would be cost 150mln with 30 years. And now Italy is dead. When Verratti scores against Liechtenstein, they say he is a a worldclass player 🙈. Sorry for my english. Forza Italia 🇮🇹 per sempre
Segnava in tutti i modi , l'ho visto quando giocava nella squadra della mia citta la Torres ed era gia fortissimo. Ricordo un gol dalla dx a rientrare , esplose lo stadio.
seb pz yeah but all of the players I named are around 20 years old so they got time. Cutrone is the youngest Italian player to have scored 10 goals in European competitions
Barella Zaniolo verratti chiesa inisgne have potential ..i think the lowest.point was 4/5 years ago When Montolivo and Balotelli were the stars now im confident
Wow, I remember Italy having so many good players in 90s and 2000s besides the all time greats like Del Piero, Totti, Baggio etc. Zola was one of them and now Italy dont have anyone. Guys like Montella, Miccoli, Cassano, Di Natale, Chiesa and of course Zola would be the absolute super stars for Italy today, but back then they were all playing second fiddle, and rightfully so. The downfall has been insane. Never thought Id see Italy this low. The same goes for basically all the historical giants when you compare them to past national teams. Football has been going down hard since 2010s. 🤷♂️
Baggio and Zola, are the best italians players, great great players, Del Piero was good but not that good, Zola game similar to Maradona, Baggio was different
most definitely......Zola never did it for Italy (in fact, he lasted a whole 9 minutes in the world cup, 1994, before getting sent off, never to return)...I liked Zola, but he was no Baggio
Giocava per la squadra. Fosse stato più egoista avrebbe segnato molti più gol. Eclettico, velocissimo, dribbling, destro, sinistro, tiro potente, ottimo colpitore di testa. Per le punizioni il migliore italiano di sempre ( circa 40 tra Inghilterra e l'Italia) Mai espulso (lasciamo perdere l'arbitro Moreno), pochissimi cartellini gialli. Un fuoriclasse, un gigante dei campi di calcio. Non era assolutamente inferiore a Baggio. Ho descritto sopra tutto il suo repertorio. Forse a Baggio mancava qualcosa che invece Zola aveva. Zola e Baggio i due migliori 10 di sempre.
Nate River......in carriera Zola ( tra Italia e Inghilterra) ha segnato più gol sui calci piazzati e siamo in vantaggio. Documentati. Per il resto dimmi dove era superiore. Nei dribbling no, di testa no, di tacco no, in velocità no, negli assist no. Due + due fa quattro
Erano alla pari,uno era più finalizzatore Baggio, l'altro più assistman e più forti nei calci piazzati.. Se Zola non fosse andato in Inghilterra sarebbe sato lui il miglior marcatore di sempre nei calci piazzati in serie A ha avuto una media pazzesca nei calci piazzati sia in serie A che in premier
Dzola is uniq. Italian Messi or Messi is Argentinian Dzola. Both equal strong foots. Amazing technique of shooting. Agility, speed, inteeligent, temper. He had everything.
Zola was not the Italian Maradona or the next Zico, he was Gianfranco Zola He was spetacular in his own ways and is fairly respected in the football community You take away from the individual greatness of a player when you do a comparison like that
Negli stessi anni l'Italia aveva i più forti numeri 10 del pianeta: Zola, Baggio, Mancini, Totti e Del Piero. Con uno Zola in campo la Nazionale italiana risolverebbe tutti i suoi problemi.
@@titanio784 zidane è sopravvalutato. Un grande calciatore si,ma non così forte come viene osannato. Addirittura certa gente lo ritiene il più forte di sempre. Ronaldinho? Fortissimo ma non superiore a divin codino
☝Six major injuries in the knees and still managed to be one of the greatest players in history Roberto Baggio!!! ruclips.net/video/SnxkOfr3eVI/видео.html
Bravo " interpersempre ", superiore a Baggio anche nei calci piazzati ( ha fatto più gol di Baggio in carriera-bisogna aggiungere anche i gol di punizione fatti in Inghilterra), il colpo di tacco sopraffino e i gol di testa.
So many great bits of skill... what a legend. Incredible power in his shooting, too. I especially liked him tying Carragher in knots at 3.52... even managed to evade the inevitable mouthful of greb he probably had fired at him by the vile man.
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One of the most entertaining, skillful, intelligent and underrated players of all time. And a total gentleman. Fair and a team player. And always had that smile on his face. You see how much he loved to play.
Quanto era forte.. e l'Italia intera era tutta così forte che potevamo prenderci il lusso di tenercelo in panchina.. per movenze, postura, velocità e tecnica, Zola era l'incrocio italiano tra il Messi di oggi e il Maradona di ieri. Barone d'Inghilterra, ecco come termina la leggenda di un giocatore sublime che non ha vinto ciò che la sua classe sopraffina avrebbe meritato. Onore a Gianfranco, figlio di un calcio italiano che non c'è più.
No, non potevamo permetterci il lusso di tenerlo in panca.
Non li abbiamo mica vinti quei mondiali e quegli europei.
Avessimo vinto, Zola sarebbe stato un lusso
Ma siccome non abbiamo vinto un cazzo, Zola non era un lusso, era necessario, come Mancini.
La miglior generazione di piedi nella storia del calcio italiano e non abbiamo vinto un cazzo.
Ma dove lo vedete il lusso.
Per la mentalità dell'epoca, ne poteva giocare solo uno di numero 10 (a fatica), e meglio del divin codino non ce n'era. Il lusso stava nel fatto che in qualsiasi altra squadra di quei tempi avrebbe giocato titolare, perché nessuno aveva la fortuna di avere due numeri 10 come Baggio e Zola in nazionale. Ma lui aveva appunto Baggio davanti a sé; se non abbiamo vinto niente con lui, non avremmo vinto neanche con il grande Gianfranco.
@@simonebattaglionsmm5401 Appunto, il problema non è Baggio, e neanche Zola.
il problema è la mentalità dell'epoca. Che poi è la mentalità di sempre, in Italia.
Il primo che vedo con un po' di coraggio è Mancini, che chiama i più forti.
Evidentemente lui lo sa bene cosa vuol dire essere un fenomeno e venire lasciato a casa.
Tra il 90 e il 98 avremmo dovuto fare filotto di mondiali, e invece grazie alla mentalità di far giocare solo un fantasista per volta, niente. NIENTE.
I discorsi sull'equilibrio stanno a zero, visto che abbiamo PERSO.
@@elnardowebster2842 questo ragionamento lascia il tempo che trova hanno perso un mondiale ai rigori , in campo non hanno perso quella finale
@@pipinoilbreve6909 non lascia proprio niente.
Se tu leggessi bene eviteresti di rispondere a sproposito.
Ho parlato di 3 mondiali, tu parli di una partita.
Leggere, e quando non si è sicuri di aver capito, si rilegge.
intelligence, elegence, technique, control, calmness and simply a class act.
Most underrated 10 of all times
ale mariani 25*
Agree, very underrated!
I don’t think so.. at that time in Parma he was admired by all the world
@@powerllesss2672 ììùùùìiuuikkkuuùuuuuuùuùuu0uuuu
italy would have won against Brasil in 94, but because of this not legit red card!!! he was out!!!
The best Italian player alongside Baggio, Cassano and Evaristo Beccalossi. He was a mix between Baggio, Del Piero and George Best. Criminally underrated. Efficent, precise, fast and insanely skillfull. Zola forever.
This guy is just phenomenal,he was much more skilled then 95% of now days central attacking midfielders and his shot was amazing equally with right and left
When he played for Napoli Maradona himself wanted to give him the n 10 shirt after he left the club. Zola is a legend in every club he he played for
I think many realised he was good, but not many realised he was great. There were so many skilful players in his era but there's a silkiness to Zola. It's not flair, it's class.
Zola was a genius with the ball.
What he produced at Napoli and Parma and Chelsea were some of the beautiful moments in the game of Football.
Was a privilege to have lived through Italys golden era. We can only wish that it can get back to the days of the Seven Sisters.
I'm Brazilian, and I love Italian football. Zola, Totti, Baggio, Del Piero, Maldini, Buffon, Baresi...👏👏👏👏
hey don't forget Paolo ;)
we stand in awe for brazilians players too.. When i from Italy think at Brasilians players i start to kneel and pray.. So many wonderful players from There. Zico, Neymar, Pele', Ronaldo, Ronaldinho etc. etc..
Greetings and Respect from Italia
BAGGIO acima de todos
And we love Brazilian football too
Mancini Di natale Cassano Pirlo
The Italians had so many great players in the 90's.
Zola is indeed the Italian Maradona. He was Maradona's understudy at Napoli.
For me, he was closer in style to the great Zico. Only Italy can ignore a talent like Zola. Baggio and Zola could have easily played together in behind great strikers such as Signori and Vieri. They could have been devastating and fantastic to watch.
Agree
Ma non è stato ignorato Madonna che gente
cesare maldini didnt put too great players together 😒
Obviously.. Sardinian ever like this
Zola was the Italian zico rather than Maradona. Incredibly gifted player. Complete mastery of balance, coordination, agility and reaction time. Hardly needed any power, he had so much finesse, elegance and grace.
Wrong, Zola was understudy to maradona at napoli. Trained with him as a youth and eventually played in the same team with Diego. So many similarities beteeen the two, height being one of them. He copied everything maradona did including his technique. Without maradona Zola wouldn't have been half the player he was.
He is quite right nonetheless.
@@laureanoalfaro9351how ?
Why Zico ? Why not Maradona ?
Uno dei 10 Italiani più forti di sempre 🇮🇹
do Italians support chelsea fc
Che giocatore... per certi versi lo preferivo anche a Baggio. Le punizioni di Zola erano veri capolavori. Adesso, a distanza di anni posso dire che è stato un vero privilegio poterli vedere giocare entrambi dal vivo
Zola was good but the Divine Ponytail was on another level.
Only Maradona can be mentioned in the same breath as Baggio.
One of the most underrated players of all time
Zola was a Wonderful gifted player and an absolute joy to watch.
FENOMENO...NEL CALCIO DI OGGI, GIANFRANCO ZOLA NON AVREBBE RIVALI... FENOMENO 💪💪💪..
The video I've been waiting for! There's so little footage of Zola's overall skills on RUclips that it's depressing 😥
So true
if zola were to play now, its market value would surely be over 200 million euros.
at least !
500, at least
The players back in the days had so much skill and technique they could simply beat a defender with just their first touch, these player's nowadays is just purely about power and pace.
Football has changed and tactics have changed but what are you talking about? There are many players who use their skills and technical abilities to beat players
@@sajadfadhel7727 I do agree with you that there are some in our era currently but in my opinion just a few, back then practically every major league had a few stand out players in most cases every team who were pure class and technique.. Iniesta is a prime example of what I'm talking about didn't need strength or power to get the better of an opponent. Unfortunately he is a dying breed.
@@ricardobingling5626 I get what your saying but I am sure someday we will see someone similar to the past greats
@@sajadfadhel7727 we will see players of that kind just not in the bulk were had seen back in the days
They also had pace and power too
To be precise, Gianfranco Zola was simply the Sardinian Zola.
I second this haha
Uno dei migliori giocatori anni 90 orgoglio della Sardegna
I napoletani lo ricordano bene
In Italy there was Zola, Baggio, Mancini, Signori, Vialli and other players in serie A in the same time...what a team!!!
Uomo esemplare dentro e fuori dal campo..
Stima profonda e orgoglio italiano, grazie Gianfranco Zola
One of the betters players italians with Baggio and Del Piero
True Chelsea fans will know and adore him from the very beginning
he partnered with hasselbaink on attacking which made chelsea could match with arsenal, liverpool and manchester united
Skills, dribbling, shots, pace.... my God..what a player!!
an all around genius
I was a fan of Chelsea in 2000 when Abramovich bought them, well I’m from Soviet Union so I chose that team to follow, and then I started to hear about Zola, I forgot about it and stoped following Chelsea maybe 10 years ago, and just stumbled on this video of Zola decided to check it out, I’m impressed is a understatement this guy is almost on the level off maybe Messi the way he moves passes the ball shoots even takes scores with head, the ball control is crazy that he takes on 3-4 people, shame he was underrated,
Grande Zola, orgoglio Italiano
I become a fan of Chelsea because of this man.
Same here man. I got so angry when Abramowich came and they got rid of him just for being too old. He was the reason Chelsea got into CL that year and attracted the new owners. I also loved Claudio Ranieri and he got sacked just so they could bring Jose Mourinho, it had nothing to do with bad results. Chelsea irritates me, it's such a plastic club and Man City is even worse.
@@Legenda20SLOabramovitch never ger rid of him he said himself he wanted to stay with his family when abramovitch came
Gianfranco Zola, un giocatore squisito, con movimenti naturali pieni di talento ed eleganza allo stesso tempo.
Ho sempre detto che era un giocatore spettacolare, che meritava più riconoscimenti di quanti ne avesse realmente.
Era sempre un mix tra Maradona e Messi di oggi, ma aveva il suo stile.
Dato che mi piaceva Gianfranco, un magnifico giocatore, mi sarebbe piaciuto vederlo al Barça.
do Italian people support chelsea
My fav chelsea player ever. A man of his word and in football for football not money.. I miss watching him at the bridge
Italy not using him during 1994 world cup was madness
Lo dicevi tu a Baggio di non giocare?
@@jimi77 avresti potuto utilizzarli entrambi, genio.
@@theghostwillis8649 nel 442 di Sacchi non potevano coesistere 2 fantasisti puri,già faceva fatica a digerire baggio
@@jimi77 pensa Ancelotti cosa avrebbe combinato … con Zola Baggio e Signori
@@luislizard2626 sono d'accordo
If u never saw zola play for napoli and parma please shoooosh. He was king of Italy in his heyday. At times he out shined baggio and he actually benched him for Italy.
Un campione imprevedibile ed implacabile. Un piacere vederlo giocare. Per il grande talento di cui era dotato, avrebbe meritato vincere di più. Non avrebbe sfigurato affatto accanto a Messi, anzi
do Italians support chelsea
Gianfranco zola era una bomba era letteralmente PAZZESCO!!
There were many great Italian strikers that time. Vialli, Baggio, Ravanelli, Zola, Signori, Casiraghi, Chiesa, Mancini, Inzaghi, Del Piero, Vieri...
Have you seen Robert Prosinecki's play? His dribbling was very special, incredible.
Hai dimenticato Totti e Luca Toni.
Montella also
@@francescoalfredoascolese2489 Ma anche Massaro, Di Natale, per non andare ancora indietro col mitico Paolo Rossi, Bettega, ecc
Hunfootball that red star was packed with great number 10 Savicevic was my absolute favourite player ( I support inter milan ) esplosive and absolute unique player ...and they sold stoijkovic piksi to Marseille another absolute genius
Paulo Di canio the beast
Robby Baggio was indeed great player, he can dribble past many opponents just like Maradona..
But in terms of playing style & posture, zola was the closest things to maradona..
Zola hustle just like Maradona, with body balance like Maradona, not easily down to a tackle similar to Maradona..
In terms of personal skill, i would like take Robby Baggio all day..
But in terms of playmaking, Zola was better playmaker than Baggio, Zola was similar to Maradona in that terms..
Baggio develop his playmaking role at the end of his career, when his speed and acceleration rapidly down due to age & many injuries he had received before..
Before that, he was something like Brazilian Ronaldo, bursting with deadly skill past 2-3 opponents to score goal..
So it is true that Zola was the italian player closest to Maradona style of play..
so true! :)
Agreed
Roberto Baggio!
Love Zola
Baggio is on another level though
He developed field vision later in his career because earlier he simply didn't needed it
Baggio > Zola
Italy are the best, but it is sad what's happening now. GO ITALY, FROM HUNGARY!!!
The Mr Koxi thanks bro. Same sbout you by the way, Hungary used to kick everyone’s ass back in the day. Hope one day you’ll come back
@@JustRolly I wish bro, but I will be happy, if Italy comes back with a vengeance, for the EURO!
@@themrkoxi8334 Btw, now that I finally found a Hungarian football fan, did something particular happen in your country in 1964-66?
The average attendance in your league went from 16.000 to 11.000 and has never come back since, so I wondered if some policy or tax regulation affected the fan culture at the time, or if it was simply the end of the golden generation of players?
@@Metalton95 No it was politics and tax and you said it well that ruined football in Hungary forever.
MetalForTheMasses I think you think about 1956 when Hungarian youth, from universities rebelled against comunism and the Soviet tanks and souldiers came in and crushed the young guys killing a lot. Puskas and the best footballers of that time didn’t even dare come home, fearing the Soviets will lynched there families, so Puskas stayed in Spain and the Hungarian football died, from there on. I think that is ehat you where referring on. If it’s not I will find out for you, just try to be a bit more specific.
Zola was a bloody incredible player... and in those years he was the 4th choice after Del Piero, Baggio, Totti.. and maybe after Mancini as well. Magic box! And Italy deserved the Italia 90 and Usa 94 world cup!
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Totti? Totti and even Del Piero were a generation after Zola. Zola's main problem was the Italian team had space for just 1 fantasista, and that was unfortunately Baggio
Can you believe that I never knew about him or even his name .
Jesus he is on the same table with the phenomenal . What a great player it's a shame that I don't know him.
Un GRANDE...forse un po dimenticato purtroppo. Un Gentleman del calcio ma soprattutto Noble Man...umile dava sempre il massimo.
in my opinion Baggio Zola and Maradona have something in common ....In serie A among 1985 and the middle of 9o's they used to twist defenders as none ......They weren't tall but they're fast as technically impressive with gorgeous feet and free kick specialists
The most underrated!
He weren't underrated at all many peoplea favourite
Un fuoriclasse!!!! Grandissimo!!!! Avesse vinto più titoli nazionali ed europei ( scudetti e Champions) sarebbe stato osannato. Ha vinto uno scudetto a Napoli da sconosciuto, poi più nulla di importante. Avesse vinto più scudetti e Champions, la cassa di risonanza sarebbe stata ben diversa. Sono i titoli che fanno la differenza ( a torto o ragione), la classe non basta.
Non ha vinto nulla!? Coppa coppe, due coppe di lega, una coppa Uefa e altro, o c'è solo il Napoli?!
@@riccardosebis5333, non ho scritto che non ha vinto nulla: leggi bene. Se avesse vinto più scudetti e qualche Champions sicuramente avrebbe avuto più visibilità.
Mio idolo da quando ero piccolo. Fuoriclasse assoluto, per certi versi sottovalutato, forse per la presenza di tanti altri campioni di quell’epoca, primo fa tutti Baggio, o anche perché non ha giocato in una una squadra top(juve,Inter,Milan), ma io lo preferivo allo stesso Baggio.
Grande Gianfri!
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@@chelseafan2.058 it’s a nice club, but my comment was in honour of one of my idols, Gianfranco Zola!
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Parma, chelsea scarsi
@@chelseafan2.058ти достав. Одне й те саме строчиш гімно
Agree he is the Italian Maradona! Great footwork and skills.
Chelsea Legend thank you Zola💙
Zola...one of Chelsea's greatest ever players 💙💙🙏🏼🙏🏼👏👏 !!! Herb
He is Chelsea's best and most skillfull player.
Thanks god, finally Gianfranco Zola :)
Italy was so good this guy was on the bench
A real gem of a player!
Invited by Diego to his wedding
Kid was special
Tu non capisci nulla di calcio, cambia sport
Players like zola are why it's called the beautiful game.
A very good player - legendary, i would say - at club level, however quite underappreciated at Azzuri level. Zola could have won 100++ caps for Italy and benched Del Piero or Baggio for good.
The fact that in his prime he played in England instead of Italy didn't help matters either; for years Italian National Team always reluctant to pick eligible players outside Serie A therefore making Italian outside Serie A looks like rejects instead of star, no matter how good they are.
As good as Zola was Bagio was even better
His prime was in italy with parma
The history somehow forget this guy but men back in the days of El Diego, Gianfranco was right there with him in skills coldness to score, passes I mean this guy was an all around footballer.
Il mio grande compaesano ☺☺
Zola, Baggio, Del Piero, Totti, Chiesa, Vieri, Cannavaro, Maldini, Pirlo, Buffon, De Rossi.... best players ever and Legends. Today one of this Legends would be cost 150mln with 30 years. And now Italy is dead. When Verratti scores against Liechtenstein, they say he is a a worldclass player 🙈.
Sorry for my english.
Forza Italia 🇮🇹 per sempre
Zola was incredible because he was so small despite his size which was 5ft6in he made up for it with skill he had the flair trait
Segnava in tutti i modi , l'ho visto quando giocava nella squadra della mia citta la Torres ed era gia fortissimo.
Ricordo un gol dalla dx a rientrare , esplose lo stadio.
Maradona loved Zola when they played toghether. Diego said that when he would have gone zola would have been a good heir
Team mate of Maradona...he is great
my idol , thanks God he come to chelsea , my fave team
Zola was a huge player, Italian national put him apart, it was a shame, that's why managers should eat some court
Italy don't produce these players anymore
Chiesa, Cutrone, Barella, Zaniolo, Kean, Bernardeschi, Pinamonti
@@jastastics6446 Zola was different level, esp when talking technique
seb pz yeah but all of the players I named are around 20 years old so they got time. Cutrone is the youngest Italian player to have scored 10 goals in European competitions
@@jastastics6446 don't wanna sound harsh but putting Zola and cutrone in the same breath is an insult lol
Barella Zaniolo verratti chiesa inisgne have potential ..i think the lowest.point was 4/5 years ago When Montolivo and Balotelli were the stars now im confident
Zola had the speed of Maradona and the vision and touch of el Pibe Valderrama with goal making ability of messi
Un fuoriclasse che in Italia non è stato mai valorizzato come meritava. È dovuto andare in Inghilterra per trovare la consacrazione da Grande.
In Italy he was called MaraZola. He played a couple of seasons with Maradona in Napoli. Evidently he learnt a lot from big Diego.
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Fenomeno assoluto, non preso in considerazione come meritava.
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Wow, I remember Italy having so many good players in 90s and 2000s besides the all time greats like Del Piero, Totti, Baggio etc. Zola was one of them and now Italy dont have anyone. Guys like Montella, Miccoli, Cassano, Di Natale, Chiesa and of course Zola would be the absolute super stars for Italy today, but back then they were all playing second fiddle, and rightfully so. The downfall has been insane. Never thought Id see Italy this low. The same goes for basically all the historical giants when you compare them to past national teams. Football has been going down hard since 2010s. 🤷♂️
Better than Del Piero, But not Baggio, Baggio is the true Italian Maradona.
Delpiero was much better than Zola
Baggio and Zola, are the best italians players, great great players, Del Piero was good but not that good, Zola game similar to Maradona, Baggio was different
Ye Winn ....NO
I'd rank Del Piero and Zola on the same lvl. Zola wasnt better.
Milan fan here but Del Piero was better imo
Zola used to be what Bruno Fernandes is today. A massively underrated playmaker who doesnt get the credit he deserves
Lol bruno fernandes is nowhere near zola in terms of technical ability and flair, bruno is a average player at best.
U can’t be serious. Bruno is absolutely nowhere near Zola’s level.
I will go for Roberto Baggio as Italian maradona..
most definitely......Zola never did it for Italy (in fact, he lasted a whole 9 minutes in the world cup, 1994, before getting sent off, never to return)...I liked Zola, but he was no Baggio
Roberto Baggio is Roberto Baggio.. there is no other Baggio. Different class.
Agree
@@NaturaBreeze I think it is possible to appreciate both, two players were phenomenal!
Not Italian Maradona, Maradona is Maradona, Roberto Baggio is Roberto Baggio, they were unique players both amazing
I love Zola❤️❤️❤️
Me encantan estos vídeos porque muchos son de jugadores que no muestran demasiado en cualquier lado. Genio
Magic Box 🇮🇹
niceo video👍🏻
Magic Box . Fantastico!
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Giocatore sopraffino e gran Signore. Forza Gianfranco, Napoli ti amerà sempre.
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once upon a time there was Italian football
Zola told that seeing Maradona He learns football
Zola was not Maradona, he is Fonzie 👍 Hey!
Love from 🇮🇹
Zola the best
Grande calciatore e Uomo, con questa musica oltretutto si voooooola
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Good Boy Kind Person So Humble Amazing Player
Solo italia poteva mandare via per me uno dei giocatori italiani piú forti di sempre
Giocava per la squadra. Fosse stato più egoista avrebbe segnato molti più gol. Eclettico, velocissimo, dribbling, destro, sinistro, tiro potente, ottimo colpitore di testa. Per le punizioni il migliore italiano di sempre ( circa 40 tra Inghilterra e l'Italia) Mai espulso (lasciamo perdere l'arbitro Moreno), pochissimi cartellini gialli. Un fuoriclasse, un gigante dei campi di calcio. Non era assolutamente inferiore a Baggio. Ho descritto sopra tutto il suo repertorio. Forse a Baggio mancava qualcosa che invece Zola aveva. Zola e Baggio i due migliori 10 di sempre.
Baggio era superiore a Zola
Nate River......in carriera Zola ( tra Italia e Inghilterra) ha segnato più gol sui calci piazzati e siamo in vantaggio. Documentati. Per il resto dimmi dove era superiore. Nei dribbling no, di testa no, di tacco no, in velocità no, negli assist no. Due + due fa quattro
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Erano alla pari,uno era più finalizzatore Baggio, l'altro più assistman e più forti nei calci piazzati.. Se Zola non fosse andato in Inghilterra sarebbe sato lui il miglior marcatore di sempre nei calci piazzati in serie A ha avuto una media pazzesca nei calci piazzati sia in serie A che in premier
Zola e Baggio erano alla pari, Baggio era più pubblicizzato perché gi ava alla Juventus..
can imagine the value of a player like this today!
Another great number 10 from Italy...a long line of greats!! Gianni Rivera, Roby Baggio, Alex Del Piero, Francesco Totti...and now...total darkness😖
Joe Garagozzo no my friend there’s a kid called Zaniolo he plays for Roma check him out only 20 but fans already love him check him out
Sensi , Pellegrini, Chiesa...
Zaniolo
@@The666Steppenwolf sensi? Lol
Potrei sembrare blasfemo ma l'unico che poteva stargli dietro era Giovinco in questa generazione.
It was an absolute privilege to have seen this genius play so many games foR Chelsea...a True Blue LEDGE.
Grande Zola che giocatore dopo Diego nel mio cuore c’è lui forza napoli
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@@chelseafan2.058йди їсти свої макарони. Достав всіх😮
Dzola is uniq. Italian Messi or Messi is Argentinian Dzola. Both equal strong foots. Amazing technique of shooting. Agility, speed, inteeligent, temper. He had everything.
Orgoglio di Sardegna
Un vero campione 👍
The best player who played in the Premier League!
Gianfra' orgoglio Sardo💪...Magic box non si discute 🔝
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Zola is good but Roberto Baggio is the true Italian Maradonna 💯💯💯FACTS 🇮🇹 👑
Baggio was fantastic, with some unreachable performances. However he had so many up and downs . Zola was more consistent in his performances
@@balorduomo Baggio was best than Zola
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Zola was not the Italian Maradona or the next Zico, he was Gianfranco Zola
He was spetacular in his own ways and is fairly respected in the football community
You take away from the individual greatness of a player when you do a comparison like that
Negli stessi anni l'Italia aveva i più forti numeri 10 del pianeta: Zola, Baggio, Mancini, Totti e Del Piero. Con uno Zola in campo la Nazionale italiana risolverebbe tutti i suoi problemi.
Istituto Costa eravamo un squadrone. Maldini, bergomi, baresi, costacurta, donadoni e tantissimi altri
Non penso. Le lacune in difesa,centrocampo,porta e soprattutto allenatore ci sono e sono grosse
i piu forti 10 del mondo...Zidane,Ronaldinho,Savicevic ecc robetta proprio..
@@titanio784 zidane è sopravvalutato. Un grande calciatore si,ma non così forte come viene osannato. Addirittura certa gente lo ritiene il più forte di sempre. Ronaldinho? Fortissimo ma non superiore a divin codino
@@matteo964 Zidane sopravvalutato e Baggio piu forte di Dinho...quanti anni hai?
Un grande fuoriclasse
a parer mio superiore anche a Baggio , è stato molto sottovalutato qua in Italia sopratutto in Nazionale
Ma per favore
@@-nateriver-4162 ogniuno ha il suo parare ,giusto o sbagliato che sia! per te è migliore Baggio? Amen
☝Six major injuries in the knees and still managed to be one of the greatest players in history Roberto Baggio!!!
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Bravo " interpersempre ", superiore a Baggio anche nei calci piazzati ( ha fatto più gol di Baggio in carriera-bisogna aggiungere anche i gol di punizione fatti in Inghilterra), il colpo di tacco sopraffino e i gol di testa.
@@verde9426 non è stato pompato dalla stampa com' è stato con Baggio
So many great bits of skill... what a legend. Incredible power in his shooting, too. I especially liked him tying Carragher in knots at 3.52... even managed to evade the inevitable mouthful of greb he probably had fired at him by the vile man.