Not only an absolute pillar of my all-time dream team, but also the most classical and elegant footballer ever and the purest definition of a maestro on the pitch. Unreal talent, divine technique, immeasurable intelligence, extraordinary ability to improvise and colossal decision-making power make Zidane a unique and incomparable player. Magician, genius!
Players today are for sure faster, stronger, bigger, and better conditioned. Zidane represents an era where vision, technical brilliance, and touch were more important. Zidane will always be the best player I had the privilege of watching play. For me, the greatest of all time.
That last match versus brazil must be his greatest masterpiece. Not only the performance itself which is obviously ridiculous but the whole context of his last competition in such a big moment (world cup 1/4) against what must be the greatest brazilian 11 of the 21th century. Zidane was football that night. The perfection of the game resume in this match. It will never be matched ever. In brasil everyone love zidane despite beating them twice in BIG confrontation. He didn't only beat brazil, he became one of them.
Messi is a better attacking player and probably more creative and effective in the final 3rd, but I swear I've never seen a player completely take over games the way Zidane did. If I could take one player if my life depended on a team winning, I'd take Zidane over Messi ngl
Leo literally outclassed the galacticos at 19 and his team mates at Barca already knew he was a different specimen altogether. He's gotten so dominant and good at everything that it can get boring but Messi is number at just about everything in football
He is included in the GOAT category by everyone who had the chance to play with him or against him, they all praise Zidane as the greatest of their generation alongside Ronaldo Fenomeno. Don't listen to the kids who started to watch football during Covid, they don't know what they are talking about.
You are right, when you see Messi win the World Cup at 35 years old, he just won it with the team. But hey, Zidane at 34 years old, ran the whole damn tournament.
At around 4:14 you can see another Zidane Quality. Although he is already the technically best and most delicate Player on the Pitch anyway, his Jersey is dirty as hell because he wasn't above doing anything, while his Teammate in the Background is sparkling white.
He was always doing the right move at the right time. He didn't even look at the ball while running with it/dribbling. This guy is special. Unique. From another world. He accomplished so much for french football worldwide. And for himself and his teams and team mates. I have seen many players in my life. Some made me cry of joy. But noone like him. I am still amazed when I look at him. Fascinating player. Incredible. Some things I still don't understand how he managed to do them. And I never will. But he did them. Superhuman. Beyond belief. But we saw it. This guy played another football than anybody else. It's plain to see. And I feel priviledged to have seen him play. (It was not "play", it was art. I saw an artist on the pitch.). This guy has no price. You can't put a price on someone like that. I have seen Ronaldo Nazario da Lima, Ronaldinho, Marc Overmars, Laurent Robert, Jay Jay Okocha, Romario, Denilson, Éric Cantona, David Ginola and many others. And they were great talents. But noone was so elegant as Zidane. He played something different than football. And it was mesmerizing .
Zidane to Real Madrid is, in my opinion, the best piece of business in football. Real got their jewel and Juventus funded their rebuild with the likes of Nedved, Thuram and Buffon
Idk what planet you people are from but on earth Zidane back then wasn't even the best player in La Liga. Ronaldinho was the best and im a Madrid fan. Zidane never won the CL with Juve, he won just 1 with Madrid in 5 years. Also just 1 La Liga title in 5 years. For me Modric was better and I'm not gonna even talk about Bellingham... Jesus Christ. Lol
@@Alban-ez5wn you gotta explain how it was good business when Modric cost nothing compared to him and was a much better deal. Lmao jewel player that struggled so much Madrid fans back than complain he was too old.
Juventus and massive Zidane fan here. Let’s be honest, Messi is on another level compared to any footballer in history. I started watching football in the 80s and remember watching Maradona life. In my opinion, Messi is still the GOAT.
@@morkujinirukandji4820You're just being sentimental in your judgement, if football was fear enough, Zidane shouldn't be compare to nobody...Your messi couldn't prove himself other than Barcelona...
@@agbajegabriel7159 The Brazilian Ronaldo played against the toughest defenders and never forget that his knee was literally in pieces twice. Messi and Ronaldo have never experienced heavy injuries as they were both protected on the pitch by the referees throughout their careers. Particularly Messi.
zizou is my fav player but he didnt destroy roma that night; it was a must win game for juve but roma scored 2 goals to force a draw, and in the end the won scudetto
Had to show my son this video when he asked who was better than Mesi and Renaldo. Right as he said, "Well bring up a video of Renaldo" there he was getting rekt by the legend himself. Zizou.
It's disheartening to think that my children may not have the opportunity to appreciate the beauty of a captivating football game as I did with the likes of Zizu, Deco, Ronaldino, Rivaldo, Kaka, JJ Okocha, Rio Costa, Nedved, Seedolf, Inesta, Alonso, Gerald, Lampard etc.
Yes the 2000/01 Inter Milan team underachieved that season, but player for player they were arguably one of their best teams put together. The likes of Ronaldo, Vieri, Zanetti, Blanc, Cordoba, Seedorf, Pirlo and a young Adriano was arguably their most talented team in a generation. But yes they were not successful
I doubt in zidane era Messi or Ronaldo will be scoring so much and not pick big injuries, players are protected these days, fouls u see today are just a small tap compared to previously as these fouls are illegal today
Nonono allora fermi un attimo... Varrebbe sicuramente più di tutti tranne Messi e CR7, ma a quel prezzo solo uno ci poteva arrivare, per modo di dire poi perché manco lui sarebbe costato così tanto ad oggi. Quell'uno è Ronaldo il fenomeno, assieme a lui solo Ronaldinho. Questi erano due alieni nel loro momento top, per non parlare di Maradona che vinceva in serie a e nel mondiali da solo...lui probabilmente inestimabile😅 Però Ronaldo nel prime mamma mia! Quasi tutti i loro avversari dicono che era più forte di Maradona. Lui 500 mln li poteva anche valere e invece ne valeva? Molto meno della metà😂😂
Galactico days i pull my hair out at how much we struggle. With Zidane we won 0 copa del rey and just 1 la liga. Thank god at least we got 1 CL. Barca had better team than Madrid, Ronaldinho was better than Zidane. Madrid was unbalanced team, a mix of top players and scrubs like Pavon lol. Zidane highest scoring season just 12 goals. Not great for an attacking mid that is supposed to be legendary. His ball control sure was and he had great passing game, so he definitely was good, just overated by fanboy weirdos who know nothing about football.
What a troll comment 😂.. you do realize Zidane in his first 2 seasons won the Champions League including player of the tournament, won La Liga as well as Foreign La Liga player of the year and Fifa player of the year.
€500 Million for what ?!! He played 5 seasons for real madrid with best players ( Rinaldo , Figo , Roberto Carlos , Raul , Beckham , Owen , Casilas } but won just 1 la liga
Apart from Casillas , all of them were old and out of form , if they were in their prime nobody would have stopped them , not to mention the defence was a mess . When you want to rate a player you rate him by individual performance not by team trophies because he doesn't play alone
@@firasb-ck1dj When Zidane was young , he played 8 seasons in France league 1 for cannes then for Bourdaex , but he could not lead them to win France league 1 ever !! Do u know how long are 8 seasons ? World War II lasted 6 years , Zidane was unable to win the French League title in 8 years €500 Million for what ?!!
Yeah, just one liga, one champions league with the most beautiful goal ever in champion's league in the final, european supercup, and others... and Cannes was a little team in France, Bordeaux had some wonderful performances in Europe, a historical match against AC Milan, two goals in 98 WC final, almost single handedly won 2006 WC, humiliate Spain and Brazil, a panenka against Buffon in final, considered by every great players and top coaches as a all time great, but yeah, tell me you don't know nothing about football without saying it...
Not only an absolute pillar of my all-time dream team, but also the most classical and elegant footballer ever and the purest definition of a maestro on the pitch. Unreal talent, divine technique, immeasurable intelligence, extraordinary ability to improvise and colossal decision-making power make Zidane a unique and incomparable player. Magician, genius!
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Players today are for sure faster, stronger, bigger, and better conditioned. Zidane represents an era where vision, technical brilliance, and touch were more important. Zidane will always be the best player I had the privilege of watching play. For me, the greatest of all time.
Better condition, yes, but faster, bigger, and stronger, definitely not
Bigger? What?
@@massiderv😂😂are you idiot what you think about player who pass between three player and score
Zidane was a unit at his peak.
Roy Keane said kicking Zidane out the game was pointless, he was huge & his knickname was The Buffalo 🐃
Stop typing shite.
Genius, Class, Elegant, Zidane ❤
That last match versus brazil must be his greatest masterpiece. Not only the performance itself which is obviously ridiculous but the whole context of his last competition in such a big moment (world cup 1/4) against what must be the greatest brazilian 11 of the 21th century. Zidane was football that night. The perfection of the game resume in this match. It will never be matched ever. In brasil everyone love zidane despite beating them twice in BIG confrontation. He didn't only beat brazil, he became one of them.
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Messi is a better attacking player and probably more creative and effective in the final 3rd, but I swear I've never seen a player completely take over games the way Zidane did.
If I could take one player if my life depended on a team winning, I'd take Zidane over Messi ngl
Leo literally outclassed the galacticos at 19 and his team mates at Barca already knew he was a different specimen altogether. He's gotten so dominant and good at everything that it can get boring but Messi is number at just about everything in football
No lol. Messi could do anything that Zidane could do, only better
Zidane does magic without having to run so much, the guy is magic
Guti's back-heel through-pass was incredible.
Especially that 7.44 min assist was mind blowing
He doesnt seem to be moving that fast, and he makes it look so easy sometimes.
Unreal player.
0:56 how can anyone not include this guy in GOAT category is beyond me. The confidence is just unbelievable
He is included in the GOAT category by everyone who had the chance to play with him or against him, they all praise Zidane as the greatest of their generation alongside Ronaldo Fenomeno. Don't listen to the kids who started to watch football during Covid, they don't know what they are talking about.
You are right, when you see Messi win the World Cup at 35 years old, he just won it with the team. But hey, Zidane at 34 years old, ran the whole damn tournament.
Messi did the same thing Zidane did bro except he won it
Thanks for Zizou against Maldini scenes
Zidane is the captain of all-time-greats team, everyone looks small beside him, including Maradona, Messi and Pele
The only guy i ever cheered against brazil
At around 4:14 you can see another Zidane Quality.
Although he is already the technically best and most delicate Player on the Pitch anyway, his Jersey is dirty as hell because he wasn't above doing anything, while his Teammate in the Background is sparkling white.
He was always doing the right move at the right time. He didn't even look at the ball while running with it/dribbling. This guy is special. Unique. From another world. He accomplished so much for french football worldwide. And for himself and his teams and team mates. I have seen many players in my life. Some made me cry of joy. But noone like him. I am still amazed when I look at him. Fascinating player. Incredible. Some things I still don't understand how he managed to do them. And I never will. But he did them. Superhuman. Beyond belief. But we saw it. This guy played another football than anybody else. It's plain to see. And I feel priviledged to have seen him play. (It was not "play", it was art. I saw an artist on the pitch.). This guy has no price. You can't put a price on someone like that. I have seen Ronaldo Nazario da Lima, Ronaldinho, Marc Overmars, Laurent Robert, Jay Jay Okocha, Romario, Denilson, Éric Cantona, David Ginola and many others. And they were great talents. But noone was so elegant as Zidane. He played something different than football. And it was mesmerizing .
Zizou le meilleurs de tout les temps
Zidane to Real Madrid is, in my opinion, the best piece of business in football. Real got their jewel and Juventus funded their rebuild with the likes of Nedved, Thuram and Buffon
Idk what planet you people are from but on earth Zidane back then wasn't even the best player in La Liga. Ronaldinho was the best and im a Madrid fan. Zidane never won the CL with Juve, he won just 1 with Madrid in 5 years. Also just 1 La Liga title in 5 years. For me Modric was better and I'm not gonna even talk about Bellingham... Jesus Christ. Lol
@@AutomaticSnake you might have replied to the wrong comment, mate
@@Alban-ez5wn you gotta explain how it was good business when Modric cost nothing compared to him and was a much better deal. Lmao jewel player that struggled so much Madrid fans back than complain he was too old.
@@AutomaticSnake yeah, I'll go ahead and explain myself to any random online entity 😂
@@Alban-ez5wn cool I win
glad his juve time now get's acknowledged
Don't EVER compare Messi and CR7 to this God of football .. best ever along with Maradona
Juventus and massive Zidane fan here. Let’s be honest, Messi is on another level compared to any footballer in history. I started watching football in the 80s and remember watching Maradona life. In my opinion, Messi is still the GOAT.
%100 agreed. 1) Diego Maradona, 2) Zizou, 3) Ronaldo (the Brazilian one)
@@morkujinirukandji4820You're just being sentimental in your judgement, if football was fear enough, Zidane shouldn't be compare to nobody...Your messi couldn't prove himself other than Barcelona...
@@gattuso3997I love your comment but delicate Ronaldo is not match to messi and Christians...
@@agbajegabriel7159 The Brazilian Ronaldo played against the toughest defenders and never forget that his knee was literally in pieces twice. Messi and Ronaldo have never experienced heavy injuries as they were both protected on the pitch by the referees throughout their careers. Particularly Messi.
He literally carried the trams in the biggest stages, my goat Zizou!
Cheio de Talento como jogar bola, um Atleta aí com Classe que eu respeito á história✨⚽😎⚽✨ Zidane Krak dê bola🌠🤙
That back heel assist from guti though !
zizou is my fav player but he didnt destroy roma that night; it was a must win game for juve but roma scored 2 goals to force a draw, and in the end the won scudetto
3:10 ahah, excelent ball control.
He has done it all and won it all
He has a way to go around defenders or any players including the best ones...ask Beckman...He was astonishing nothing else.
True GOAT
He would crash the market. Destroying all your modern athletes left n right. 500 m is too small 2023 24 for zizou.
The fake headbutt from ZIDANE 1:56
Had to show my son this video when he asked who was better than Mesi and Renaldo. Right as he said, "Well bring up a video of Renaldo" there he was getting rekt by the legend himself. Zizou.
Agree he is most elegant player. Worth 500billion euro.
Btw ,that Backheel pass from Guti is worth 300million euro 👍🏻
Zidane could play on a field with 20 other superstars, and he would still dominate the game.
❤❤❤Z10❤❤❤
That assist from Guti though. WTF!
Zidane est un don divin
It's disheartening to think that my children may not have the opportunity to appreciate the beauty of a captivating football game as I did with the likes of Zizu, Deco, Ronaldino, Rivaldo, Kaka, JJ Okocha, Rio Costa, Nedved, Seedolf, Inesta, Alonso, Gerald, Lampard etc.
Missed R9
A legend
Even though he was a few years before him, Hagi is the only European number ten on his level.
5:02
Inter Millan's best team was when they won the treble in 09/10
Yes the 2000/01 Inter Milan team underachieved that season, but player for player they were arguably one of their best teams put together. The likes of Ronaldo, Vieri, Zanetti, Blanc, Cordoba, Seedorf, Pirlo and a young Adriano was arguably their most talented team in a generation. But yes they were not successful
I´m crying🥰
So elegant
Le Cristiano il devrait se passer en boucle cette video...ça lui serait très utile ! Grand Zizou !!!
زين الدين زيدان مليك مكرة القدم بدون منازع ربما أفضل من مارادونا وبيلي...
Magic 🪄✨✨
Where's the Champions League volley goal?
Platini once said “what Zidane does with a football Maradona does it with an orange!!”
When art meet Sir Zidane !
Zidane vs Maldini was a tie there though.
I think if zidan was in same age of Ronaldo and Messi he Will win ballon d'or and nothing for Messi and Ronaldo and he Will be famous than him
I doubt in zidane era Messi or Ronaldo will be scoring so much and not pick big injuries, players are protected these days, fouls u see today are just a small tap compared to previously as these fouls are illegal today
Not a football fan , is he the guy who cheated against Ireland and used his hand ?.
That’s Thierry Henry
only zidane can make del piero score with a header
Todays football is much more boring.there are are no maradonas zidanes, pele or george bests. Football is poorer for it.
He would cost Qatar + Saudia Arabia
why that price in a football ground when in a circus is much less ??
Was half decent but no Jordan Henderson
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Trillion
Dynamo Kiev pass
Zidane > Brazil
Money has ruined football all through these oil tycoons. Players who are worth 50 million rheae days would be worth 2 mil in the nineties
Nonono allora fermi un attimo...
Varrebbe sicuramente più di tutti tranne Messi e CR7, ma a quel prezzo solo uno ci poteva arrivare, per modo di dire poi perché manco lui sarebbe costato così tanto ad oggi.
Quell'uno è Ronaldo il fenomeno, assieme a lui solo Ronaldinho.
Questi erano due alieni nel loro momento top, per non parlare di Maradona che vinceva in serie a e nel mondiali da solo...lui probabilmente inestimabile😅
Però Ronaldo nel prime mamma mia! Quasi tutti i loro avversari dicono che era più forte di Maradona.
Lui 500 mln li poteva anche valere e invece ne valeva? Molto meno della metà😂😂
Good player for sure , but messi the best ever
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Not in the same league as messi, ronaldo maradona etc. his goals are too low in seria A at his peak
He didn’t need to score as he was not in a scoring position, but when team needed goals Zidane will come from nowhere and score vital goals.
Galactico days i pull my hair out at how much we struggle. With Zidane we won 0 copa del rey and just 1 la liga. Thank god at least we got 1 CL. Barca had better team than Madrid, Ronaldinho was better than Zidane. Madrid was unbalanced team, a mix of top players and scrubs like Pavon lol. Zidane highest scoring season just 12 goals. Not great for an attacking mid that is supposed to be legendary. His ball control sure was and he had great passing game, so he definitely was good, just overated by fanboy weirdos who know nothing about football.
What a troll comment 😂.. you do realize Zidane in his first 2 seasons won the Champions League including player of the tournament, won La Liga as well as Foreign La Liga player of the year and Fifa player of the year.
@@shampar10 uh... I wrote he won just 1 league and 1 CL .....
Beim heute zu tage hate gespielt in Bundesliga 2,Fußball ist viel schneller geworden!
Del Piero in his peak was better than Zidane. A disgrace he never won the golden ball.
Nah
€500 Million for what ?!!
He played 5 seasons for real madrid with best players ( Rinaldo , Figo , Roberto Carlos , Raul , Beckham , Owen , Casilas } but won just 1 la liga
Apart from Casillas , all of them were old and out of form , if they were in their prime nobody would have stopped them , not to mention the defence was a mess .
When you want to rate a player you rate him by individual performance not by team trophies because he doesn't play alone
@@firasb-ck1dj
When Zidane was young , he played 8 seasons in France league 1 for cannes then for Bourdaex , but he could not lead them to win France league 1 ever !!
Do u know how long are 8 seasons ?
World War II lasted 6 years , Zidane was unable to win the French League title in 8 years
€500 Million for what ?!!
Yeah, just one liga, one champions league with the most beautiful goal ever in champion's league in the final, european supercup, and others... and Cannes was a little team in France, Bordeaux had some wonderful performances in Europe, a historical match against AC Milan, two goals in 98 WC final, almost single handedly won 2006 WC, humiliate Spain and Brazil, a panenka against Buffon in final, considered by every great players and top coaches as a all time great, but yeah, tell me you don't know nothing about football without saying it...
@chanmax2 😅 the last part is 🎯 … Zizo was just different class. Best midfielder ever and one of the GOATS.
That team f-ed up when they sell Makelele, a DM who's nobody compared the names you wrote.
And so Baggio would cost 1000 Millions nowadays (even with his weak physical condition).
Amazing how his whole career can be summed up in less than 10 minutes. Busquets could do better imo
Meaningless comment
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500m Euros? You wouldn’t be able to transfer him with money today. Imagine they paid £105m for a guy called Declan Rice.
Who?
And £115 million for Caicedo 😂
@@thatracingguy5694 £100m for Grealish.
Then G.O.A.T. M8SSI should cost 1.000.000 millions . . . Oh hell no... HE'S PRICELESS !
ND s a coach 800 million
No coach near him ....🪔💣💥👏🫵💪👑