When was Zinedine Zidane in his Prime?
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- čas přidán 24. 04. 2023
- Zidane is the GOAT. But when was he at his best?
Here is what some top class footballers say about Zizou.
“When Zidane stepped onto the pitch, the 10 other guys just got suddenly better. It is that simple. It was magic. He was a unique player. He was more than good, he came from another planet. His team-mates became like him when he was on the pitch.” Zlatan Ibrahimovic
“He played the most beautiful football. If there was a painting before Zinedine, it was embellished with his magical paintbrush.” Juan Pablo Sorin
“He is the best player I’ve seen. Zizou had something apart. Playing alongside him was a crazy thing! Supporters arrived earlier at the Bernabeu just to see him warm-up!” Roberto Carlos
“He dominates the ball, he is a walking spectacle and he plays as if he had silk gloves on each foot. He makes it worthwhile going to the stadium - he’s one of the best I have ever seen.” - Alfredo di Stefano
“Simply watching him train inspires me. He is one of the best players in the world. He thinks in one second and does it the next. He is a special player, one who is original and exceptional. He creates space where there is none. Only the very best players can do that. No matter where he gets the ball or how it comes to him, Zidane can get out of trouble. His imagination and his technique are amazing.” - Edgar Davids
“To train with Zidane for three years was a dream. For me, he is the greatest player of all time.” - David Beckham
Zizou is the best ever for me.. I watched him play since 97 and never stopped till he retired .. The most skilful and technically gifted player I have ever had the fortune of watching.
He's the greatest for me. I like elegant players and he was just sublime. Built like a middle weight boxer but moved like ballet dancer.
I discovered Zidane in 1996 during Euro 96 and his 1st season at Juve, he certainly had a rather special talent but had a certain physical difficulty which prevented him from being among the 10 best in the world at the time... but he improved enormously at Juve and I really realized how good he was during the tournament in Lyon in 1997... his prime for me was 1997 at 2004...then in 2006 it exploded during the CDM...
Zidane is one of the 5 best players in history without any problems...
In his prime still at 34 when he made a Brazilian team with Ronaldinho kaka Ronaldo cafu and Carlos in the team look ordinary the most complete beautiful fluid player ever pure magic.
Zidane's prime is generally seen from 1998 - 2003.
Peak tournament was Euro 2000.. he was simply brilliant.
Best domestic season in terms of prime form and overall ability was 2000 - 2001 with Juventus.
Agreed!
I'd say 96-2003.
I agree with most of what you wrote apart from the last statement. V close though. I think Zinedine Zidane in 2001/2002 season at RM was basically unbelievable.
I think the 2002 world cup injury was a jinx to show he was still very human, else, he seemed anything but human.
Zidane made less than 20mistakes in an entire season...
Euro 2000 against Portugal was the single greatest performance I have seen. I don't think he miss controlled one ball or miss placed one pass and he was constantly involved and under heavy pressure.
Exactly at euro 2000 he was insane
I fully agree Zidane is the goat, he won absolutely everything as a player
zidane really was a man possessed when playing for france. and he was from the very first minute : on his first game in 1994, he entered just after the hour mark (replacing my favorite player at the time, corentin martins), with france losing 2-0 to the czech republic. he shot twice. scored twice. in two minutes. as a ten years old kid at that time, that's the day zizou was born for me.
Zidane 98 to 02 prime
My favourite of all time - in his prime - is R9, but when you watch Zidane, you can see pure elegance. It's no fluke that they made a film focusing only on him for a match. He sure turned up that day 😂
His entire career IMO.... nobody had the silky-smooth and confidence and arrogance mix and gel so great that the guy is indeed the greatest midfielder of ALL TIME!!!!!!
Q. When was Zidane in his Prime?
A. Yes.
kudos for a good segment on Makelele, he was truly the unsung hero. they blabbed non stop about their super team of offensive players, it never occurred to them their success was due a powerhouse defensive midfielder.
The whole Zidane's career was a prime
I agree Zidane is the greatest ...i adhered to that thought for 20 years..till Pele died and i watched all the footage..i assure you...i was stunned..watch "Pele when football becomes art" video on youtube...
Pele embodies every single other GOAT player wrapped in 1...
Zidane is still my fav...but Pele's footage overwhelms with the quantity of things he did and the prolific variety of goals.
I had the same experience though before his death. There was an even better and longer compilation few years ago which is no longer available in YT. Pele was superhuman. Unarguably the greatest. Though Zidane is the best I've watched live.
The GOAT
He absolutely shredded the World Cup 1998, but one can argue his BEST performances for France were 8 years later when he dragged an average team to the WC final. He was absolutely amazing and ninety minutes was never enough when watching him. The beauty and knowledge that no matter what happens he will keep the ball it’s just how he does it; incredible.
The best ever.
Brazil 0 France 1 he was unreal. I mean another level of midfield dominance.
He had the low centre of gravity of a five foot something player despite being six foot three. This to me is something that gets overlooked.
He never played guitar ever!
Absolutely agree . This is what I keep telling the younger audience. Zizous performance in the 2006 World Cup game vs. Brazil was outstanding . He was simply majestic . 🎉
Average team ? That 2006 French team had Zidane, Henry, Patrick Vieira, Makelele, Ribéry, Malouda, Thuram and Abidal on of the greatest team of all time
@@boogy1033 yeah his statement is pretty nuts, France had one of the strongest midfield on the planet+ prime henry. you forget even to mention also having trezeguet and wiltord.
they where with Brazil absolute favorites for the tournament victory
@@bekhele Anybody who rewatches his games in the world cup 2006 (and who is honnest )knows that Zidane was very average, except the game vs Brazil.
The last world cup he played was my favourite era of zidane
Still my favourite. I came over all nostalgic with this excellent video.
What a player, was always between Figo, Cantona and Zidane for me, another magic video, cheers.
Zidane during his prime :
2 Serie A titles (1997, 1998 Back to Back)
1 World Cup (1998)
1 UEFA Euro (2000)
1 UCL (2002)
1 Ballon d'Or (1998)
1 La Liga (2003)
Zidane after retirement (as manager) :
3 straight UCLs (2016-2018)
2 La Liga (2017, 2019-20)
2 Supercopa de España (2017, 2019-20)
2 FIFA Club World Cup (2017, 2018 Back to Back)
Zidane is really born to be a legend of the beautiful game.
Additionally, he uses fundamentals when he plays, thus showing the Beautiful Game's fundamentals making him Football version of Basketball legend Tim Duncan who also uses fundamentals during his NBA career.
I hate this. "balloon d'or" title pls. Platini elevated it's significance to accommodate good players like him.
Exceptional players did the "Fifa player of the year" awards. Only R9 and Zizou had 3.
Zizou won best player in the world 1998, 2000, 2003. Came 2nd bcos of his bad behaviour in 2006. He was MVP of the 2006 world cup that traditionally translated to fifa player of a world cup year.
3rd in '97, 3rd in 2002,
So, pls stop using ballon d'or to make him look regular and overhype Platini, who btw, never won world player of the year ever bcos if the likes of Diego Maradona.
For those that are too young to know. Pele(the greatest) NEVER won a ballon d'or award.
So pls, stop downgrading my icon Zinedine Yazid Zidane.
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Well done bro! Great video. I am always happy to see Zizou being celebrated. Bless up!
Je n'ai jamais entendu quelqu'un parler de Zidane avec une telle précision et justesse... Vous décrivez exactement ses nombreuses capacités d'immense footballeur et d'Artiste balle aux pieds... Il représente la quintessence de ce sport.
Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo, très beau travail !!!😮✨
Thq for uploading this zidane video
It was awesome memories about ❤zidane
Another great video mate. Thanks
Great channel mate
Great video thanks
his eyes is very beautiful and his passing accuracy is like Viedo GAME!
Loving your videos Champ!
Thanks Jarvo you legend!
The holy grâce ⚽⚽⚽
Prime Zizou was in 2006 ,he destroyed legendary nations in World cup , Brazil , Spain , Portugal , he tought them how to play grace and proper football
Zidane made the difficult things look so easy and that's why he remains as my number 1 until this day.
Always.
97 to 04 were his prime years imo. But he was still class in 05 and 06.
yup.
love this character series, hope we can see more Patrick Vierira and Makelee and Edgar Davis, Pirolo and Neved
Undisputed GOAT indeed
Guy was a magician image him and Messi in same team wow
This channel is so underrated
Yah , Zizou is the 🐐
I'd rate him as the greatest midfielder ever with no parallels. Modric and Iniesta comes close as they were more consistent for a longer period of time. But Zidane was something more. He could do things that other could not.
As a player, Pele is the best ever.
I vividly remember the 1998 World Cup. I thought Brazil would wipe the floor with France...and then came Zidane. That's when I learned of Zinedine Zidane. The rest is history.
R9 is the goat for me but Zizou is up there too
Watching Football Italia on a Sunday on Channel 4, you were treated to some exceptional talent with the likes of Batistuta, Vialli, Ronaldo and Zidane. The talent was amazing, but so were the defenders with Baresi, Maldini and Costacurta at Milan alone! Pity that most of the games were extremely dull, and ended up turning over to watch a second division match on ITV.
I'd like 2 see something on Ricardo Quaresma if you could lookin 2it
His top level was from 2000 to 2003 imo.
Euro 2000 was undoubtedly Zizou’s greatest international tournament. Now to rank him “prime years” would say between 2000-2003👈are the three seasons when Zidane was at his absolute peak (the last season at Juventus) & the first two at Real the second season in particular with Madrid.
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Real made him a star. I remember being flabergasted when they signed Figo for 40 million euros. I was a school kid and someone said it was only because they had to pay that ridiculous fee because it was Barca Real. Then a year later they paid 50 mill for Zidane and it was like 😱 Impossible. As a kid in the UK Zidane became everything! He maxed out video game stats and just became a god of football. The fact that Cristiano Ronaldo broke that fee a million years later shows how insane that fee was
actually he was paid 150 bil lire at the time 77,5 mil euro in 2001
@@samuelplaickner8929 it was about 48 million pounds
😂 it is exactly the same. 77 mil. based on inflation and everything today, it would be 125 mil.
Juve paid 3,5 mil from bordeaux when he was 24. It was a great deal for juve, even if he was clearly the best player in the world at the time. Juve bought thuram buffon and nedved for it...
..and his best years were from 97 until 2002 . I was not a school kid at the time. I was in my 20s and i saw him play a lot at the delle Alpi , San Siro, bentegodi etc. @@SonnyK248
Zidane's prime is 96-2003
Crazy to think he got alot of stick!... I agree with you he was better then Messi and Ronaldo but people think it's about stats a d forget those players wouldn't get those stats with out the players starting the attacks and goal involvement and just controling the tempo and mood of the game this is why I'll always prefer xavi,Iniesta, Scholes and Keane type players though Keane is different to them 3 his intention was the same, stop there attach and start our attack!
Seen him in dalymount against the bohs in 93 I think it was
Signing an angry hungry Edgar Davids late 97 pumped blood into the Juventus veins , excuse the ironic phrasing.
When was Zidane at his prime? Whenever he in an important game 😅 bigger the stage, bigger the performance it seemed
Totally agree, better than Messi without a doubt
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WTF😅
that's right, Zidane's football technique is far more complete than Maradona, Pele or Messi
They're too different to compare properly. Zidane was better at controlling games and played deeper than Messi and Messi is better higher up the field as a winger, striker or second striker.
Both are amongst my favourite 3 or 4 players ever so I'm not biased either way, I just think that it's too difficult to say outright who was 'better' as neither could be as effective as the other if they played each others position.
Both would be in my all time 11.
You are blind😂
97 - 04
Big game player...went missing against weaker teams, which hindered his overall stats. His wc final penalty was almost as reckless as his headbutt...
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Zidane should never been sent off in the World Cup final.. 20:45 the ref should have just pretended he didnt see it lol.. sending him off in the final was sacralige to football.. plus the italian guy was fine - probably not even a bruise
At Juve...
Bruce Lee never said that well he did but it wasn't from him all his philosophies were from books and he came up from none himself,even his books were copied
Juve Or Madrid, no debate really
1998 on international duty at the World Cup without a doubt but when it comes to club players and tournaments like CL then Messi was phenomenal and now he has a World Cup winners medal too which I don’t think anyone predicted but like Zidane in 2006 Messi was the driver behind their success.
He wouldn't of lasted at Manchester United as there is no way Ferguson would let a player be a passenger unless you were a striker and even then only Cantona and Ronaldo were afforded thst luxury. I think thats why Keane, Scholes and Giggs never got a ballon dor because they had to do just as much donkey work as attacking play and normally world class players didn't have to do that work so they could concentrate on magic. Other managers always used to ask Ferguson how he gets Beckham abd the other 3 work as hard as everyone else and his reply was that it is not about individual awards but about the team and having one or two world class players looking great is not about all 11 looking great, but if any of those players went abroad they would have all won ballon dors
Yet all those four Man Utd Legends including Keane and Becham said Zidane was the best they ever played against.. go figure🤷🏾♂️
He was actually more inconsistent than we’d think at club level & you hit the nail on the head how he dominated for 🇫🇷. I think slightly vague Club form (did he play better for Juve or Madrid lol) plays him out of truly threatening the Mt Rushmore of Messi, Maradona, Pele, Di Stefano & CR7 who were wonderfully consistent all around.
Ability wise I can only compare him to Cryuff for being big but so balletic on the ball.
You didn't even include Keane or George Best which is strange? Have you been lobotomized?
so inconsistent that he played 3 european cup finals (2 cl finals 1 uefa cup) with 2 teams from 96 to 98, won the wc, a year after without del piero out for injury the full season an other cl semifinal, the year after he won the euro with france, the next season he went to madrid for 78 mil ( ronaldo was paid 25 few years before, figo the season before around 50) he won immediately the champions league. very inconsistent...
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Zidane was so inconsistent that we wonder when was his prime. He was underwhelming for Juve, then unverwhelming for Reall. Yes. He was underwhelming because he lacked consistency. He played good in tough matches indeed, but to win a title you don t need Zidane, you need a consistent player.
very true .. what a joke.. from 95/96 until 2001/02 he won a wc and the euro , 4 european finals ( 3 cl one uefa when it meant something) 5 european semifinals , 4 in a row, if you include the national team 7 in a row and 6 finals in 7 years. won the cl with one of the greatest goals ever made in a final, the semifinal in 97 against ajax ( one of the best teams at the time ) was unbelievable ( 6 - 2 ) he won it all. 3 times fifa world player of the year ( the best) voted by his coll. coaches and national captains ( 98- 2000- 2003).
i didn't even mentioned the 2006 wc at 34 his last games as a footballer. you clearly watched him a few times, you never followed his carrer and didn't watch his games
That's maybe Why he won everything a player Can win in a career, everything!! .
He was the football ⚽✨✋
Less goals, less assists, less ballon d'or, less trophies than Messi but sure he's the goat, how clueless is this guy?
He's a MIDFIELDER and was disqualified from two balon d'ors he's up there with Messi and Ronaldo my personal goat
You know nothing about football if you think it's all about stats goals and assists. How do you think a team would be if it was 11 Ronaldo s or 11 Messi? There would be no one in there half all just walking around waiting to be served. There is no stats on who controls the game, controls tempo, breaks up play, starts the attacks and makes it easy for Messi and Ronaldo so for me the goat has to always be a midfielder who is involved in everything
that's right, Zidane's football technique is far more complete than Maradona, Pele or Messi
I'd argue Guti was better than Zidane at Real Madrid.
19997 Zidane with Juventus coached by Marcello Lippi was the real first year of Zidane as we know him..a champion …before that year Zidane was nothing…
03:14 he scored "from 50-60 yards out" 😂 meanwile he's about 10-12 yards in the opposition half 😂...so I was not aware each half is 60-70 yards long 😂🤣
Minimum allowed length of a football pitch is 100 yards, maximum is 120, so my estimate could well be right 😂 though such things have never been my strong point 😂
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