Old galactico for Real
06 January 2016 - 02:39
Between the Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi-Cristiano Ronaldo eras, Zinedine Zidane stands in a space of his own for inspiring France's 1998 World Cup victory and controlling games from the heart of the pitch with a degree of orchestration neither of the two current megastars could match. Which is not to say Zidane was a superior footballer to Messi or Ronaldo.
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