Zidane and Figo were miles ahead of everybody as the two best players of this tournament going into this game and it was this masterclass by Zidane vs Figo and Portugal that separated the two and won the player of the tournament for Zidane as well as the European Championships for France.
I take nothing away from Zidane's brilliance....but age has taught me that history can be really unfair with many footballers. Rui Costa isn't a worse 10 than Zidane, and he's not as well remembered. Figo himself got his reputation tarnished by that Real move.........but both players, if they were French....I guara-freakintee you would have gotten much more credit over the years. Much in the same way, if Zidane was portuguese.....specially not winning that Euro and WC...(despite Portugal's semi-final in 2006 and 2000 and final 2004)....he wouldn't be as lauded as he is. Like I said, I'm not taking away from his quality. It's undeniable....but the way we remember and contrast players with one another......is often very very unfair. History is written by the victors.
@@Bill-Butcher Have you watched the whole tournament? I doubt, because I watched it all live and Nuno Gomez was the best player of the tournament and Portugal was the best team.
Hehe the GOAT simply doesn't loose the ball. You can only make a foul on ZiZu and it's got to be a hard one. Great driblling skills, his balls got eyes, he shoots from distance equaly good with both legs, he can easily score by head shot and I think that he didn't miss the penalty kick in any important & big game.
Ha le maestro super quand une équipe nationale ou n importe équipe a un maestro ,la c es Zidane, avant il y avait platini geneneration 80et 90 ,Zidane c es entre 95 et ont va dire 2006 .quand une équipe a un maestro ou super meneur de jeu tu peux dormir sur tes deux oreilles. maintenant ils sont retraité ils faut attendre de voir le maestro peut-être pa encore né ben ont vas attendre le prochain maestro
C’est vrai. Le Portugal était magnifique. J’ai vu le match en direct. J’ai plus vu un aussi beau Portugal depuis. Cette équipe méritait aussi la victoire.
@@zidanethalib Then do yourself a favour and get out of youtube, and this comment section. I am free to write my opinion and you are free to ignore it.
He played with such flair and grace. Beautiful to watch.
Zidane’s calculated pass ua-cam.com/video/QVJlEdhpGGE/v-deo.html
Calmness, elegance coupled with intelligence=Zidane
Playing like this in a big match as a midfielder is beyond perfect🔥
Le terrain est un tableau, le ballon le pinceau et Zidane l’artiste. Merci zizou😊
Le maestro. Merci pr ts zizou. Tu as fait rêver les français et le monde entier 🇫🇷⭐️⭐️💪
I remember watching this game, that control at 3.47 was breathtaking...... 😍
Zidane and Figo were miles ahead of everybody as the two best players of this tournament going into this game and it was this masterclass by Zidane vs Figo and Portugal that separated the two and won the player of the tournament for Zidane as well as the European Championships for France.
I take nothing away from Zidane's brilliance....but age has taught me that history can be really unfair with many footballers. Rui Costa isn't a worse 10 than Zidane, and he's not as well remembered. Figo himself got his reputation tarnished by that Real move.........but both players, if they were French....I guara-freakintee you would have gotten much more credit over the years.
Much in the same way, if Zidane was portuguese.....specially not winning that Euro and WC...(despite Portugal's semi-final in 2006 and 2000 and final 2004)....he wouldn't be as lauded as he is.
Like I said, I'm not taking away from his quality. It's undeniable....but the way we remember and contrast players with one another......is often very very unfair. History is written by the victors.
Nuno Gomez was the best player of Euro 2000
@@mezomoza7 Stop smoking glue.
@@Bill-Butcher Have you watched the whole tournament? I doubt, because I watched it all live and Nuno Gomez was the best player of the tournament and Portugal was the best team.
@@mezomoza7 I also watched the whole tournament... Zidane was the best player and France were the best team.
Figo was the second best player IMO.
nobody else can be so elegant in an intensive semi-final game in a big tournament.
The most perfectly executed penalty ever.
Quintessential Zidane... Thanks for the video!
wow its in HD! thx for the upload
1:37.....uff, that first touch
Y’a aucun joueur au monde qui peu faire un match complet comme…. Mille dribbles… mille bonnes passes … un artiste
Had my trials for the 2nd year high school team, that night.
Hehe the GOAT simply doesn't loose the ball. You can only make a foul on ZiZu and it's got to be a hard one.
Great driblling skills, his balls got eyes, he shoots from distance equaly good with both legs, he can easily score by head shot and I think that he didn't miss the penalty kick in any important & big game.
Score by headshot & His balls have eyes
Majestic!
3:45.... unreal ball control.
It was a very chance for us who watched this match on live conditions. The master-class of the MAESTRO.
Zizou makes it looks for effortless when really its incredible skill and manipulation of the ball
best player ever.
😂😂😂
@@bernardoxavier4883what’s funny? Only Messi has an argument
@@Ali-fo4uv Zidane is so overrated
@@bernardoxavier4883 better than your favorite player
@@Ali-fo4uv i know, but he's not the best player ever
شاهد كيف زيدان يرقص لاعبيين البرتغال افضل خط وسط فرنسي 🤍
I remember watching this game at UWC pub in 2000 yeer
Two of the best teams in the world.
Ma man was straight cooking heat I can't believe Figo won a ballon dor over him😂
The GOAT
3:45 le contrôle du millénaire !!! 6:35 la remontée de balle du siècle !!! NB : les extraits sont coupés trop vite...
Grave. Les jeunes ne connaissent que Messi et CR7. ZIDANE c’était pas un footballeur, c’était LE football.
Zinedine Zidane oke 👍👍👍
Zidane era extraclasse...
But the Balloon dor went to Figo for a reason we still don’t know
@@halmo68Non, c'était en le prochain saison contre Hambourg
@@hiranom20 vous avez raison, je me suis trompé 👍
@@halmo68 Pas problème mon frère
The best
조널마킹 프랑스 10번
Zinedine Zidane paten 👍👍👍
Jogava muitoo
For the Portuguese watching, it felt like France is just Zidane + 10.
Se tá louco q jogador zizu
Yu can complain about zz is the best player that we ever know but not zz is player the most elegant in the history😐
Who's the name commentary??
Ha le maestro super quand une équipe nationale ou n importe équipe a un maestro ,la c es Zidane, avant il y avait platini geneneration 80et 90 ,Zidane c es entre 95 et ont va dire 2006 .quand une équipe a un maestro ou super meneur de jeu tu peux dormir sur tes deux oreilles. maintenant ils sont retraité ils faut attendre de voir le maestro peut-être pa encore né ben ont vas attendre le prochain maestro
I was so angry in this match. Portugal played well. A silly mistake cost us the final.
C’est vrai. Le Portugal était magnifique. J’ai vu le match en direct. J’ai plus vu un aussi beau Portugal depuis. Cette équipe méritait aussi la victoire.
And costinha try to cut his leg twice
Who the commentator
It’s Zinedine Zidane … not zinidine
3:47 is the moment I came looking for. No thanks
Messi maybe better but zidane is very entertaining..!
Messi is more clinical, but Zidane is more elegant and important to his team, any team
@@mezomoza7 👍
France 🇫🇷 did not beat Portugal 🇵🇹. Portugal lost to Zidane.
محمد عدنان
وانا ههههههه
Rui Costa Zidane Totti Hagi Del Piero = Euro 2000
There was a time when number 10s had space to just dribble away in the midfield and set up plays or shot. That's over now.
Please stop.
@@zidanethalib ?? What is your problem?
@@miguelrosado6348 I have lots of problem. Don't be my problem.
@@zidanethalib Then do yourself a favour and get out of youtube, and this comment section. I am free to write my opinion and you are free to ignore it.
Zidane would destroy this era
So what exactly did Figo do that won him the Ballon d'Or before Zizou this year???
not headbutting an opponent 2 weeks before the ballon d'or ceremony lol
i didnt see when france scored
Fout roi fhai den nhieu voi kien nhu minh nhuong ke
Bay gio minh gianh heaven ly money cho ban
Get on up when you're down
Jinn
Best Europeans player ever top40:
1. Crujiff
2. Baggio (89-94)
3. Platini
4. Van Basten
5. Zidane
6. Cristiano Ronaldo (i prefer the winger version)
7. Beckenbauer
8. Eusebio
9. Best
10. Puskas
11. Meazza
12. Henry
13. Rummenigge
14. G. Muller (I prefer Seeler or Riva but he won much more)
15. Matthaus
16. Pirlo
17. Xavi
18. Kubala
19. Gullit
20. Baresi
21. Maldini
22. Charlton
23. Del Piero (before the injury)
24. RIvera
25. Totti
26. Figo
27. Iniesta
28. V. Mazzola
29. Neeskens
30. Breitner (MC)
31. Gerrard
32. Rijkaard
33. Scirea
34. Ibrahimovic
35. Riva
36. Cantona
37. Shevchenko
38. Netzer
39. Stoickov
40. Giggs
- Mbappe
- Haaland
Zidane is better than every single in this least, except for maybe Crujiff
@@mezomoza7 Im italian i watched Zidane and Baggio. Baggio is a "totalplayer", Zidane not.
Zidane Cruyff and Ronaldo should be top 3 in no particular order
@@incog2015 The best Baggio is better than the best Ronaldo. CR9 is the striker most complete ever but depends on others on the field.
where is Christian Vieri?