Enjoy the magical performance from the frenchman Zinedine Zidane against Brazil at the World Cup 2006 quarter final.
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English Commentary by John Helm.
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Zidane here is like the old guy playing with the children who doesn't run much but beats everyone with his skill...
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that brazil team with kaka, roberto carlos, ronaldo nazario and others are children?? even if france was better here, your comment is bloody stupid lmao.
guy is sweating like nobody else's business but yeah he didn't run much...
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@@francograpelli3060 ziadan father of fotbol
*Zidane receives ball* Ball: "I feel safe."
For real bro
Very original comment, tooo original, what a master mind you have.
@@sodica81 yup thx bro appreciate it
@@Asghjtsvnkfxc the comment was for Night Moose dude
@@sodica81 so dude? Can't he comment that?
One of the most magnificent individual performances in the history of the World Cup. Zidane did not lost the ball to the brazilians one single time. A genius. Correction: he did lost one time at 05:27. But that does not change the fact that he was extraordinary in this match.
That’s why he is GOAT. He knows when to dribble or pass the ball to his teammates. His movement is dangerous because he was not likely doing unnecessary move.
Bros never been offside in his career
Actually he lost possession once. Only once tho.
No doubt he is one of the greatest' but Messi was better in 2022 world cup. I can't believe he is often compared with Ronaldo who only knows how to score the goals
@@ncisgreat Gtfo. I love Messi but this World Cup it was all about penalties. Didnt enjoy his game just enjoyed his wins.
I'm from Brazil, but this is the greatest game I've ever seen from a player, he is my favorite player of all time...
I didn't like seeing Ronaldo and Zidane laughing and joking together during this match. It's the World Cup! You need the eye of the tiger. For me, it marked the end of Brazilian dominance at the World Cup. They had won the previous World Cup in 2002, but they haven't won it since. They don't have the hunger. Too much dancing and not enough anger. You have to play like an absolute mad man to win a competition like this. Nobody ever won anything by laughing and joking and dancing. You can pinpoint the decline in Brazilian seleçao to this exact match. Pelé and Jairzinho and all those legends would have never behaved like this. And f**k Zidane. You're supposed to be Brazilian.
And pele is the goat not messi
give one reason why pele is better than messi and ill debunk every single reason u can come up with lmao@@LEONWAX
@@xolofv 3 wc.. never got destoyed and received 15 goals in 3 games … never cried when he lost a copa America final ..made football a more global sport … won frequently against European teams with santos…So I do not wanna hear your balon de oro bs or i will literally debunk you and bring up more trust me ;)
3 wc when offsides werent a thing, refs were blind lmao remember when maradona won cuz of a clear handball so i really dont care and if pele played in messi and ronaldo era he would have 0 wc its basic knowledge@@LEONWAX
Crazy to see an almost retired Zidane dominating Kaka and Ronaldinho in their prime
because Zidane is not a man. He's a monster.
All of them is Legends, kaka is speed demon, ronnie is magician, but zidane is the Maestro
In this match when i see fans try to compare Zidan to Ronaldinho they seem to forget the whole French team accepted Zidan was their leader... the full backs, midfield, Ribery and Malouda they all play around Zidan.. you can even even see him instructing the French players and they don't have a problem with it Compare with the mess that Ronaldinho had with Brazil... do you think Cafu R.carlos Kaka Zeroberto were willing to do the same for Ronaldinho. And fans still blame Dinho. That was the same Ronaldinho who had saved Brazil in the 2002wc they also witnessed what Dinho was doing with Barcelona in laliga and UCL... that same season Dinho received a standing ovation at the Bernabeu and R.carlos witnessed it all...then in the UCL when Barca faced Milan it was Dinhos pass that knocked Milan out and Kaka and Cafu were playing for Milan. They never gave Ronaldinho the respect he deserved like the French players gave to Zidan. Zizou had the support of his team... Makelele vieira Sagnol Abidal they all play around zidan.
Brazil team in 2006 was terrible. The players are word class, but they didnt take the wc seriously. Taticaly was ridiculous, the manager was weak. Shame we didnt see what that team could and should do
@@viniciusg4386 Zidane outclassed them. It is that simple
This was probably one of the best football performances I have ever seen in my life. Zizu was on another level that day. Pure class
One of the best performance ever seen? Are you serious?
@@nonnomir He's right, it was insane to watch him in God mode against Brasil like this, brasilians looked like they were paralysed from his genius, the whole football world was shocked
@@YOUENNNN i dont agree. I mean, to be clear: zizou was one of the greatest, fullstop. Was amazing to see even just for his elegance. But. In this highligts is doing really nothing special: the major part of what he did was keeping The Ball (with elegance, ok) and making a simple pass. He did one assist on set piece and thats all the game change he did. Then OF COURSE, when a great player does something normal is anyway nicer to see. But i will not put this match into his best (and im italian, ive seen him in Juventus many years. He played much better in many other matches). Then of course you have to take under consideration that 2 brazilian were always busy to stay after him alone and all this stuff is important. But, again, if you say unbeliveable performance, you look others of his matches, not this.
@@nonnomir he literally made prime brazil look like they were in a childrens playground. From a perspective of who he played against and what he accomplished at his age, this is the single greatest performance football has ever seen
@@qGods pf, come on. kzhead.info/sun/ZZeQoq6wm6dopWw/bejne.html Just one random better performance than that.
He was so good that day he didn't have to sprint once and ran circles around Brazil. Only player I've ever seen who seems to make time slow down around him.
Probably the greatest complete individual performance in a single game that I have had the pleasure of watching. Genius. Legend.
Zidane let the world remember that he'll always be one of the greatest. The only player every Brazilians respected on the pitch.
No.
@@fightingforce8498 why no 🤔🤨🤔🤨🤔
I wish they had shown the smiles by Ronaldo and Ronaldinho towards Zidane before the game began. The Brazilian players loved competing against this guy
@@kdroofing2680 France won by free kicks and penalties in 2006.
There will only be one Zidane
2006 World Cup were literally the last professional matches that Zidane played and man, he almost won alone the cup
Are you mad? Apart from barthez and govou that team was a machine.
@@DolfoLicks You've got a point, but think that France was full of aged players, it was a pretty similar squad who won the World Cup 8 years before...
@@nicogarcia1894 you clearly are not familiar with the 98 squad. This is a non-argument. And even if it was the case, what does age have to do with any of this? Abidal, Vieira, Henry, Sagnol, Gallas, Diarra, Toulalan all in their peak. Youth power with Ribery and Malouda. Thuram, Zidane, Wiltord and Makelele past their prime but still world class. Important players like Petit, Lizarazu, Blanc, Karembeu, Djorkaeff, Desailly, Deshamps, Dugarry, Silvestre, Lebouef and so on are no longer part of the team or are reserves. Trezeguet and Anelka were never big stars for their national team. I'm sorry if I seem mad or something like that, it is not the case, but what yoh said is just not true. People tend to treat France's 2006 national team as weak and aging, when in fact there was a great mix of experience and phisicallity, specially in the midfield. Edit: I mentioned Toulalan, but he was not in this squad. I could swear he was haha
@@DolfoLicks Pretty good comment bro, I didn't say that France squad was weak at any moment, but compared with the 1998 team was slightly worse. Of course he got World Class players, but after his poor 2002 performance and suffering at the Group Stages France wasn't one of the favourites to win the title. My comment just went to praise the Zidane's individual performances, who raised his national team to the final
It's like what zlatan had said; when zidane plays, the whole team becomes better
We'll never see another Zizou, what a player 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
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not comparable yet. Wait for Bellingham to win the world cup for his country and countless leagues and european cups@@aliasgerchallawala4582
@@aliasgerchallawala4582bro this was posted 9 freaking months ago 💀
@@aliasgerchallawala4582😂
@@aliasgerchallawala4582nah
There were other individual performances this century which I never forget, like Kaka against Manu, Neymar against Paris, Müller against Barca 2013, Lewandowski against Real in 2013, Robben against ManU or just the several Messi and Ronaldo games, but these performances were mostly about scoring goals. Zidane in this game was a maestro, he was the director of the game. I never saw something like that before or after!
What about Messi vs Manchester United
Truly
niqqa you haven't seen modric play?
as you mentioned müller I knew you must be german
Maradona vs Inghilterra Maradona vs Belgio..
04:57 Ball possession of the match France 40, Brazil 40, Zidane 20.
😅😅😅
Hahaha
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Lmao true
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I still remember watching this match live. I was absolutely shell-shocked as to how any player can dominate this Brazilian side with full authority. Though I was supporting Brazil, Zidane was all around the park and tackling every Brazilian with his brilliant playmaking skills.
Uma das melhores partidas da carreira do Zidane, literalmente acertou tudo, atuação impecável
Jogar contra o Brasil era motivação.
Pra quem assistiu sempre lembrará desse jogo é memorável a atuação do zidane. Aliás essa copa foi recheada de craques dava gosto de acompanhar as outras seleções.
@@avl9830 Sim e tinham grandes seleções que poderiam vencer .
@@paulocesarpaulocesar7759 Portugal era uma delas. Ao contrário da seleção BR, o Felipão tinha treinado bem os portuga.
@@avl9830 Portugal só não avançou porque teve o azar de pegar a França pelo caminho, mas conseguiram pelo menos terminar em quarto aquela copa .
I’m Brazilian and have watched this match. Thank god I had the privilege of seeing Zidane playing, he was pure class and objectivity at same time.
Zidane Or Figo too And later on Christiano (he has much haters, but still in their league).
@@Movie2Documentary Cristiano is hated only because he has to share the stage with Messi. If it wasn't for that, Cristiano would be praised just as much as all those phenomenal players.
Question foot, il n'y a qu'un Brésilien comme vous, mon vieux, pour être impartial. Merci à vous, merci zizou.
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@@boukrifmadjid9124 Not really. In Brazil, many talented young players are revealed to Europe. But, our coaches are well below the Europeans coaches.
Elegant pure talent... No stupid hair & tattoo, no pathetic superstar style, but a man and his class! Simply the best Zizou!
Well he's from a different era you know..both france and Brazilian players here are from the pass
Italy kick his ass.
@@fightingforce8498 by cheating lol
@@dennismichealsm3786 Why cheating? Zidane made a bad move with that headbutt and Trezeguet penalty was wrong.
@@lost_in_the_echo4189 they provoked him ..they knew they didn't have a chance
I was on vacation in Brazil when this match happen I remember the next day the newspapers all said the only Brazilian in the field was Zidane shows how impactful he was in this match.
When Messi and Ronaldo retires you will say ' end of an football era '..... but the real end was this 2006 world cup....hats off to this man for making me proud playing football...... he is still the best coach
Fax 2006 and possibly 2010 was the end of the era of classy and elegant Europeanstyle football
nah player this day only care about their paycheck and individual award.
@@gringo7050 still there are some players who are passionate about the game
Messi and Ronaldo still will mark the ending of this legendary football era . New football players these days just don’t hit the same
So cringe just because this was older dosent mean it was better kids like u try to look cool by saying old was better but messi and ronaldo were better keep crying
Let's be honest we all wanted zidane to win 2006 balon dor
Algerian thug winning it?
@@fightingforce8498 dude Uncool
he didn't play 2006/07 season tho because he retired after this world cup
I wanted him to win the wc in 2006
I'm being honest. I didn't want him to win. Cannavaro deserved it.
One of the finest individual performances of the 21st century. Zizuo had this quality that he made average players around him even look great. Not many possess this attribute. Such legend. If he walk on snow, he wouldn't leave footprints
he also made the great players against him look average
Yes he had the ability to make everyone better around him... But Vieira, Makelele, Henry, Thuram, sagnol, gallas, abidal, Ribery... All of them were far from being average ;)
There was no average player around him. Insane teams, both of them...
@@paullemonnier4456 There is also one Thuram in current French team?? I am not a regular follower of football
@@kolkata_mishti6590 Its Marcus Thuram, the son of Lilian Thuram
o cara simplesmente destruiu uma seleção com: Ronaldo, Kaká, Ronaldinho, Cafu e outros. pqp bixo, gênio demais
isso sendo MC, imagina se fose atacante...
@@JeffersonSantos-rf1eu se ele fosse atacante, talvez o desempenho fosse pior... a area dele era o meio campo mesmo, não tem jeito
@@ricardoribeiro-fl9pj Incrível como quem não acompanhada futebol não entende a importância dos meio-campistas. Eles são o coração do time, são o que separam os times medianos dos times realmente fortes.
Põe Rivaldo, Dunga, Bebeto, Taffarel, Denilson, Leonardo e cia que ele também destruiu em 1998. O cara é o maior carrasco da seleção brasileira na história crescia demais quando pegava o Brasil incrível e inexplicável isso.
One of the all time greatest midfield performances
It's funny how people that don't watch soccer enough don't see ten goals being scored and don't understand what a master class performance this was. Just the fact that he was able to control the ball as much as he was without losing it against a team like Brazil in 2006 has nothing short of extraordinary
@@XxxXxx-br7eq the pundit.. 😂😂
Pirlo against England at Euro 2012 was similarly sweet, especially with the English commentators and pundits.
I'm reading a lot of comments complaining about Zidane not scoring in this particular game... Zidane was not an attacker, he was a midfielder, scoring wasn't necessarily his main function in a football match. The beautiful game is not only about scoring, it is obviously the most important thing on it, but that ain't it all
Zidane swipe Xavi THE BEST PLAYER FIFA ALL TIME
he was magical
Well .. Kids watching football 😂 and he compare zidane with another top player now haha
IMO better to call him a playmaker. He did attack but he was masterful at involving everyone around him and brilliant with timing and his weighted touches.
I'm totally agree with u, he was a crack.
I remember there was a moment in this game where Zidane dribbled the ball around Ronaldinho and then outpaced him in a sprint. And this was when Ronaldinho was at his peak. Zidane really was something to behold. I really wish this world cup hadn't ended so disastrously for him.
Where I cant find it
@Jacob Bernstein why u added "Muslims" 🙄
@Jacob Bernstein Who gives a shit about his tournament performance. A ballon d'Or winner and champion's league winner IS IN HIS PRIME.
@Jacob Bernstein Sure dude, the guy went from the best player in the world to pure trash in the span of a few months. Rock solid logic there bud, keep it up!
Ronaldinho wasn't his usual self at the World Cup. He wasn't in shape for some reason.
Jamás había visto un futbolista jugar tan bien un partido, y con tal elegancia. Recuerdo haber visto ese partido, y jamás lo olvidaré
Si ,cosa que jamás volveremos a ver ya no hay futbolistas buenos
Same here.
Yo el partido que jugé con tu jermu en la cama, jamas olvidare. Las tiradas de caucho mientras vos te ibas a laburar.
Se nota que no viste a Maradona en el 86
@@dieterbohm9700 Si pero hasta Maradona podria complicarse con esa seleccion lleno de cracks.
Zidane was so good even Brazil show you respect before during and after the game.
notice how at 4:56 he signals Sagnol to run down the line, controls the ball and then puts a perfect pass to him. Genius.
Unbelievable! It was like a man playing against little boys!
@@danielmubima2991 yes!
You've noticed le most finest scene in the play! Bravo!
@@ridvet i can't take all this praise! i saw this comment on another video on the same match and decided to post it here :(
@I like big Booty that's debatable
Most people rarely notice that Zidane never dives when being tackled. Edit: What I meant is diving intentionally when receives a little challenge or tackle.
3:39
@@sp1derman1602 "tackled"
@@r1e924 irony...
Because he's a Man not a pussy like Neymar
@@sp1derman1602 tackled was the word used...he is being pushed in this clip...have some common sense
This man is inspirational, what a Greatest Player
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One of the greatest individual performances in a WC ever. As a 12 years old Brazilian by that time, I cried when we lost, but man... Zidane was a genius
4:23 Humiliating R9 Nazario 😮😮😅😅😅😅😅
Zinedine Zidane = easily one of the greatest, most skilled footballers in history, and probably the greatest midfielder to ever play the game at that position
Platini ?
@@tata570 extremely hard between platini and Zidane but I think maradona is the best cam which platini and Zidane usually played
@@tata570 sorry but platini is not even close to zidane
@@thunderbirdyt3799Maradona ??🤣🤣🤣👎
@@TanjiroK-tg5wh let’s see Zidane pull off dribbles like maradona did and carry a team time Napoli to a scudetto maradona was far more talented than Zidane and with all respect maradona vs Zidane isn’t a debate
What an incredible performance from Zidane
World Cup 2006 was the first World Cup I've watched and I was simply amazed by this game and Germany vs Argentina. The best world cup ever for me.
One of the finest ever Individual Display In WC. A WC winning Brazilian Side which Includes R9,Ronaldinho Kaka Cafu EtC
Roberto Carlos also
That brazilian team must be one of the toughest teams ever, they were the favorites that wc
@@jonathanrivera8447 obviously that brazil team was very good. Ronaldinho, ronaldo, roberto Carlos, cafu, kaka, lucio, robinho were star players in that team but zidane ( one man army) destroyed that brazilian team. I am a die hard brazil fan but i respect zidane very much.
Roberto Carlos, Je Roberto & Robinho in bench
Robinho was the only one who was inspired, the others were old and fat or without any will on account of 2002
For a long time many Brazilians blamed Roberto Carlos for this elimination, at 4:39 you can see him adjusting his sock leaving Henry totally free. Today, fortunately, almost everyone only remembers the incredible zizou's performance. Zidane is one of the most respected and adored players by Brazilians even though he crushed Brazil in two cups.
Ronaldinho missed easy free kick that day
Lack of great Back players is the main problem for great Brazilian team having
Even now Left Back is their weekest like Marcellos mistakes in2018 with Belgium
@@pubudupelarachchi6854 agree
pavel sen A lot of things SEEM easy. But NOTHING is easy.
A man who retired from the international scene two years prior to the 2006 world cup. Decides to play again for his country after hearing voices in the middle of the night. Bring his nation to the final, beating other nations with players in their prime, some much younger than him. Things only Zidane can do.
I love the respect zidane has for brazilians players, and the respect they have for him. this game was nothing but pleasure for him, you can see that on his face. he knew this game could be his last, and played it with so much freedom and joy. what a player
I have never seen a player like Zidane's calibre till now. He was really a magician
I never ever saw a player like zidan💥💥💥he is a great legend for ever
Messi?
@@douknowme391 Zidane the one and only, elegant, classic, skill
Performance is temporary, but class is forever..
Ya, best performance ever!!
Zidane was not classy.
Are you referring to “head butt guy”? Class? No.
Not for Zidane. He never lost performance till the the very last
He is the one who makes me love football.. He is the best player ever in my opinion.. Salute zizu
i was a 6 year old german kid and witnessed one of the greatest solo performances in a game that day... i will never ever forget this.
Even the Brazilian players weren’t crying after the match they just got a masterclass
Believe me when I say we cried for weeks, that team was filled with top players
its QF why cry
Tbh what can they do
All the players in the Brazilian team had already won everything. The hunger for success wasn't there anymore
@@emmanueluwaifo3045 i mean zidane also won everything so
2:49 14 years and never ever saw this angle
This guy is actually the most underrated player of all time.. he is considered really good, but still that's underrating him.. definitely top 3 player of all time..
i imagine most see him as the greatest midfielder of all time, so not sure if that is really underrated.
The pecking order was Pele, Mardonna, then Zidane. Now Messi is no.1 and Ronaldo is in the top 3.
Underrated 😂
Ιn fact is extremely overrated!
Um dos maiores de todos os tempos 🇧🇷🤝🇫🇷
What’s most impressive is, before the World Cup began, many so called experts said France had little chance and Zidane, at 34 years old, was well past his prime and couldn’t get the job done anymore. He proved everyone wrong in this game, just an absolute masterclass against the cup favorites
thats true, Brazil was top favourite of tournament, just like Italy, Brazil had all five-star players in every position, even in the bench, but Zidane almost alone crush them up and down in this game
@@Luffman123 really? They won by free kick. Zidane couldn't even score.
@@fightingforce8498 football is not golf, kid
@@Luffman123 Kid you understand football in the first place?
@@fightingforce8498 But he did steal the show with his performance, you gotta enjoy the game first then the stats 👍🏼
Legend says that Roberto Carlos is still standing there adjusting his socks.
Was his shoelace but whatever
Legend says you are an idiot
lol
@@ShivPrasad77556 haters gonna hate
@@NixDarkLord sings together "haters gonna hate" haters gonna shake" shake it off shake it off"
You know this is a legendary performance when the game is not remembered as "France vs Brazil", but as "Zidane vs Brazil".
And mbappé vs argentina (2022)
The best individual performance in history of football. He reached The God Mode!
The best of the best: The vision, passing and finishing of Xavi, Iniesta, De Bruyne combined + more technique and physicality = Zinedine Zidane. The best playmaker ever played this game.
Messi better
@@Messihaz Maguire is the best
Yaya Sanogo is clear
Zidane is not a better passer or playmaker than any of the players you mentioned. In which game did he have better passing or playmaking
@@redpiller169 in every game from his youth until his last match.
When Zizou receives the ball, the situation just becomes simpler, no complications, his presence on the pitch just makes the other' s job a lot easier! What a commanding presence, a monster on the ball and a great vision and awareness, not to mention his inch-perfect passing skills plus a power long shot! Just a monumental player!
I remember this game very well, i was 18 at the time and Zidane was one of those football heroes everybody just looked up to when you loved the sport. Even though the World Cup took place in Germany and we as Germans were totally hyped about it, this guy had me rooting for him all the way. I vividly remember watching this game and how stunned i was about his perfomance but maybe even more about the aura he was giving off, perhaps because we knew this World Cup would be his last dance. Good times
Zidane is the father of the Brazilian team, he scored two goals in that 98 Final, he played more than Ronaldo who was not well before the game as he had suffered a seizure before the final, and now in this 2006 World Cup in Germany he humiliated everyone, even giving Hats off to his teammate (Real Madrid) Ronaldo who only had a shot on goal in the last minutes of the game and despite headbutting Materazzi in the final against Italy and losing the title, Zizou played a lot in this World Cup in Germany
Zidane delivered as a player, assistant coach and as a coach as well..HALL OF FAME STATUS
This man was a truly exceptional player. He was world class in any attacking position. He was 10/10 in dribbling, shooting, heading, moving off the ball, passing... Absolute versatile and unpredictable.
I remember I was 13 and I was watching the World Cup, this was a big game, I told my friend that France was going to win, he just laughed and said that there was no way. When we saw what Zidane did in that game, there were no words. I think that was the moment that I fell in love with football. I could not believed someone could play like that. As Barca fan now, I can say that Zidane is one of the best player I have seen in my life. Obviously, I’ve seen Messi, there is no one him above him. But Zidane was the first super talent I saw.
The day when zizu replaced the sun with a ball for the brazilians
Zinedine Zidane, he was my favourite player. I love football because of him. Thanks Zizou.
i watched this match live and to this day it's one of the best games I have ever seen. Zidane dismantled Brazil.
how is this a masterful game by zidane ? i dont know football
How? By a free kick?
@Ibrahim Khan so did Brazil. How was that a performance? They robbed portugal too.
@Ibrahim Khan ok.so they beat portugal with a penalty. And that's a performance too.
@@fightingforce8498 no one agrees with you
I miss his play 😐 nobody can play football like him 😞 Before 2006, football was different
Bro Zidane is a pro at football, no matter how he humiliated brazil with his skills, passes to teammates and shoots, I think the 2006 Germany World Cup is one of the best world cups ever, and imagine how france got to the final and loses with a red card, punching someone with zidane’s head, zidane is such a powerful guy and sigma, let’s take a look at how he did these cool and nice skills, zidane’s a goat.
Don't disrespect Zidane calling him a "Sigma".
I'm happy that at least Zidane won the world cup in 1998 :)
and EURO 2000...
and champions league... and golden ball ! Only Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller did it before him...
@@lescientosophelescientosop4031 they were legends too
@@lescientosophelescientosop4031 zizou is the only player in football history to win all major trophies
Yes ..I will never forget this world cup..France98 they did won Belgium Netherlands though in 2000
I remember watching zidane in this world cup. He was the best player by a MASSIVE AMOUNT. Best midfielder of his generation.
This French team were carried by the referee.
@@fightingforce8498 and u are carried by no one, not even 1 like, lmao
@@jasiiii7_ France need a free kick to win Brazil.
@@jasiiii7_ they need a penalty to win Portugal.
Cannavaro. He was simply impeccable during the whole tournament. German and French forwards still have nightmares about him. Winning a balon d’or as a center-back is basically unheard of. The man was an alien.
Look at that field, it has some of the best players of all time. Might be the highest quality game ever. Henry. Ronaldo. Ronaldinho. Kaka.. and Zidane stands out in a game like that. That's his quality. I come back to watch this once every few years.
I saw zidane in my city Martigues when he was in Bordeaux in 1995. Red card for him this day . But alrready the best player on the field.
Wow, watching this brings tears to my eyes. I miss him as a player
I remember watching this match at the age of 10. Even as a Brazilian, I can't be totally sad, seeing the legend Zizou's performance!
@drive1786 he’s not a sell out, he’s just have a respect for a great soccer player, the we the rest of the people have respect for Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho....
One of the greatest individual performance ever. Zizou was truly special.
Zidane doesn't let his guard down even for a second. This was an incredible performance.
One of the most talented players ever, he was a legend and a favourite of mine
Zidane foi o jogador mais elegante de todos os tempos. Com 33-34 anos, já quase se aposentando, conseguiu extrair a sua genialidade na forma mais pura e refinada, e colocar uma seleção recheada de estrelas no bolso.
Convenhamos se o Brasil levasse mais a sério essa copa sem achar que já ganharia e fora as festinhas isso não teria acontecido
@@jogabonito4392 nem a pau,o time era bom só no papel,só de ver a linha de impedimento do gol vc já percebeu como a parte tática do time era horrível
@@jogabonito4392 el comentario más estúpido de la historia. ZiZu es el mejor de todos los tiempos.
@@sgcaio7299 O Brasil era o atual campeão invicto vencendo todos os jogos tinha uma seleção recheada como não pensar em ser campeão? Isso atrapalhou o time com o clima de oba oba já ganhamos fora as festas Ronaldinho só sabia de festa e nenhum momento falei que a Seleção foi bem taticamente só quiz dizer que com era uma seleção forte não acharam necessário arrumar o time aí quando pegaram um time que sabia jogar e organizado perderam e mesmo assim só de 1x0 já pensou se tivessem levado mais a sério e ter largado as festas e terem se organizado melhor em campo? A história séria diferente e hj talvez seríamos Hexa! Espero que tenha entendido agora amigo
@@edwinbustamante2032 Estúpido era achar que uma seleção como o Brasil seria eliminada na época e Zidane era um grande jogador mas muito longe de ser o melhor da história
2:37 when he feint Ronaldinho, he's like chilling with the ball between 3 brazilians who look at him, what the hell bro.
ZINEDINE ZIDANE the best of all time
What an elegant player.zidane has a special magical touch of ball,his standing in the ground is inbelivebale,in wc 2006 he played just like a master of football.
Lmao. France won with free kick. Nothing magical here.
@@fightingforce8498 win is win..that the rule of football..u speak like shit..dumb ass
Dumbass. France won by free kicks and penalties in this tournament. It's was pretty obvious.
@@fightingforce8498 heii dumbass every team get a penalty and freekick..that's the rule and law in football..u must know..u speak like u dont know anything about football..hahaha
@@amiruleddin4249 dumbass, France cheated since round 16. Just by winning with free kicks and penalties thanks to Henry divings and yet a dumb ass like you think it's magical.
I have never seen another player play so naturally and comfortably as if he is walking on the park.
5:16 "Zidane does his run around routine, he is rolling off the ball and nobody in the world can't do it like him. Not even ronaldinho"
Its just so wonderful to watch zidane touching the ball.
One of the best individual performance.
He was so ridiculously strong for a player of his type. It's something that gets overlooked sometimes because of his genius but you combine that with his unreal technique and ability and a very understated ability to accelerate quick as anything off the mark. What a bloody player this guy was.
at 34 Years Old as well
Yes. I always wondered why defenders rarely played physical or try to body check Zidane untill i watch Roy Keane talking about Zidane's physique. Hes massive for a football player. And not many tall players can move like Zidane.
I will never forget this, a broken France, with many wardrobe problems (Zidane did not get along with Domenech) nobody gave it as a favorite, and Zidane literally decided to ignore his director, changed the tactical system and joined the team to the shoulders, taking France to their second final and humiliating Brazil (the favourites) along the way. I have seen many soccer matches and I don't remember any match in which a single player humiliated another team by himself, perhaps only the day Ronaldinho humiliated Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu.
This was an art performance. I remember while watching this game, me and my brother were looking each other in disbelief . Zidane was on another level .
It is time to admit that Zidane is the greatest ever lived.
relax
1.Zidane stats : France : win world cup and enter the world cup final 2006 , win euro 2000 At club : Bordeaux • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1995 Juventus • Serie A: 1996-97, 1997-98 • Supercoppa Italiana: 1997 • UEFA Super Cup: 1996 • Intercontinental Cup: 1996 • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999 Real Madrid • La Liga: 2002-03 • Supercopa de España: 2001, 2003 • UEFA Champions League: 2001-02 • UEFA Super Cup: 2002 • Intercontinental Cup: 2002 IndividuSunting • Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year - 1994 • Ligue 1 Player of the Year - 1996 • Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year - 1997, 2001 • FIFA World Player of the Year - Bronze award 1997, 2002[126] • ESM Team of the Year - 1997-98, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04 • UEFA Club midfielder of the Year - 1998 • FIFA World Cup All-Star Team - 1998, 2006 • FIFA World Cup Final Man of the Match - 1998 • World Soccer Awards Player of the Year - 1998 • French Player of the Year - 1998, 2002 • Onze d'Or - 1998, 2000, 2001 • Ballon d'Or - 1998 • FIFA World Player of the Year - 1998, 2000, 2003 • El País European Player of the Year - 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003 • World Soccer 100 Greatest Players of the 20th century - 1999 • UEFA Euro Player of the Tournament - 2000 • UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament - 2000, 2004 • Serie A Footballer of the Year - 2001 • UEFA Team of the Year - 2001, 2002, 2003 • UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match - 2002 • La Liga Best Foreign Player - 2002 • UEFA Club Footballer of the Year - 2002 • FIFA World Cup Dream Team - 2002 • FIFA 100 Greatest Living Footballers - 2004 • UEFA Best European Player of the Past 50 Years - 2004 • FIFPro World XI All-Star Team - 2005, 2006 • IFFHS World's Best Playmaker- 2006 • FIFA World Cup Golden Ball - 2006 • FIFA World Player of the Year - Silver award 2006[127] • UNFP Honorary Award - 2007 • Marca Leyenda Award - 2008 • Golden Foot Legend Award - 2008 • Goal.com Team of the Decade - 2009 • ESPN Team of the Decade - 2009 • ESPN Player of the Decade - 2009 • Sports Illustrated Player of the Decade - 2009 • Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award - 2011 • UEFA team of teams - 2011 • UEFA Champions League Best Player of the Past 20 Years - 2011 • Équipe type spéciale 20 ans des trophées UNFP - 2011 • World Soccer Greatest XI of all Time - 2013 • Goal Hall of Fame - 2014
Is he like the best Mid ever or something?
1 maradonna 2 zidane
Absolutely
15 years gone! time fly as a lightspeed really. this one match still give me goosebumps, Zidan alone vs Brazil!
World Cups just aren’t the same 😭 Swear there just these sort of legends in football anymore
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One of the most dominant World Cups by a superstar ever.
2006 world cup was full of classic moments and legends. football was never the same after that.
then we got Christina Penaldo the dolphin who keeps diving for penalties
Miss 2006😭😭
@@outthewindowproductions9212 better than messi
Never seen anyone put as good weight on the ball as Zidane. It made him the best player I’ve ever seen. It’s wild that he did what he did in the 2006 Final that allowed my Italy to win it. Crazy how sport works.
Can’t lie I love when legends get into their last years of their prime, and their style changes, it’s so amazing how they can adapt to the new pace and momentum of the new young players coming in. To see CR7 still scoring goals and being a goal threat at 37 is some else 🫡🐐
Muito respeito, que grande profissional, deve ter sido uma honra jogar com Zidane mesmo como adversário
One of the reasons that inspired me to soccer was zidane . a truly disciplined and hard worker and smart player ever to be lived
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He wasn't really disciplined with the headbutt. Not the best choice of word.
@@huzcer he will do it only when u poke him up
@@zainzahoor6614 that's the case with a lot of people but footballers need to be prepared for asswipes like Materazzi. It's not like he didn't encounter this over a long playing career... and it was a world cup final. Zidane was great up to then in the tournament but he fucked up and negative Italy got the cup. it was like roid rage or something...
@@huzcer I am not from france but still listen zidane never needed to prepare for his opponent . He always exercised his skill like ronaldo in terms of strength and messi in terms of dribble and etc but unlike metarrazi he didn't need to see weaknesses of his opponents but always find his strengths and skill that make him the best player in the world at that time .And in france he was one man army like messi who holds his whole . He dominates it , other or just watching and yagging but in france football was not great until this man laid its foundations on france due to which they r now equal to italy I mean 2 world cups (each ) but I still love italy and its people .
Calcio Berlin 👋
It's amazing how the best matches of the world cups sometimes are not finals: 2006- Brazil v France and Germany v Italy 1982 - Brazil v Italy 1970 - West Germany v Italy
Did anyone noticed? Even the brazalians respected him and they were friendly to zidane. He is a GOAT.
Brazilians who came to greet him were his teammates in Real Madrid.
@@joshua50101 Yeah Robinho and Ronaldo but also a Brazilian captain Cafu show him respect with shaking his hand with a smile.
Well they all know him from France98 and he played along with ronaldo for Madrid
@@joshua50101 Ronaldinho
For us brazilians, he is knowed as the "brazilian from france" He were loved by all brazilians, his tricks he learned from brazilian playstyle and we respect him
The most elegant playmaker ever. The ball just flow like water.
You know some people ask “what’s one moment that changed your life?” Well for me this was it. I was 11 yrs old with a slight interest in football. I cared about it but enough. This game changed my life. Please think about who Zidane is doing this to: Cafu, Ronaldo, Kaka - some of the best in the world in their position. What an incredible footballer I was lucky enough to watch live on my tv.
Best individual performance Ive ever seen. Totally ran the game and was untouchable.
Overrated
I watch these old Zizou clips and I can’t help just smiling at the sheer class and artistry of this man.
Imagine if Zidane, Pirlo and Iniesta played in the same team
Too many playamakers wont make the team good
Iniesta ?
Not iniesta, should be Ricardo kaka.
@Sinjan Sahu .. different positions
@Sinjan Sahu yeah i understand but you typed that Xavi is much better than Kaka.