Zinedine Zidane

Well, look at it.

This is a ridiculous move that makes you think of the old days of Zinedine Zidane, the way he Swallows out of that and that's a beautiful ball by Artagular and well, the rest is Camavinga who leaves Mbappe with the goal, but this is such a beautiful play.

Give credit to Camavinga and what he does, but this right here, this is Zidane-like, this little pirouette.

After Gabriel Jesus loses the ball, he was doing this all day.

I was playing in the Serie A in Italy, as you say, Cagliari.

And there, you know, in Serie A in the 90s, you might know, it's definitely, without a doubt, the best league in the world, the best players on the planet were playing there, from the Brazilian Ronaldo, Batistuta, Zidane, you name it, you know, were on there.

So when I joined Spurs in 96, 97, It was an enormous shock in the system, the parallels between how professional it was in the Serie A compared to what it was in England.

That was like a joke, to be honest with you.

LAUGHTER

They're hanging, not above me, but in the next room, you know? And also, yeah, obviously, yeah, all kind of great shirts, you know, from the 90s.

As I say, some unbelievable players play against, especially in Italy, you know, the Brazilian Ronaldo, Batistuta, Zidane, Boban Savicevic, Roberto Baccio.

Playing your position each week, You're the one manned with dealing with this legend, basically.

The biggest.

Zinedine Zidane? No.

No. Current? Zimbina.

Zimbina? Zimbina? Sorry, Benzema.

The fact that...

He wouldn't really only need two games like Zidane.

Look, look, look.

I get it.

Injury tax, but...

He wouldn't need a one game like

Zidane in 98.

Joe's comprehension is beyond anything we can comprehend man just to comprehend we just can't comprehend

But that's the key, isn't it? You know, and so that's, we've got to think about that as youth developers, you know, we've got to challenge players to be good on the ball.

And, you know, we can go back to Chris Ramsey, Rambo stuff about the six, four twos and hammering nose, you know, you know, your Cruyffs, your Zidane movements, you talk about hips works when you're clearing it, but also moving your hips when you're on the ball, right? Being able to turn and, you know, break pressure and drive in.

How, how important is that really when we're talking about, you know, developing defenders, but also about individual possession on the ball?

In 2026, it's a must.

But can I do it? Yes.

Zidane could do in a phone booth.

He maybe needs a small bathroom to do it in, right? He needs a bit more space.

But I can do it.

They played on the break, they took their chances when they had them.

It reminded me very much of that previous Real Madrid side where Mourinho was manager.

They hadn't quite hit the heights they would under Ancelotti and Zidane, but they were still this deadly... unit where you make even one mistake, if you defend them even suboptimally, even once or twice, they will hurt you.

Mbappe is the CR7 analogue, the Cristiano Ronaldo analogue.

Well, look at it.

This is a ridiculous move that makes you think of the old days of Zinedine Zidane, the way he swallows that, and that's a beautiful vibe of Artic Guler and Well, the rest is Camavinga who leaves Mbappe with the goal, but this is such a beautiful play.

Give credit to Camavinga and what he does, but this right here, this is Zidane-like, this little pirouette.

After Gabriel Jesus loses the ball, he was doing this all day.

Brazilian.

Zidane and Ronaldinho

came in.

Zidane.

Zidane, what a

player he was.

I was at the European