Zidane had Thuram,Djorkaeff,Deschamps,Desailly,Dugarry,Henry and Ribberie with the French national team and Beckham,Ronaldo,Raul,Davids,Makelele,Cannavaro, Figo and Del Piero as teammates. Zidane was great when he had talent around him, Giggs,Keane,Rivaldo and Bergkamp(in his prime) had to do it all by themselves, either in their respective national teams(Giggs,Keane) or in their clubs(Rivaldo,Bergkamp) I know many people will disagree with me, but I saw all of those greatnesses play in real-life(more than once) and I can assure you, Zidane never left a great impression. If you ask me for the best player of his generation, it will be either Ronaldo or Figo, not Zidane.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Phuzer:</div><div class="quote_post">Zidane had Thuram,Djorkaeff,Deschamps,Desailly,Dugarry,Henry and Ribberie with the French</div> Henry is really the only game changing player on that list. The others are solid and have had nice careers, but will soon be forgotten. Remember France's ranking going into this cup? Not to mention that they had the washed up Barthez in net. I am a huge Zidane and France hater - but you can catch me saying that along with Henry, he carried the team. Edit: I can't believe I didn't notice this before. You said RIVALDO had to do it all by himself on an international level? Ha. Ha. Ha.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Phuzer:</div><div class="quote_post">Well, actually, I do. I always thought Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs, Luis Nazario de Lima, Rivaldo, Nesta and Bergkamp were better than him.</div> Roy Keane?!?!
Another problem is that he mentioned Rib?ry who is only 23 and still considered untested on National duties as a promonent aspect to the matches. So that doesn't make any sense as good as he shown at the World Cup. He will be given his ultimate opportunity at Euro 2008 Swizterland/Austria. "France hater." Hehe, typical.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting H.ayes:</div><div class="quote_post"> You said RIVALDO had to do it all by himself on an international level? Ha. Ha. Ha.</div> On team level. And to M Two One : I'm from Belgium, so what do you expect?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Phuzer:</div><div class="quote_post">On team level. And to M Two One : I'm from Belgium, so what do you expect? </div> Yeah, AC Milan and Deportivo La Coruna are garbage squads.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting H.ayes:</div><div class="quote_post">Yeah, AC Milan and Deportivo La Coruna are garbage squads.</div> Barcelona was, he had a bunch of overhyped Dutch guys, and so was Olympiakos.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Phuzer:</div><div class="quote_post">Barcelona was, he had a bunch of overhyped Dutch guys, and so was Olympiakos.</div> On Barcelona: 1997/1998 Spain Cup Champion Team 1997/1998 Liga Champion Team 1997 Europe Supercup Champion Team 1996/1997 Spain Cup Champion Team 1996/1997 Cup Winners' Cup Champion Team One man really can't do that by himself. We're really getting away from the topic here and you're just treading water now. How can you claim that Barcelona's only good player was Rivaldo when they won so many titles? Olympiakos is somewhere he went to spend the twilight of his career. However, in the past they have had a HUGE amount of success in the Greek league and minimal success in the UEFA Champions League.
