Tag: Zinedine Zidane
Two-Footed Footballers: Do Clubs And Scouts Value Ambipedality Enough At Youth Level?
By Raj Chopra.
Football managers, football writers, pundits and commentators all eulogise over two-footed players. Those with the ability to use bo [...]
Will Andrea Pirlo Be The Zinedine Zidane Of Juventus?
By Raj Das.
Andrea Pirlo is an Italian football legend, but he is no seasoned manager. Just shy of ten full days in charge of the Juventus U23 side [...]
The Tactics Which Saw Real Madrid Win The Champions League Three Years In A Row
By Cain Smith.
In the last decade, Real Madrid gave the biggest display of European dominance since Udo Lattek's Bayern Munich in the 1970s.
Los [...]
From Player to Manager – Is Solskjaer Following Di Matteo & Zidane?
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was named interim Manchester United manager last December and took the full position in March. In the few months he has been in c [...]
45 – Zinedine Zidane: France v Brazil 1998 – 90 World Cup Minutes In 90 Days
Context
Under the guidance of Aimé Jacquet, France made it all the way to the World Cup final in 1998 as host nation, and exceeded expectatio [...]
57 – Thierry Henry: France/Zidane v Brazil 2006 – 90 World Cup Minutes In 90 Days
WFI‘s Adam Brandon counts down to Russia 2018 with 90 World Cup goals in 90 days, scored in the minute corresponding to the day in the countdown.
Con [...]
After A Love Affair In Madrid Real Seek Romance In Paris
A few months ago in Zurich, when Paris Saint Germain drew the title holders and 12-time winners Real Madrid for their last sixteen tie in the UEFA Cha [...]
A Tale Of Two Cities: Barcelona’s Desire And Real Madrid’s Complacency
“Numbers don’t lie,” said Real Madrid’s all-time leading top scorer. The best player in the world won almost every major trophy available to him and h [...]
Real Madrid 2017/18 – A Holistic Tactical Analysis
Thousands of words have been written over the past month regarding the spectacular collapse Real Madrid suffered in the second half of El Clasico, and [...]
From Prolific to Horrific – 6 Months of Real Madrid
Once regarded as arguably the finest side to put on the famous white shirt of Real Madrid in the modern era - a steamroller of a side - Zinedine Zidan [...]