In hindsight i think its safe to say that Spain were the most boring team to win a World Cup in recent memory. Zidane had that talismanic quality. You must log in or register to reply here. Zinédine Zidane is the father of Luca Zidane (Without Club). They were pretty different. I don’t really know how people come to one conclusion about how one player is better than another, trophies maybe? Alright I know Ronaldo** was playing fantastically at the time but was he playing better than what Messi is today, I don’t think so. This question has been circling for a few weeks now on social media sites and on TV shows dedicated to La Liga. Or a World Cup final? Check. All the Wikipedia links and made up awards you like won't change that. Xavi won them all iirc. In it, Alex, Colm and Jamie congratulate Jose on a well deserved win for Spurs at Old Trafford. Team: Real Madrid stats. Iniesta took the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award in 2012. Iniesta, but Zidane was more entertaining and will probably be better remembered imo . The man was a magician with the ball, just like Iniesta he also did astonishing things that had fans in awe. Zidane was head and shoulders the best player in the world, Iniesta isn't and never has been. You can find Iniesta's assist stats here: Iniesta is an incredible player who has been playing in an unbelievably good squad. There were a few red cards, but in the other 90+ matches he was world class. He has 108 caps for France, and except for the 2002 World Cup, he was consistent in almost all of them. Would still have Zidane above Messi any day too, dude u say there was no good players in zidane era. Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. Most teams aren't good enough to provoke that kind of reaction from the opposition either. Zidane with almost twice as many votes on a neutral forum. And to get back on topic, Iniesta was one of the main reasons for that sort of unprecedented and enduring dominance both on club and NT level. But there's a reason his teams tended to be inconsistent, e.g that Real Madrid team won just a single Liga trophy in his 5 years there. Aye, as exhilirating as Del Piero was before the injury, their decline was mainly down to an ageing team. Great Article by the way, but come on! So there we have it, my views on these outstanding players and their official trophy counts. I watched him through his career and there were many games he was average. The system produced so many shots on goal, so much goalmouth drama and so few unnecessary triangles in midfield between Alonso, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Silva and Fabregas. … Both have scored winning goals in world cup finals, Zidane with two in 1998 and Iniesta with his one in 2010, both the players are very similar and both play with the same style. I think Zidane's peak was higher but Iniesta more consistent. cheers for the responses, its interesting to see what you all think. In the same way I'd rather watch Ronaldinho than Messi. Number: 8. Music: www.bensound.com Jamie makes his United Hour hosting debut to chew over our disgrace of a performance as we tear into everybody and everything at the club, and try to dissect just what happened. Don’t think he is better than Pele, Maradona or Messi. Zidane's 2006 World Cup: France vs Switzerland No real impact on the game, gets a yellow card. And in Iniesta vs Zidane, I'd opt for Iniesta (Iniesta at his prime) because he had great skills and can dribble 3–4–5 players easily, … Was it them that were ugly, or teams they faced that made the contests ugly? To be fair I only watched Zidane in his last 5 years as a player and from what is be seen, it's an easy decision. Who’s got the most Goals? Iniesta. World Cup? Too young to see Pele but when you watch old videos, the pace of the game was so slow and the quality wasn’t as good. Listen to the latest United Hour Podcast episode here. Despite all their big names, mostly a result of the massive hype that revolved around Barca back then, their football was just so dull and slow. I’m not to sure where you are all from but here in England there’s been a lot of coverage around this particular topic so that’s why I decided to write about it. Silva and Fabregas werent important in 2010 (they were in the 08 Euro). Zidane was a big game player. Said it in his thread. People compare him to Maradona, Pele and Cruyff. because Zidane was so good at hold up play and turning from defense to offense, the team could remain very balanced. All the greatest players have atleast one outstanding worldcup.. He wasn't. They were both fantastic players lets not forget that and we’ve been very lucky to witness both of them. Trebles? Zidane and Iniesta have been part of fantastic teams that have dominated the world but who was more influential in their respective times, Zidane with the Galaticos or Iniesta with this new Dream Team? Gio covered this in a post in the other thread. I only saw Zidane play for Real Madrid and he was a passenger in too many games if I'm honest. Zidane was the best #10 for a solid time period. In his last two seasons with Juve they missed out on the league by 1 and 2 points. There's basically no midfielder in the world who is as much the definition of a big-game player as Iniesta. Zinedine Zidane vs Andres Iniesta - compare statistics. Ok i have to ask, what tasks do fall into the role of a 10 that Iniesta doesn't have to do? I should be biased towards Zidane but I have to go with Iniesta. Date of birth: 48 years (1972-06-23) Nationality: France.