ZIDANE ON TOP OF THE WORLD

[Nik]

"ZINEDINE ZIDANE has been named as Fifa's World Player of the Year for 2000, for the second time in three years, in Rome on Monday.
The French playmaker becomes only the second player ever to win the award twice following Ronaldo winning the award in 1996 and 1997.

The Juventus star scooped the award in 1998 following France's World Cup glory and has won again on the back of the part he played in his country's European Championship success this summer.

Real Madrid's Portuguese midfielder Luis Figo, who became the world's most expensive player with his controversial move from Barcelone to Real Madrid, was second in the awards and Barca's Brazilian striker Rivaldo third.

The 28-year-old won the annual event organised by World football's governing body with 370 points to Figo's 329 and Rivaldo's 263.

The votes were cast by 150 national team coaches, who awarded five points to their first-choice player, three to their second and one to their third.

For Zidane to collect World Player Award, click here.

In the other awards to mark a full century of organised football, Real Madrid won team of the century, while Maradona and Pele shared the player of the century award.

Spanish giants Real beat off competition from Bayern Munich, Manchester United and the two Milan teams to scoop the award.

Real have an impressive list of success - eight European Cups, including the first five from 1956 and two out of the last three of the century, plus two Uefa Cups, two World Club Cups, 27 Primera Liga titles and 17 Copa del Rey's.

Fifa decided to split the Player of the Century gong after rumours of internet fraud clouded the validity of the on-line poll that was topped by Maradona. They decided to also have an award voted for by Fifa and that prize went to Pele.

Upset at having to share the award, the Argentine legend left the ceremony before the Brazilian hero received his award but nobody could argue against either player being given their accolades.

Leeds United and South African international Lucas Radede scooped a Fifa Fair Play award for his conduct on the pitch and for his work to fight racism."


HELL WHY???

 

[Nik]

What did Zidane do for Juventus and France this year???
Answer - nothing

And where is Beckham.........

 

[Paolo_Rossi]

What has Zidane done ??? Let me see he won the EUro2000 award,something Beckham cant do .And Juventus rely heavily on him ,if you see him play ,he is Juventus best player on the pitch ,not only he scores goals ,but he is great at setting them up .

 

[Nik]

Maybe they should name Dugarry or better Karembeu player of the year because they were in the french team this year???
He showed nothing on EURO 2000.

Oh and i forgot that receiving 2 red card in 2 match of CL is a really big contribution...

Maybe (maybe!!!) he was the best in 98 but now Beckham, Rivaldo or Figo are much better.
They are key players of their teams too (maybe not Figo in Real, but anyway).
"not only they score goals ,but they are great at setting them up..."

 

[Luc Nilis]

no offence, but ...freak...
Have you ever seen the game called football?
Did you ever saw Zidane play???
He's 50 times better than Beckham is.
Zidane didn't help France????????????

 

[fredericofb]

FIGO DID A MUCH MUCH MUCH BETTER SEASON THAN ZIDANE LAST YEAR...THIS AWARD IS SO UNFAIR...BUT LIKE SAID THERE ARE INTERESTS IN THESE AWARDS.............

 

[Nik]

Nilis did u watch EURO 2000?
If yes and tell me that Zidane was the best so u have no idea what football is...

He was one of the worst player of french team. For example Henry or Wiltord were much better than Zidane on Euro 2000.
And still he don't score and assist as much as other GREAT players like Figo or Beckham.

 

[Paolo_Rossi]

Nik, Zidane is amazing ,have you seen his goal at euro2000 .It was on a free kick ,only 2 other players scored on a free kick in that tournament .And yes he did get a red card in the CL ,but he has been Juventus best player so far ,in the Juve vs Inter match ,who scored and assisted Trezeguet's goal ,ZIdane .You people just say that because you all look how the team is doing .Juventus are not having the season that they were hoping for ,but the player who has been saving their ass has been always Zidane except for a few occasions .If you can name me anoth Juventus player who contributed more than Zidane ,than your just plain dumb .Del Piero hasnt scored in a century ,Trezeguet has been good lately ,but not as good as Zidane, Inzaghi has played much ,Montero just came back etc....

 

[Luc Nilis]

That's right!!
Zidane is great.
Henry and Wiltord are good, but if you dont give them space, they play like ****!
NIK: Not only is Zidane a player with amazing technic, he's also a mastertacticus.
And yes i saw Euro 2000. For a mather of fact, i saw the final live in the stadium.
I think if you say that Zidane isn't a world class player you're the one doesn't know much about football. He can set pieces like no other player can, and can play BOTH defensive and offensive.
football is a lot more than only scoring goals...

 

[Paolo_Rossi]

Nik your missing the point ,he is probably the best player overall along with Rivaldo ,as for Figo ,he is good ,but what is he doing now .So his team is doing well in the CL ,but its not thanks to him .Real Madrid can easily win the CL without Figo ,the proof,they won it last year .Zidane may not have the best free kicks ,but this has a very accurate pass and dribbling ,I suggest you watch him play when Juventus are on ,he is probably the only Juventus player who can deke many players troughout the game and he is a good free kick taker ,he has had a season where he scored 9 goals ,but his goal is not to score,but to set up goals and he is probably the best at doing so .He can also carry his national team unlike Beckham .

 

[Nik]

To Nilis:
you are talking like a fan
i can't make people answer my question

Last: **** off

To Paolo Rossi:
it doesn't matter if Real need Figo to win the CL, but he score goals and make assists
Juve need Zidane to win something big but where was he when Juve was beaten in the CL? yes he was banned for his red card...at least Beckham can control himself after WC 98

this season Beckham scored 7 goals and made many assists from his right wing (he need a good header to score)
and Zidane had some good games but he is very unstable this year
Rivaldo is one of the main scorer of Barca (his hat-trick against Milan) this year

that's why i think Zidane didn't deserve to be named the player of this year.

 

[Woody_007]

I would think that Rivaldo had a better second half than Figo or Zidane. He has single handedly run Barca. 8 goals in Spain, 7 in the CL. His hat-trick v Milan and last second goal v Leeds gave Barca SOME hope. And they look awful without him. Juventus sucks, with-out Zidane they would suck even more. The "traitor" had a pretty good first half and EURO 2000. Now with Real he has been pretty good, but not as good like when he was at Barca. Oh well. Personally, I think Romario should have won it. He had a better year than Zidane, Figo and Rivaldo.

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Barcelona Forever!

 

[Nik]

This topic was created to learn what people think about this news.

I don't want to argue with stupid fans who think that they understand football well but only can notice good sides of their idol.

About freekicks:
Zidane not the best freekick-taker in the world
Roberto Carlos(!!!), Beckham and Rivaldo are kings of freekick (maybe Mihajlovic and Figo)
but not Zidane - score twice a year is not a great skill...

About Juventus:
maybe he is the best in his team, but in the WORLD.

To Nilis:
try to find better arguments than just saying he not only score but he also etc.

 

[Luc Nilis]

first of all : i'm not a zidane-fan, it's just my opinion.

second : why start this topic when your only open for you own idea's (even when they are wrong, and you dont know **** about football)

thirt : **** YOU!