For Michel Platini, the world reference in the exercise of ball control is French, and it is none other than Zinedine Zidane.
In a report broadcast this Sunday on Téléfoot, Michel Platini declared that ball control was the most important gesture in football. The former Ballon d’Or made Zinedine Zidane the perfect example of what a player should be able to do with the ball.
“Control has always been the fundamental thing in football,” Platini said. “Zinedine was the perfect player in control. It was always easy for him. Tick, tock, tock… And behind that, he was always able to develop his game because he was comfortable at all levels, in all controls. »
The former glory of French football also spoke of Zizou’s ability to control the ball after having already read the game. “He had this ease, and this ability to control it having already watched the game before,” he said. -he adds. “He was used to it, he felt the ball. »
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Platini’s statement is a great proof of the recognition that the world champion and Ballon d’Or 98 receives from his peers. Ball control is an essential skill for any player, and the child of Castellane was a master in this art.
