World champion and winner of the Euro with the French team or winner of the Champions League with Real Madrid, the man who was also Ballon d’Or in 1998 has left an unforgettable mark on football. In particular thanks to his technique and his gestures like no other.
With 156 career goals, the former star of the Girondins, Juventus Turin and Real Madrid has often been decisive. His double headed goal against Brazil in the 1998 World Cup final definitely made him a legend in French sport. In Madrid, it is his goal scored in the 2001 Champions League final against Bayer Leverkusen that remains in the memories.
“My most beautiful, most important goal”
Asked on El Chiringuito to name the best goal of his career, the Marseille native opted for this volley from the edge of the area after a ball from Roberto Carlos. A choice that he himself hardly considers
” original “.
“My most beautiful goal, the most important, I think it’s the one against Leverkusen”he said. Thanks to this goal scored just before the break, the Merengue had regained the advantage while Lucio had responded to Raul’s early opening goal. Nothing more was going to be scored and the Madrid giants were going to win the ninth C1 in their history.
“It was the trophy I was missing and we needed that goal to win it,” he added, this C1 title remaining the only one of his career.
