Often perceived as a smooth personality, Zinedine Zidane There was a great competitor. To the point of showing certain roughness, on the ground, when the spirits could warm up. The 1998 Ballon d'Or totaled 14 red cards throughout its immense career. An amazing figure for an offensive player renowned for his ball class in the foot.
An anecdote illustrates the well -tempered temperament of “Zizou”. We are in 2004, and Real Madrid of Galactics, then led by Zidane, Ronaldo, Raul and Co, meets AS Monaco. Jérôme Rothen remembered this match a few years ago.
Zinedine Zidane, a well -tempered temperament.
“In 2004, we eliminate Real Madrid with AS Monaco in the quarter -final of the Champions League. There is a task for this success: the insults of Zinedine Zidane. This is the black point of my career. I understand his frustration when you play Real and lose against little Monaco. But these words (son of P ***), coming from the mouth of someone you know, I do not understand them ”
“Rothen was a ghost for Zidane”
An episode that Patrice Evra has not forgotten either. The former captain of the French team also wore the jersey of the Principality club at the time. “During Monaco-Real Madrid, Rothen made a fault on Zizou. Jérôme reaches out to him, Zidane tells him 'gives off your hand'. And at the Gathering of Blues, Rothen was a ghost for Zidane ”.
“Zidane's reaction, it can be understood given the tension”, However, put Patrice Evra into perspective by evoking this very particular memory for his career. As a reminder, Evra, a long time in cold with Rothen, finally joined the program of his former Monegasque teammate.
