During a question-and-answer game with Lionel Messi, Zinedine Zidane had to choose which, in his opinion, was the best match of his career.
During his professional career, Zinedine Zidane will have participated in 689 matches (according to Transfermarkt), all clubs and all seasons combined, to which must be added his 108 appearances in the French team jersey. Among all his encounters, some remained in his mind, such as obviously the 1998 World Cup final during which he scored two headed goals. But surprisingly, it is not this evening of July 12, 98 that he considers to be the one during which he had the greatest match of his career. To do this, you have to go back a year earlier.
At the time, “Zizou” was playing at Juventus. With his teammates from the Old lady, he competes in the Champions League of which they reached the semi-finals. Facing them, Ajax Amsterdam, winner of the competition two years earlier. This double confrontation will forever mark the Frenchman who mentioned it in an exceptional interview with Lionel Messi, broadcast Thursday by their common sponsor, Adidas. “ It’s difficult to choose a match. But there is one, when I played for Juve. A match against Ajax. A Champions League semi-final. We played, we won 4-1 in Turin and then 4-1 there. Not many people remember it, but for me…“
Messi surprised
This is not the first time that Zinedine Zidane mentions this famous C1 duel. He spoke about it a little earlier this year during an interview with the channel Youtube, Colinterview. In any case, he surprised Lionel Messi who was precisely expecting him to quote the 1998 final. I thought you were going to pick a World Cup game or something“, the Argentinian laughed.
