Zidane was more mercurial, Platini more consistent. Both magical players to watch though. Platini probably had a better goal scoring record, though I could be wrong on that, and that was in Serie in the 80s when it would have been harder to score.
Yes.
Maradonna did alright against pub plyers and half of Germany in the final
I as hoping to get a serious reply but 
Zidaneās club career was nothing particularly special for a player of his exalted status. He failed in Europe with Juventus and Roy Keane beat him up a stick that night in Turin. He was shite at Euro '96 and the 1998 World Cup until he got two headers off corners in the final.
Euro 2000 was his peak and then the three games at the end against Spain, Brazil and Portugal. He was a āmomentsā player but wasnāt that consistent.
Neither was the real Ronaldoās club career as good as people imagine. His time at Real Madrid was basically an expensive failure. In his time there Madrid went from being undisputed kingpins of Europe to being an absolute shambles and he never won the Champions League.
Fat Ronaldo was great great for about 6 months, the most overrated player ever
A great player but not a great great player
He was unreal for about 20 months up to the 1998 World Cup. He was never as good again. His move to Inter Milan was bizarre as Serie A was on the slide by then and La Liga was about to overtake it. Whereas there was logic in Maradonaās move to Napoli, there was none in Ronaldoās move.
He absolutely was incredible before the 98 World Cup
But his star flamed out very quickly
Zidane is the most complete footballer of all time.
He could do everything on a pitch. He could play any position and dominate.
Iāve read Platini suffers a lot statistically, not a lot of goals and assists.
Zidane is definitely the most elegant player ever. That lad Yamal at Barca is a beautiful player to watch as well, thereās something about a lad over 6ft who can move like that and manipulate the ball in such a way.
I donāt ever recall him playing any position other than what weād call the number 10 nowadays
Nine goals in Euro '84. 41 goals in 72 games for France. 224 goals in 432 career appearances. Three European Footballer Of The Year awards in a row.
I never said he did.
He had the skillset and attributes to do it. The others mentioned were phenomenal but they were specialists at their position and would sink anywhere else on the field.
ZZās touch, vision, strength, both feet, passing, heading, dribbling even tacklingā¦ He had it all in his locker.
The complete player
Whatās elegance?
Bullshit. Zico was talked about every 4 years. Thereās not a chance you answered Zico when the boys in South Dublin asked you who your favourite player was.
Bryan Robson, Ian Rush or Bishop Casey Iād guess.
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R9 had an X factor that nobody else came near in my lifetime.
This is superb
He looked like he was ice skating at timesā¦ He glided . At times it was like slow motion he was so graceful.
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I must sack my statistician
Zicoās main achievement in life was to provoke John Motson into coining the word āooooftā when he turned before setting up Socrates for the 1-1 goal against Italy in 1982.
You were thinking about this post and erroneously remembered it as being about Platini.
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