The fact that he sucked throughout the whole year for Madrid shows how continuously well he plays? He wasn't that great (Although good) for Juve either. The one place where Zidane really excelled was playing for the French National Team during the 95/2000 period. He wasn't playing a third of what he had shown to be able off doing, during his last 2 years playing for them either. Also, not all defenders relied on hacking legs in the past. Some did, some didn't.
I love Zidane (or have loved for the past years) so this isn't me bashing him, but he wasn't as good as a bunch of players who played in the same position before him. Zidane was at his peak in a similar level to fellow frenchmen Raymond Kopa and Michel Platini. I could even say that at his highest level he was slightly better than those two, but there were still much better players than them IMO. I think he would easily fit in a top 10 of 90's players, but i can't have it there when considering all times.
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