None of the four most important goals of Zidane's career is a scoring style he excels at
As we all know, Zidane was a player with outstanding achievements and a very high status, no less than his coaching career. And if you were to pick out the four most important goals from Zidane's illustrious playing career, there would undoubtedly be the following:
1. Two headers from the '98 World Cup final against Brazil.
2. The Champions League final of the 01/02 season against Bayer Leverkusen.
3. Spoon penalty against Italy in the '06 World Cup final.
These four goals may not be the best of Zidane's career, but in terms of importance, they may be far more important than Zidane's other goals. Three of these four goals directly brought Zinedine Zidane a weighty title, and the other, although not a title, was the epitome of Zidane's excellent performance in that cup.
We know Zidane is a master midfielder and he's not a super goalscorer. However, Zidane's shooting skills are also very sophisticated, and the level of a kick in front of goal is no less than that of those top strikers. If we analyze Zidane's four goals, we will find that none of these four goals is Zidane's usual scoring method.
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Let's start with two headers from the 98 World Cup final. In fact, a glance at the header tells that this is not Zidane's area of expertise. Zidane, as a top dribbling master, has a brilliant work on his feet, but his header is relatively not so good. In his long career, Zidane's header scored examples of goals were impressive, except for the two in '98, the rest were blank.
It was also the most unexpected blow for a Brazilian player. Because it is difficult for them to think that the king of the feet who gives them the fatal two blows is the king of the feet who rarely solves problems with his header.
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Look at the famous Flying Immortal in the Champions League final in '02. The goal is arguably the masterpiece of Zidane's playing era, with officials even rating it as the best goal in Champions League history.
Carlos broke through on the wing and struggled to pass the ball into the box under the interference of the opponent, Zidane faced the incoming ball, and without adjustment, he directly half-turned and volleyed, and the ball flew into the upper left corner of the goal in an arc.
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And the most notable thing about this goal is that Zidane scored with his left foot.
We know that Zidane's dominant foot is the right foot. His right foot doesn't know how many legendary moments he makes, whether it's scoring his own shots or making balls for his teammates, most of them use his golden right foot. However, at the venue of the Champions League final in '02, Zidane still gave the world a huge exclamation point. Although Zidane seemed to have the option of shooting with his left foot in his position, the point is that his left foot did not drop the chain on such an important occasion, but created a new legend.
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Finally, look at the spoon penalty in the '06 World Cup final. Zidane has scored many penalties during his career, both in the French national team and at Real Madrid (Real Madrid's first penalty taker was Figo, but Zinedine Zidane has also taken penalties), and he rarely disappointed. However, Zidane's penalty style is relatively solid, or conservative, he either bets on one side of the goal or plays two top corners, in short, rarely plays tricks on penalties.
But who would have thought that in such a major match as the 06 World Cup final, Zidane played a trick. Throughout his career, he never seems to have taken a spoon penalty. And judging by the quality of this ball, Zidane is indeed not very good at spoon penalties. The ball was a bit too powerful and the ball was more powerful than expected, so the ball almost didn't go in, but luckily bounced into the goal under the crossbar. Often looking at Totti, Pirlo and other spoon penalties from the spoon penalty master know that Zidane's goal can only be said to have just passed - of course, the ball is scored after all.
The fact that the four most important goals of his career were scored in ways he was not good at is another legendary point for Zidane. Maybe this is a superstar, the more important the occasion, the more impossible it can create.