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Gianfranco Zola reflects on his career as a player, discusses the work he put in to become the player he was and how the game has changed since his playing days.
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27 Comments
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Will football at this rate ever produce a player like Ronaldhino
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Juninho was a better player than Zola. At a Boro team who'd just got promoted. If he'd been at a Newcastle, Villa or even Tottenham it wouldn't even be an argument.
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We are in the dark ages of football talent. Individuality and variety is lost and we have created robotic and manufactured players
There's no doubt football is less entertaining than it was. It has become more rigid and structured so flair players have been squeezed out. I blame Mourinho and Ferguson, they converted flair players like Joe Cole, Rooney and Ronaldo into machines.
King Zola is absolutely spot on
Systems football has destroyed things. Watching Chelsea in basically any match, or long parts of Arsenal v Man City it is just pass sideways or backwards, any pass forward usually results in a pass backwards. Take a free kick, pass back to keeper. It's dull, but the good news is that players that are inventive are going to be the game changers
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True number 10s have been phased out by modern day tactics and systems, which is a shame as they are some of the best players aesthetically to watch.
Wow, this is genuinely awesome! My cheeks hurt from laughing, proud of you!
This content is fantastic, your humor is like a side of fries – perfect!
The problem is not the footballers. It’s the media and the fans. The reason why managers and players have stamped out individuality and flair is down to our obsession with perfection and the fear of being “bantered”.
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It’s because matches are 100mph now and the main tools required to compete are pace and athleticism. That’s what coaches are looking for and if you have them tools and can follow instruction well, you’ll stand a good chance of making it. I guarantee there are thousands of Zola’s, Ronaldinho’s, Bergkamp’s etc in the world but by the time they get to professional age they would have spent years in an academy being taught to play off a tactics board, watching hours of videos analysis and being encouraged to defend as much as they attack.
Zola is the 🐐
No modern football gets statpadders like salah mbappe and bellingham for example
Who play rubbish most weeks and cover it up by getting GA
For eg salah great goal scorer but he now has better stats than maradona
Doesn't mean he is better than maradona is it?
I am sure there will be many people that will say players have lost individuality.
I am sure when asked though, people will not be able to articulate what Zola had that players of today don't have.
The fact is that coaches are wiser to prevent players dominating games from behind the striker and defences are a lot more agile and quick than they ever used to be
I honestly cant remember the last time i seen a goalkeeper chipped from distance, players just dont take the chance anymore
Brilliant player, always comes across as genuinely nice person as well
Rio Ferdinand once said no offence to today's players, but he was lining up against the likes of Raul, zidane, R9 Ronaldo, trezeguet, Henry, shearer, Del pierro and there's barely any players like that these days. The sad shame is he's actually right. You got a handful at best
players like Ronaldinho would never make it in todays game its a shame
No, the game has gone. Can't think of too many players now I would pay to watch. If I hear anymore about low blocks and high lines and all that rubbish, I'll go mad.