Guardiola vs zidane biography

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Zinedine Zidane

French football player and manager (born 1972)

"Zidane" and "Zizou" redirect here. For other people, see Zidane (name) and Zizou (name).

Zinedine Yazid Zidane (French: Zinédine Yazid Zidane;^[4]Kabyle: Zineddin Lyazid Zidan; Arabic: زين الدين يزيد زيدان; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He most recently coached La Liga club Real Madrid and is one of the most successful coaches in the world. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Zidane was a playmaker renowned for his elegance, vision, passing, and ball control. He received many individual accolades as a player, including being named FIFA World Player of the Year in 1998, 2000 and 2003, and winning the 1998 Ballon d'Or.

Zidane started his career at Cannes, before establishing himself as one of the best players in the French Ligue 1 at Bordeaux. In 1996, he moved to Italian club Juventus, where he won several trophies, including two Serie A titles. He moved to Real Madrid for a world record fee at the time of €77.5 million in 2001, which remained a record for the next eight years. In Spain, Zidane won several trophies, including a La Liga title and the

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Zidane vs Guardiola: Who got it right in Champions League last-16 tie?

Manchester City came from behind to secure victory over Real Madrid at the Bernabeu on Wednesday night.

Isco had given the hosts the lead against the run of play in the second half, only for Pep Gurdiola's men to roar back in style.

Gabriel Jesus' header and Kevin De Bruyne's penalty swung the momentum firmly in City's favour before Sergio Ramos saw red late on. Here Sportsmail look at where the game was won and lost...

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Zinedine Zidane took a gamble on the so often wild finishing of Vinicius and it backfired in the first half as the Brazilian forward squandered Real Madrid's best chance failing to bury the rebound from Karim Benzema's shot.

On the bench Zidane had left Gareth Bale whose goal separated these two sides the last time they met in the Champions League.

Alongside Bale on the bench was Toni Kroos and the game was crying out for his precision passing in the first half.

Zidane is spoilt for choice but it looked as if he had chosen badly during the first 45 minutes.

Guardiola's big call was to play Gabriel Jesus instead of Sergio Aguero and the Manchester City coach despaired on several occasion when the Brazilian failed to threaten Real Madri