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[Jon@AAMComp]

Originally Posted by cow

Nasri hasn't been scoring goals of late, but he's still been playing well & facilitating others.

He's definitely not on Zidane's level yet-- no one I've seen in my life is. Messi scores tons of goals, but I credit a lot of that to the system combined with his individual brilliance. Really, Xavi is the only player currently able to control a game like Zizou, but he doesn't really "carry" a team.

Zidane just looked so god damn effortless. I really miss watching him.

Well put. It bothers me when people compare Messi to Zidane or Maradonna in their prime. As you mentioned before, Zidane in particular was one of the best on field tacticians to ever play the game. The way he could read and adjust to the game was absolutely astonishing. Both his left and right feet were exactly the same, and he could punish you with either one (Who can forget that volley during the champions league final against Bayer Leverkusen) Nasri's on his way, although he tends to drift out to the wings more than Zidane did, but I credit that to Arsenal's flowing style of play, where any of the players can pop up out of position, but still be just as effective. I think the closest we have to Zidane is the highly underrated Wesley Sneijder of Inter. I've been a fan of him since he was a kid at Ajax, and his abilities were on display during the Champions League run last year as well as the WC Final. As good as Sneijder is, I don't think there will ever be another Zidane.


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