Zidane and his praise for Messi: it’s pure magic | Football | Sport

Frenchman Zidane met Argentinian Lionel Messi in Miami, USA, for a presentation organized by adidas on Thursday and believes the current Inter Miami striker is “pure magic”, with the likes of him There were very few people, then he added, smiling: “Well, one.”

“There’s a word, magic, and that’s what I love. We’re not together every day, but for me it’s a big day to tell him how much I admire him. To me it’s pure magic. For me as a person who knows football, when I see a person on the pitch, I almost know what I’m going to see and that connection,” Zidane said in a conversation with Messi.

“There are very few of those players. There are, but like him, no. Very few, well, one,” he added, laughing along with Messi, most likely referring to Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo.

During the conversation, Zidane and Messi told anecdotes from their careers. The Frenchman highlighted his admiration for Uruguayan Enzo Francescoli and told how he ended up wearing Real Madrid’s No.5 shirt.

“Florentino (Perez, Real Madrid president) doesn’t like players with 25 or 30. For him, the goalkeeper is 1 and you keep dealing with numbers like that. “This is not rugby, this is American football,” the president said. Please. “It was the first day and I said yes (about the fifth day). Now it’s history for me. 10 points, not bad, 5 points to go. “I don’t remember much about the 21st at Juve ,” he said.

The Frenchman also admitted that the most difficult defenders he has worked with were Italian Paolo Maldini (due to his intelligence) and Frenchman Lilian Thuram. (Four)