Hapless_Hans wrote:You sensed right. You know me like a brother tbh. I'm extremely irritable and cranky and would really like to pick a fight.

You *bleep* clowns all of you.

Cruijf wrote:Surprised I'm the only one so far but Iniesta for me, by  a distance too. Their peaks were similar but Iniesta was far more consistent.

Doc wrote:Honestly, both are probably about the same legendary skill level and both have accomplished as much as their undoubted talents can achieve within their respective circumstances. But Zidane would always win this argument. Hands down. Not because of some stat or trophy count but simply a nostalgic and sincere viewing of his career.

I grew up watching him play and admiring everything about him. His grace and elegance for someone of his size, his ridiculous ability to control a football which went hand in hand with being able to naturally use both feet, his leader among men sort of attitude which made his "violent" tendencies very interesting to say the least.

It's not that I didn't see his flaws either. He had a tendency to just walk around the pitch and a bit "lazy". And of course, talent like that would never always have great games and he would have a bad match here or there. But he wasn't someone who hid from the big occasion and he knew he was depended on. I remember fondly Hitzfeld literally adjusting his entire Bayern defense tactics to neutralise Zidane by not man marking him but zonal marking his range of passing. At the time, it was a big deal.

But I am bias and shouldn't be taken objectively at all. Don't apologise for it either. In conclusion, I love Iniesta as much as Dante and fancy him just the same but Zidane is someone that honestly means a lot to my football upbringing. No top ten crap, no he has more trophies, just good old Doc liking Zidane just that much more.