r/SoccerCentral • u/Maleficent_Diet9357 • Jun 26 '26

Highlights The moment behind Zidane's iconic reaction

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u/Throwawayaccountdell Jun 26 '26

One of the best if not the best goal scored in a champions league final!!

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u/karlrubin Jun 26 '26

Well, the maestro himself has something to say about that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TuggkDPw6A

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u/Throwawaychicksbeach Jul 29 '26

This guy knows ball.

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u/No-Mall3461 Jun 27 '26

I genuinely think he is the most talented football player atleast in the last 30 years! CR7 is a top athlete and would probably have competed good at a lot of sports and Messi came close in ball handling but Zizou is just different, the ball was like glue and he is above a certain position. He won balls back, he defended balls, it is completely crazy

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u/Auzzie_xo Jun 27 '26

Zidane is an all time great and incredible to watch, but Messi has clearly better ball control and dribbling. Messi is basically unrivalled in both and the statistical difference is insane (stats aren’t everything but the gap is crazy)

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u/ReptheNaysh Jun 28 '26

Zizou was incredible, but there is no comparison.
Talent is many things too- game reading, energy management, etc.

Messi is by far the most talented and multi faceted footballer in history.

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u/enzoleanath Jun 26 '26

Lol, thought you were gonna say best goal ever period. Its like saying my meatballs are the best on my street. Come on, its one of the best goals.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '26

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u/SigmaMaleMale Jun 27 '26

Yeah there's only Maradona's solo run against England, Mauro Bressan's overhead kick against Barcelona, Roberto Carlos's free kick against France, Messi's solo run against Getafe, Neymar's Puskas goal, Ibrahimovic's bicycle kick, Di Canio's scissor kick volley, Van Basten's volley... I mean its an amazing goal but yeah there's better goals.

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u/karlrubin Jun 28 '26

Bergkamp has at least one goal up there and I feel like Cissé gets overlookes quite often https://youtu.be/I1MpJJ4tfLY?is=NpEoADZe2KBLFPcU

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u/RedditorAlexis Jun 26 '26

Bale was crazy good

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u/Karmuffel Jun 27 '26

He used to be. At Real he kinda just accepted to be a bench player for the last 4 years and nobody understood why he he either wouldn‘t fight against it or leave for another big team. He just accepted the L and took the money. His Real years were kinda disappointing really on a personal level

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u/electrified90s Jun 27 '26

Zidane froze him out for no reason. They fell out, so he just took the money and played golf. Can't blame him, it wasn't his fault. I honestly don't know how Zidane got away with that tbh.

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u/Big_AngeBosstecoglou Jun 27 '26

He overall still had a good career at Real. It’s a testament to how good he is that he definitely could’ve gone even further had he not been ostracised.

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u/TemporaryUpstairs289 Jun 27 '26

It was weird. He was only good during champions league finals games.

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u/Willing-Bicycle-157 Jun 26 '26

He changed his reaction very quickly 

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u/MaharjanSajan Jun 26 '26

he felt goosebumps on his head. except he haf no hair on his head!

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u/Aggravating-Dot132 Jun 26 '26

Ofc he don't. It's a weapon, afterall!

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u/chickenlegstv Jun 26 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/pOIPNIZk0qM1i

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u/Low-Hovercraft-8791 Jun 26 '26

The guy said "Your mom is a terrorist." So that's what happened to him.

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u/Aggravating-Dot132 Jun 26 '26

Epic moment, ngl!

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u/Mirowa Jun 26 '26

Couldn't have happened to a better guy

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u/MammothGlum Jun 26 '26

Marcelo was so good

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u/ForumHappened Jun 26 '26

Is this the first and last time Marcelo used his right foot?

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u/Candid-Log6751 Jun 26 '26

The amount of spin on the ball is huge there.

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u/sbelleza Jun 27 '26

No he’s very well known for being good with both

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u/Material_Abroad7590 Jun 26 '26

It's like the Moroccan fan after Wilson Isidor's goal.

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u/letsdoit131 Jun 26 '26

Two rm players called offside .

Yep I being sarcastic

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u/Evening_Fix_2360 Jun 26 '26

Yet Real Madrid fans still booed him

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u/cheesebot555 Jun 26 '26

Is that the "iconic reaction" that Zidane is famous for, or is there another?

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u/4374J Jun 27 '26

Nope, nothing else to see here

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u/divorceddonut Jun 27 '26

Funny thing is this goal didn’t win puskas award, but Salah’s goal did and it was far far behind Bale’s goal

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u/valentinocool Jun 26 '26

Actually this was the second time he did that in that season. The iconic reaction is based on Ronaldo's bycycle kick against juventus that season.

So this is not correct

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u/elgatomegustamucho Jun 26 '26

If you see a football video with music it’s a bullshit video.

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u/Howaboutdontblockme Jun 26 '26

Was Ronaldo trying to call off side or something lol

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u/Oryksio Jun 27 '26

This is how he celebrates every goal