How The Best Player On The Planet Became INVISIBLE To Scouts

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How good was Zinedine Zidane actually? #GOAT
New video about one of the most talked about players we've seen over the 2010s in football. In this episode we take on Zinedine Zidane who played for Real Madrid, Juventus, Bordeaux and Cannes for most of his career.
0:00 Please like the video, it means the world
0:30 Why The Best Scouts In The World Failed To See His Talent
2:13 How Zidane Almost Never Got Scouted...
7:05 When Zidane Was Banned From Playing By His Own Club
8:34 How Zidane Almost Ended Up In The Second Tier At 22 Years Of Age
9:52 The Miracle That Saved Zidane's Career
11:56 How He Became France's New Star Player After 30 Minutes On The Pitch
13:07 How Zidane Made The Impossible Possible
16:40 How Zidane Became The Best In The World

[@Kloiyd]

The humbleness of Zidane is something we should all admire.

[@solarmaru49]

The ability to appreciate talent so people don’t have to feel like they need to act up to stand out is also something people need to do Humbleness is a weakness in todays age and it shouldn’t be

[@marivsmvsic]

Selfish, he didn't left any for Cristiano.

[@AahFukIt]

Nothing compared to Micheal Laudrup! That was epic and magic, especially through balls and vision

[@zidanely]

He was football’s depiction of Muhammad Ali - “Move like a butterfly, sting like a bee” Zizou was simply poetry in motion.

[@phehelloselepe3268]

Drop mic walk of stage. Enough said. He is still for me the ultimate midfielder.

[@chrisg9615]

But also inconsistent af which is why Madrid won one league title in 5 seasons he was there. A player like De Bruyne is far more of an asset in your team.

[@zidanely]

@@chrisg9615 blame it on Perez and his galacticos strategy. Getting rid of Makelele was the biggest mistake of that era, it completely screwed up the balance of the team hence the results.

[@calgakispict3652]

And punch like a heavyweight, lol.

[@calgakispict3652]

@@zidanely The Galacticos strategy was just a guaranteed dressing room nightmare of toxic egos. Zidane was one of the best midfielders to ever lace up the boots. You could build your team around him.

[@semir9112]

Zinedine is such an awesome guy. I was able to meet him in Warsaw on the Danone Cup in 2012. He was so nice and was so warm and loving with all the kids, the players and the kids on the stands. He was always my favorite player.

[@fortnitedefault1]

lucky

[@Jout8-re1ij]

@@fortnitedefault1 What is so lucky about meeting football player. A lot of people have met Messi and Ronaldo.

[@rich9281]

Damn Danone nations cup. I remember making the last tryout but I didn't make the team. Some of my buddies went it was in Brazil that year. Team Canada🇨🇦

[@ibrahimchowdhury9779]

Zizou 🇫🇷🔥 A top 10 football player of all-time. All class. No debate.

[@LedionZogaj]

He def was a player of all time.................

[@dasurmel1424]

thats really up to debate and depends on what you prefer in a player but its hard to put him ahead of the likes of messi, pele, cruyff, matthäus, beckenbauer, van basten, müller, maradona, xavi, r9 and so its a tough competition. zizou was somewhat inconsistent.

[@siddhantjagat6288]

​@@dasurmel1424bro put xavi like we wouldn't notice😭

[@ismingo4264]

@@dasurmel1424If you watched him play you would have No issue putting him in the too 10. He simply elevated teams to a level they would simply never be able to acheive without him. There has only ever been one player like him in history

[@agent47773]

​@@dasurmel1424zizou was a player like no no other

[@kaay_red2596]

Zidane live in a tiny two in the south of France, several friends of mine live there and told me it was common to just casually encounter him doing his morning running routine or simply at the supermarket. A casual legend

[@irsyadfauzi9325]

Zidane's first touch is 2nd to none. Legend! True when he said his hand is where his feet were supposed to be.

[@ezekielphiri2607]

Mahrez

[@user-bc2in7oe3l]

denis bergkamp

[@zigababnik8780]

Him and Dennis Bergkamp.

[@AahFukIt]

MICHAEL LAUDRUP, HAD BETTER TOUCH FLOW AND VISION.

[@irsyadfauzi9325]

@@AahFukIt sorry, not my generation. im just lucky to watch him at real tho ppl say he was better during juve.

[@Skoopyghost]

I am not a footballer. I am a multi instrumentalist composer. I relate to Zidane.

[@maz-jp1yj]

cuz you are a moran!!😂😂😂

[@ethannaranjoethann3176]

you can’t be calling other people a moron when you can’t even spell the word🤦

[@maz-jp1yj]

AH SORRY, DIDN'T KNOW SHAKESPEARE WAS BORN AGAIN AND THAT HE HAS SQUARED HEAD LIKE YOURS😂😂😂IT'S BECAUSE OF KZbin FILTER YOU MORO...N.. I DON'T WANT TO EVERYTIME PUT DOTS BETWEEN THE LETTER FOR MORO...N PEOPE LIKE YOU TO DIGEST IT. I WROTE IT IN CAPITAL ALSO BECAUSE YOUR SQUARED HEAD MIGHT HAS LIMITED VISION BECAUS YOUR EYES ARE LOCATED IN (MAYBE SQUARED BOX)😅😂😂😂@@ethannaranjoethann3176

[@nikhilharidas87]

I remember that head butt and that world cup match he lost. But that guy is a man for protecting his mother's honour against all odds. Nowadays people will call it toxic. I call him honourable he didn't compromise on who he is for anything whether it was a worldcup, admiration or money.

[@Raydensheraj]

He compromised his team. He's not the only one punished when he gets send off due to him falling for these dirty type of tricks

[@Farhadmoh]

italians are known to provoke their opponents to get them sent off

[@turbo8628]

Zidane is my favourite player, has been since i can remember. Serie A was on english tv in the 90s, and zidane was like no other player. Anyway, what he did was just stupid. Romanticise it all you want, but i said it was stupid at the time, and i still say it was stupid for the rest of my life. He took the bait and got played, (arguably) costing france the world cup. Your heroes are not perfect. If you believe they are then you are lying to yourself.

[@Farhadmoh]

@@turbo8628 Ofcourse legends can have flaws and that’s what makes it exciting. Maradona was great and had flawed character.

[@joecurran2811]

He regrets the incident I believe. Matterazzi is an enormous douchebag, but Zidane at his age and experience should have known better.

[@stanyamish3996]

I was born and raised in Marseille. My cousin grew up in Zidane's neighborhood. Despite never playing for Olympique de Marseille, he's surely one the most beloved players in Marseille. We all regret that he couldn't play even one season but that's life. Cantona, who was also born and raised in Marseille, played for Marseille in the 90's but he's on the top list of favorite players by fans. He's on my list nonetheless. Zidane is an example for everyone. We know that since he made it, we all can. Maybe not in football but in life in general. He didn't give up, had a slow but improving career and will always be remembered. His temper is known among us. While being chill most of the time, you mustn't mess with his family no matter what.

[@Tara20052]

You’re a phenomenal story teller! I didn’t realize the video had stopped that is how enthralled I was when listening to it. Zidane will always be a Legend.

[@AnonymousEditZX]

Zidane the headbutt king And the best midfielder 🗣️🔥🔥

[@VasianYT]

The thing is he was mainly an attacking midfielder and Maradona was better than him in that position

[@AnonymousEditZX]

@@VasianYT then he is the best Attacking Midfielder 🗣️🔥🔥

[@VasianYT]

@@AnonymousEditZX better than maradona

[@NotClPHER]

@@VasianYTthat cocaine merchant ain’t better than zizou💀

[@Ghajahha]

@@VasianYThe played in that position but he made his own, they had different roles, plus maradona was on stimulants

[@KingOfAssyria_IIVI]

Hated him after 98 final as a child then saw my fav player R9 play with him at Galacticos. After that it was nothing but RESPECT!

[@zoomgallygally]

Same they drugged Ronaldo for that game

[@lexkanyima2195]

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[@zoomgallygally]

@@lexkanyima2195 he never had a fit since , only on the day of the world cup final. Come on , ye think Michelle Platini is an angel

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@zoomgallygally Platini has nothing to with it

[@KingOfAssyria_IIVI]

@@zoomgallygally R9 claims he tried. It was weird that the fit happen, R9 is always calm, even as a youngster. President of the Brazil football fed walked into the dressing room before that final an he got paid out big after. R9 wore nike on his neck. Rivaldo kicked the ball out while losing 2-0 as sportsmanship for an injured French player and Edmundo lost his shit at him. Why was Romario kicked out before that WC?? Just weird

[@thandomvimbi1558]

My favorite player of all time, 1st time seeing him was in 1997 in a friendly between us (South Africa) vs France he came as a sub with Ibrahim Ba, I remember watching him mesmerizing South Africa we were leading the game 1-0 but after they came in they scored 2 quick goals, Zizou assisted both goals, I remember we all called him Zidane Zidane, I followed his career after that, I remember again WC against SA again then Saudi Arabia after that I was sold that he is the best ever, who can forget his Euro 2000 performance especially against Spain and Portugal. Zizou and Henry my best players of all time

[@stupiditiusmaximus]

Zidane's story was quite interesting (Day 5 of asking for a video about Cafu)

[@iop2022]

14:19 "kung-fu kicking a fan..." That one was crazy!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I bet it was a headline in most of football newspapers back then. I've only started watching Zidane when he was at the end of his career and I was just a child. So, watching this video is really awesome to get to know how humble his career start was and how great he became as a player. Great video, fellow!!!

[@FituraD.Crocks]

14:19 Eric Cantona is a crazy person . 😂 He don't play he Never let nobody disrespect him. Even that team rival fan taught because Cantona is on live. He won't kick his ass.😅

[@donquixote3927]

If Cantona hadn’t done that Kung Fu kick, he would have won 5 English league titles in a row.

[@zonki]

Finally a video that football world deserved. The real GOAT football genius

[@YourFootballZone]

What a player he was bro! I remember having a Madrid Zidane shirt, iconic! 🔥

[@juandedomenico4306]

Zidane is one of my favorite players of all time. Most elegant touch ever.

[@youssefgmail7]

Yes, zidane was the most elegant player and look up Romario also

[@aletsatsaras]

Fantastic stuff here once again! Your videos are pure gold! These are aspects of Zidane that are not known to masses. Thanks for sharing all of them. I'm also hoping for a Redondo daily dose some day! Keep going!

[@shafta2010]

Only yesterday someone reminded me that zizu was a late bloomer your timing is impeccable. I love learning the history of these great players.

[@trunter20]

You make these football stories sound absolutely beautiful and inspiring man. Love your stuff ❤👏

[@MessixPrashant]

Personally I'm Messi fan but after Messi he is best for me🐐 My dad is huge of Zidane and Ronaldo nazario❤️✨

[@garythefishable]

I'm not old enough to have seen the OG's but of the players I have seen Messi and Zidane are undoubtedly the best.

[@MrGts92]

😂😂😂 Messi fan. Messi TV fan

[@paradoxmartin1283]

Zidane was better . And players like r9, and Ronaldinho were better footballers than messi and cr7! Don't let recency bias fool you

[@senyaistube6392]

​@@paradoxmartin1283R9 and Ronaldinho are legends no doubt but Ronaldinho who made us all watch football with smile and awe had a short peak compared to the others and R9 was mostly a wizard in the box and was unlucky due to injuries. Zidane and Messi are on another level as they peaked for a long time and were both pure 10s with Messi shifting between RW and F9 according to team. They both has the ability to control the tempo of matches and score a bucketload of goals. Didn't get to watch Pele, Maradona and Cryuff so no idea on them.

[@michelvangastel1727]

Honestly, Messi is nothing like Zidane: the elegance, the visionary passing, the physical strength (Zidane is a fairly tall guy), a ridiculously great first touch and leadership skill (you became encouraged when playing with him on your side). Messi is great dribbler but is not comparable to Zidane in the sense that he never carried a mediocre team to glory as Zidane and Maradona did in their times. 90's football was magical when putting it against the matches today (more spread of great players instead of them being at one club)

[@sabalipeaceandpatience9264]

I see Zidane, I click.

[@Oyabin20]

not gonna lie, your best one yet, gave me goosebumps at the start. bom trabalho

[@Itachiii077]

Gretest cam of all time 🛐 The goat of France ❤️

[@unbrickable4713]

Fifa fan Maradona is also the goat midfielder

[@Itachiii077]

@@unbrickable4713 im not a fifa fan bc, Zizou is the gretest cam of all time 👍🏻

[@varshkietukas]

Amazing videos bro, keep uploading them.

[@snakesson]

When Zidane headbutted the dude, I knew he was a goat.

[@DailyDoseOfFootballYT]

Damn it took you until the last game of his career?

[@joelmutagwaba255]

​@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT Because goats headbutt😂😂

[@thandomvimbi1558]

😂😂😂😂

[@franciscamwaura]

😂😂

[@dubbleg2932]

@snakesson clever and underrated comment 😂

[@Velxcity]

i love your vids bro please make one on inzaghi

[@davidcribbs2]

I discovered him while watching a Bordeaux match on TV, probably around 1993. I didn't know anything about Bdx, Dugarry, Lizarazu or Zidane, but after one match, I knew he was for real. And Bdx with those three was fun to watch!

[@axelaznar5475]

I love that you always try to take us back to when football was special

[@BeatsDownGaming]

There used to be a roundabout of Europe's top leagues back in the day on Eurosport every Monday night. That's when I first saw Zidane when he was playing for Bordeaux against Betis in Europe. I distinctly remember him smashing a volley left-footed from about 50 yards out straight into the goal.

[@theghostofbabanovac7069]

The show was named Eurogoals and YES Zidane is overrated

[@TheOfficialRamVenkatakrishnan]

OMG this was what I needed today.... WHAT A MAN! WHAT A PLAYER!

[@Alorio-Gori]

This Video wow! Zidance was truly different.

[@catalinv.6473]

My favorite football player of all time, great video, thank you !

[@ibrahimchowdhury9779]

Lucas you been killing it with the videos as of late!

[@DailyDoseOfFootballYT]

Thanks man, I've somehow been putting in even more effort into researching ever since the Alex video but ngl I'm overworking myself into oblivion

[@1KriticalShoota]

WE NEED A PART TWO FOR THIS ! CUZ THIS IS A MASTERPIECE 🔥🔥

[@LepiMicca1Shatro]

How can there be a show about football, and the FIRST episode not be IL GENIO SAVICEVIC!!!

[@garthmanuel5701]

this man vids are genuis

[@tranquilo_amigo]

I used to get the chills watching him play when I was a kid

[@arifarafatgamer006]

I in the hospital when this vid got uploaded but honestly I love this vid❤❤

[@penaldosewey]

bro defeated golden generation of brazil 2 times

[@shaikhrehan5081]

Zidane is the best midfielder to ever play the game❤ . Idk why people iqnore him .

[@chicow97]

ótimo story telling! de tempos em tempos fico viciado no teu canal. abraço do brasil

[@lefterisatheras5918]

Not many people realise that Zidane has scored the BEST GOAL EVER BOTH IN CLUB & INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL. For a goal to be of real value it also has to mean something, it does not have to be just elegant. Because who cares about a friendly match ? Everyone tries staff in those. UCL Final 2002: Other than the insane beauty of this shot, it is the goal that gave Real Madrid the cup WC Final 2006: In the actual final, he stepped up to hit a penalty against the legendary Buffon... and humilitated like a rookie with the most insanely technical and perfect penalty kick ever

[@guillermosingto9143]

The Legend ❤

[@bennol.7532]

Brother i came here to thanks you for your video about Gyokeres👌 first because you convinced me about with all your input en second i place a bet because of it. Thank you sir 😉

[@WikidB1985]

Thank You for all Stories!!!

[@BoldSoulSports]

Soo,...😀📺👀Good content bro

[@monkey-life]

Thanks for the historical footage of a young Yazid, never knew this was his name. Truly a rough diamond that needed polishing, thank God that Monsieur Varraud crossed paths with him for the 2nd time.

[@gilgameshkingofheroes2042]

Zidane went to top level football at 25 and retired at 33, but look what a legacy he left in such short time. This is why he's called a genius.

[@nchimunyangandu6081]

Please when doing these videos be mindful of what their end result, I got soo emotional that I shed a tear or two. Great stuff 👏

[@MrB59B]

This and the SQUIDD commentary, are just magnificent. I could auto play these Chanels on 6 hours drive trip and get inspired.

[@MrCurlyMagic]

Amazing!

[@MrCuntacular2]

Bro, your storytelling is fucking incredible. Appreciate the top tier content.

[@onlyonemaverick]

Best CAM till date

[@studentloandebt7598]

People put too much pressure on youngsters these days saying there done and they are only 22. Most people don't even know that xavi (25 or 26 at the time ) sat on the beach for whole 2006 champions League final. He would have considered a dead baller if social media was prevalent during that time

[@SkullCrusher480]

Xavi was a young prodigy. He faced Manchester United bravely in 1999.

[@babibau2781]

Zidane 1 of the reason why i love football until today. Thank you legend!!

[@NetherworldDesigns]

He was my inspiration when I was a kid and wanted to be a striker but had better vision and passes than anyone, sad with my 7 shirt instead of the 10. My trainer showed me him and that where I understood it's a team game and that I can be good as well. Since then he's been my favorite player, his way of playing is second to none, what a Goat.

[@beachgaara]

I remember a long time ago back in Manchester hearing a story of how Cantona begged Ferguson to sign him, so United made an enquiry and said he'd be on RW mostly, so Zidane said no and United signed Poborsky instead...

[@Yaktsu6521]

Awesome video

[@mightymousse9854]

My GOAT. Used to play football and fell in love with it when I was accidentally watching the guy at the '98 WC ❤

[@soulaimanfelix]

Good day when Lucas uploads

[@DailyDoseOfFootballYT]

Thanks man!

[@foot805]

​@@DailyDoseOfFootballYTI want to start KZbin because of Lucas you the GOAT 🐐

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@@DailyDoseOfFootballYTcan you make a video about Jan Ceulemans ?

[@ItsShahed17]

Zidane and R9 are on the same level, and both are way beyond Ronaldinho. I seriously cannot believe people think Ronaldinho was on the same level as those two. Ronaldinho was flashy but he'd never dribbled like R9 and never understood the game like Zidane.

[@subzfit]

My hero!! I met him when he came to South Africa in 2009 and I was shocked to shake his hand and take a pic with him. I moulded my game after him. The greatest of all time

[@jooja]

Brilliant storytelling!

[@TaskForce_911]

Fun Fact : Cruyff claimed he verbally agreed a deal with Zidane in 1996, but pulled the plug on the move when the Catalans sacked him. At that time he was playing for Bordeaux Imagine that pairing of Romario and Zidane, also in the future with Figo, Prime Ronaldo, Stoichkov

[@pandithammultilingualcompu1552]

Awesome 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@paradoxmartin1283]

This just enhanced my admiration for him! He had to do it the hard way and for me ; ive never seen a better footballer!

[@legendarycheekymonkey]

There is always a debate on who is the GOAT and the usual suspects always come up but when you think of it in terms of position, nobody is close to Zidane. He was the ultimate goalscoring playmaker. It was like he could see a few seconds into the future and slow down time. He did stuff with his weak foot that most players can't do with their strong foot. Technique, magnifique.

[@neeleshc5527]

Zidane is no doubt best MidFielder of all time !! No doubt ... He was perfect example of elegance in football..... I still loved his style of play..

[@asaptenebrae2240]

J'apprécie le fait que Vous essayez de dire les noms correctement. Merci et bonne continuation 🦾

[@dieu-mercilubini9707]

What a legend of a man !

[@brosephyolonarovichstalin2915]

My favourite player ever. So unique. He really did have four hands and no feet. Just poetry in motion.

[@winky1751]

Your neightbours are still sleeping? 😁 Great video btw. I remember the "Bordeaux period" lots of French people who loves Football knew that this player was a true genius. Cheers!

[@joelmutagwaba255]

I didn't listen to any of this because I wasn't told, "So, listen to this..."

[@roberteastwood6937]

Great story...again😁

[@ApostoL5]

This video made me shed tears

[@babixillo]

i'm impressed how you made player photos look like their lookalike in every thumbnail

[@ditiditi1843]

Zidane was a surgeon....ronaldinho was a dancer....r9 a beast!

[@3dQQ]

as milan fans ,when i see zizou play agains us was mesmerizing..

[@vizothalrote1270]

Stan man should watch this

[@gamewondertv7934]

Please do a video on Miroslav Klose or Filippo Inzaghi next

[@marynabukeera6498]

My Goat 🐐

[@thegoodgunner]

first time i saw zidane play when Luis Fernandez took over AS Cannes as coach when they were near bottom league 2 ,one of the first match they play under Luis fernandez was on TV and they were so good, plenty of young player, by the end of the season they won the league

[@Raydensheraj]

Remember him playing at Girondins Bordeaux... against Bayern München in the Uefa Cup final. With a phenomenal Lizarazu in his team...

[@Kamva-nm8bt]

That’s why I believe players like Bellingham Saka Foden is too early to call them world class look how long it took for Zidane to be called world class

[@Razormiller]

Back then it was totally different. We had no internet etc. It was very very rare to see French football(unless you lived in France) on TV.... It was rare to see any foreign football other than English and Italian(huge back then) football. So Zidane was relatively unknown even tho he had done well in Europe. I remember in the build up to Euro 96 there was a lot of hype about him as Juve had just signed him. People were very excited to see him. To see how good he was. He was tipped at that stage to be a great player. He actually flopped during those Euros. People were expecting more. However he then went on to show everyone what a beautiful footballer he was at Juve, Real and for France. A total footballing legend.

[@lipn123]

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[@peppaiscool3996]

Too true... Too true. 🙏

[@lkhalil5181]

Is it just me or most of the best playmakers in history are the silent/introvert type? Zizou, Bergkamp, Ozil, Pirlo, Xavi, Iniesta. And of course, Messi.

[@alberthochschulz5524]

Thanks for the 'quotes' written on the screen every 5 sec. Thank God soeone takes care of my dissability to listen and watch at the same time

[@StriderYGO]

The GOAT

[@tusharkumar8750]

I like him the most cause he was a big stage player, Maybe he didn't score the amount the Goals like any other Player but when big tournaments came like FIFA He was a different Beast. His performance in 1998 and 2006 vs Brazil was 🔥🔥

[@patricknjoroge2756]

The legendary master of the game the greatest midfield to ever be 💯👌

[@michelrogowski2950]

As a Frenchman we knew him before Juventus but nobody could have imagine what is career would have Becomed 😯😯

[@bycorentin]

Great video but trust me growing up in france at that time. Once he started playing for Bordeaux the whole country quickly realized he was that guy and that first goal first game for france no one forgot

[@depekthegreat359]

Algerian legendary player(in reality) who became French legendary player would have easily being signed by some of the top footballing clubs in the past but he was an iconic legend to be playing the sport extremely so well,good friends!!!LONG LIVE ZINEDINE ZIDANE SIR!!!🏋‍♂️

[@netking767]

It's the way you tell stories bro.... do you write the scripts yourself? This stuff is amazing!

[@notfunny007]

English isn't even his first language, it's incredible

[@ArielBerdugo]

Campion. Lo quiero mucho.

[@walkingwiener3571]

He was just pure magic

[@EVE101Patt]

besides his amazing story you can't unsee the commodore ad at 7:25 🤩