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[Adidas on youtube] Zidane to Messi: "It's true there are only a few No 10s left. Well, thank goodness you still play and the No. 10 still exists." (alien.top)

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[–] Kal-Kent@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

My favorite quote in the interview is “Scoring a goal in the World Cup final is the best thing ever,right? Both of us can say that”

But I was told the world cup was a 7 game tournament 😭

[–] resurgum@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Zidane scored in two finals as well… Not many can say they did.

[–] Evazzion@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

TimelineCR7 would be furious rn watching this interview

[–] chessshen@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

a 7 game tournament without a mistake tho you can come back if you make a mistake in CL but you never come back if u make a mistake at world cup beside this all nations play at that tournament you can't just play with the same strategy

[–] Boollish@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I think there's more nuance to the 7 game tournament thing.

Realistically, the World Cup needs to be fit into a period of 2-3 weeks for logistical and tv rights reasons. And as well, a single elimination tournament format is not the best way to judge the quality of a team. There are a lot of ways the format is a poorer judge of the question "which country is best at soccer" than, for example, a more traditional league format would be.

Another example is that giant slaying is fun in single elimination domestic cups, but the first division is always a better indication of team quality.

None of this takes away from winning the trophy.