Comments on: Soundoff: Remaking Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait.

By: BHE

BHE — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:58:54 +0000

I can only think of Wayne Rooney, but I doubt he will be a new Zinedine Zidane

By: arshavinist

arshavinist — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:32:13 +0000

The Rooney NASCAR observation is priceless.

By: MoMONEY

MoMONEY — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:46:53 +0000

Some of these suggestions are quite insane… This is Zinedine friggin Zidane we are talking about. Gourcuff is similar but nowhere near the same level… Nobody really. Id pick iniesta of Xavi though….

By: Lawrence Taylor

Lawrence Taylor — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:58:42 +0000

I’d take Iniesta over Zidane anyday. Zidane is overated in my opinion.

By: AMERICA#1

AMERICA#1 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:46:58 +0000

Kyle Beckerman. Hands down. So obvious. You talk about poise, grace, composure… great hair, ball skill, and rigorous competition… you think of Kyle Beckerman. I’d watch him for 90 days. Plus he won the world championship in soccerball last year. so definitely Kyle Beckerman, what a great soccerball player man.

By: Mustafa

Mustafa — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:33:46 +0000

Luka Modric = the love of my life

By: moka

moka — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:49:36 +0000

inzaghi :D

By: Vivek

Vivek — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:37:21 +0000

Guti :P

By: mlyons

mlyons — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:11:28 +0000

Totti.

By: Kev

Kev — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:54:41 +0000

It really depends on the type of film you’re wanting to see. Everyone’s suggestions above are excellent choices each in their own right. What amazed me about the Zidane film was how little he was involved in the game. Most of the movie was him walking, not talking. Then explode into action for a few seconds and then back to walking. It made the times where he was running with the ball and creating that much more special.

If you’re looking to create a similar movie to Zidane using a player from today, you could not go with a Cesc or a Xavi because they are involved almost anytime their teams have the ball (although I would LOVE to watch just both for 90 minutes). Messi springs to mind as one option. Maybe Ibrahimovic. What about Beckham for star quality? Totti, Ballack seem like other similar options.