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The uncharitable would say David Beckham is soccer's version of Anna Kournikova — a moderately-gifted player who's received disproportionate media coverage and multi-million endorsement deals because of his drop-dead good looks, photogenic fashion statements and pop-star significant other.
It doesn't hurt to have a hit movie named after you — Bend It Like Roberto Carlos doesn't quite have the same zing to it, now does it? But what's Beckham done to live up to all that hype? Indeed, chatty critics might add that the only scoring he's done recently is when the other side is female and willing.
That's not being entirely fair. Beckham is a talented young man, capable of producing moments of sublime beauty and magical goals, like the last-minute free-kick against Greece which took England through to the 2002 World Cup Finals. It's hardly his fault that he's a marketing manager's dream come true.
Even so, it's blasphemous to even speak of him in the same breath as that sorcerer called Zinedine Zidane. They may play for the same club, Real Madrid, but the fact is that Zidane belongs to a very different league. Zidane is right up there with the all-time greats: Pele, Maradona, Cryuff, Yashin, Beckenbauer, Puskas. Beckham has a long way to go, and he's not getting any younger.
At his sublime best, Zidane is mesmerising. He doesn't just control the midfield, he lords over it. The ball-play is breathtaking, the passes pinpoint, the finishing devastating. It's not for nothing that he's been FIFA's world player of the year thrice — in 1998, 2000 and 2003. Beckham's still waiting to pick up his first such honour.
More importantly, Zidane's laurels contribute to his team's greater glory. He was the undisputed star of both the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000, and France won in both tournaments. Most good players can pull off a match-winning performance or two; it takes greatness to sustain outstanding brilliance over an entire tournament. Zidane has done it time and again.
One could argue that Beckham suffers in comparison because Britain is a much weaker team than France. But you only have to remember how an injury to Zidane wrecked France's hopes in the 2002 World Cup to understand just how instrumental he is to his team's success.
Still not convinced? Hark back to the recent England vs France match which he won single-handedly for his team. The same match, remember, in which Beckham missed a crucial penalty. Beckham promises. Zidane delivers. End of story.
I agree with this article 100%, how about you?
It doesn't hurt to have a hit movie named after you — Bend It Like Roberto Carlos doesn't quite have the same zing to it, now does it? But what's Beckham done to live up to all that hype? Indeed, chatty critics might add that the only scoring he's done recently is when the other side is female and willing.
That's not being entirely fair. Beckham is a talented young man, capable of producing moments of sublime beauty and magical goals, like the last-minute free-kick against Greece which took England through to the 2002 World Cup Finals. It's hardly his fault that he's a marketing manager's dream come true.
Even so, it's blasphemous to even speak of him in the same breath as that sorcerer called Zinedine Zidane. They may play for the same club, Real Madrid, but the fact is that Zidane belongs to a very different league. Zidane is right up there with the all-time greats: Pele, Maradona, Cryuff, Yashin, Beckenbauer, Puskas. Beckham has a long way to go, and he's not getting any younger.
At his sublime best, Zidane is mesmerising. He doesn't just control the midfield, he lords over it. The ball-play is breathtaking, the passes pinpoint, the finishing devastating. It's not for nothing that he's been FIFA's world player of the year thrice — in 1998, 2000 and 2003. Beckham's still waiting to pick up his first such honour.
More importantly, Zidane's laurels contribute to his team's greater glory. He was the undisputed star of both the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000, and France won in both tournaments. Most good players can pull off a match-winning performance or two; it takes greatness to sustain outstanding brilliance over an entire tournament. Zidane has done it time and again.
One could argue that Beckham suffers in comparison because Britain is a much weaker team than France. But you only have to remember how an injury to Zidane wrecked France's hopes in the 2002 World Cup to understand just how instrumental he is to his team's success.
Still not convinced? Hark back to the recent England vs France match which he won single-handedly for his team. The same match, remember, in which Beckham missed a crucial penalty. Beckham promises. Zidane delivers. End of story.
I agree with this article 100%, how about you?
at tennis.She got all her money from marketing deals.
when he's playing in a position he is used to and when he does the tasks he knows how to do.
.He doesn't fit there.
lol
shocking eh? 
