#2 Best man for Madrid
Apropos to the earlier slide, managing the big names is what is important at a club like Madrid which is adorned with stars. Madrid are a team with a bunch of players that don’t need to be taught how to kick the ball around.
What they need is someone who brings them together while keeping a positive environment in the dressing room. Zidane does that and he has reaped the rewards for it.
His silverware cabinet speaks for itself. He may not have churned out the best of systems and his Madrid side may not be the most beautiful or dominant team in Europe, but 20 years later, no-one will remember which team played the most beautiful football.
All that will be spoken of are the titles won – and Madrid have carved out this decade and made it their own.
Beautiful football without trophies or disjointed football with trophies – what would you choose?