Zidane is legend plain and simple and is a great (mostly) all round player. Beckham is better at him in a few factors of play but Zidane is just amazing at all aspects of the game rather than Beckham who is only good at crossing and set pieces (corners, Fk's, pens)
beckham really aint that good a FK's and Pens, look how often he just hits the wall, he'll do it like 9 times outa 10, and lets not even go into his pens, lateley they have been poor.
i think Kaka is the most player that can match Zidane. Eventhough Gerrard is very good, but i think Kaka has more skills that can be compared to Zidane.
Zidane is a pure arab talent, and everytime you see him dribbling the ball, you feel that he is using a magnet or something. Awesome player. Despite him winning several medals before Ronaldinho era with Barcelona, but his talent cant be measured by number of medals nor the play situation.
So i think the players that can be some how compared to Zidane are:
1- Kaka
2- Gerrard/ Ballack
3- Messi/ Deco
4- Totti (when he plays as an offensive midfielder).
better than beckham is arguable. but comparing them to zidane is....:drinks_drunk:Plain and simple. Zidane.
You should have said other names than Beckham to compare with a legend like Zidane. examples; Ronaldinho, Gerrard, Deco, Ballack, Lampard, Messi (all of them are better than Beckham tbh).
not in free kicks and penalties.Beckham beats Zidane only in crossing. He gets owned everywhere else.
.....phantom already replied.beckham really aint that good a FK's and Pens, look how often he just hits the wall, he'll do it like 9 times outa 10, and lets not even go into his pens, lateley they have been poor.
please remove maradona. the only player i can add to the legends list right now is henry.when they were playing at madrid beckham went on record as saying that zidane was the best player in the world.zidane is up there with maradona ,pele and beckenbauer true masters of their art.If you wanted to compare an englishman to zidane you should have chosen gerrard.Gerrard can't dribble like zidane but he can play on the right wing,as an offensive midfielder, as a defensive midfielder and as a second striker.When gerrard is on top form you'll get the impression that liverpool are playing with 12 or13 players instead of 11.