Zidane still feels Ronaldo is the world's best player

Zidane still feels Ronaldo is the world's best player

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has given an exclusive interview to ‘Record’ in Mexico. Among other things, he compared Barcelona star Lionel Messi to Real Madrid leader Cristiano Ronaldo.

Asked who was the best player in the world, Zidane said, among other things, that “Cristiano Ronaldo is the best. You can say a lot of things about Ronaldo, but in his heart he’s a good person.” 

He added: “Messi is the opposite to Ronaldo and that rivalry is good for football, it is what the people want to see."

Zidane recognised that he had “never thought about being one day a manager. Never. No-one expected this. Now I have a different pressure to when I was on the pitch and I could resolve things.”

The French coach highlighted that he has a great crop of players to help him at Madrid: “I have a sensational team, I am really pleased with them. We prepared to win all our games - that’s the challenge at Real Madrid.”