At a meeting promoted by the sports equipment supplier that sponsors the two football legends, Messi and Zidane met to talk about football.
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In a video published on Thursday (9), both lamented the near extinction of the number 10 position.
It’s not a position like it used to be, the leader, the midfielder. From the link player, as we used to say”, said Lionel Messi.
There are only a few 10 left. Today they are transformed into false ends or wingers. Our 10 Argentine, like Riquelme or Aimar, there are few or almost none. A lot was lost – concluded Messi, after mentioning Maradona in the chat between world champions.
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Zidane, who was Messi’s rival as a player and coach at Real Madrid, agreed and said that the Argentine, now at Inter Miami, is one of the last examples.
“What a 10 has to have is a little magic, like you. He is the team leader, he has to create. It’s what you have, you see it before everyone else. That to me is the difference”, concluded Zidade.
Messi and Zidane exchanged the shirts with which they won the 2022 and 1998 World Cups, respectively. The Argentine recently won his eighth Ballon d’Or, and the Frenchman has one.