Former Betis Seville player, Juan SABAS keeps a very bad memory of Zinedine Zidane.
Despite the great rivalry between the two clubs, Betis Seville suffers from comparison with Sevilla FC. If he won a title of Spanish champion in 1935, Betis has never won the slightest European title and the Ligue Conference final disputed last May was even the first of the Verdiblancos.
Player from Betis Seville for three seasons, Juan Sabas also keeps a very bad memory of his European experience with the Andalusian club. The fault of … Zinedine Zidane. Opposed in Bordeaux in the round of 16 of the UEFA Cup, Betis Seville had indeed been crucified by an incredible lob triggered from the midfield by the French.
“Personally, the elimination that hurt me the most was that against the Girondins de Bordeaux de Zinedine Zidane when I played for Real Betis. We played against a team that was not a big name either, Zidane was already an international player, but not that of Juventus and Real Madrid … and we were eliminated by his fault “, he told Jot Down.
Zinedine Zidane “won them the match”
“We had lost 2-0 to go, we intended to overthrow the tide despite the fact that it was very difficult for us and as soon as we started, he took a ball, hit him from the center of the field and scored a magnificent goal, he continued. It is true that I have no great memories of Europe because we have almost always been eliminated too early. »»
“He won them the match there with his way of playing and his level of football was not yet the one we saw in Juve or Real Madrid. On this match, we realized it late because we did not analyze our opponents in depth as we do today, we were surprised and they attacked us, he still remembered.
Besides, the Girondins had good players and not only Zidane, even if it was a player of another dimension and a great personality. He asked for all the balloons, he wanted to play, he had extraterrestrial checks. »»
