Why Rayan Cherki draws comparisons with Zinedine Zidane

Lebeouf, another World Cup winner from 1998, said Cherki is "a little bit like Zizou. The skill that he shows reminds me sometimes of Zinedine. It's true. But of course, you can put also Maradona in there and all those players who know how to work." He contrasted Cherki with so‑called street footballers, citing Hatem Ben Arfa as an example: "the problem with those players is what I call street footballers, they were born in the street, they got the skills in the street but they don't have the tactics.

They forgot the tactics. Hatem Ben Arfa was like that. He was giving the ball either too early or too late." By contrast, "Rayan Cherki seems to understand the tactics, seems to understand when to listen to the music. Because football is music. You know when you have to slow down and when you have to accelerate.

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