But very few short, skilful players in his position have ever succeeded in England for an extended period. Gianfranco Zola is the obvious exception, a player who for all his lack of height carried with him an air of seasoned Papa Smurf-ish authority. But otherwise the most successful attackers have all been physically exceptional in some way: Thierry Henry was a gloriously flukish hybrid of athleticism and craft. Wayne Rooney, David Ginola, Didier Drogba, Eric Cantona: all of them have an air of uncowed physicality, bouncers who also play the piano.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:34:08 +0000
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