“He’s similar to Zidane” – Super Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro hails outstanding 21-year-old star

The Portuguese supervisor has intensive soccer expertise working at Sporting Lisbon, Porto, Actual Madrid, and the Venezuela nationwide group

Tremendous Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro has likened the qualities of Benfica teen Enzo Fernández to these of retired French playmaker Zinedine Zidane.

Argentine dazzler Enzo Fernández has been a revelation for Benfica within the Portuguese high flight since becoming a member of from River Plate for €12 million.

Fernández’s excellent contributions have helped Benfica rise to the highest of the league desk and qualify for the knockout part of the Champions League on the expense of Juventus.

And in a chat with Portuguese sports activities newspaper A Bola (through El Comentario), Peseiro reveals his admiration for the younger attacking midfielder.

Peseiro factors out similarities between the best way Enzo and French nice Zidane performed. Peseiro labored with Zidane, the 1998 FIFA World Cup winner, when he was supervisor Carlos Queiroz’s assistant at Actual Madrid in the course of the 2003/2004 season.

In accordance with the Tremendous Eagles tactician, Fernández’s “stunning passes and imaginative and prescient” are “much like these of Zidane, who generally resolved a scenario simply by how he acquired the ball.”

Peseiro is surprised by the extent, maturity, and high quality of Fernández, claiming that the gifted playmaker is “completely stunning”, particularly contemplating his younger age.

“Enzo is 21 years previous? Both it’s a lie, or he’s nice!” Peseiro said.

An indispensable asset at Benfica, Fernández is at the moment valued at 22 million euros.