French volleyball team libero Grebennikov explained why Zidane became his childhood idol

Libero of the French volleyball team and Saint Petersburg “Zenith » Jenia Grebennikov on he explained why the former footballer of the French team, world champion Zinedine Zidane is his childhood idol.

— Your childhood idol is Zinedine Zidane. For what?

“I just like the way he plays.” Everything is clear. Beautiful. When you look at it, it seems that playing football is very simple.

— Do you know each other personally?

– No. It will happen one day, I hope.

— Do you know how you personally surpassed Zidane?

– I have number ten, just like him. But at Zenit it was not possible to take this number. In France, Italy and Germany, I always played with number ten, like Zidane.

– He doesn’t have the title of Olympic champion, but you do.

– Yes, it’s true! But he could win it! – Grebennikov said in a special report by Yegor Gelver “How is it in Russian?” on .

Zhenya Grebennikov, as a member of the French national team, won the European Championship, World League, Nations League and the 2020 Olympics. The 33-year-old volleyball player is the son of the famous volleyball player and Soviet coach Boris Grebennikov. He has been playing for Zenit since 2021.