{"id":929141,"date":"2026-04-30T19:40:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/929141\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T19:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:40:23","slug":"france-legend-compares-bayern-star-olise-to-zidane-fcbinside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/929141\/","title":{"rendered":"France legend compares Bayern star Olise to Zidane &#8211; FCBinside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Michael Olise is currently playing at an absolutely high level and is not only delighting FC Bayern fans, but also various experts. In France, he is already being compared to the greatest players this nation has produced <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old once again played at a very high level in the Champions League semi-final away in Paris, scoring to equalize the score at 2:2 and keeping Nuno Mendes busy throughout the match<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no wonder that his performance was again rated extremely highly after this game. Christophe Dugarry, himself a former world champion with France, believes Olise will have a very impressive career and is delighted<\/p>\n<p>Dugarry raves about Michael Olise<\/p>\n<p>\u201eWe don\u2019t realize what we\u2019re witnessing, he\u2019s an exceptional player,\u201c former professional Dugarry praised the Munich attacking star on RMC Sport and drew a big comparison: \u201eI might be going a bit too far, but I think this guy has something of Zizou, in his somewhat casual way of controlling the ball, playing with his body, moving between the lines, in his overview of the game.\u201c<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1342602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/imago1043966630h.jpg\" title=\"imago1043966630h\" alt=\"Zinedine Zidane\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\"\/>photo: IMAGO<\/p>\n<p>A comparison with Zin\u00e9dine Zidane is pretty much the highest praise you can get for a player from France. And the Bayern star is no one-hit wonder, having also put in some very good performances last season. He is constantly developing and adding new dimensions to his game<\/p>\n<p>Dugarry is certain: \u201eWe are witnessing the birth of a star. We are only at the beginning of his talent. He really has something special. He can simply do everything! Yes, he can score goals, play passes, he is as quick as an arrow \u2026 Who has ever given Nuno Mendes as much trouble as he has? Nobody! We are at the beginning of something gigantic.\u201c So it is no wonder that many experts believe Olise will have a say in the Ballon D\u2019Or.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Olise is currently playing at an absolutely high level and is not only delighting FC Bayern fans,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":929142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,36,67400,19220],"class_list":["post-929141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-france","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-france","tag-michael-olise","tag-zinedine-zidane"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116495361064808278","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=929141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/929142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=929141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=929141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}