I did watch both play and frankly “better” is not a metric. That’s subjective. Were they “prettier”? Maybe. So were Setien’s Betis. Doesn’t mean squat if you don’t win. Zidane’s (first) Real Madrid side were statistically superior on what counts. Winning.
Total nonsense. Pep won 14 trophies in his 4 years (including a sextuple and two CL/Liga doubles). In the league he won 3 straight titles, with point totals of 87, 99 and 96. Even in his last season they came second with 91 points.
Zidane came second in his 1st season with 90 points (let’s waive that because he took over half way through and improved the team). Second year they won with 93. But in the last year (2018) they came 3rd with 76 points, Real Madrid’s lowest points total for 10 years. Luckily for him, they got the job done in the CL.
In the CL, Barca won 2 out of three with some legendary performances (and that does matter despite your desire to reduce everything to numbers like you’re some kind of joyless automaton; football is a spectator sport, it’s entertainment. How you play matters). The record was Won/SF/Won/SF.
So because ZZ did a bit better in one competition (3 to 2) and way worse in every other competition, his team was ‘statistically superior’? Do me a favour mate.
PS: this one is doing an arguably equally good job of trying to emulate that, I must add.
Remains to be seen. If they pull it off then you’ve got to give Zidane his flowers for sure. Not relevant to this discussion though
PPS: Zidane’s record with Real Madrid in CL 2-legged ties speaks for itself. Just check how many he’s lost (just one). That’s a sign of a team that’s mentally elite beyond anything that Pep’s Barca achieved.
As I’ve said, Pep’s Barca went Won, SF, Won, SF. That is only slightly worse than Zidane’s 3peat record. And Barca did way better in every other competition at the same time so I’m not really sure what you’re talking about here.