🚨Zinedine Zidane on his conversation with Michael Olise before bringing him on against Belgium: 🗣️ Zidane: “Michael was sitting on the bench with his duvet completely covered up. I looked at him and thought, ‘Does this guy realise we’re losing 1-0 at home?’ [laughs] I didn’t want to say anything to him at first. But at half-time, I called him over and said, ‘Michael, I want you to come on because I want you to help us win this game.’ His answer surprised me. He looked at me and said, ‘Boss, I don’t need 90 minutes to win this game. Give me 30 or 40 minutes and I’ll win it.’ I asked him, ‘What do you mean?’ He said, ‘Look at how they’re defending. They’re compact around Dembélé and Akliouche. They’re protecting certain areas, and I already know where the spaces are. Give me the time and I’ll find a way to hurt them.’ I just looked at him and said, ‘Okay. Let’s see.’ At around the 60th minute, I called him and said, ‘Michael, it’s time.’ He looked at me and said, ‘Coach, don’t worry. I don’t need a warm-up. I’m already warm.’ He stood up and walked straight to the touchline. The funny thing is, I didn’t even have many instructions for him. I just wanted him to go and play his football. As he was coming on, Ousmane Dembélé came off and handed him the captain’s armband. I heard Ousmane say to him, ‘Go and win this game.’ And from the moment Michael stepped onto the pitch, I could feel something had changed. Suddenly Belgium were dropping deeper. They were turning. They were running towards their own goal instead of ours. Seventeen minutes later, Doué scored. Four minutes after that, Cherki made it 2-1. Then Michael scored. Two minutes later, he scored again. I was standing there scratching my head thinking, ‘This kid actually told me he was going to win the game.’ That’s the part I love about Michael. It wasn’t arrogance. He had already watched the game for 60 minutes from the bench and understood exactly where the spaces were. He didn’t come on hoping the game would change. He came on knowing how he was going to change it.” [ This is the source @UTD_Seth001 ]#france #olise #belgium #creatorsearchinsights #capcut - @anyi.manchester.u