The best player in the semifinals? Of course, Zinedine Zidane.

Zidane’s creative play and match-winning spot-kick in the 33rd minute earned him top votes from seven out of the website’s nine language channels. The three-time FIFA World Player of the Year was most popular among Korean readers, who gave him 70 per cent of their votes, and Chinese readers, from whom he received 53 per cent of the votes.

Interestingly, the two exceptions to the ‘Zizou’ love-fest were the French and Italian versions of the site. French fans seemed to have greater appreciation for the contributions of centre-back Lillian Thuram, who took 33 per cent of the Gallic votes as compared to Zidane’s 30 per cent.

Source: WCoffsite