It is not always easy to pick a star of the game in a 0-0 tie, but in the Chelsea-AC Milan match, take a look why we selected Gianfranco Zola of Chelsea as our top star.

• The diagram above is the Dynamic Spine of Zola #25.
• A Dynamic Spine illustrates the general location where players were playing and the connections between that player and his teammates.
• Each player icon in Dynamic Spine represents the center of the zone where the player was covering based on actual ball touches.
• The thickness of the lines represent the frequency of ball passes between players, i.e., the thicker the line, the more passes between the players.
• Please refer to the legend below the field itself

• Zola's spine shows that he linked with all the Chelsea halfbacks. Also significant is the connection Zola had with the offensive minded Babayaro (#3).
• Milan's defense left few openings for Zola to get through. Zola made himself more effective by playing further away from the goal and his defensive markers to show himself for his midfielders.
• Zola had the largest player range of any player in the match, covering both the left and right sides of the field. He was also active near the midfield stripe and naturally near the Milan goal.

• The two charts above are detailed analyses of Zolas passes based on SoftSports revolutionary technology for tracking player and ball locations.
• The chart on the left shows where Zola completed his 36 passes while the chart on the right gives us the location of Zolas 24 lost passes.
• Zola had a completion rate of 60% which is equal to our 1998 World Cup standard for forwards.