LEE JOHNSON

LEE JOHNSON

FROM ZOLA’S ADVICE TO CITY GIG AND COACHING IN AFRICA!
By Chris Dunlavy

GOOD TIMES: Lee Johnson in his Bristol City days
PICTURE: Alamy

IF YOU don’t ask, you don’t get. And when Lee Johnson asked Gianfranco Zola to divulge the secret to his spectacular free-kicks, the legendary Italian happily obliged.
“I played against Chelsea’s reserves when I was a kid and Zola was in the team,” recalls the former Yeovil and Bristol City midfielder, who scored 35 goals in 472 games before turning to management in 2013.
“He scored from a free-ki...

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