More infoFormer Chelsea star Gianfranco Zola is a surprise member of Europe’s Ryder Cup backroom team. The 59-year-old was a driving force of Chelsea’s rise to the top of English football in the late 1990s, winning two FA Cups, a League Cup and a UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup. As well as ferrying Moliniari around the brutal Bethpage Black course in New York, Zola has also been able to impart some knowledge of how to deal with hostile crowds. “This is one of the first things you need to learn when you play football because the environment is like that. “From what I see, they look so easy so it shouldn’t be a problem.”Zola has been out of football since leaving his role as Chelsea assistant manager in 2019.