Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Yazid Zidane, born 23 June 1972), nicknamed "Zizou", is a French retired footballer and current manager of Real Madrid. He played as an attacking midfielder for the France national team, Cannes, Bordeaux, Juventus and Real Madrid. Renowned for his elegance, vision, ball control and technique, Zidane was named the best European footballer of the past 50 years in the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the game...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth23 June 1972
CityMarseille, France
CountryFrance
It will be a physical encounter but we must not respond in kind.
Before it was hard to talk about certain things, especially if, like me, you came from a difficult area or an immigrant background.
But the most important thing is to be ready for the two matches in September, which are essential. They needed a little something extra to help them win. Everyone played a good match.
We'll have to be tough in Dublin. We'll need to have a strong physical presence because the Irish are going to come at us hard. But we're more than capable.
My family are very proud of me, but I am very proud of them and where they come from. I am proud that they come from Kabylie. It is a special place.
Yes, I will play the World Cup (if we qualify).
I still have six months or maybe a year (left). At the best I have a year and a half. I'm closer to the end than the beginning.
I think we have the team to go very far at the European championships. Now we just have to be ready on time.
It is now for us to put that into practice.
Marseille cannot have any regrets about this match,
If we are at 150 percent on D-Day, I don't see which country could trouble us apart from Brazil, obviously, because they are the only fearsome team as they have always been.
We looked better in the second half (against England) when Thierry was moving out to the wing more,
Until my last breath. I won't say. It's too intense.
We are back to being the old Real Madrid. If we keep playing like this then I'm sure we'll win something.