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 went well for Real tonight and we can be happy with how we've done in the tournament until now. We played our game and I think our victory was deserved.
My passion for the game comes from the city of Marseille itself. Unfortunately I can't go back there as much I want to because I play a lot here and abroad.
Before the match in Montpellier there was more talk about my return than the game itself.
There was huge pressure, especially before the big games. Not many people believed in us, but we believed in ourselves. We wanted to do something good and we did.
We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game.
My memories of events and games are fragmented.
Sometimes I don't know what takes me over during a game. Sometimes I just feel I have moved to a different place and I can make the pass, score the goal or go past my marker at will.
You can't get bored of winning. You can win 10 games in a row but you keep the same will to snatch the 11th. You always need more.
I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
It was an exceptional game, like we had in 2000 with Portugal and Italy, ... In these two matches we managed to reverse the trend, and we did it again.
think -- and I stress my words -- about the consequences of voting for a party that does not at all correspond to the values of France.
Before it was hard to talk about certain things, especially if, like me, you came from a difficult area or an immigrant background.
The sooner we find the net the better. We know that we must slot a fair number of goals to compensate for a possible away victory by the Swiss.
We had a long discussion. I have always said the French team is the most important thing that has happened to me. I thought deeply about it and I want to play for France again.