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
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.
I think we have the team to go very far at the European championships. Now we just have to be ready on time.
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.
I would not have come back otherwise. I did not only do it so we would qualify but because this team has the players who are capable of achieving something.
I came out of retirement not just to help qualification but also because this team has the players who can do something.
The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.
In France, everybody realized that God exists, and that he is back in the French international team. God is back, there is little left to say.
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.
The French team has given me so much and I want to help it. I told myself I did not have much time left in soccer, and I want to profit from it to the maximum.
I don't know if we are the best team in the world. I am lucky to be playing alongside some of the best players around. It's a dream.
It's simple. If we want to have our destiny in our own hands, we need to win our four matches.
After the World Cup, I will stop playing football.
I'm disappointed and happy at the same time that he's not here,
I have six months or one year left, that's true. I am closer to the end than the start. I want to make the most of my last moments as a football player and experience them at 100%. I know that otherwise after I retire I will regret all those times.