My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEI’m very inspired by him-it was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
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Obviously fashion is a completely different world from football.
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Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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All of us at Juventus agreed Manchester United were the best side we met in the Champions League. They have so many talented young players and can only get better and better. Giggs is truly world class.
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A Mediterranean city is really my culture.
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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.
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Zidane is probably the best player there has been in the past 20 years. France have recovered the best Zidane and they have progressively grown throughout this tournament.
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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.
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Sometimes words are harder than blows.
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It’s hard to explain but I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard. And this desire never to stop fighting is something else I learnt in the place where I grew up.
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My father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian.
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Zidane is one of the greatest players in history, a truly magnificent player.
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To be recognised by a whole country is incredible. This is massive.
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The door can never be closed for good to any player.
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It’s the first time it’s happened to me and maybe the last. It’s a strange sensation, not normal for me. I can’t remember scoring three goals, even when I was a kid.
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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.
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