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.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEMy memories of events and games are fragmented.
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It’s only natural to want to select your best players and there is no doubt for me that Paul Scholes is still in a class of his own. He’s almost untouchable in what he does. I never tire of watching him play.
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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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When your own fans whistle and jeer, then you have a big problem.
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I have decided to come back for Les Bleus.
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Everything I have achieved in football is due to playing football in the streets with my friends
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You rarely come across the complete footballer, but Scholes is as close to it as you can get. One of my regrets is that the opportunity to play alongside him never presented itself during my career.
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We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.
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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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I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.
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We are well aware of the task ahead of us in what will be a very difficult match but which we all dream of playing.
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Zidane is one of the greatest players in history, a truly magnificent 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 once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.
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Mandela has played a crucial part in history. He’s done some extraordinary things, not only for his country but also for the whole world.
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The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.
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