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.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEIt’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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Football boots are very technical and have lots of specific requirements.
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I have decided to come back for Les Bleus.
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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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My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
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I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life. There were lots of kids from different races and poor families. People had to struggle to get through the day.
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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.
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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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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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Everything Iniesta does impresses me. He could even play as goalkeeper. He’s magical.
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Sometimes words are harder than blows.
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Obviously fashion is a completely different world from football.
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Nobody knows if Zidane is an angel or demon. He smiles like Saint Teresa and grimaces like a serial killer.
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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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The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.
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Zidane is unique. The ball flows with him. He is more like a dancer than a football player.
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