Everything Iniesta does impresses me. He could even play as goalkeeper. He’s magical.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEEverything Iniesta does impresses me. He could even play as goalkeeper. He’s magical.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEYou 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.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEMy toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEZidane 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 ZIDANEI 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.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEAll 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.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEI have decided to come back for Les Bleus.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEIt’s true, pressure is something that goes with football nowadays. You need to accept it, and everything that it involves – the good and the bad.
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.
ZINEDINE ZIDANESometimes 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.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEScholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEWhen your own fans whistle and jeer, then you have a big problem.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEWe must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEI once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEMessi is the Mozart of football.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEThere 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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