Messi is the Mozart of football.
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.
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Messi makes the difference most of the time. In particular, he is always going forwards. He never passes the ball backwards or sideways. He has only one idea, to run towards the goal. So as a football fan, just enjoy the show.
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I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.
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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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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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I’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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It’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.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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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.
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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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Every day I think about where I come from and I am still proud to be who I am: first, a Kabyle from La Castellane, then an Algerian from Marseille, and then a Frenchman.
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If Zizou kept his temper, he would not be the genius that he is.
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My memories of events and games are fragmented.
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Zidane was from another planet. When Zidane stepped onto the pitch, the 10 other guys just got suddenly better. It is that simple.
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I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
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I am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille.
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I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.
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The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.
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You can’t get bored of winning. You can win 10 games in a row but you keep the same will to snatch the 11th. You always need more.
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Ronaldinho is a special player, but Thierry Henry is probably technically the most gifted footballer ever to play the beautiful game.
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When your own fans whistle and jeer, then you have a big problem.
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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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Everything Iniesta does impresses me. He could even play as goalkeeper. He’s magical.
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Life is full of regrets, but it doesn’t pay to look back.
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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 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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Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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