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.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEWe are well aware of the task ahead of us in what will be a very difficult match but which we all dream of playing.
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 ZIDANEEverything I have achieved in football is due to playing football in the streets with my friends
ZINEDINE ZIDANEI am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEZidane was from another planet. When Zidane stepped onto the pitch, the 10 other guys just got suddenly better. It is that simple.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEMusic was important. Football was the easy part.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEWhen your own fans whistle and jeer, then you have a big problem.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEThe 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.
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 ZIDANEThe door can never be closed for good to any player.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEI am proud of where I come from and I will never forget the people I grew up with.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEThe England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEI 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.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEIt’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.
ZINEDINE ZIDANERonaldinho is a special player, but Thierry Henry is probably technically the most gifted footballer ever to play the beautiful game.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEIt’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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