Necib: Zidane is my role model Fifa.com By virtue of her Algerian roots, childhood spent in Marseille, playing position and ability on the ball, Necib is endlessly compared to former French great Zinedine Zidane. The comparisons are so frequent, in fact, that she even has the nickname Ziza.
Steven Gerrard hails former Liverpool player Didi Hamann's influence bettor.com (blog) Steven Gerrard is rated as one of the most complete midfielders in the footballing world, with Real Madrid and France legend, Zinedine Zidane ranking the Liverpool player as his favourite footballer. Able to play anywhere in the middle of the field, ...
Mönchengladbach and Totti make waves UEFA.com Zinédine Zidane has been back at school in a week when Francecso Totti hit a landmark goal and VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach turned heads. UEFA.com reviews the top stories. Zinédine Zidane has been back at school in a week when Francecso Totti hit a ...
Naturalisation: The big debate Independent Online The triumphant France squad of 1998 had four players not born in that country: Zinedine Zidane (Algeria), Marcel Desailly (Ghana), Patrick Vieira (Senegal) and Lilian Thuram (Caribbean islands). But in SA, there's a belief that there is an abundance of ...
Man Utd's Paul Scholes follows in Zinedine Zidane's footsteps The Sport Review After Bixente Lizarazu, Marcel Desailly, Claude Makélélé and Lilian Thuram all hung up their boots for France, then manager Raymond Domenech pleaded with Zinedine Zidane to come out of international retirement in August 2005 with the national side's ...
Ben Lyttleton>INSIDE SOCCER SI.com Henry had been the natural choice to replace Zinedine Zidane as the team's 'technical leader' following his international retirement after Euro '04; but the shadow of Zidane, sanctified in France ever since his two goals in the 1998 World Cup final, ...
FIFA May Allow Use of Fourth Substitute in Extra Time NESN.com In the 2006 World Cup, Zinedine Zidane was sent off in the final during extra time. France had to work with the 10 men they had on the field after the 110th minute, when Zidane was shown a red card. If France had wanted to go on the attack instead of ...
MEMORY MATCHES Falkirk Herald Back LR: Walter Scouler, Andrew McBlain & Jackie Howie. u Remember Zinedine Zidane? That volley at Hampden? The double in the World Cup final or the head-butt eight years later? He's created many great memories for football supporters across the world ...
COLUMN: Lionel Messi is among the greatest, but not yet the best The Statesman In the last 20 years there have been two other players that have won the Ballon d'Or three times ? the aforementioned Messi, Ronaldo of Brazil and France's Zinedine Zidane ? pretty impressive company to say the least. Ronaldo won the award in 1996, ...
Who is Khoder Nasser? New Zealand Herald It is said to be Zinedine Zidane, the former France midfielder whose last act in an illustrious career was to headbutt an opponent in a World Cup final. "It's about putting on a show," Nasser says. "I love Brazil, Argentina, teams like that.
Transfer Window: Much Ado About Nothing RealClearSports He somehow managed to cast himself as his generation's biggest superstar and earns more than the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, and Ronaldinho. It's hard to believe that he's still playing, because his sponsors are more interested in his image than ...
The Worst Career Moves in Sports History Bleacher Report The 2006 World Cup was French midfielder Zinedine Zidane's last game playing in professional soccer. France was in the finals against Italy, and he had a nice little return for Italian centre Marco Materazzi. Supposedly, Materazzi was insulting ...
La Liga: FC Barcelona vs Real Sociedad: Match Preview Barca Blaugranes (blog) If Roberto gets the start, it means that we could see Thiago in the "Cesc Role", which has proven to be a hybrid of the false #9 position and a typical no.10 role, similar to that which Zinedine Zidane made famous. Personally, I think Thiago could ...
Swann and Cook lack the manly bite The National Now, when Zinedine Zidane and I jumped - and I do like to use the words "Zinedine and I" in casual conversation from time to time - we wore the big-boy wet suit. We looked like men rather than a couple of weenies, which is not a reference to anyone in ...
When money talks louder than words Brisbane Times That reply is reminiscent of the reply given by the former French soccer captain Zinedine Zidane, in a interview in the Herald in February, as to whether the reason he so publicly backed Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid was because of the money.