PARIS, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Zinedine Zidane has decided to play for France again, the midfielder announced on Wednesday.
The Real Madrid player had announced his retirement from international football after Euro 2004 a year ago.
"(France coach) Raymond Domenech came to see me two or three times in Madrid and he told me what he expected from me," Zidane said on his personal website.
Zidane will play for France in their next match, a friendly against Ivory Coast on August 17 in Montpellier.
The 33-year-old has won 93 caps, scoring 26 goals for France. He helped his country win the World Cup in 1998 and the European championship in 2000.
What do you think of his 'come back'?
Aug-03-2005 15:58
_ Andy _
Frankie Fan
Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Toulouse - FRANCE
baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack
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Aug-03-2005 16:57
fastmp3
ta main sur le zbebs
Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Montreal/Canada & Casablanca/Morocco (the ROOTS of TRANCE)
c'est une blague ?
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Aug-03-2005 18:03
PEZ68
Progressive Resistance
Registered: May 2002
Location: 1€/j (soldes)
No :/
Aug-03-2005 18:06
Ian
Not dead yet.
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: UK
Re: Zidane decides to resume playing for France
quote:
Originally posted by PEZ68
What do you think of his 'come back'?
honestly ? Desperation. When retired, they should say so imho. Let the future of the nations talent sort them out of the mess, they'll only learn by doing so
Aug-03-2005 18:15
The_G0dfather
faisant cagnard
Registered: Sep 2004
Location: Corleone, Sicilia
realizing he aint gonna win trophies with Real anymore
he made a wise decision going for the WC in Germany
nah serious (hmm wait a moment, i meant that too )
guess he was just disappointed with France's results couple years back and thought it wasnt worth the effort anymore
now he's just playing for fun i guess and feels like having some fun at the french national squad
(which all seem xtremely boring dudes to me)
this could put some pressure on him though,
he'll have to perform now
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Aug-03-2005 18:53
InterMilan31
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Registered: May 2004
Location: Around
Zizou! Returns to lose in qualifying to Switzerland.
Aug-03-2005 19:10
Eddie N MIAMI
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Registered: May 2003
Location: el la ciudad de la furia
quote:
Originally posted by InterMilan31
Zizou! Returns to lose in qualifying to Switzerland.
haha imagine that
Zidane probably saw those draws against Israel and Switzerland like me and said damn I better come back and help my country out.Theyre on their way to bein the Holland of 2002,That national team needed a wake up call.
not a fan of the french team or anythin but as a football fan im glad to see him back on the national team.
Aug-03-2005 19:29
verndogs
GET THE TANK!
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Sports Discussion Forum - NYC
quote:
Originally posted by Eddie N MIAMI
not a fan of the french team or anythin but as a football fan im glad to see him back on the national team.
pretty much sums up my feelings. i'm looking forward to seeing him play next year if France is in the World Cup
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Aug-03-2005 19:37
d-miurge
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Unicornland
I hope he'll play just behind the attack line.
Aug-06-2005 09:54
Yohan
Champion of Deep&Nu-disco
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Kitchener, Ont, Soviet Canuckistan
He is still one of the best midfielder out there, but him alone will not be able to carry French team. Trezeguet needs a kick in the nuts, along with rest of strikers. Defenders are either old and slow, or unproven. Barthez is... Barthez.
So yeah, the Golden days of french football is over.
Originally posted by chinamon
not true. i say "ugh"
but i am a tranny.
quote:
Originally posted by kotsy
lol colour me retarded
Aug-06-2005 16:03
PEZ68
Progressive Resistance
Registered: May 2002
Location: 1€/j (soldes)
quote:
Originally posted by EvilTree
Trezeguet needs a kick in the nuts, along with rest of strikers. Defenders are either old and slow, or unproven. Barthez is... Barthez.
Trezeguet was just injured a lot of time last year , that's why we didn't see more often.
I guess Barthez won't play for french team again as he's suspended from any competition until october and will miss the last qualifying games.
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