Soccer - Zidane call it quits....

[Alf]

Official today as seen on www.zidane.fr (http://www.zidane.fr), Zinedine Zidane retires from International duty....

[fantastic flying froggies]

Yeah, how sad to see him go at only 32...He could have easily played 'till the next world cup.
But then again, if he played there like he played in the Euro in Portugal... :rolleyes:

[Crapshoot]

probably the greatest player of the last 10 years or so, IMO. one for the history books./..

[condors]

he could create or finish goals out of nothing wonder how he will be viewed when it is all said and done

[Radii]

Wow.

[rufusjonz]

didnt scholes just retire also from intl football for england, at like age 28

[Peregrine]

Wow, huge loss.

[ISiddiqui]

Thread title is a bit misleading... Zidane just quit from international football, which isn't really that shocking as some think it is. He's 32 and will be 34 by the next WC. Plenty of players retire from international play by that age to focus on just playing for their clubs.

[Desnudo]

Yeah, how sad to see him go at only 32...He could have easily played 'till the next world cup.
But then again, if he played there like he played in the Euro in Portugal... :rolleyes:

What, you mean like slotting in a perfect set piece to win a match? :p

[Darkiller]

the greatest football player of the past decade.
One of the true All-time greats..

Farewell Magic man

[Alf]

Thread title is a bit misleading...That's exactly what I was trying to do ;)

[Kokoshin]

That's exactly what I was trying to do ;)
Complete misleading... Rooting for Atletico de Madrid, it seemed to be the best news of the summer :)

Otherwise it would be sad... I still think he's the best player nowadays

[MIJB#19]

Checklist of retirements to make the Dutch football team better:
V - Pavel Nedved
V - Zinedine Zidane
V - Frank de Boer
V - Figo
? - Oliver Kahn

Now if only Ronaldo, Raul, Patrick Vieira, Sol Campbell and Francisco Totti would retire, the odds for Oranje to be a force in Germany 2006 will be awesome!

Anway, sad news for French football, but at least with Zidane, France got the best out of him and the team surrounding him: World Cup'98 and Euro 2000 victories. If great players are partially defined by success by the teams they played on, Zidane made his mark for sure.

[Kokoshin]

Now if only Ronaldo, Raul, Patrick Vieira, Sol Campbell and Francisco Totti would retire, the odds for Oranje to be a force in Germany 2006 will be awesome!


Forget about Raul, he's declining, and for the first time in his life, he will see how football looks like from the bench. With Real Madrid adding Michael Owen (as Spanish "Marca" grants for sure) to the "galactic mix", Raul is the odd man in the field