Zinedine Zidane. Should he stop or not? Why?
607123
Zendane still got a lot to give to football. in my own opinion he is the second best player in the history of football. I guess if he plays only one more season after the word cup I'll be really happy.\n\nnote: his performance in this season isn't so great because the whole team isn't doing good and he had a couple of injuries, so it's not his fault.\n\nby the way if u saw his match this season against sevilla and a couple of matches after it u'll know who Zidane is, thats only very little part if what he have.
789103
Zinedine Zidane is the retired French footballer. the 2006 FIFA World Cup final is his last appearance for his country & it ended on a sober note as he received his marching order for headbutting Marco Materazzi during the final. \n\none of best midfielder in the world, he scored the spectacular goal for Real Madrid CF against Bayer 04 Leverkusen during the 2002 UEFA Champions' League final.
599474
I guess you are talking about Zinedine Zidane ? If so, see here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinedine_Zidane
1065613
Not at all. There aren't arguments for such a decision.\nThe referee will remember last night as a nightmare in his career. Player could be wooed for they risky fouls, diving, and so on. Coaches wasn't of great help (and they too were technically wrong: Scolari must remove Costinha after the first red card, Van Basten should have put Van Nistelrooj in the struggle - or Van Der Vaart, before the near-end of the match).\nMany disaster, no one of them need to replay the game.
384680
WOW! That's tough! Zinedine Zidane has had many big achievements like winning Europe's best player of the world 2 times and winning the World Cup with France because of him.If you ever saw Zidane play at his peak, you would of been amazed. He has been one of the best midfielders of all time. But on the other hand we have Ronaldinho. I like Ronaldinho because he's very humble and he's grateful for everything he gets. But he's known all throughout the wold for his technique and ability but especially precision. Ronaldinho is only in his mid-20's and already has achieved more than half of what Zidine has done. But it's up to you to decide!
765143
thats what really happened:\n\n\nIn the 110th minute of the World Cup final against Italy, Zidane was sent off for headbutting Marco Materazzi in the chest in an off the ball incident. The two players exchanged words before Zidane began to walk away from him. Materazzi then said something to Zidane, who turned around, made a run-up and head-butted Materazzi in the chest, sending him to the ground. Although play was halted, referee Horacio Elizondo did not appear to have seen the confrontation. According to match official's reports, Fourth official Luis Medina Cantalejo informed Elizondo of the incident through his earphones. After consulting his assistant referees, Elizondo showed Zidane the red card and sent him off.\n\nSince video footage suggested that Materazzi had provoked Zidane, newspapers had lip readers try to determine what Materazzi had said, coming up with a variety of insults. In his first, highly awaited comments since the World Cup final, the French soccer star only partly explained what caused him to react in fury and head-butt an Italian opponent: repeated harsh insults about his mother and sister.[14] Materazzi admitted insulting Zidane, but said that Zidane's behavior had been very arrogant. He stressed that the insults had been trivial.[15][16] Zidane later stated that Materazzi had seriously and repeatedly insulted his mother and his sister and that he would "rather have taken a blow to the face than hear that". He also apologized to viewers, particularly children and educators, but said that he did not regret his offence because he felt that this would condone Materazzi's actions.[17] Two months later, in continuing to assert that his comments had been trivial, Materazzi refused to apologize to Zidane, but stated his desire for reconciliation. He also offered his version of events, claiming that after grabbing Zidane's shirt, Zidane had sarcastically offered it to him, and that he replied to Zidane that he would prefer his sister.[18]\n\nIn light of Zidane's statements, FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings to investigate the incident.[26] FIFA also affirmed the legality of Horacio Elizondo's decision to send Zidane off, rejecting claims that fourth official Luis Medina Cantalejo had illegally relied on video transmission before informing Elizondo about Zidane's misconduct.[27] As a result of its investigation, FIFA issued a CHF5000 fine and a two-match ban against Materazzi, while Zidane received a three-match ban and a CHF7500 fine. According to FIFA, both players had stressed that Materazzi's comments had been defamatory, but not of a racist nature. Since Zidane was already retired at the time, he voluntarily served three days of community service on FIFA's behalf, as a substitute for the three-match ban.[28]\n\nhope that helped
778415
I feel that perhaps it is not a good decision. If he quits the national side, it means that he is not even giving himself anymore chances on the team. I'm not saying that Domenech will look upon him any more kindly if he stays (personally, from the way Domenech has been treating him, it looks as if the coach has firmly decided that he DOES NOT like him). I just feel that there might be a possibility that the national team might change the coach although the present coach has just signed a new contract, there is still a possibility (especially since he is really quite lousy).\n\nBut on the other hand, it must be really humiliating for Trezeguet if he is always benched. I'd understand if he took it as a personal insult (and on international TV no less), so if he feels very strongly about the way he's being taken for granted, he should quit. It's assertive action against that arse of a coach whether or not it hurts the team. Anyway, it's really just a waste of a time having to train and take leave in order to keep up an international career that exists nowhere but on paper.\n\nI hope that Trezeguet will not regret his decision, no matter what he decides to do.
811550
I will go for Germany. France may need to buck up. As zidane the play maker had retired. Italy is a team which is not consistent. They had lost to France in the euro qualifying which doubt their world cup champion.
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Zinedine Zidane, one of the best football players of all time, has ended his career. At age 32. "It was a very hard decision for me, but I think that the right time has occurred to end the career," Reuters cited Zidane. "I'm very sorry about it," responded Raymond Domenech, the trainer of France.
1050048
yes.he is the best player\n top five players\n1) zico\n2) rivaldo\n3) pele\n4) zinedine zidane\n5) ronaldo
501392
Well he will retire after World Cup 2006. \nSeen that article here, about him, and I swear I could see some hair in the pic. Maybe it's me :P\n\nhttp://www.worldcuptour.org/news/zidane-announces-decision-to-retire-after-the-world-cup-2006/\nComment it as you like.\n\nAlex
312503
Not over yet, there are still great players who have passed the 30's year mark and are still strong and mostly better than the youngsters out there, such as Berkamp, Romario, Maldini, Cafu, Serginho, Shearer (recently retired), Zidane, Ronaldo, etc.\nThey shouldn't retire, but indeed, they should be expected and able to take a bench some games without throwing a fit now and then
1028278
i think zo should retire.. just for health reasons.. everyone knows he has heart.. he doesn't have anything to prove\n\ni can still see gp playin' for a couple of more years.. he's always been healthy.. and he can continue being a role player til he retires.. if he wants to\n\ni'm glad my oakland dude gp got a ring though.. somethin' to add to a great career
1002974
So he's the best eh? How many did he score? How far has he taken his team?\nWhich big clubs are racing for his signature?\n\nTry to be neutral, your bias is so flawed, no reasoned person can accept your suggestion.
398932
zidane is old now, he has achieved so much, 98 worldcup, with  Juventus:\n    * European Super Cup: 1996\n    * Intercontinental Cup: 1996\n    * Serie A champions: 1996/1997, 1997/1998\n    * Italian Super Cup: 1997\nwith Real:\n    * UEFA Champions League: 2001/2002\n\n    * Intercontinental Cup: 2002\n    * Spanish League - La Liga champions: 2002/2003\nPersonal honours:\n\n    * FIFA World Player of the Year: 1998, 2000, 2003\n    * European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or): 1998\n\n\nZidane has had a fantastic career, its the perfect time to end it now.
1067782
i dont know if he had surgery or not but yeah the scar is from a car crash, the next zidane??? no i dont think he will be that good, zidane was the best midfielder of a generation, ribery is a winger and he has talent but there are lots of talented wingers out there, robben, ronaldo, shaun wright phillips, messi and robinho to name just a few and i dont think ribery is as good or will be as good as any of those players all of similar age and styles whereas zidane in his day was peerless , it will be sad day for all true football fans when zidane retires and im pleased the french won tonight, he may be passed his best now but he still knows how to put the ball under his spell.
330480
No... Because he would be probably tired after a hard season including La Liga,Copa Del Rey and Champions League challenges... Also his national team isn't much strong for qualify next rounds of World Cup..\nI think he is going to be ranked an avarage rating with his performance in the Cups play...