Zidane's national team
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Zidane's national team
Zinedine Zidane was already a member of the French national team when he was playing for Bordeaux, and made his debut for the national team on August 17, 1994, when he was substituted in the Czech Republic when France was trailing 0:2, and scored two goals with his left foot and a header in 15 minutes. This game was his "claim to fame". He went on to become a core member of the national team.
The real pinnacle of his life came in the 1998 World Cup when he scored twice in the final against Brazil to give France their first ever World Cup. He scored two goals in the World Cup final against Brazil and won the World Cup for France for the first time. After the game, all the members of the national team were honored by the President of France. Zidane was also popular and became a hero to the French people. Some fans even asked Zidane to be the Prime Minister of France. This shows how popular he was at that time. In that year, Zidane was named Mr. French Football.
Two years later, in 2000, France also won the UEFA European Nations Cup, and Zidane was again responsible for France's victory, scoring a penalty in the last eight to eliminate Spain, and a penalty in extra time in the last four to eliminate Portugal, and was widely regarded as the best player of the tournament.
Injuries plagued Zinedine Zidane's disappointing return to the 2002 World Cup. In that World Cup, the previous champions, France, returned from the group stage in defeat with a poor record of not scoring a single goal.
On June 25, 2004, when France lost to Greece and exited from the European Cup. Zidane released a statement to the public announcing that he would henceforth retire from the national team.
The result of the same period of 2006 World Cup qualifying, France was once in the precipice of selection, almost repeated 12 years ago, the tragedy of the 1994 World Cup. Eventually, Zinedine Zidane came back to lead the Gallic Army to the World Cup. on April 27, 2006, Zidane had announced that he would retire after the 2006 World Cup. As a result of his return, both Makelele and Dulin, who had already said they would quit the national team with him, opted to return. The morale of the Gallic army, in the next qualifying rounds achieved a good record, to prove to the world that Zidane, although older, but the technical and tactical ability is still outstanding. May 27, 2006, in the France and Mexico game, Zidane completed his 100th game for the French team. In the knockout rounds, they beat Spain, Brazil, Portugal and other strong teams to reach the final.
Zidane's farewell match was the 2006 World Cup final against Italy, where he opened the scoring for France with a penalty seven minutes into the match. However, in the second half of extra time, Italian player Materazzi and Zidane had a verbal altercation, and Zidane was sent off with a red card for hitting his bald head against his opponent's chest, and France ended up losing the game in an exchange of penalty kicks. Despite this, Zidane was awarded the World Cup Ballon d'Or by FIFA for his outstanding performance, and is currently the only player to have received the award for a red card. on July 11, 2006, French President Jacques Chirac personally received Zidane and praised him as one of the most outstanding players in the history of world soccer.
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