Zidane is in Vancouver due to play in a exhibition match marketed as "Zidane and Friends"The event has run into some problems.Zidane is not able to play for awhile because he injured his back while picking up his three-year-old daughter during Canada Day fireworks.Some people are demanding their money (all $200 of it) back because most of the "friends" they had paid to see ( like Samuel Eto'o, Alessandro Costacurta, Franco Baresi and Gennaro Gattuso haven't made an appearance.

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Zidane was going to cancel his game in Vancouver after a back injury on Canada Day, but I guess sympathy for the fans kicked in and he rescheduled it.

Zidane walking with Canadian charity soccer organizers in Montreal, Quebec

The game was supposed to be played at the 59,000 indoor seat B.

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Zidane was set to play a charity tribute game in Vancouver Saturday, though it seems he will have to sit this one out. He suffered a back injury after picking up his kid as they watched the fireworks display on Canada Day in Vancouver.

Fans from all over the Vancouver area have tickets to see the French living soccer legend, though without Zidane the game must go on.

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Bow down and worship your Queen('s cute-as-pie Canadian
representative , Michaelle Jean)
Celebrating Canada in the only way I know how, I took two minutes to amalgamate the only thing this website was ever good for: my series on the history of soccer in Toronto. Click here and the link on the bottom right to relieve the glory of my insane daily post rate in July 2008, when having a life in the small window of tolerable Canadian weather was considered gauche. Click to continue reading...