Darren Fletcher's first goal was reminiscent of Zidane's classic strike in the Champions League final of 2002.Man U went on to kill the game 3 - 0

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Il padrino francese

Raymond Domenech è un uomo felice.

Resiste sulla panchina della nazionale francese ormai da cinque anni, non vincendo nulla, vivendo sull'alloro di una finale persa a Berlino contro l'eterna nemica Italia, complice anche una sconsiderata capocciata del mulo Zidane, che lo ha consegnato definitivamente al titolo di vice campione del mondo.

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2002 yazının başında tüm okul ahalisi toplanmış Fransa-Senegal maçını izlemiştik. Maçtan önce Henry ve Zidane hayranı, o kupada Fransa'yı destekleyeceğini söyleyen çok arkadaş vardı okulda. Lakin maç başladıktan ve Senegal'in mücadelesini ve karşılık olarak Fransızların kendilerine has kibirlerinin sahaya yansıdığını görünce maçı izleyen güruhun tamamında ibre Senegal'e kaymıştı. Click to continue reading...

All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award winning Dirty Tackle...

Insane video taken Rafik Saifi of the Algerian national team as their bus is attacked by rock-throwing Egyptian fans. [Goal]

Rangers not happy with their "moronic" fans. [STV]

Even when wearing a dress that went through a broken shredder, Abbey Clancy still looks hot.

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The magician has still got it. The current REAL MADRID PresidentialClub advisor, ex player & French International World ChampionZINEDINE ZIDANE continues to show his skills as seen in this Videoup on "YouTube" by "ligafutbol32". The Frenchmen participated ina fund raising friendly game & scored this wonderful free-kick goal. Click to continue reading...

French third division side Amiens took on Variety Club of France for a charity match.A free kick from Zidane during the game was a reminder that he could still be up there with the best in the world.

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1. Happy Birthday Palermo
2. Is this Zidane with allergies?
3. The wake of United fans.
4. Streakin!
5. Holy shirt Pep.
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Albert Camus, the philosopher, author and football fanatic, was once asked that if he had to choose between football and the theatre, which he would choose. He replied "Football, without hesitation" And its little surprise, football has everything theatre has, and more. It has a story, but is unwritten. Click to continue reading...

Last week, I asked you to vote for you favourite 20 players of the decade, here in this very post, are the Top 100 players of the last 10 years, voted for by you, the readers and bloggers of the offside. First thing I want to say is thank you, everyone for the absolutely amazing response [...] Click to continue reading...

As I let you know back when I posted up this year's FFT100, I'm a bit of a junkie for lists. They are utterly meaningless, and yet compelling at the same time. With it being the end of the decade, there are tonnes of lists of the best albums, films, videos, celebrities etc floating around. [...] Click to continue reading...

Jogaram pela última rodada do Mundial Sub-17, no Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, em Enugu, com uma temperatura de 28º C, as seleções de Burkina Faso (55º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Costa Rica (43º no ranking da FIFA).
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The following pictures are from two different agencies, but both are of Zidane at the opening of a watch store in Hong Kong (WTF?). By the framing of the shots, which photographer would you say thinks more highly of Zizou?

Getty:

AP:

Apparently the AP photographer doesn't think that headbutt in the World Cup final should keep Zidane from achieving sainthood.

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La marca alemana de ropa y accesorios deportiva, adidas, sigue integrando medios y canales para acercarse con los aficionados de forma directa.

Me gustó un nuevo widget que podemos agregar a los sitios personales, donde podemos seguir la evolución de uno de sus productos recién lanzado: Predator X.

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The adidas Predator X is the tenth incarnation of one of the most successful and innovative soccer boots ever created. Soccer players around the world might be familiar with various Predator boot since they've been around since the 1990s. Here's the spiel from adidas on the new Predator X boots along with a video of legendary [. Click to continue reading...

Wenger interested in French midfield starlet.

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Although only 19 years of age and having played only 9 games in Ligue 2 (French Second Division) to defend the colors of the modest Clermont (on loan from Rennes), the young French striker Yacine Brahimi has begun to monopolize a great deal of speculation.

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Apparently Zidane and Marco Materazzi have become the new Israel and Palestine since the Headbutt Heard Round The World at the 2006 World Cup final. The two have never kissed and made up, despite numerous attempts to bring peace between the two by surprisingly important people who must not have anything better to do with their lives.

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Queridos ligadespaneros, hoy inauguro sección: Laligavista: quince preguntas diferentes sobre el mundo del fútbol. Espero sea del agrado de todos.
La primera va a ser aplicada a Manel Sala, delantero del Sporting Mahonès de la Segunda División B Gr. Click to continue reading...

The ‘spectacular sporting project' that Florentino Perez envisioned might just be starting to gel smoothly. The question however is if this new ‘galacticos' era will bring Madrid the titles they have very much craved for. There is no doubt that with players such as Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo Real is a formidable side although I still feel that their glory days are long gone.

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Unlike Zidane, Dorchester Town's Tom Mitchell delivers a proper head-to-head butt against Newport County.

Like Zidane, he also got a red card for his efforts.

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Futbol muhabbetlerinin en saçma ve en çok sorulan sorusu Arjantin-Brezilya maçı nedeniyle tekrardan akıllara düştü. Maradona mı Pele mi? Bana çok saçma ve içinde haksızlık barındıran bir soru öbeği olarak gelmiştir her zaman! Bana göre bu soru Pele mi Cruyff mu ya da Maradona mı Cruyff mu şeklinde olmalıydı. Click to continue reading...

At age 22, Zinedine Zidane was playing in the Intertoto Cup with Bordeaux. At that same age, Éric Cantona had just got a move from Auxerre to Marseille. Rivaldo had just moved from Corinthians to cross-town rivals Palmeiras in São Paulo.

With the money involved in today's game and globalized scouting networks, such players would already have been with one of the European giants before they had the chance to establish themselves in their local teams.

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Entre el notorio apoyo de la prensa y la poca oposición por parte de los demás candidatos, Florentino Pérez ha regresado al Real Madrid, motivado y con la idea de catapultar nuevamente al club hacia la grandeza. Consumada la asunción, Florentino ha conseguido hacerse con su primer fichaje veraniego. Click to continue reading...

In recent days, a series of videos has popped up on YouTube featuring Zidane quietly displaying a wide array of talents in and around a hotel, as filmed by a kid with a camera.

Though the concept is pulled off well and the product placement is subtle, the clips are actually viral videos for a company called Grand Optical, hence the eyeglasses Zidane wears in each.

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Reportedly the second richest club in the world behind Manchester City, based in the English capital, and with a starting eleven who hail from all corners of the Earth; No, not Abramovich's Chelski, but rather Flavio Briatore's venture just down the road, Queens Park Rangers.� Just last night Flav was sat in the Director's box with his latest swimwear modelling eye-candy, watching the next instalment of QPR's quite embarrassing soap opera as they go one down to Bristol City.

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The Chicago Fire host the Los Angeles Galaxy for an 8 p.m. match Wednesday at Toyota Park. CLICK HERE to read my preview at Examiner.com. I also wrote an Examiner.com piece featuring the coaching dynamic of Bruce Arena and Dave Sarachan as they have an opportunity to either equal or surpass the team's point totals of 2007 and 2008 if they win Wednesday's match. Click to continue reading...

Now I have never stated that in order to win the LLTO Award for League's Biggest Baby that you must be a player in the league.� The award is� open to coaches, presidents, and other league officials as well.� � In fact in this case former and� newly designated Real Madrid president Florentino� Perez did not even participate much in the 2008/2009 La Liga� season.

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Moral of the story...don't take unnecessary chances. If the ball is at your feet and you're facing your own goal, don't swivel into your attacker - just lay the ball off in the direction you're facing. Watch Zidane when he recieves the ball; every time he's either on the move instantly, laying off a quick pass or shielding the ball from his opponents. Click to continue reading...

It seems that the wandering time, transition period after relegation to the second league and breaking legs on Italian countryside is finally over. Over the last two years, after returning to Serie A, the biggest Italian club were searching for their identity. Delusions like Claudio Ranieri or bad moves on the market cost them dearly, but they have learnt the lesson.

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As part of our series called "10 v 11" interviews with MLS players, MLS Rumors was fortunate enough today to talk with MLS All Star and Houston Dynamo midfielder Stuart Holden regarding his brand new customized boots, thanks to Adidas,.
Here is what he had to say:
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This is just too funny. From Chad OchoCinco's Twitter stream:

1. Damn they tall ass hell, I am 6"2 and they are towering over me, taking a picture with the legend, Jose Marino
2. 12 minutes ago from txt
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4. http://twitpic.com/ahfmw - Ibrahimovic, best player on Inter Milan
5. 28 minutes ago from TwitPic
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If Zidane is in town I suppose it would be impolite not to say hi to other international soccer stars. When Zinedine Zidane was in Canada with his family for the Charity games in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, he took a quick jet down to Los Angeles to meet up with David and Victoria Beckham.

Zidane and Beckham families meet up at LA Galaxy game - July 11, 2009

It looked like a fun family outing as both families have similar aged kids.

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«Cristiano e Messi são bons, o melhor é Ribéry» – Zidane
O conselheiro de Florentino Pérez continua a insistir na contratação do compatriota Franck Ribéry, do Bayern, e esta segunda-feira defendeu que o extremo francês é melhor do que Cristiano Ronaldo e Messi.
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Zinedine Zidane has been in Canada for the past few weeks now traveling from Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. His charity matches helped raise money for UNICEF and other causes.

Zinedine Zidane at Montreal Charity Match

His match in Montreal drew the largest crowd of over 15,000 people with Toronto trailing at 10,000 and ended with Vancouver in a shameful 4,000.

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So, shall queue those Zidane to the Galaxy rumors again? Nah.... Click to continue reading...

It was a promotional event for adidas, community outreach initiative MLS W.O.R.K.S. and FieldTurf to announce "Footprint Fields," a program to develop new fields in urban areas.

While the one in El Segundo was not part of the program, five fields similar to that one either are or soon will be built, including one in Inglewood.

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