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Contiene qualche importante omissis la singolare classifica redatta dagli inglesi del Times sulle 10 vergogne della storia del calcio.

Al primo posto svetta la "mano de dios" di Diego Armando Maradona proprio contro l'inghilterra nei mondiali in Messico del 1986.

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In the famous words of Alan Partridge the French spend all their time chomping on onions going he hor, he hor, he hor! This of course, is not true, as a European footballing nation only the Italians and the Germans have a better record. Jealous? We sure are.

For those of you who were to young to remember, the French had a sensational side in the 80's winning the European Championship in 1984 and reaching the World Cup Semi's in 1982, before the Germans cheated their way to the final.

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On this week's podcast Internationals take centre stage. There are crucial World Cup play-offs and matches taking place around the world, but we focus on the Ireland v France match-up. We also review the football stories of the past week and make our predictions on the big games. Come along to the site at languagecaster.

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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...

Bien dicen que lo que se aprende jamás se olvida y más si sabemos que uno de los grandes futbolistas en toda la historia (Zinedine Zidane) sigue deleitándonos con grandes goles, a pesar de su retiro.

Acontinuación les dejo el video del gol de Zidane en un partido amistoso, en donde se dan muestras de la calidad que aun porta el francés y que lamentablemente nos estamos privando de ver.

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What a trio!!!!!!

Di Stéfano, Messi and Maradona.

Lionel Messi won the "Di Stéfano trophy" given to the Best Player in Spain.

Messi won the award for his fantastic performance in La Liga last season.

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El azulgrana recibió el Trofeo Di Stéfano, que le distingue como el mejor jugador de nuestro fútbol

Maradona y Di Stéfano coronan a Messi

De manos de dos leyendas del fútbol como son Maradona y Di Stéfano, Messi recibió el preciado galardón, que pesaba como una deuda en palabras de Di Stéfano, y sucedió así a Raúl, ganador de la primera edición.

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Is it too late for a comeback? Probably not. This free-kick shows the former Real Madrid, Bordeaux and Juventus midfielder still knows how to wow the fans. This top notch strike occurred during a charity match.

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Zinedine Zidane attended the launch of IWC in Hong Kong last month to show his love for the watch manufacturer. And, of course, black shiny suits. Click to continue reading...

Zinedine Zidane attended the launch of IWC in Hong Kong last month to show his love for the watch manufacturer. And, of course, black shiny suits. Click to continue reading...

The Offside's Main Page decided to compile a list of the "100 Best Players of the Decade." I thought it might be of some interest to you, especially since Arsenal is out of action for a couple of weeks. It was voted on by all of the Offside's bloggers, as well as readers. I will say that I thought the criteria was a little vague it was simply to name the 20 best players who played in the decade.

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Zinedine Zidane is big in Japan. Already retired from soccer, he is having no trouble in keeping himself occupied. Zizou was in Japan to help launch the new Adidas Predator boot. He was greeted by thousands of adoring Japanese fans everywhere he go Click to continue reading...

Some advance warning: This post is going to be mildly critical of Zinedine Zidane. Nothing too harsh, because as for many people he was one of my favourite players to watch. The vision, the touch, the roulettes, the shiny bald patch. Loved it. But that's also the reason I'm about to mildly criticize him.

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Big brawler looks like famous headbutter Nicolay Valuev is the 7ft 2in opponent of British heavyweight boxer David Haye this weekend. He also looks like a bloated Zinedine Zidane.

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With much of the qualification process almost complete and South Africa 2010 looming large, it would make sense to assess some of the world's best custodians who will be present during the World Cup. Goalkeepers such as Petr Cech will be excluded from the discussion since their nation failed to qualify for next summer's big event.

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Ahead of Liverpool's game with Manchester United later today, I answered a few questions for Scott over at 'The Republik of Mancunia'.
Here is the text of the interview, which was published on RoM yesterday:
Scott the Red: What do you make of the beachball fiasco at the Stadium of Light? Click to continue reading...

Ahead of Sunday's match at Anfield, Jamie Kanwar from Liverpool Kop has given a few minutes of his time to answer some of my questions.

Scott the Red: What do you make of the beachball fiasco at the Stadium of Light?
Jamie Kanwar: It was a very unfortunate incident, and according to the laws of the game, the goal should not have stood.

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- QPR REPORT...UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY: Checkout the TWO QPR Reports! This QPR Report site. And, the second combination messageboard and quasi-blog QPR Report Messageboard. If you're interested in constantly-updated news re anything QPR-related and also QPR nostalgia, this site has both - along with assorted eclectic non-QPR football material. Click to continue reading...

Zinedine Zidane short listed Kaka, "The Maestro", in "The Ultimate Search".Zizou is in Madrid to find the best playmaker in the world. Kaka is the man who can create balance out of chaos and elegance from disarray. The man who dictates the play like a conductor with a bow. Kaka is "The Maestro". Click to continue reading...

Con el anticipado lanzamiento de FIFA 10, la marca de artículos deportivos adidas y la compañía de videojuegos Electronic Arts, hacen equipo para entregar a los fanáticos tanto de manera virtual como en el mundo real, "lo que cada equipo necesita".

Después del lanzamiento de la campaña de futbol a nivel mundial "Every team needs.

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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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Bastian Schweinsteiger is "The Illusionist". "By the time you realise he is gone, it is too late." Zinedine Zidane is assembling an Adidas team unmatched in skills and desire for victory. Schweinsteiger is the first player to be unveiled : The Illusionist. Click to continue reading...

Meet the Lightning Strika' We are pretty sure this can't be good for anyone's state of mind. As part of Adidas' new comic book-style campaign, which features a cartoon Zinedine Zidane clocking up the airmiles as he searches for his dream team of three-stripe-clad superheroes. Emmanuel Adebayor is the Lighting Strika'. Click to continue reading...

This is a tough question, and it requires a few generalizations. But here we go: There is a top tier of soccer players. No one's 100% sure on exactly who's in there or where the cutoff is. But it features the likes of Pelé, Diego Maradona, Johann Cruyff, George Best, Ferenc Puskás, Eusébio, Garrincha (pictured), Alfredo [. Click to continue reading...

[101 Great Goals] After Nike took Patrice Evra on a foray into the meshed worlds of his past and 1980's video games, we get another show of the unreal from not at all competitors adidas and a French friend. Zinedine Zidane once again makes an appearance in the triple stripes, but this time it's an illustrated [. Click to continue reading...

Is brilliance a birthright forge by the sharp hands of destiny? Or do you think otherwise?Follow Zidane in his search for the "Powerhouse", Steven Gerrard, from Liverpool.This is definitely the best Adidas "Impossible Is Nothing Viral" viral to date. Click to continue reading...

Fashion shows already have a lot going for them: beautiful designs, glamour, front-row side-eyes, etc.

Throw a footballer in the mix and it goes to an entirely new (and hotter) level.

New York fashionistas just happened to get a great combo of footy and fashion this weekend, during the Y-3 show.

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Fashion shows already have a lot going for them: beautiful designs, glamour, front-row side-eyes, etc.

Throw a footballer in the mix and it goes to an entirely new (and hotter) level.

New York fashionistas just happened to get a great combo of footy and fashion this weekend, during the Y-3 show.

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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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This is actually quite funny. If I had paid attention in French Class I could tell you what everyone was saying, however actions speak louder than words and Zinedine himself appears to be able to act, much like Luka Modric. He also seems to know how to play Pool...Very well. Either that or its some kind of special effect.

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A selection of the best footy-related videos I've seen this week. Pour yourself a cheeky glass out of a bottle – make sure that bottle has the % symbol on it somewhere though – and enjoy...
First up, an awesome goal from Turkey's top league, featuring a quite brilliant "non-finish" by Roberto Carlos (yes, that Roberto Carlos, who now plays for Fenerbahce):
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The Real Madrid Presidential Consul ZINEDINE ZIDANE has now timeup his sleeve since he left Football to practice other leisure timepractices. Apparently it seems he has been fine tuning his billiard, card& piano skills in his spare time as these VIDEO seems to highlight:The new "Tom Cruise" of "The Colour of Money"? Click to continue reading...

[Dirty Tackle] Mere days after trumpeting the decline of virals and return of quality ads, are we allowed to feature a viral? Sure, if it's got Zinedine Zidane starring as the prodigious Renaissance Man. Befitting half the French cinema enjoyed by these eyes, it takes eons for anything to happen before the climax comes and goes with [. Click to continue reading...

The year is 1996. The All New Manchester United juggernaut has just driven relentlessly to the Premier League and FA Cup double, sneering past the wheezing, spluttering, broken down Alfa Romeo of Kevin Keegan's Newcastle on its way. The chance arises, that summer, to buy a young starlet from France, Zinedine Zidane.

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As it is Ramadhan the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the month of fasting, lets take a gander at the Muslim footballers playing in the Premier League. Emmanuel Eboue Samir Nasri Robin van Persie El Hadji Diouf Nicolas Anelka Salomon Kalou Marouane Fellaini Leon Osman Emmanuel Adebayor Kolo Toure Other notables Muslim players elsewhere: Freddy Kanoute Franck Ribery Yaya Toure Zinedine Zidane Can only confirm these players for [. Click to continue reading...

As it is Ramadhan the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the month of fasting, lets take a gander at the Muslim footballers playing in the Premier League. Emmanuel Eboue Samir Nasri Robin van Persie El Hadji Diouf Nicolas Anelka Salomon Kalou Marouane Fellaini Leon Osman Emmanuel Adebayor Kolo Toure Other notables Muslim players elsewhere: Freddy Kanoute Franck Ribery Yaya Toure Zinedine Zidane Can only confirm these players for [. Click to continue reading...