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⚫ Subscribe to join the discussion⚫ / @gianlucafraula ???? Instagram ???? / gianluca.fraula ???? PODCAST SPOTIFY : https://open.spotify.com/show/23kGqlS... ITUNES : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... GOOGLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR... With the help of Giovanni Guido / giovanni-guido-165581b1 #zidane #soccer #football #seriea #madrid #mondiali2006 #italy ◾ Zidane's perfect match against Brazil ◾ On April 25, 2006, a month before the end of a Liga that had now taken the path of Barcelona, Zinedine Zidane said enough. One of the best players in history leaves football. The news had been in the air for some time. Zizou is just a few steps away from turning thirty-four. There is no question about his class, but the cycle of the “Galacticos”, a frightening team just by reading the lineup, which could and should have won much more, is over. The “Blancos” are coming off three disastrous seasons. A coming and going of coaches, players and managers that has not led to any success, except a miserable Supercopa del Rey. The last Liga dates back to 2003. The tenth Champions League has not even been seen from afar. Furthermore, add to this the fact that in February Florentino Perez, architect of the Madrid renaissance, resigned, paving the way for new elections. There is an air of refoundation and the French number 5 understands that the circle is closing. On May 7, in what was his home for five years, he plays his farewell match. His teammates wear a commemorative T-shirt and the fans unfurl a banner that reads: “Thanks for the magic”. He doesn’t get too upset, he’s not the type to let emotions show. A cold Mediterranean, which, if anything, gives emotions to the public. He scores a goal, the match ends in a draw and Real’s season, a failure, ends there. Not that of Zizou, who as captain and team player flies to a retreat with France. That France from which he had already separated after the debacle of Euro 2004. The reigning champions defeated by Greece. He doesn’t accept it and says goodbye to the group, but twelve months later he changes his mind. The World Cup is upon us and he cares a lot about it. He can’t imagine a sad farewell tour. He’s trained to be at his best for a whole month, to get to the end. No Sunset Boulevard, on the contrary. Like a football rockstar, he wants to close with one last tournament as a winner. He wants it to be unforgettable. He wants the second cup, after the one in '98.