Thursday, June 29, 2006

Zidane still on par

By Tando Mfengwana

Zinedine Zidane scores the third and final goal in injury time to seal off Spain’s hopes of World Cup glory. In a typically ordinary style European soccer match the French midfielder played some good attacking soccer and composed himself to slot in his 29th international goal in his 105 appearance. The goal ensured the "Les Blues" as they are commonly known, advancement to the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup. They are now set to meet with the current World champions, Brazil, whom just qualified by an unconvincing win over African hopefuls Ghana who made it to the last sixteen on their debut. Zinedine came back from retirement in order to play and assist France in their World Cup assault in Germany 2006 and this showed his critics that his still on par with the best in the world.

1 comment:

svodoba said...

Zidane is not a good person. How many years playing in Spain (Real Madrid) and when he decided to leave football scores against the country where he lives. This is absolutely amazing. (You will note that I'm Spanish and from Madrid...

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