Pele, Maradona, Zidane

Zinédine Yazid Zidane is a classic example of how one can reach to the epitome of success on basis of shear talent and hard work, despite having a humble background.

Zidane, an Algeria based Muslim immigrant, had to fight many battles to reach this hieghts.
Zinedine Zidane’s career began in the backstreets of Marseilles where, at the age of 14, he was spotted by a talent scout and offered a place at the academy of AS Cannes.Soon he was able to
make his mark and was signed by Bordeaux.In no time he was able to prove his mettel to the world, and suddenly everybody was talking of this young boy from Marseilles.

Victory after victory Zizou's stature kept rising. The most important ones being the World Cup 1998(where he scored twice), European Championships 2000 and reaching final of 2006 world cup. It was all cause of Zizou's magic. His ability to dribble, make impossible moves, pip pointed passes and astonishing free kicks are just a few to say. Watching him play is sheer pleasure. He is so comfortable with the ball.In a high voltage games like world cup, many players just wanna pass the ball as soon as possible. But for zizou, its seems its part of his body....!!! With him having the ball ....anything is possible.

I think for Indian public,who do not understand football , so much they do cricket, i wud like take the liberty of comparing him with Tendulkar. Sheer talent, great determination and the hunger to make a psotive difference. But Zizou might have an edge, as he has won many
matches for his team solely single handed.

For last couple of days zizou is in news for the Infamous Header. Initially it was much criticized, and now everybody is saying it was a planned provocation my the Italian. I agree Zizou should not have done that in the first place. But, if he was provoked beyond his temperament(the kinda comments tat might have been passed are really sad to read), and he headed the opponent, I dont see anything wrong with it. As an individual, may be I might have done the same thing. Remember we are talking of football-A game which is so physical and so full of emotions- and not golf.

Zizou surely deserves to be put in the league of Pele and Maradona, and one small header cannot take tat away from one of the all time great footballer. Though France's win could have added icing to the cake, but never the less Zizou goes on to become Living History...!

Slaute to u Zizou
(for more info log to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinedine_Zidane#Personal_life)