Zinedine Zidane picks up a vintage football and starts to juggle. Wearing a suit, shirt and tie, and a smart pair of shoes, the Frenchman isn’t exactly dressed for keepy-uppies. Like he needs to be.
Just behind him is another ball — the very one his left boot made the sweetest of connections with at Hampden Park in May 2002, to score one of the most iconic goals in Champions League history. 😍 An iconic Champions League goal, #OTD in 2002! ⚽️ Zinédine Zidane 👏 @realmadriden | #UCL pic.twitter.
com/RVJSk5PLaM — UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) May 15, 2021 Among all the other memorabilia — and it really is kid-in-a-sweet-shop territory for anyone who loves football— there’s a pair of Zidane’s boots from that era. Real Madrid provided those Adidas Predators, along with a European Cup that, presumably, was knocking around out the back somewhere at the Bernabeu and they thought they could do without it for a bit after winning their 15th last month. Advertisement In fact, there are trophies everywhere, all of them authentic, and that includes a Ballon d’Or which, judging from Zidane’s gesture when he picks it up, you wouldn’t want to drop on your foot.
It’s a book, however, that stops the 52-year-old in his tracks as his eyes flick around the set where he’s about to be photographed. Because the book, Sur Les Chemins De Pierres, was written by his father, Smail. Zidane picks it up and smiles.
“I have had Enzo Francescoli (the former Marse.