“Zidane was from another planet. When Zidane stepped onto the pitch, the 10 other guys just got suddenly better. It is that simple.”

—  Zinedine Zidane

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 2012 http://blogs.bettor.com/Ibrahimovic-Zidane-is-out-of-this-world-a209913

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