Zidane: The second coming

Zinedine Zidane has said he would like to return to the world of football, but is undecided about what he will do.

The Frenchman who is regarded as one of the sport's all-time greats retired after France's defeat by Italy in the 2006 World Cup final.

He said: "I have no goal but coming back into football, I would like that."

The gifted son of Algerian immigrants, Zidane, 35, was the inspiration behind France's 1998 World Cup triumph on home soil.

"Talking about it ten years later still gives me the shivers," he said.

"I was 26 and we had the best team in the world - it was extraordinary. To share that with millions of people was magic."

Zidane revealed that since retiring he has been involved in a project to build football pitches for children in Marseille, the city where he grew up.

But he realised the image of the ugly gesture on which he ended his career would never go away.

In his final match - the 2006 World Cup final in Berlin - the midfielder was infamously sent-off for head-butting Italy's Marco Materazzi.

"I would have liked to go out in a different way but it's done, that's the way it is. I'll have to put up with it for all my life," he added.

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