Sensationally, Juventus was eliminated after the first round and was torn apart by the press. After Zidane was sent off against AC Perugia on Matchday 3, the press was already talking about a bad buy. After the season, Zidane's agent declared that his client would no longer play for Juventus Turin, which is why the 2-1 win over Atalanta Bergamo on 17 June 2001 (38th matchday) was his last game. The 2007/08 season ended the attacker with the Chicago Wolves, for whom he made his debut in the American Hockey League (AHL). Three different coaches (José Antonio Camacho, Mariano García Remón, Vanderlei Luxemburgo) failed to form the collection of superstars into a functioning collective and both in the Champions League and in the Copa del Rey the Galácticos were the last stop in the round of 16. Del Bosque later changed his formation to a diamond midfield with Zidane behind the two strikers and the Frenchman had 16 points in 31 league games. The country fell into a collective delirium and briefly became a single nation of football fans. France were first World Cup champions and the squad perfectly reflected the multicultural society that the Grande Nation had become in the 20th century.
The desired generational change under new coach Raymond Domenech proved difficult and France threatened to miss out on qualifying for the 2006 World Cup. Coach Marcello Lippi fielded Zidane in his preferred 4-3-3 formation as one of three central midfielders alongside Antonio Conte and Didier Deschamps. But the turning point came in autumn when Lippi had to compensate for Conte's injury-related absence by changing his playing system to a 4-4-2. Zidane also received numerous individual awards in 1998 as France's footballer and sportsman of the year, as well as FIFA World Player of the Year and the Ballon d'Or as Europe's footballer of the year. After missing the 1994 World Cup, France coach Aimé Jacquet began building a new team. The team, coached by Raymond Domenech, finished fourth after losing to Italy's U-21s in the semi-finals. Significantly, Zidane received the award for Italy's best foreign player. Zidane was the most expensive football player in history at the time and the previous record transfer fee for Luís Figo from the previous year was clearly surpassed. He scored his first international goal in the 3-0 win in the round of 16 against Slovakia with a volley from 21 meters in the eighth minute to make it 1-0. Strong nerves and made the difference again when he scored the game-winning golden goal from the penalty spot in the 117th minute.
He made a promising start when he came on for Corentin Martins in the 63rd minute when the score was 2-0 and scored twice in the closing stages to level the score at 2-2. Should two or more teams be tied in the table, the following comparison rules will be applied sequentially to determine the placement of the teams. Until the 2010/11 season, the weightlifting Bundesliga was divided into the groups south, middle and north, each of which comprised five teams. The U-14 and U-12 teams play their games in the Southern California Developmental Soccer Leagues (SCDSL). The world champions presented themselves as strong and solid players, with Zidane in particular making a strong impression and standing out from the team. The name "Internazionale" ("International") was chosen to demonstrate the team's openness to players of all nationalities. Players like Raúl, Roberto Carlos, Iker Casillas, Luís Figo, Ronaldo (2002 onwards), David Beckham (2003 onwards) and Michael Owen (2004 onwards) formed the Galactics. In 2004, Zizou traveled with his team to the European Championships in Portugal.
While coach Jacquet prepared the team for the tournament at the national training center in Clairefontaine, Zidane had to put up with criticism from parts of the media after losing three European Cup finals and the moderate Tournoi de France for failing in important games. Although Zidane was now a world-class player, he was accused of losing three consecutive European Cup finals. After Ben Khalifa had not played in the first team in the first half of the season, he was loaned out to 1. FC Nürnberg on January 14, 2011 for a year and a half. The Frenchman signed his contract on June 20. February 2004 extended by two more years (until 2007). Materazzi admitted on Italian television on August 18, 2007 that he replied to Zidane's offer to give him his shirt: "Preferisco la puttana di tua sorella" (in English: "I prefer your sister, the whore"). ↑ "Premiership trio launch Asia Cup" (Memento of the original from December 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. The following 2002/03 season was very successful for Real Madrid: First, the UEFA -Supercup (3:1 against Feyenoord Rotterdam) and on December 3, 2002 by beating Club Olimpia 2:0 the World Cup.