Zinedine Zidane: Focus on football
Updated On: 26 October, 2022 08:16 AM IST | Paris | AFP
French World Cup-winning star Zinedine Zidane urges fans to forget the controversies and concentrate on sport at upcoming Qatar World Cup
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Zinedine Zidane poses next to his wax statue at the Musee Grevin in Paris on Monday. Pic/AFP
French World Cup-winning hero Zinedine Zidane said Monday it was “time to forget the controversies and focus on the football” at the upcoming World Cup in Qatar, despite calls to boycott the tournament over the Gulf state’s rights record and treatment of migrant workers. “I hope France have a great tournament, but I don’t know yet if I will go to Qatar,” former Real Madrid coach Zidane, 50, said as he attended the unveiling of his own wax figure at the Musee Grevin in Paris.
When asked about the World Cup, which will begin on November 20 after more than a decade of controversy since Qatar was named as host, Zidane said the focus should now be on the sport “for all those fans who just want to watch the football.”
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