People in Sports | Zinedine Zidane
MALAGA, Spain - Retired French international Zinedine Zidane, and AC Milan’s Ronaldo returned to Spain for the first time since their playing days at Real Madrid to face each other in a United Nations charity match on Monday.
Ronaldo and Zidane are goodwill ambassadors for UNDP, a United Nations development program that organized the fifth Match Against Poverty. Zidane scored from a free kick and set up the other in a 2-2 draw before 33,000 fans at La Rosaleda.
Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher and golfer Sergio Garcia also played.
Zidane was mobbed by children - and some young adults - after they broke through security barriers before the start of the match, the former Madrid maestro’s first on Spanish soil in a year and a half. He sent his free kick into the defensive wall in the 11th minute, and the ball deflected to beat diving FC Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes.
The Associated Press