The coach of Madrid "Real" Zinedine Zidane admitted his love for Russia.

The owner of the Golden Ball of 1998 talked about this at the presentation of the official ball, which players will play at the World Cup in 2018.

"I have always loved Russia, the Russians, everything that is connected with Russia, and I felt the whole of my career from support from Russian fans. I would like to thank them for this, because I do not have many opportunities to do this. I want to say again to them for this thank you. Thank you for your support, for your letters, for your love..

Now everything is different here. Since 1992, Russia has completely changed, it is magnificent. I sometimes go to Russia, when I have free time, I was in St. Petersburg, I really like it here, "Zidane quotes the official website of Channel One.

Recall that the upcoming Mundial will be held in Russia from June 14 to July 15, 2018.