OFFICIAL: Real Madrid mourn as Zidane passes on

OFFICIAL: Real Madrid mourn as Zidane passes on.

It is a sad day at Real Madrid football club following 

the death of Farid Zidane, the brother of the club’s 

manager and legend Zinedine Zidane.

Farid, who was Zinedine’s elder  brother grew up in 

France alongside the World Cup winner. Their 

parents, Smaïl and Malika, emigrated to Paris from 

the village of Aguemoune in the Berber-speaking 

region of Kabylie in northern Algeria in 1953 before 

the start of the Algerian War.

The family, which had settled in the city’s tough 

northern districts of Barbès and Saint-Denis, found 

little work in the region, and in the mid-1960s moved 

to the northern Marseille suburb of La Castellane in 

the 16th  arrondissement of Marseille.

All members of the Real Madrid first-team squad held 

a minute’s silence ahead of training in Montreal 

following  the passing of Farid Zidane, the brother of 

our coach, Zinedine Zidane.

The La Liga giants released an official 

statement yesterday that the

 manager, Zinedine Zidane,  left the pre-

season training camp in Montreal for personal 

reasons.

The Real Madrid boss is yet to make a personal statement as he takes time off to mourn his loss. Until he returns, sessions will be led by assistant coach David