00:00 Zvonimir, tell me, what made you want to be involved tonight?
00:04 It's a beautiful thing that we through football can help people in trouble.
00:10 It was a big tragedy for Slovenian people, for Slovenian country as a whole.
00:16 It's a very sad reason why we are here actually.
00:20 But then, having said that, I have to say that the response for all the players and the Slovenian people was amazing.
00:28 It will be sold out, the stadium will be sold out.
00:31 It will be a beautiful game, a lot of great names.
00:34 We are not anymore what maybe people expect us to be.
00:37 They have to accept it and that's it.
00:39 The shape, the physical condition of most of the players, it's incredible to say that you're all retired 5, 10, 15 years.
00:47 Maybe it's more how we look like, but the truth is that we can't run anymore in a normal way.
00:56 There is a lot of cartilage missing and there is a lot of problems with our knees, backs and the rest.
01:01 So we are not fast anymore, we are not flexible anymore, but we know something to do still with the ball.
01:07 So this will be the case this night.
01:09 How easy was this to put together?
01:11 I spoke to Robert Pires, he said you called him up, it was easy.
01:15 Was it easy to get the players to come?
01:17 Absolutely yes.
01:19 We have to be really thankful to all these guys.
01:23 They immediately said yes, I come, they want to help.
01:26 The general sentiment of the football players is that they are privileged people.
01:31 That we are privileged people, I was as well, I am still now.
01:34 In the end, in my soul, in the deepest part of my soul, I will always remain a football player.
01:39 They are guys who think that they are somehow privileged in life, so we would like to give something back.
01:46 So everyone responded immediately, yes.
01:49 How much are you looking forward to putting your boots back on?
01:52 Is playing football still the dream? Do you prefer that to running the game now?
01:57 Should it be.
01:59 Do you prefer your job now?
02:01 I would say that, look, the pitch always remains the pitch.
02:06 The emotions that we have been living there are incomparable with the desk emotions, if I can say it like this.
02:13 Come on, we have to be clear with that.
02:16 But still, there are a lot of responsibilities, a lot of things which we can help football generally.
02:23 But what we have to bear in our mind very clear is that the game has to be in the first place, because the ball was there before the building.
02:30 I am looking at the squad list, the talent.
02:33 Two Ballon d'Or winners, four World Cups, 21 Champions League, 45 Serie A.
02:38 I didn't know all of these good numbers.
02:40 What happens when there is a free kick tonight? There is going to be 25 players.
02:45 No, no.
02:46 Enjoy, good luck.
02:48 Thank you very much.
02:50 Thank you.
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