It’s a day of celebration for the Blues in 1998. And for the occasion, Didier Deschamps will be present alongside the other heroes of July 12.
By Didier Deschamps’ own admission, the tricolor coach has a necessarily complicated relationship with Zinedine Zidane, his former teammate at Juventus but also in the France team. “The sporting situation has led to a sporting rivalry between the two of us. Even for some an opposition”, he confided on this subject at the beginning of the year, adding: “I will always have a lot of respect for him in relation to what we have lived and shared together. Already in our first life as a player and in relation to what he is, what he represents in French football and sport. »
The former Nantes player had just returned until 2026 at the head of the Blues and this extension could only be badly experienced by his rival, who had been eyeing the bench of the Blues for several months. Many players from France 1998 had also taken up the cause of the former tricolor playmaker, openly criticizing the tricolor coach. Whether for this extension closed on the sly with Noël Le Graët, his silences after the surreal exit of the former boss of the FFF about Zinedine Zidane or his distances taken with the Blues of 1998.
Dugarry also expected
But for a day, everything will be forgotten. Didier Deschamps will indeed be present this Wednesday in Aix-en-Provence to celebrate the 25e anniversary of the coronation against Brazil, July 12, 1998. A presence all the more expected since Zinedine Zidane is the host of the day. Eager to mark the occasion, the native of Marseille organized a tournament in one of his “Z5”, these 5-a-side football complexes that he launched in Provence.
Twelve teams will participate in the tournament which will take place from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and many Blues from 1998 will be there. Bixente Lizarazu, Christophe Dugarry, Bernard Lama or Alain Boghossian are particularly expected. Absent for the twenty years, Didier Deschamps will therefore be present this time but his entourage considers that it is a non-event, according to The Team.
