Raymond Domenech visibly remains convinced that the defeat of the French team in the 2006 World Cup final against Italy is the fault of Zinedine Zidane.
The French Federation celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of French training this Tuesday. The occasion of a big gathering organized in Clairefontaine to which no less than 500 guests were invited. Among them, many residents of INF Clairefontaine including Kylian Mbappé, Marcus Thuram and Thierry Henry. But also the cream of the French technicians since even Aimé Jacquet, very discreet in recent years, had made the trip in the same way as his former assistant, and successor on the bench of the France team, Roger Lemerre.
It was the occasion for a warm reunion with Didier Deschamps and Thierry Henry. Raymond Domenech was also there and the former French coach (2004-2010) took care to immortalize this afternoon full of nostalgia. The Lyonnais also posted a photo on Twitter where he appears alongside Aimé Jacquet. With a legend that sparked many reactions.
“For the 50th anniversary of French training in Clairefontaine, a head separates us “, he actually wrote, accompanied by a hilarious emoji. It’s hard not to see an allusion to Zinedine Zidane, hero of the 1998 World Cup final thanks to his two saving headers and sent off during the 2006 World Cup final after a headbutt to the chest by Marco Materazzi.
For the 50th anniversary of French training in Clairefontaine, a head separates us 😂🙏 pic.twitter.com/7EijG78Fiw
— Raymond Domenech (@RaymondDomenech) November 14, 2023
Raymond Domemech was never able to digest this sequence. “Sometimes at night I wake up and I say to myself: if only I could have spoken with him more, earlier, to explain to him what was going to happen, but I couldn’t imagine what happened”he explained again a year ago, adding: “If there had been someone throughout the competition, we don’t know what would have happened, someone who could have spoken to Zidane all the time to reduce the pressure, because it was his Last match. The pressure was too much for Zidane. »
