He could have succeeded Didier Deschamps several times already at the helm of the French team. At the end of the 2022 World Cup and Euro 2024 in particular. Only Noël Le Graët and Philippe Diallo, the presidents of the French Football Federation, have always favoured the option of maintaining and continuity, given the Bayonne technician’s record of service.
Zinedine Zidane in the meantime must be champing at the bit, he who knows he is destined to one day lead the Blues, after having won everything in club at the head of Real Madrid. This without taking offense, as the person concerned leads a full life, called upon here and there as an iconic figure of French sport. In this respect, the former number 10 of the 1998 world champions could have claimed the supreme honor this Friday during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. It will not be so…
Marie-José Perec favorite
” No, no, it won’t be Zidane, that’s for sure. “, reveals this Thursday a Teddy Riner passing by the France club, at La Villette, to fulfill his media obligations. “Zizou” will therefore not be the ultimate bearer of the Olympic flame, the one who on Friday evening on the banks of the Seine will have the great honor of lighting the symbolic cauldron.
” We’re waiting for the call… In any case I haven’t received a call, and if that were the case, I would like it, yes.breathes the judoka, already triple Olympic champion. I was the flag bearer in 2016, in 2024 we are at home, if I am offered it, I would do it with pleasure… “And Teddy Riner gives his point of view: ” For me, the main thing is that he’s an Olympian. The Olympics are about the Olympians! “A profile that matches that of Marie-José Pérec, whose name keeps coming up these days.” I hope I made the right decision “, confides the president of the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (COJO) Tony Estanguet.
