On Friday, at 6 p.m., the French Olympic team will face Spain in the final of the 2024 Olympic Games, at the Parc des Princes. The opportunity for the Bleuets to win a new gold medal in football, forty years after the Los Angeles Olympics.
Thierry Henry is certainly experiencing the most important moment of his coaching career. “I’m simply in a dream, and the outcome of the final doesn’t matter. But I’m a competitor, I want to win it. Waking up will be hard, even for you. We have a beautiful country after all, when we decide to be together, we are unstoppable,” declared the French coach at a press conference.
Thierry Henry : “A small feat no matter what”
The 1998 world champion is aware that he is living an enchanted interlude. “We visualize the gold. We realize what is happening, I told Alexandre Lacazette to look around him when we arrived in Paris. It’s a small feat whatever happens,” estimates the 46-year-old technician.
On Friday evening, the 1984 French Olympic champions will be present in the stadium where Paris Saint-Germain traditionally plays. Daniel Xuereb and his friends will take their places in the VIP area of the Parisian stadium to encourage their cadets.