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Regularly returns to the coronation of the French team at the 1998 World Cup, after a legendary final won 3-0 against Brazil at the Stade de France. A few days ago, a sequence of Eyes in the Bluesthe mythical documentary produced by Stéphane Meunier inside the group of Aimé Jacquet, shows a discussions between Zinedine Zidane and two of his teammates who would make a hell of a scandal today. “Corrupcion!” »»would shout the president of OM Pablo Longoria.
There is a question of the red card received by “Zizou” in the second match of the group phase against Saudi Arabia, on June 18 in Saint-Denis. The number 10 of the Blues was excluded in the 71st minute of the meeting by the Mexican referee of the day, Arturo Brizio Carter, after having wiped the crampons on an opposing player. The hosts then led 2-0 thanks to Thierry Henry (37th) and David Trezeguet (68th) and finally won 4-0 against the Saudis thanks to a second goal from “Titi” Henry (78th) and a last achievement signed Bixente Lizarazu (85th).
France at 11 against 10 before Zidane's red
A few days later in Clairefontaine, while Zidane has suspended two games, the juvenus playmaker evokes his exclusion by watching a training match of his teammates alongside Laurent Blanc (who was going to be spared against Denmark during the 3rd match) and Stéphane Guivarc'h (injured in the first game). “The guy who puts the sole to DD (Didier Deschamps, editor's note)deserves the box ”first launches white. “And he didn't put anything?” Anyway, the arbitrations we had too .. ”mumbles the native of Marseille, whose premature exit against Saudi Arabia had made Jacquet angry.
Guivarc'h will then bring astonishing accusations against the referee: “If it hadn't been you, it would have been Liza, I'm sure, he would have put a red”. Which pushes Zidane to a roughness. Mr. Arturo Brizio Carter is precisely the referee who gave the most red cards in the history of the World Cup (three in 1994 and three in 1998). He had excluded a Saudi defender in the 19th minute after a tackle on “Liza” and obviously awaited the right opportunity to exclude a player from the other camp. Blanc and Lizarazu had already been warned, but it was Zidane who received supreme sanction, even if her bad gesture probably deserved this red card.
