Bernard Diomède, it's official

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By: Nicolas Gerbault

Lionel Charbonnier, Bernard Diomède and Stéphane Guivarc'h are the three 1998 world champions who played at the time at AJ Auxerre under the orders of Guy Roux.

Two and a half weeks from his jubilee at Father-deschamps, Tuesday, May 27, in the L'Antre de l'Aj Auxerre, Djibril Cissé published the “Aja Legends” workforce who will challenge the “Cisse All Stars”. The cast is exceptional. The center-forward formed by Guy Roux brought together his former Auxerrois teammates as well as some legends of the Burgundian club, including the 1998 world champions Lionel Charbonnier and Bernard Diomède.

The goalkeeper, the left winger as well as Stéphane Guivarc'h are obviously one of the 22 of Aimé Jacquet of the 1998 World Cup won at the Stade de France against Brazil (3-0). Charbonnier was the 3rd goalkeeper behind Fabien Barthez and Bernard Lama, Diomède was established until the 8th finals against Paraguay, while Guivarc'h was number 9 holders of the Blues, during the first match against South Africa and then in the last square against Croatia and Seleçao.

Bernard Diomède evolved at AJA until 2000 and rubbed shoulders with the “Djib”, who arrived at the training center in 1998. Charbonnier and Guivarc'h, they left in the summer of 1998. Also champions of France 1996 under the orders of the Druid Guy Roux, Franck Silvestre, Sabri Lamouchi, Corentin Martins and Moussa Saïb appear in the team of Legendes AJA.

Charbonnier, Diomède and two other world champions 98

Cissé exploded in French D1 from 1999 to 2005 at the forefront of the Auxerroise attack (169 matches and 90 goals) and won the 2003 French Cup. He brought together the whole victorious PSG team (2-1), with goalkeeper Fabien Cool, defenders Philippe Mexès, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Stéphane Grichting, Johan Radet and Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé, The Yann Lachuer, Lionel Mathis and Amdy Faye and attackers Olivier Kapo, Khalilou Fadiga, Kanga Akalé and Benjani Mwaruwari.

The “Cissé All-Stars” will also delight the public of Father-deschamps. Djibril Cissé called on his former teammates of the French team William Gallas, Mamadou Sakho, Gaël Givet, Claude Makelele, Robert Pirès, Florent Malouda and Thierry Henry (pending Zinedine Zidane?), As well as Steven Gerrard and Didier Drogba! The legend of the Reds was announced by the native of Arles but his presence has not been confirmed since.