Djibril Cissé likes to hit hard. And not just in the ball. If Zinedine Zidane cannot free himself for the Jubilee Cissé on Tuesday, May 27, the Stade de l'Abbé-deschamps in Auxerre will welcome very beautiful world. The scorer formed by Guy Roux in the Yonne brought together his emblematic Auxerrois teammates like Fabien Cool, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Philippe Mexès, Lionel Mathis, Yann Lachuer, Teemu Tainio, Khalilou Fadiga, Kanga Akalé, Olivier Kapo or Benjani Mwaruwari.
Faced with the “AJA legends” managed by Guy Roux and Christophe Pélissier, the “Cisse All-Stars” offer an incredible cast. Grégory Coupet, William Gallas, Mamadou Sakho, Daniel Van Buyten, Claude Makelele, Lassana Diarra, Jay-Jay Okocha, Florent Malouda, Samir Nasri, Thierry Henry, Didier Drogba or Bafetimbi Gomis will all be there! Arsène Wenger will be at the helm of this impressive squad.
Steven Gerrard had been announced at first, but the legend of Liverpool, with whom Cissé won the Champions League in 2005, will not be the appointment. Djibril Cissé announced three new players on Thursday. “We said Auxerre, it's Brazil”wrote the native of Arles by revealing the names of Vitorino Hilton, Gilberto Silva and Sonny Anderson.
Three more Brazilians in Auxerre
The former French team striker crossed Hilton at OM in the summer of 2008 (three official matches together) before leaving in Sunderland. He then rubbed shoulders with Gilberto Silva for two years in Panathïnaikos (70 matches from 2009 to 2011). The Brazilian environment is one of the executives of the great arsenal of Thierry Henry and Brazil 2002 world champion.
Finally, Djibril Cissé never evolved with Sonny Anderson but faced it in French D1 for three years during the Auxerre-Ol. Cissé had managed to score more goals than the Brazilian (14 against 12) in the 2002-2003 season, before finishing top scorer in Ligue 1 in 2004 with 26 achievements, Sonny Anderson having left for Villarreal.
