Djibril Cisse admits it easily: now less than two weeks of his jubilee, having to oppose the Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps a team bringing together old glories from AJ Auxerre to Team “Cissé All-Stars”, made up of friends from the former French team striker, emotion is already palpable.
She was particularly visible on Thursday, when the native of Arles spoke Guy Roux, who was sitting on the bench of Auxerroises legends alongside Sylvain Pélissier. “I call him my second father, he knows it. He knows what he did for me, he knows what he represents. He is someone who kept his word towards my mother, who had strong words: “I take you a son and I will give you a man. “And that's what he did”, He explained in the preamble.
“It was not obvious, our relationship. Me, I arrived, I was fourteen-five years old, Fou-Fou. When we started training together, I was seventeen or eighteen years old, he continued. I was in another dynamic than his, tattooed, blond, crazy to the extreme … He was very earth on earth. And the proverb according to which the opposites attract each other has really verified. »»
Djibril cissé eternally grateful to Guy Roux
“We had nothing to do with it, and there was a 'match' that was made. I have a lot, a lot of respect, a lot of love for the coach. He knows it. I told him many times. I thank him because without him, I will surely not be there,
he said, adding: “Thanks to you coach, I thank you very much, I had a good career and I became a respectable man. »»
Djibril Cisse also said he had wanted to leave AJ Auxerre when he was only 18 years old and aspired to hold. He was then coveted by an Italian team and had made feet and hands to leave. A meeting with Guy Roux had failed to convince him and it was ultimately his big brother who had persuaded him to get into the rank and to continue the adventure in Auxerre.
