It is a small anomaly in the history of football: the French team and Germany have offered great moments of history by competing in the World Cup or the euro but never met the iron during the final of a tournament, as the site recalls Blue chronicles After the Final Four of the League of Nations. The two selections found themselves in the match for third place, won by the Blues (2-0). A shooting of Reynald Pedros could have offered a euro final between the two neighbors …
Two years before the World Cup, the training of Aimé Jacquet carried out a particularly laborious European Championship in Nations in England, switching to penalties against the Netherlands in the quarter-finals (0-0, 5-4 TAB) before offering a new 0-0 in a half against the Czeching, to lose this time during the penalties session (5-6).
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At the end of 120 minutes that are not very brilliant and tumultuous, Zinedine Zidane, Youri Djorkaeff, Bixente Lizarazu, Vincent Guérin and Laurent Blanc transformed their Peno but Reynald Pedros, entered in place of Sabri Lamouchi in the 62nd minute of the disputed part at Old Trafford, did not shake the nets. The left -handed winger of FC Nantes champion of France 1995 struck at the center and the opposing goalkeeper, Petr Kouba, returned the ball. Michal Kadlec then qualified his country in the final against the Mannschaft (lost on a gold goal by Oliver Bierhoff).
Reynald Pedros “Treaty like a stranger”
Reynald Pedros was comforted by Philippe Bergeroo (the guards' coach) and Aimé Jacquet on return to the locker room. The native of Orleans quickly forgot, but he became the target of tricolor supporters at the Parc des Princes, during the next match of the Blues, in a friendly against Mexico (2-0). “I did not expect to be treated as a foreigner in the French team”had regretted the attacking midfielder after the meeting, when he joined OM during the summer.
Among the Phocaeans, Pedros failed to win, by completing his six -month passage with 23 goalless matches, for two assists for Xavier Gravelaine and Eric Roy. He played his last match with the French team on November 9, 1996 against Denmark, at 25. The rest of his career is a disaster. The Canaries' feu-follet did not impose itself in Parma, Naples, Lyon, Montpellier or Bastia before playing in Israel (Maccabi Ahi Nazareth), Qatar (Al-Khor) or hexagonal lower divisions.
