The scene is lunar. Didier Deschamps and Roger Lemerre discuss a long time on the field of De Kuip (the Dutch bowl), the nickname of Feyenoord Stadium, while the French team is celebrating its coronation at Euro 2000 at the expense of Italy. It is also one of the outstanding images of this July 2, 2000. The TV realization drove long on this exchange between the captain, who had just lifted the Henri-Delaunay trophy, and his coach.
Led 1-0 on a goal from Marco Delvecchio in the 55th minute, the tricolor formation of the Golden Ball Zinédine Zidane equalized in the 94th minute by Sylvain Wiltord, on a release of Fabien Barthez diverted by David Trezeguet. This same “Trezegol” scored the gold goal in the 103rd minute on a center behind Robert Pirès, to offer a double World Cup 1998-European Championship 2000 to France.
Two years after the coronation of the Blues at the Stade de France against Brazil, Deschamps had a knit to leave with journalists by deciding not to speak to the media during Euro 2000! “There are two things, lack of respect and incompetence. So when we meet these two things at the same time, it's too heavy ”then said the interested party on his website,
Didierdeschamps.com. Journalists were in fact for the tenure of Patrick Vieira in the midfield …
Roger Lemerre puts pressure on Didier Deschamps
Even before the semi-final against Portugal, Deschamps warned the group of its decision to withdraw from the French team at only 31 years old. His childhood friend Marcel Desailly, the same age, took over the armband for the 2002 World Cup. Specialists had read on the lips of Lemerre and Deschamps during their conversation on the ground. “We're not going to give up now. With the deadlines that await us … So you will not go out now ”ordered Aimé Jacquet's successor.
But DD was categorical. “I have my wife, my family … I don't want to make them suffer. But I have to have the choice. I'm fed up, I'm really fed up “thus launched the defensive midfielder to his national coach, then convinced that he can keep him to the East Asian World. Player of Chelsea for a year alongside “The Rock”, “The Dèche” has resilled his contract with the Blues to sign in Valence, where he will finish on the bench before hanging up the crampons, at 32 years old.
