Barthez in the middle of a nightmare

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By: Nicolas Gerbault

Tuesday evening in Bernabéu, Kylian Mbappé became the first French player to register two penalties against a French club in the Champions League. Before the captain of the Blues, Karim Adeyemi transformed two repair kicks with Salzburg against LOSC, in September 2021, like Timo Werner during a Chelsea-Rennes in November 2020 as well as Lessandro del Piero with Juventus against AS Monaco, in April 1998, against a completely disarken Fabien Barthez.

A few months before the World Cup in France, AS Monaco, also led by Martin Djetou, Thierry Henry and David Trezeguet, released Manchester United in the quarterfinals of the C1. But the semi-final go against the Turin formation of Didier Deschamps and Zinédine Zidane quickly turned to vinegar. Del Piero sent a superb free kick to Barthez's right skylight in the 35th minute of the game.

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The Portuguese defensive midfielder Costinha (called Da Costa at that time in his career) equalized on a corner of Ali Benabia (42nd) but the Bianconeri instantly resumed the advantage. On a presentation of Pippo Inzaghi, Zidane was descended by her friend Fabien, for a penalty offering a double to Alex Del Piero (45th).

Zidane completes Barthez

Juve managed to take shelter from the second period of this first confrontation with the Monegasques of Jean Tigana. Del Piero, nicknamed Pinturicchio (named after a Renaissance painter), took advantage of a fault on Inzaghi to write a second penalty and celebrate a triplet (62nd). The Calvary of Barthez continued until the end since “Zizou” adjusted it 20 meters for the 4-1 (87th).

Del Piero equalized in the return match in the second period in Louis-II, to hoist the old lady in the LDC final against Real Madrid, but Juventus bowed on May 20, 1998 in Amsterdam, Predrag Mijatovic scoring the only goal of the final on a headed strike from Roberto Carlos.