While waiting to know if he will take over from Didier Deschamps as coach of the French team, Zinedine Zidane remains more than ever linked to the Blues. Double scorer in the World Cup final won against Brazil in 1998, the former Real Madrid player and coach also won Euro 2000 and participated in the 2006 World Cup epic sadly concluded for him by a whim on Marco Materazzi and an expulsion. During this last competition, Franck Ribéry was able to rub shoulders with him closely. A shock for those who then began his international career.
Like “Zizou” during the World Cup organized in Germany, “Kaizer Franck” shone in a thousand lights. But evolving alongside the master to play the Blues deeply marked it, as he confirmed on Saturday in an interview with
The team. “I did not play long with him in blue but it was one of the most beautiful moments in 2006. I started with the dessert in the France team. »» And the one who will later become a figure of Bayern Munich to deliver an anecdote about his meeting with Zinedine Zidane.
“I would pay to relive this”
“When I arrive at the stadium of Tignes before the World Cup, the first person on whom I fall into the elevator, it's Zizou. I took a slap of happiness: I am not ashamed to say: I was a little boy. (…). And there, Zizou in front of me, in the elevator … I was shocked. »» But the moment went very well for Ribéry who explained that his elder
“Getting comfortable immediately, simple as always, with nice words”. A moment of grace for the former midfielder. “I was on my cloud. I did everything later. Really, I would pay to relive that. »»
Since they hung up as professional footballers, the two men met on different occasions. Always with great simplicity and as if they had left the day before. “There was a feeling. Zizou, these are good waves. We saw each other last summer at a tournament in Marseille (…) and it is always as if it was yesterday. This is where we see that it sticks. »»
