Legendary goalkeeper of French football, Fabien Barthez marked history by winning the 1998 World Cup in particular and Euro 2000 with the Blues. Renowned for its sympathetic side and joking, the one we nicknamed the “Divine Bald” also has a very soaked character.
Suspended six months, including three closes, after spitting on the Moroccan referee of Wydad-Marseille, on February 12, 2005, Barthez was forced to give up in the OM cage to Cédric Carrasso, 23 years old at the time. And while the latter had perfectly tempted the interim, the Ariégeois was very hard against him once his suspension was served.
“How do we see Barthez's return?” He puts the guy at a direct time! I want to continue playing, I have fun, we have a great team … Except that he comes to see you, he hits you on the shoulder like that and he says to me: “Good listening little, you're going to go sit on the bench now”. You look at it, you wonder if he is joking, but not the guy does not laugh “Said Carrasso during an interview with
Oh My Goal.
Carrasso on Barthez: “He was hard with me and I did not understand why”
“The guy resumes his place and he knows it, because we talked about it together, he was horrible with mecontinued the former Bordeaux porter. As soon as he was in pain somewhere, I warmed up throughout the match and finally he stayed on the field. Another time in the Coupe de France, there were not many people at the stadium so he said he can't play and I had to replace him. Than things like that. »»
“I didn't know how to take it, it was frustrating. I was both admiring because he was nice, but at the same time, he was hard with me and I did not understand why. I was wondering what he wanted me “Remember Carrasso, who absolutely does not want the 98 world champion to have treated him like this.
He then returned to the great explanation he had with the ex-Mancunian a few years later. “” In Bordeaux, he calls me and offers to come and drink a coffee. He spoke to me for 4 hours to explain to me why he was like that with me. He was playing his last season to go to the World Cup and ends up with a kid in his legs. He said to me: “I was forced to be like that with you because you forced me to go a little further”. (…) I will be grateful for Fabien. He made me understand everything in 5 minutes.
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