A hero of the 1982 World Cup, Alain Giresse was nevertheless imposed himself as a French team than a year earlier. And this despite a first selection seven years earlier when he was only 22 years old. But in 1981, the Bordeaux midfielder still had only four selections.
“I started in 74 in Poland because Serge Chiesa only wants to play in club. Michel Hidalgo, then assistant to Kovacs, convinces him to call me. It was not planned at all, He thus entrusted in an interview to So Foot. In 77, I played three games, including one at the Bombonera, replacing Henri Michel, against the fadas of 78, to be broken by Tarentini or Gallego, I do not know, poets. »»
This tour in Argentina, a year from the World Cup, will be the occasion for a memorable meeting for the Girondin playmaker. “In 1977, we found ourselves at the same time as them on Argentine tour. One evening, Gérard Cholley took Amisse and I, each under one arm, my paws in the air ”he remembered.
“Marius Treor had wanted to race …”
But the two players in pocket format are not the only ones to have paid the price for this moment spent with the players of the XV of France. “Marius Treor had wanted to race (he shows a bottle of wine). He finished dead ”, he revealed, adding: “At dinner, as soon as we put our but on the table, hop, we took a big spoon on it. No, but the third half in rugby, they have to be careful, they are completely hammers. »»
This mishap did not cool Marius Treor as evidenced by this other anecdote about the one who joined Alain Giresse in Girondins in the summer of 1980. “I remember, when Marius TrĂ©sor arrives … Oulala, for me, it's someone!” He immediately wanted to take care of the fines box. He noted everything about his notebook. We made these end -of -year mouths, in stars! “Sorry ladies, tonight, it's a football evening!” »»he said about the Guadeloupean.
