Zinedine Zidane celebrated the birthday of the Blues' victory at the 1998 World Cup. Like two years ago, the former playmaker of the French team had gathered his teammates in Aix-en-Provence for a special day at the Z5, the sports complex he himself created.
If many heroes of July 12, 1998 missed the call, several world champions had responded to Vincent Candela, Fabien Barthez, Lilian Thuram, Emmanuel Petit, Alain Boghossian, Christian Karembeu, Christophe Dugarry, Bernard Diomède or Laurent Blanc.
And if Didier Deschamps, not surprisingly, was not there, Aimé Jacquet had left his retirement to be a party. The opportunity for him to recover most of the members of his staff since Roger Lemerre, Philippe Bergeroo, Roger Lemerre and Philippe Bergeroo were also present.
Zinedine Zidane completely lets go
For the occasion, several brand guests had also made the trip to Aix. Coming neighboring Cassis, Michel Platini, co -organizer of the 1998 World Cup, was thus lunch. Similarly, while he is about to find the land of Ligue 1 with Monaco, Paul Pogba, world champion in 2018, made a noticed arrival after the inter-company football tournament organized in the afternoon with teams reinforced by one or two Blues from 1998.
“What do you want me to tell you?” What do you want to tell you? I arrive … the ball that comes back, it's a pass from ZZ (ZinĂ©dine Zidane)! What do you want … do you want me to sleep after that? »»was delighted Paul Pogba in an Instagram story after sharing a juggles session with the old Ballon d'Or.
And Zinedine Zidane was just as enthusiastic. Not for this improvised Brazilian with Paul Pogba but due to Zaho's presence in the evening. The former Madrid also dropped as rarely between the tables to take over the singer's words, in particular her title turns the page, released in 2012. The Marseillais is obviously a big fan of this song.
In a video published on his social networks by the artist, we see him standing, arms raised in heaven to sing the words alongside Christophe Dugarry. “There are meetings that mark us for life, it will remain forever engraved in my memory. Thank you for these magical moments! »»was delighted the singer.