If the French team made an entire country dream two decades ago, the Blues group was fractured by strong personalities.
The 1998 French team is a family. And like all families, this group is driven by affinities and a few bickering. The most famous obviously concerns the animosity which exists between the current coach of the Blues Didier Deschamps and the consultant Christophe Dugarry. Former teammates in 1998 and 2000, the two world champions symbolized, despite themselves, the notion of clans which could reign in the France group, as in any squad.
In the issue of L’Équipe Enquête “Euro 2000: the secret history of the Blues”, Frank Leboeuf recognizes that Zinédine Zidane could sometimes stand alone with his two bandmates in the group, Christophe Dugarry and Vincent Candela. Journalist Sébastien Tarrago, who produced this report, confirmed that the former number 10 was not unanimous within the group.
Zidane was not unanimous
“ Do you think Zidane is loved by the entire 98-2000 generation? », said Tarrago to Eric Blanc, Wednesday, on the set of L’Équipe du Soir. “ I can give you a list like that, of people who can’t frame it “, continued the journalist. Words which surprised his interlocutor, whose opinion was conditioned by the very smooth image of Zinédine Zidane. “ The players, the locker room, it’s something else. I’m talking about the general public. I don’t hear the same thing, or I lose my memory and become deaf. Mbappé, today I hear strange noises, a sort of pan behind, things, well… I’ll let it speak. (…) No fuss with business, noise. But Zidane, never “, retorted the former rugby player. Proof, if necessary, that dominant players cannot achieve unanimity…
The 1998 French team is a family. And like all families, this group is driven by affinities and a few bickering. The most famous obviously concerns the animosity which exists between the current coach of the Blues Didier Deschamps and the consultant Christophe Dugarry. Former teammates in 1998 and 2000, the two world champions symbolized, despite themselves, the notion of clans which could reign in the France group, as in any squad.
In the issue of L’Équipe Enquête “Euro 2000: the secret history of the Blues”, Frank Leboeuf recognizes that Zinédine Zidane could sometimes stand alone with his two bandmates in the group, Christophe Dugarry and Vincent Candela. Journalist Sébastien Tarrago, who produced this report, confirmed that the former number 10 was not unanimous within the group.
Zidane was not unanimous
“ Do you think Zidane is loved by the entire 98-2000 generation? », said Tarrago to Eric Blanc, Wednesday, on the set of L’Équipe du Soir. “ I can give you a list like that, of people who can’t frame it “, continued the journalist. Words which surprised his interlocutor, whose opinion was conditioned by the very smooth image of Zinédine Zidane. “ The players, the locker room, it’s something else. I’m talking about the general public. I don’t hear the same thing, or I lose my memory and become deaf. Mbappé, today I hear strange noises, a sort of pan behind, things, well… I’ll let it speak. (…) No fuss with business, noise. But Zidane, never “, retorted the former rugby player. Proof, if necessary, that dominant players cannot achieve unanimity…
