France 98 - World Select 12 Juillet 2008 au Stade de France

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10eme Anniversaire Champion du Monde
France 98 - World Select
12 Samedi Juillet 2008
Stade de France

Tomorrow there will be a match @ Stade de France to celebrate the 10th anniversary of France's World Cup victory.

Sabri Lamouchi, Olivier Dacourt, Ludovic Giuly and Martin Djetou have been recalled for the 1998 World Champion and 2000 European Champions for the 1998 World Cup victory at the Stade de France Saturday against a world select. Only Emmanuel Petit, played from 1998-2000, will be absent.

Mikael Silvestre was invited but has not been released by his club – Manchester United. Certain players, like Guivarc’h ………. The question remains open for Thuram. From the World Select, subsequent defections (Buffon, Eto’o, Figo…) <<Brief translation a moi>>

Notice the assistant coach for the World Select

En Francais (a L'Equipe)
Sabri Lamouchi, Olivier Dacourt, Ludovic Giuly et Martin Djetou : quatre renforts ont été appelés par les champions du monde 1998 et d'Europe 2000 pour le match anniversaire de la victoire au Mondial 1998 au Stade de France, samedi, contre une sélection mondiale. Seul Emmanuel Petit devrait être absent parmi la génération 1998-2000, tandis que David Trezeguet laisse planer le doute, depuis l'annonce mercredi de sa retraite internationale.

Mikaël Silvestre, lui aussi invité, n'a pas été libéré par son club, Manchester United. Certains ne joueront pas, comme Guivarc'h, inapte au football. La question reste ouverte pour Lilian Thuram, qui aura fin juillet les résultats définitifs concernant son hypertrophie cardiaque. De son côté, la sélection mondiale a subi quelques défections (Buffon, Eto'o, Figo...).

France 98 * :
GARDIENS : Fabien Barthez, Lionel Charbonnier, Bernard Lama, Ulrich Ramé (0)
DEFENSEURS : Laurent Blanc, Marcel Desailly, Frank Leboeuf, Bixente Lizarazu, Vincent Candela, Lilian Thuram, Martin Djetou (00)
MILIEUX : Alain Boghossian, Didier Deschamps, Patrick Vieira, Youri Djorkaeff, Christian Karembeu, Zinédine Zidane, Robert Pires, Johan Micoud (0), Sabri Lamouchi (00), Olivier Dacourt (00), Ludovic Giuly (00)
ATTAQUANTS : Christophe Dugarry, Stéphane Guivarc'h, Bernard Diomède, Thierry Henry, David Trezeguet, Nicolas Anelka (0), Sylvain Wiltord (0)
Sélectionneur: Aimé Jacquet

Sélection mondiale :
GARDIENS : Pascal Zuberbühler (SUI), Dominique Casagrande (FRA)
DEFENSEURS : Fernando Couto (POR), Frank de Boer (PBS), Fernando Hierro (ESP), Graham Le Seaux (ANG), Rigobert Song (CAM), Gianluca Festa (ITA)
MILIEUX : Zvonimir Boban (CRO), Edgar Davids (PBS), Martin Jorgensen (DAN), Valeri Kharpin (RUS), Jari Litmanen (FIN), Moussa Saïb (ALG), Khalfan Ibrahim (QAT)
ATTAQUANTS : Sonny Anderson (BRE), Pedro Pauleta (POR), Teddy Sheringham (ANG), Davor Suker (CRO), Emilio Butragueno (ESP), Fayçal Mobarak (QAT), Pierre van Hooijdonk (pbs), Gianfranco Zola (ITA)
Sélectionneur: Arsène Wenger (FRA) et Hristo Stoïtchkov (BUL)

* Les joueurs suivis d'un 0 sont champions d'Europe mais pas du monde, ceux suivi de 00 ne sont ni l'un ni l'autre

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Sorry to be posting so late about this, but I went to the match!

Prior to kick-off, the World Cup trophy arrived. A helicopter hovered over the Stade de France as a guy carrying the trophy winched down and handed it over to Aimé Jacquet to great applause.

The players were introduced onto the field individually American style. Predictably enough, Zidane got the biggest cheer when he came on. Of the team that started for France in the World Cup Final 10 years ago, only Petit was missing. Laurent Blanc took his place in midfield.

You've probably seen the goals on YouTube. The game itself was what you would expect from a charity match. Emilio Butragueno put the World XI 1-0 up in the first half, Zidane equalised midway through the second half. Pauleta - huge cheers for the former PSG man when he came on as a sub - hit a screamer of a volley from the edge of the penalty area on 80 minutes, and Ludovic Giuly scrambled in for 2-2 with two minutes to go. Everyone thought that would be that, then Davor Suker went off on his own, dribbling around the France back four to score a last minute goal (10 years too late!) before Bernard Diomede struck the final goal in injury time. Nothing too taxing, but an ebtertaining exhibition nonetheless.

There were frequent substitutions throughout the match to give everyone who turned up a run out, the French players in particular garnered big rounds of applause went the went off, even Stéphane Guivarc'h! Perhaps he has at last been forgiven for missing those chances in the final against Brazil after all this time. Of those who came on, David Trezeguet and Robert Pires in particular got the biggest cheers. Was this the French public commenting of Raymond Domenich's selection policy?

Lizarazu still looked impressive, and Bernard Lama made a couple of fine stops when he was on for Barthez. For the World XI, Rigobert Song and Edgar Davids seemed to be everywhere. But there's little doubt who the public had come to see. Any lulls in the play were punctuated by chants of "Zizou! Zizou!" and he didn't disappoint. Zinédine Zidane orchestrated then French team, rolled back the years and played like he had never been away. He still has the range of tricks and flicks and frequently ghosted past opponents as if they weren't there.

The evening ended with the French team parading the World Cup trophy around the Stade de France. Followed by a fireworks display to mark the stadium's 10th anniversary. All in all, a fun night out and well worth the journey.