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AFP

Five years ago, the Frenchmen Paul Pogba and Samuel Umtiti won the World Cup final. This is the 2013 U-20 tournament that was played in Turkey with the so-called 1993 generation, which gave excellent players to the "blues".

From this victory to shootout against Uruguay (4-1) in Istanbul on July 13, 2013, four players are part of the team of 23 that will compete in the final of the World Cup Sunday against Croatia: midfielder Paul Pogba, defender Samuel Umtiti, midfielder Florian Thauvin and goalkeeper Alphonse Areola.

THE FACT
Paul Pogba had already made his debut in the professional team before the U-20 World Cup It was the first time that France had qualified for the finals of D & P U-20 World Cup. This tournament laid the foundation for the current "blue" team, as Thauvin admitted before arriving in Russia: "It is a wonderful memory for us. We speak often, we will remember all our lives. Whenever we see each other, good memories come to the surface. "

The memory of the eighths
Before the final, there was another match that marked these young French players: the match in the knockout round against Turkey in his field and with his audience

THE FACTS
The French team won the title of world champion only once. "At home, they were among the favorites. But when we won 4 goals to 1 and at the end of the match, the Turks applauded us, we noticed that this team really represented something big, "said the coach of the time, Pierre Mankowski

To play in the final of the U-20 World Cup for an expulsion, he said: "It would be great to win the World Cup again. We have this dream somewhere in our heads and hope it can be realized. "

PHRASE

It would be great to win the World Cup again, we have this dream somewhere in the head and I hope it can do it", Samuel Umtiti, French national.