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In the lives of Hugo Lloris, Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappé and others, there may be a before and after July 15, 2018. A victory and, for them, nothing will ever be the same again. They would then access, at the best age of life, the status of icons of football hexagonal. "I know it can change a lot of things, but we do not think too much about Monday," Antoine Griezmann evades.
His elders of 1998 have lived, to varying degrees, this metamorphosis. This pbadage in another dimension. Overnight, they were cataloged "bankable and glamorous" by the magazines people.
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"We had our period" Beatles Where there were fair phenomena that triggered hysteria. If everyone tells the solicitations he had, you can make an unimaginable book, "smiles Bixente Lizarazu, who will comment on the meeting for TF1. "We were a little Rolling Stones on tour, we almost wanted to stop football", abounds Christophe Dugarry.
One can easily imagine today, with the omnipresence of social networks, the whirlwind that would not miss not to engender the conquest of a second star. "This victory has changed the media perception that there was about me in France, recently remembered Marcel Desailly. Remember, I was playing at AC Milan and I won the Champions League. But this World Cup opened doors for me. Because what you do in a club leaves an individual trace. But what we achieve in selection can turn you into a hero in the eyes of the French public. This July 12, 1998 was not a trivial day for me. It has changed my life. "
Not everyone knew how to ride the wave
No one can predict, however, the tricks and detours of a career, especially among elements who are mostly very young. Germany's Mario Götze, the only 22-year-old in the 2014 final in Brazil, was not even among the 23 in Russia. To be convinced that a champion of the world can be a man like any other and appreciate the charm of a life resembling that everyone, it is enough, too, to listen to Stéphane Guivarc'h, reconverted for several years in the sale of pools. The gold medal around his neck, he escaped the "pipolisation", never having run after.
"Among the twenty-two, some have advertised, recalls this hero so discreet. I never asked my agent to point me to that. The show biz, the Parisian parties, it's really not for me either. "
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Laurent Blanc concludes by bringing a shifted look. "I'm talking to Barthez again. And now, 20 years of career, a World Cup and people are reminiscent of a kiss, "he laughs. This hairless skull receiving the memorable kiss of the "President", had brought happiness to France.
In September 1998, McDonald's even used the notoriety, popularity and smooth skull of the goalkeeper for an event campaign in favor of a new burger …
"AS MARADONA AND BECKENBAUER"
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<p> Brandir la coupe, they all dream of it, but what memories keep the 1998 world champions of this stealthy moment that brought them into a restricted caste? "It's a moment of pure emotion," says Laurent Blanc, second to have raised the cup after Didier Deschamps.It is also a feeling of greatness. had the feeling of touching the story Describes Bixente Lizarazu. Another defender Vincent Candela remembers having "thought the summit of Everest. I was on my cloud. Everyone had a hard time realizing what they were going through. "It was another galaxy," recalls Robert Pires. I felt like watching my TV when in reality I was one of the actors. "</p>
<p> Third goalkeeper of the 22 Blues, Lionel Charbonnier immediately thought of the road traveled. "I savored and thought of all those who did not believe in me, who told my parents that I did not have the level to be pro. Raising the trophy, David Trezeguet think back to Argentina, his "other homeland". "I see Maradona brandishing the World Cup in Mexico in 1986. And I, this kid (20 years old at the time), I am now in its place. </p>
<p> Christophe Dugarry realizes that touching the trophy is a right reserved only to winners (and heads of state). "There are 66 million French but only 22 world champions in France to have the right to touch the World Cup. And I put my hands where Maradona, Beckenbauer and others had put theirs. Suddenly, you are part of the Holy Grail. Bernard Diomede reports having sneaked to the front of the official stand to be in the first to lift the trophy. "Afterwards, I thought I had not touched it long enough. Everything went too fast. <b><i> Maxime Lictevout </i></b></p>
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