On June 30, after seven years spent in the costume of Juventus ambassador, David Trezeguet - present Friday in Rome for the opening match of the Euro - will leave the venerable Piedmontese institution to reinvent himself as close as possible to the pitch .
“I want something else.
I am looking for a new attractive project, ”confides the unforgettable gold scorer of the Euro 2000 final.
Holder since last year of his manager's diploma with the RFEF (Spanish Federation), he is currently passing that of trainer of the Conmebol (South American Confederation), before imagining himself seizing an opportunity within a European club.
Always very attached to the Blues, he promises them the best in this Euro.
With a lot of passion and palpable emotion, he also dusted off his memories, sometimes bittersweet, now 21 years old.
Twenty-one years after your success at Euro 2000, are the Blues armed to follow in your footsteps?
DAVID TREZEGUET.
France is a candidate for final victory.
We all agree on this point.
With world-class players in all areas of the game, she has all the cards in her hand.
Her results plead for her with a Euro final in 2016 and a success two years later at the World Cup.
Didier
(Deschamps)
has a wide range of solutions for all workstations.
He will have delicate choices to make even if a typical team already seems to emerge.
What is the main pitfall for world champions to avoid?
France inherited a difficult group with Portugal and Germany.
She is clearly the team to beat.
The motivation of his opponents will be increased tenfold.
I don't worry.
Didier (Deschamps) will be able to hold the speech adapted to his players.
Does a Griezmann-Benzema-Mbappé attack make you dream?
The recall of Karim
(Benzema)
has been widely commented and not only in France.
With him, she has a hell of an offensive trio without counting the forces present on the bench.
Each in a different register brings a plus to the team.
These three players speak the same language on the pitch, that of talent and goal.
They breathe football.
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What will the Real Madrid striker bring?
He maintained a fairly exceptional regularity with his club throughout the season.
And this is not unique to the last few months.
Year after year, his permanence at the highest level in a club like Real commands respect.
He can do everything.
Isn't there a risk of seeing such an addition of talents turn out to be counterproductive, a bit like it was the case for your Blues at the 2002 World Cup?
We then had the three best directors of three European championships
(Editor's note: Trezeguet in Serie A, Thierry Henry in the Premier League, and Djibril Cissé in L 1)
and in the end we completed the first round with zero goals. On paper, in terms of statistics, we were perhaps the strongest. But there is only one truth, it is that of the field. When you have that in mind, you've already taken a step forward. To know Didier, he had to work a lot on the mental aspect to spare himself such hassle and get into the heart of the matter in the best possible way. The first game is essential. It sets the tone for a competition. I imagine the players in a hurry to do battle with Germany. It's a first final. There will be, if all goes well, six more behind.
Let's talk a bit about Euro 2000. Does this final against Italy mark the peak of your career in selection?
The most beautiful moment of course.
My masterpiece among the Blues, with this pure strike combining synchronization and aesthetics.
I put all my anger and my frustration into it.
It was a little revenge.
Afterwards, we no longer wanted to leave the field.
There was the team, there was the friendship.
And then, we knew that Didier
(Deschamps)
and Laurent
(Blanc)
were leaving us.
We wanted to win for them.
🇫🇷 You won't see anything more beautiful today 💥
David Trezeguet - Euro 2000 🏆pic.twitter.com / Y6kXIxqNP1
- SPORTRICOLORE (@sportricolore) August 7, 2020
Why talk about a small revenge?
Because I experienced this Euro, with the exception of its final, both negative and positive
(Editor's note: he had only played 131 minutes during the tournament)
.
I did not have the role imagined.
I didn't seem to have the manager's confidence.
He favored other options.
I accepted this replacement condition.
My relatives were the only ones to be aware of my melancholy.
From the bench, I felt helpless and I was in pain inside.
As I was more of a substitute than a starter, I trained more than the others.
And I worked a lot in front of goal.
It paid off.
I knew how to make myself available when I was needed.
Has your victorious left volley changed your life?
Ten seconds, no more, passed between the launch of Robert's (Pires) action and my goal.
This lapse of time is enough to make us go down in history as the first nation to achieve the double and to propel me into another dimension: that of the great forwards.
It happened so fast But this magical moment changed my life forever.
Even today, we retain this image of my career.
Years have passed, but I always hear about this goal when I see someone in the street.
"I put all my aggressiveness and my frustration into it," says David Trezeguet about his golden goal in the Euro 2000 final. Sports Press
Before this golden goal, you were already involved in the equalizer.
Tell us ?
On a long free kick taken by Fabien
(Barthez)
I deflect the ball with my head in the race of Sylvain
(Wiltord)
who deceives Toldo. We come back from nowhere and it rekindles the flame. On the contrary, Italians are groggys. It is terrible for them. They no longer have the legs. At that moment, the fight changes soul and victory can no longer escape us. We can feel it. You know, football is very small. In 2006, faced with these same Italians in the World Cup final, history could have repeated itself, then things turned the wrong way after Zizou's expulsion.
