© AFP As unprecedented as it was unexpected, France’s triumph at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Trinidad and Tobago 2001 remains one of the greatest feats in the nation’s footballing history.
Names like Anthony Le Tallec, Jacques Faty, Jeremy Berthod and Mourad Meghni will forever be associated with that remarkable achievement, but also remembered for the great hopes that were once placed in them. Yet out of the 21 players that made up the Bleuets squad 15 years ago, only one ever managed to earn a cap for the French senior team: Florent Sinama-Pongolle.
“There was a lot of expectation on our shoulders, and there’s no doubt that I didn’t meet them,” the man in question told FIFA.com. “You can always do better, and my career might have turned out differently had I not made such rushed decisions or had certain injuries that slowed down my progress. But I know that I also got to live my dream, and that is something you can’t put a price on. I played at a high level, even at the highest level, ..
Read More
ليست هناك تعليقات:
إرسال تعليق