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Alexandre Walraevens, Goal.com France Chief Editor
“This was a moment of exception, one that you cannot live twice in your lifetime. France, a country that had never been a top nation on the football planet, won the Coupe du Monde 3-0 at home in front of 23 million people (a French TV record) against the most famous team in the world.
Zinedine Zidane became a hero - a God - with two incredible headers beating Taffarel and Brazil both times. The famous picture when he kisses his shirt after scoring the second remains in everybody's head.
As for moi I was in a cafe in Paris with 300 people or so when Zizou scored his second goal. For a second I had a flash of doubt as I couldn’t help but ask myself for a brief moment, ‘Is it true that our multi-racial team who symbolises the new France were really beating Brazil?’
One second later I was going crazy, kissing my neighbours and friends and even people I didn’t know! When Emmanuel Petit added the third late on you could hear people crying tears of joy everywhere. Everybody became friends and for the first time in our history the colour of your skin, your political view, anything which makes you different was all erased by this magical shared moment.
By the time the final whistle blew I had lost my voice and couldn’t speak for two days. It was worth it…"
Alexandre Walraevens, Goal.com France Chief Editor
“This was a moment of exception, one that you cannot live twice in your lifetime. France, a country that had never been a top nation on the football planet, won the Coupe du Monde 3-0 at home in front of 23 million people (a French TV record) against the most famous team in the world.
Zinedine Zidane became a hero - a God - with two incredible headers beating Taffarel and Brazil both times. The famous picture when he kisses his shirt after scoring the second remains in everybody's head.
As for moi I was in a cafe in Paris with 300 people or so when Zizou scored his second goal. For a second I had a flash of doubt as I couldn’t help but ask myself for a brief moment, ‘Is it true that our multi-racial team who symbolises the new France were really beating Brazil?’
One second later I was going crazy, kissing my neighbours and friends and even people I didn’t know! When Emmanuel Petit added the third late on you could hear people crying tears of joy everywhere. Everybody became friends and for the first time in our history the colour of your skin, your political view, anything which makes you different was all erased by this magical shared moment.
By the time the final whistle blew I had lost my voice and couldn’t speak for two days. It was worth it…"
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