The Euro 2000 semi-final between France and Portugal gave one of Zinedine Zidane’s best concerts with the Blues. A festival decorated with the goal of winning a few minutes after the end of extra time after a heated debate.
By his own admission, Euro 2000 was the pinnacle of his career for the France team. “There, I was…at the top! Over the next two or three seasons, I didn’t let go anymore. 1998 was my year. But I think the 1999-2000 season was my greatest season. Not just for me. For our whole generation in the blue. Our team was In France it is exceptional. Euro 2000 remains the pinnacle of this generation. In the Eurozone, we were unplayable”his family recently in an interview with the team On the occasion of his fiftieth birthday.
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Barthez’s Super Parade
However, the Blues came close to making corrections on several occasions. This was clearly the case in the final against Italy, with Sylvain Wiltord snatching the equalizer as Transalpine began celebrating Nacionale’s coronation on the bench. But Roger Lemerre’s men also felt the wind in the semi-final against Portugal. Driving at the break after a goal scored by Nuno Gomez, the world champion certainly equalized shortly after returning from the locker room thanks to Thierry Henry. But Abel Xavier was too close to steeling the Blues in overtime. It was without relying on Fabien Barthez’s miracle show.
Portuguese anger
And while shots on goal seemed inevitable, it was the French team that would finally defeat the Seleção. With Abel Xavier once again as the main hero. The peroxide-felt side was guilty in his hand after a shot from Sylvain Wiltord. Despite the exchange of accusations from the Portuguese camp and the 4 long minutes of waiting, Zinedine Zidane donned the first penalty for France as the champion and scored the golden goal thanks to a missile sent to the right corner of Vitor Baia. Target complements high-flying performance.
Zidane presents
Half an hour into the match, the former Bordelai delivered a flirty moment with a step-by-step, devastating bluff and extension turn for Lillian Thuram. Rebelote at the start of the last twenty minutes with chest cushioning while retracting, control right foot and left center. Ten minutes after the end of extra time, the French No. 10 still had the legs to take out four opponents by running 50 metres.
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