Serie A – His legacy, Zidane, the new generation: newly retired Franck Ribéry gives himself up – Eurosport FR

Franck Ribéry is also a compendium of emotions that are sometimes difficult to temper or conceal. “Yesterday I saw the commemorative video of my career and I cried, he confides in the day’s edition of the Gazzetta dello Sport. I have my own sensitivity, a heart. I knew that this Day would come, but it’s bad. Everything happened very quickly. Too much. And it hurts me.”Serie A”Do not get the wrong dressing room”: Galliani-Berlusconi, a heart for two clubs I wasn’t the best, but I was different “Kaiser Franck” split the armor and delivered himself as rarely in the columns of the transalpine daily. If he especially retains the solid ties consolidated with his partners at Bayern, the Boulonnais does not forget the coach of his debut at Metz, Jean Fernandez. “I was 21 and he treated me like a son.” Over the course of the interview, the twirling winger reviewed a career leading him in particular from the banks of the Bosphorus to the suburbs steeped in the history of Florence. Marseilles? “A city with an incredible passion for football”. At Bayern, the legendary number 7 appreciated “the people there who are respectful, polite, and live their lives without looking at those of others.” , “the strongest player” with whom he has played, according to his words. “I had the chance to play the 2006 World Cup with him, he explains. Even if we lost the final, it remains an unforgettable experience.” Unforgettable, like the singular style of the Northerner with the ball at his feet. “I leave so many things to football in my opinion, he dares. My style of play, my mentality. I come from the street, and perhaps today there are not many who like me have the dribbling, the flicker, the whimsical side… I think that’s what people will take away from me. I can’t say I was the best, but I was definitely different.” In the top five players in the world? Yes A different player who does not find himself in a new generation fed on social networks and easy fame. “Today for young people it’s sometimes too easy: more money circulates, and with the money you buy a nice car and more, he regrets. And that sometimes makes you lose your sense of I would like to say to them: Oh, my friend, do you know where I was when I was 19? On the streets, in the third division, where there was no money, no cars, nothing. Zero. But I worked, I made sacrifices, and even when I won so many trophies that brought me so much money, I continued to be hungry. But some values ​​are not transmitted: they are in you, or they are not.” What place for Ribéry in the history of French football? Frank, Ribéry applied himself to being daily with his partners. “When I wanted to talk, I always did, he recalls. And always for the good of the group, because I’m not selfish. When I see happy people, I’m happy.” However, the ego, the newly retired (39 years old) does not lack it. “If I was one of the five best players in the world? Well yes.” Clear, honest, like an atypical career that has not prevented her from being successful. Serie AJuve continues, Rabiot scores a double17 HOURS AGOSerie AC is really over: Ribéry officially retires from sportYESTDAY AT 11:42