Zinedine Zidane said Friday "sad" the death of former French President Jacques Chirac, the former playmaker of the Blues had rubbed shoulders at the World Cup-1998 home won and he presented as "the President of all sportsmen, the friend of all sportsmen ".
"I'm sad, quite simply, because I knew him personally," Real Madrid coach, visibly moved, told a press conference at the Spanish club's training center. "He was our president but he was above all the president of all sportsmen, the friend of all sportsmen, he loved people, not just the middle of politics, I think he loved people even the most removed in the countryside.It has always been like that, "continued the French football icon.
"I keep a very good memory of him"
It was Jacques Chirac who handed the World Cup trophy to Zidane and his teammates on July 12, 1998, after the victory of the Blues in the final against Brazil (3-0). He also presented the Legion of Honor to the players and the coaching team a few weeks later. "What I remember about him are the little moments that we had (together) and that took him out of politics, he was happy to talk about something else, it felt, I keep a very good memory of him, "Zidane concluded.
A minute of meditation must be observed before all football matches, amateur and professional, played this weekend in France in memory of the former president (1995-2007). Jacques Chirac, suffering for many years, died Thursday morning at his home in Paris at age 86.