Euro 2021: at Bayern Munich, we also speak French
Benjamin Pavard with the Bayern Munich jersey.
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Text by: Farid Achache Follow
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The France team faces Germany this Tuesday, June 15 in Munich in the Bayern Munich stadium.
Last season, they were several tricolors to have worn the Red and white jersey of the Bavarian club.
Since Jean-Pierre Papin in 1994, several French players have joined the ranks of one of the biggest clubs in the world.
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From our special correspondent in Munich,
We don't just speak Goethe's language in the Bayern Munich dressing room.
Molière's is also practiced there through four internationals, Lucas Hernandez, Benjamin Pavard, Corentin Tolisso and Kingsley Coman, who are part of the Red and White squad and who will be in Blue on Tuesday evening in the Allianz compound. -Arena.
It is visibly good to live with the record holder of German league titles, led for a time by former international Franz Beckenbauer.
Bixente Lizarazu the precursor
After a Jean-Pierre Papin who had not been able to impose himself there, Bixente Lizarazu, world champion 98, finally opened the way by spending seven seasons in Bavaria from 1997 to 2004, to then end his career there during the 2005-2006 fiscal year, after a freelance in Marseille in the meantime. Willy Sagnol, he played at Bayern Munich for eight seasons, from 2000 to 2008, the time to play 281 games. Others have not made old bones at "FC Hollywood", like Alou Diarra: the former player of the Girondins de Bordeaux spent two seasons there (2000-2002), and has never disputed no meeting!
If he did not remain in the hearts of the supporters, Franck Ribéry, who has won nine German league titles, six German Cups, four German Super Cups and a Champions League, is undoubtedly the tricolor. most appreciated.
In his last season in 2017-2018, Ribéry left the Munich club scoring the fourth goal in a large victory against Frankfurt (5-1) for his 425th game.
Bayern quickly sealed the match to win their 29th league title.
“
Everyone was there today, my children, my parents, my wife, my cousins, the whole family.
It was a special moment but also difficult, but the most important for me was that we were champions
, "Kaiser Franck" had confided in tears, who had been announced to Real Madrid in 2009.
Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich) and the German Cup, Berlin on June 1, 2013. REUTERS / Michael Dalder
Franck Ribéry, the most German of the French
The idyll in Bavaria ended after 12 rich seasons of 124 goals, far from its torments with France after the episode of the 2010 World Cup strike in South Africa.
“
I will never forget all the great moments spent here,
” he told German television after his last performance at the Allianz-Arena.
"
After my career, in one or two years, I will return 100% to Munich, because I feel good there and my family too
", announced Ribéry without specifying his future within the Bavarian club.
"
He was very popular and has always been judged on his sporting performances, contrary to the reputation he had in France
", testifies a supporter of the club met in the city center of Munich, on the Marienplatz, the central point of the city. , where Ribéry made appearances at the window of the town hall to celebrate his national titles, to thunderous applause.
Another Bayern lover says that Ribéry was the "
darling
" because he played well, but had also had the courage to learn German, and his French accent made people laugh.
A large family club
“
When you arrive here, you feel that it's a very big club, it's family-friendly, and you feel good here. I understand that some have stayed for years. Me, I do not know. In football, everything is going fast, but I'm happy to win trophies with Bayern,
”Benjamin Pavard recently explained about this institution where the collective takes precedence over individuality. Corentin Tolisso, who speaks German, refers to Bayern as a “
childhood dream
”.
Kylian Mbappé, everyone is tearing off, even admitted that his teammate Lucas Hernandez was trying to convince him to play in Bavaria. "
Lucas told me that I should come to Bayern Munich,"
said the Paris Saint-Germain player in an interview with
Bild Sport
.
In football, you never know what can happen. But I am currently very happy as I am.
The young Nianzou Tanguy Kouassi, trained in Paris, took the plunge and joined Bayern in the summer of 2020.
Lucas Hernandez will inevitably have chills before entering the field of the Allianz-Arena for the match against Germany.
“
There will be a lot of emotions since I've been playing there for two years.
Opposite, there are a lot of Bayern players.
It will be a special, different match, but that I personally want to win,
”says the very recent German champion.
It is certain, in the coming years, others will join the ranks of the französisch (French) in Munich.
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