The extreme measure that took the Barça with his player 'more fiestero'

When a player decides to hang the booties and to the dessert offers glimpsed in which it speaks of his stage like footballer, is used to to leave striking perlas and anecdotes that are able to leave with the open mouth to the one who reads said statements. It is the case of Lilian Thuram, French legend and champion of the world in 1998 with the selection 'bleu'.

Thuram, ex defence that was a member of the FC Barcelona from 2006 until 2008, spoke in L'Instrument of Zidane, of Ronaldo, and took advantage of the occasion to reveal data that to good sure will cause big astonishment in the followers of the Barcelona club, especially when being questioned on the footballer 'more fiestero' with which touched him coexist.

When being questioned on the strongest player with which has played, did not doubt: "Zinedine Zidane. The first time that knew it, in the selection of France, were 17 years old and half. During the warming, did malabares, launched globe to the air and went back to do malabares behind. Never it had seen to somebody of my age do this with a ball. Afterwards, I followed his development until the player confirmed in which it turned into Italy. It did not like me that the people thought that only it was a superdotado and talentoso. Zidane went especially a big worker, extremely rigorous, with a lot of character".

On the strongest player to the that had to confront, the legendary French ensured that "Ronaldo, of course. It does not matter where it touched the balloon, all the world was alert, could unchain an action that drove to a goal. Always it was very pleasant to play against him. When it likes you play against big players, goes back amused".

Asked after the more 'peasant', the French answered that "Carlos Mozer had this reputation in Olympique of Marseilles. After this, what understand by villain? I was very aggressive. In Parma also knew to Fernando Couto, a type that was very calm and very kind in the life, but that turned into another in the field". Contrary to this, on the 'more fun', Thuram did not doubt: "Daniel Bravo without doubting it. Never I have known to somebody like him that can create a fun history that adapt to any situation".

Extreme measure

Lilian Thuram, when being asked on the player 'more fiestero', answered that "in Barcelona, a player that will not appoint with too much frequency could not train. Some mornings could check that it did not find in good conditions. They shut it in the room of massages to sleep".

Finally, the French spoke on the attacker with which more hated to find: "To the beginning of my career, Patrice Garande, very intelligent in his movements, sometimes had the impression that it disappeared of the field, no longer saw it. It was very complicated. But the one who gave me more problems was Pedro Munitis, during the quarter-finals of the Euro 2000 (2-1 in front of Spain). It was much lower and fast that I, could not trap it. In the rest, even changed me of zapatillas, but at all helped. Without that I understood why, the contrary technician decided to take it out. During long I had nightmares thinking in him. If you want to scare me, only I gave: "Care, here is Munitis!".