Mikael Silvestre
My World Cup: France's Mikael Silvestre
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Welcome to our pre-tournament series on Arsenal.com - My World Cup.
In the weeks leading up to this summer's Finals in South Africa we've been bringing you the views of the Arsenal players - some who will be involved, and some who won't.
The cosmopolitan nature of Arsène Wenger's squad means they have a wide range of memories from football's most famous competition. In today's instalment, Mikael Silvestre discusses France.
My first memory of France at the World Cup is...
"I remember France beating Brazil at Mexico '86 on a penalty shoot-out. It was my first memory."
Our best World Cup was...
"It was in 1998 when we won it in Paris."
My country’s outstanding World Cup game was...
"I think that was the Final. Not only because of the score of 3-0 but the way the team played, it was a very good collective performance. Brazil were the favourites. They had Ronaldo, Dunga, a great team. But France played really well."
Our most memorable individual performance at the World Cup was....
"It would be Zidane. We didn’t expect him to score two goals from corners. We expected him to do something magic but with his feet! It was good timing on both occasions and it was just amazing."
My favourite World Cup tournament was...
"The one in Mexico. I watched it with my Dad and I really enjoyed it."
I think my country is better than Brazil because...
"Because we have got Brazilian skills but with the discipline. That is why we won it in 1998."
[Wednesday, June 09, 2010]
