The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350. However, most of that squad’s players have slipped from the radar
It is indeed sad to see such a talented group of young individuals not being able to develop further into the global starts all of France expected them to become. Considered as the stars of the future, many players of the generation 87 were disappointments
in the coming years.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Scotland-c756 with Hibernian, the defender is another player whose career’s trajectory is
downward.
Among other talents that are seemingly lost is Franck Songo’o. At the time the 2004 European Championships took place, Songo’o was an aspiring teenager at La Masia where he played alongside http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Pique. Although the three
men have become huge stars, the same cannot be said of their former French colleague who after spells in the Premier League and in La Liga, has joined Major League Soccer franchise, Portland Timbers.
Although he has played 27 games for the MLS outfit, Songo’o definitely never knew his career would take on such a different path.
Maxime Jose, was also unable to take his career to the lofty heights that he wanted. After leaving Sochaux, the defender signed for Bulgarian side Litex Lovech. Now, the Frenchman is playing for Israeli Premier League side Bnei Sakhnin FC.
Jean-Christophe Cesto was widely regarded as the future of French football after the European triumph. However, fate came bearing its ugly claws on the defender when in 2005, it was found out that he had a heart problem. Although a diagnosis never confirmed
the seriousness of his situation, Cesto chose to retire from the game temporarily. After an unsuccessful spell with Bastia in Ligue 2, Cesto is now playing for CFA 2 side, Olympique Cholet.
Bad days arrived for Stephane Marseille who is now playing for Picardy. Karim El-Mourabet chose to play for the country of his forefathers http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Atlas-c38538 four times. The central defender is now playing in the CFA for LOSC
Lille’s reserve side.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/NK-Celje-c40047 before he joined Slovakian side MSK Zilina this year.
Now a http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Togo-c3022 national, Akakpo was one of the players who were involved when the bus of the national team came under attack during the 2010 African Cup of Nations.
Dream to play for Les Bleus thus remained a dream for most of these players. And, Philippe Bergeroo, the coach at that time, who guided the team to new heights, has an explanation. The Frenchman feels that it was these players’ clubs that destroyed most
of their careers.
“Their problem was that after their title, their respective clubs gave all of them professional contracts so that they don’t go elsewhere. However, they were not mature enough to touch so much money this early and they thought that they had achieved everything.”
A bitter disappointment for talented players who had a great shot at glory indeed! However, through sheer hard work and devotion, other players born in 1987 but absent in 2004, like Loic Remy and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Blaise-Matuidi-c7681 have managed to be involved in the national
team setup.
Now, the French team with some of those champions from 2004, will be looking to win qualification for the 2014 World Cup in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858, exactly ten years after France’s last major footballing success.
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