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You just use the word "Village People" loosely everyday, let me tell you the origin.
In 1993, France needed only 1 point to qualify for the USA '94 W/C. They had 2 matches left to play and they were both home matches.
In the 1st one vs Isreal, they lost 1-2. The 2nd goal was
In 1993, France needed only 1 point to qualify for the USA '94 W/C. They had 2 matches left to play and they were both home matches.
In the 1st one vs Isreal, they lost 1-2. The 2nd goal was
a late goal.
Then the last match vs Bulgaria, Eric Cantona gave them the lead, but Emil Kostadinov levelled soon after, and as the clock ticked down, tension grew. The Coach, Gerard Houllier brought on David Ginola late in the game to run down the clock. Now with 60 secs to go,
Then the last match vs Bulgaria, Eric Cantona gave them the lead, but Emil Kostadinov levelled soon after, and as the clock ticked down, tension grew. The Coach, Gerard Houllier brought on David Ginola late in the game to run down the clock. Now with 60 secs to go,
Ginola had the ball on the right, rather than go to the corner flag and end it all there, he crossed the ball, the Bulgarians retrieved it, ran down the tunnel and to God knows why, the French defender allowed the ball to be floated into their vital and guess who, Emil Kostadinov
the same player who had scored the equalizer lashed a shot in off the bar. A Goal, France had been defeated. The world cup dreams was up in smoke, there will be no mundial for the French back to back. Paris had fallen, Paris had fallen.
If you thought the story had ended, wait for it. In 1993, there was no SCHENGEN agreement in place as at then. Bulgarians must enter France with VISA. Emil Kostadinov who scored the heart breaking goal and Luboslav Penev who supplied the sublime pass for the goal, never had VISAS
Borislav Mihaylov and Georgi Georgiev, both Bulgaria midfielders who were playing for the French club Mulhouse at the time, actually helped to sneak the two players into France by driving them in via Germany in a car driven by Georgiev through a boarder-post with low security.”
The two illegal "migrants" killed France but going by the words of the then French Coach, Gerard Houllier : the "murderer" of French hopes was David Gionola and years later, the winger sued the manager for comments made in a book. The feud continues even to this day.
That was how the international career of great players like Franck Sauzee, Jean-Pierre Papin, Eric Cantona and David Ginola all ended. A few attempts at a comeback only re-opened old wounds, it did not end well. hmmm, ise aiye, Village People.
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