It's true that you can't miss it and I still have the former stars on their shirts, it's not either that you don't play the big Brazil local team Ronaldinho Ronaldo finally that's what all we know 'is wonderful. We are July 1, 2006 France faces Brazil in the quarter-finals of the World Cup the Selecao scares very scared with the last golden ball with Caca Ronaldo Roberto Carlos Cafu Adriano Robinho, the fears are legitimate on the side of the French team. Finally not from all the France team.
. . I don't give a fuck about it.
Makélélé in his most famous outing says he is not afraid of this Selecao and we will quickly understand why a tiresome recovery present everywhere in the duels of the head in the passing lines also capable of opening or airing a little the game the number 6 of the Blues achieves a monumental match in this framework of 3 proposed by Raymond Domenech a demolition in good standing alongside Patrick Vieira Brazil is very pale against the defensive base of the France team and this double pivot who will disgust the Brazilian offensives the only way for Ronnie to exist being to put a good little blow in the back of Makélélé good finally it was perhaps he who was right Brazil Ronaldinho thing nice it was not worth it 'to be afraid Zidane who will take the free kick is for today. If I speak of Claude Makélélé today it is obviously because he has his place in a football tale given the immense career he has achieved but also because the latter has not always been easy especially during his first years in pro yet we are talking here about one of the best numbers 6 in the history of a player who improves any collective by providing constant security and projections by bringing this vital balance in front of the defense. The French was not very tall he did not have the physical profile of a Keane of a Vieira or a Riijkaard, but precisely that was his advantage with a center of gravity much lower than the average 1m74 Well well it's not much Makélélé can pivot quickly to get rid of the marking and get back in the direction of the game hard in intelligent contact with his body this quality in keeping the ball is a crucial point in the analysis of his game because in this area in this part of the field we don't have the right to lose the ball always anticipate the arrival of the pressing to take it on the wrong foot visually it's happiness tactically it's genius these little women of body there we never get tired of it, the French gave the impression of being in several places on the field of knowing how to cover several areas at the same time, which allowed his collective to be able to play with a relatively high team block on the field of elsewhere Claude Makélélé has always been extremely lucid in relation to his qualities what he knew how to do well on the pitch and what he knew how to do very well on the pitch the recognition of his level of what he can really bring is a real quality that should not be overlooked the French used this power controls this mastery often a good idea to recover the ball or pass it to a teammate in this role of first raiser his quality of pass is not flamboyant once again c It's not Pirlo from Scholes but too bad because it's because we asked him and again I'm not saying flamboyant because it's not his first quality but his caress the ball rather well also Makélélé didn't make much noise don't score a lot but Makélélé didn't make a lot of mistakes don't take a lot of cards and hardly ever get hurt in a mix of discretion longevity and efficiency the player dreamed of by any coach so yes today there is there will be no sombrero or 30-meter praline passovers even if Makélélé knew how to get some out.
Today it will be more gardening with a few rakes for a good little raking welcome everyone for the 73th episode of football tale new episode on a player French not really like the others for a story that began more than 30 years ago. The story of Claude Makélélé begins at FC Nantes in 1991 finally it began more precisely in Melun in 89 then in Brest in 90 the great Brest of Lama, Ginola and Martins before the club was demoted to the second then to the third division the workforce of the Breton club is then completely dissolved and it is FC Nantes which positions itself to recover the young midfielder of 18 years old midfielder simply passes a vocation but no longer a legacy Claude being the son of André Joseph Makelele known as Soukous former Grand Zaire player of 74 and also a tireless recovery midfielder. Born in Kinshasa Claude Makélélé arrived in the Paris region at the age of 5 and therefore played his first matches with the Canary Islands in 92 under the orders of Mr Jean-Claude Suaudeau knowing the reactions of individuals is a considerable contribution to the level of a coach of the first division Claude will enter the workforce will enter the rotation and will never leave 40 games in his first season this will be the average for this young midfielder already in the final of the Coupe de France lost against Paris Saint- Germain FC Nantes had also come close to administrative demotion in 92 but with the arrival and emergence of all these young players the club began to produce more and more pleasant football if the lace game is a relatively well-known expression.
in French football Makélélé was one of the best tactical illustrations of this Nantes did not have the most technical players in the championship but the success of the team was based on the science of movement the policy of simple gesture and the constant mobility of players who could dezone to disrupt the defensive system. Recover the bundle quickly played simple and cover several positions the principles fit perfectly with the qualities of Claude Makélélé in this case 3 1 2 proposed by the Canaries in 94 95 he plays in a role of boxing to boxing environments alongside Jean-Michel ferry Reynald Pedro and Japhet N'Doram. A midfielder rather on the right side who often projects forward and combines with local Patrice on the front of the Nantes attack very far from the image of the 6th recuperator that he will later have number 7 scores several times and contributes to the victory of the club in the first division champion in 95 with only one defeat over the whole season A surprise did he want to cross did he want to score nantira even until the semi-final of the Champions League against the Juventus defeated with honors and after a one-sided arbitration in the first leg in Italy Claude has taken the lead over time Claude has already had his first selection with the Blues but the club now under the presidency of Jean René Tourmelin has known a few departures Makelele therefore decides to leave too after five years spent in the Canary Islands and more than 200 matches played.
he finally signs for OM but the experience goes wrong Roland Courbis often makes him play right midfield in a 3 5 2 or 4 4 2 system, a system that does not really exploit all his qualities Makélélé on the right side Claude does not necessarily like it at all not only because it is not his favorite position but also because it completely closed the door to the French team, world champion at the end of the season under the advice of his father he bounces back in Spain at Celta Vigo an ambitious club that will make Claude Makélélé one of its leaders in a more central midfield role freed me I left in this allego and that's where I took back this love football because I arrived in a club that I did not know unknown to the battle well there are not many videos on his passage there but there are two main pieces of information to remember the first is that Celta are going to do wonders the club will finish fifth in the championship and double quarter-finalist in the UEFA couple with big victories against Liverpool or Juventus. [Music] [Applause] Galicia does a lot of good for the French but does a little more harm to Real which will eat a good little five one against Celta in 99 Claude has already caught the eye of the White House then inevitably after having missed a new opportunity with the Blues European champion in 2000 mainly due to his lack of media coverage with the Celta Makelele joins Real Madrid against 14 million euros Celta wanted to keep him so badly that the Frenchman had to refuse to train for the club to let him go that speaks volumes once again about the impact that the French could have on a team president wouldn't let me go either. Arrived in the Spanish capital, the Frenchman has the heavy task of replacing Fernando Redondo he is a great technical left-hander Makélélé is a small right-hander and not really a dribbler.
with the ball but that will not at all prevent the Frenchman from getting along perfectly with his new team. From his first season, Claude Makélélé is absolutely brilliant with the Merengues in recovering the ball to stop a counter-attack to catch up with the balls of teammates as the last defender or as the first raiser number 24 does absolutely everything as a base point of 'a diamond midfielder or in a double pivot in the event of 3 Makélélé also shines in the anticipation perhaps its greatest quality but also via a certain freedom in the creation in the orientation of the game that 's it my what is not passed a milestone he is now the boss in midfield of the best team of the time champion of Spain in 2001 for the first time in four years with the arrival of Zidane during the summer Vicente del bosquet completely in love with the profile de Makelele decides to leave on a 4x4 of diamond also called 4 1 3 2 according to the phases of possession with the Frenchman as a low point just in front of the defense Real will crush their two groups of Champions League will come out against the Bayern by bus and will battle against Barça in the semis the goal-to-zero victory in Catalonia made all the difference. In the final against the Zen virtues the White House won 2-1 thanks to Zinedine Zidane's legendary cannon shot and also thanks to the undermining work of his number 24, once again essential when it was necessary to cut off the counter-attacks from Bayer Claude Makélélé has just won the first major trophy of his career and has also just definitely won his place in the France team and not all in the company of Claude Makelele and Lilian Thuram well installed with the White House essential in the middle to leave the creative players to have more freedom Claude Makélélé will nevertheless be put aside by Florentino Pérez the reason it is very simple David Beckham has landed his enormous salary in Madrid with him Florentino announces to the Frenchman that he no longer has enough money to extend his contract.
president While these performances had nothing to envy them, Makelele sees the door closing in front of him and must already leave Real Madrid. [Music] We are then in 2003 and the Chelsea club a bit in the shadows and the two behemoths of English football has just been bought by a Russian businessman who will ask 20 potatoes to recover the French because yes Claude Makélélé was also the first official recruit from the air Abramovic, he was the player that Claudio Ranieri absolutely wanted in his team Claude said it later he did not necessarily dream of playing in England, preferring Italy but will quickly be surprised by the physical level of the championship. Makélélé quickly adapted to his new environment and then to his new Portuguese coach José Mourinho.
At the temple of the flat 4 4 2 advocated by Sister Alex and Arsène Wenger Mourinho starts on a 4 3 3 with a low point, Makélélé perfectly fulfilling the qualities required by the job description a kind of somewhat advanced liberal who cleans up and who throws in quick short passes to look directly for the striker or a midfielder next to him this role leaves great freedom real security a player like Frank Lampard to project himself forward and support more attacking players with this new system Chelsea will completely crush the championship in 2005 and in 2006 the French finishing in the top 15 of the Ballon d'Or besides quite a funny anecdote by the way during the last day of the 2005 season Chelsea being already champion blouses let Claude Makélélé shoot from the penalty spot [Music] everyone was waiting for that on the bench I find the image very nice when you see the reaction of all his teammates Claude at almost 35 years old and even at that age he is still just as good essential to the London club which will fail in the Champions League final against the Red Devils with a Makélélé who will of course have played the 130 minutes of the match the English adventure ends on this number 6 chooses to return to France at Paris Saint -Germain a club in great difficulty which came close to relegation during the 2008 season for the Parisians Paris Marca Sochaux [Applause] [Music] the club of the capital intelligently recruits players like Guillaume Hoarau like Ludovic pretty like Stéphane it's Céline but it is above all Makelele who will bring this balance that the club needed he lacked in his locker room a character who is unanimous this character today is Makelele from 16th place in 2008 PSG finished 6th in 2009 and even won the Coupe de France in 2010 against Monaco with Claude Makélélé as captain, the Frenchman was able to bring all his experience to PSG and even during his last season in Pro at the age of 38 he was the pillar of this beautiful Parisian team which n did not go very far from qualifying for the Champions League [Music] here is for the story of Claude Makelele it was a bit long necessarily but apparently with him well it's often like that [Music] that you are rare the players who gave their name to a role a position a position in particular and the French is one of them the Mac and the roles this player in front of the defense concocted by José Mourinho and perfectly implemented by his number 4 who has done so many good at Chelsea. Claude Makélélé was at the time at the end of the 2000s the player who played in the history of the most Champions League semi-finals one with Nantes 3 with Real and 4 with Chelsea that's 8 that's a lot of proof also of the balance and the defensive serenity that he brought back to each of his teams without forgetting also the three quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup the list is starting to be a bit long. [Music] Believe it or not, but Makélélé played for a long time as an attacking midfielder when he was young, which explains his quality in small spaces, these quick short dribbles, his overlaps with the ball at the foot which are always a pleasure to see good and then twin is also a discreet character at the time a little less since he is a player who often had opponents in his pocket but not really his tongue for our greatest happiness Ronaldinho the same in this county you can say but at some point he starts to abuse me I had little ones I prefer that you come you treat me in good conditions but all this stuff there move I'm going to send you to the hospital I don't give a fuck about it on the other hand not happy Ronaldinho thing nice we raised him no nothing to [ __ ] two stars a little provocative respect outside the French was much more discreet on the pitch even if his role as captain of leader in Paris to see Chelsea stand out rather well in this role Makélélé made a little more noise nice nod to his last name since in Lingala the language he spoke growing up Makelele means a lot of noise Claude has since tried to go on the bench but without much success for the moment with a passage express at Bastia and a mixed experience in Belgium although he managed to save his club from relegation Claude Makélélé and undoubtedly one of the best defensive midfielders in history a player who started on the right instead before returning in the accent of Spain to the delight of Real, Chelsea and the France team despite a late outbreak with the Blues often blocked by the triplet of the fields vira and small Makélélé still has 78 selections and a World Cup final competition during which it will have been essential to the defensive requirement of the Blues this profile finally quite atypical but so useful when it is well used this profile of ball cleaner and effective raiser.
Makélélé it was all of that at the same time it was a simple but intelligent technique it was fast and safe movement it was anticipation always to protect his defense small size but big impact not many goals scored but almost 900 matches played a hard worker a worker in the shadows a player who deserves to be a little more in the light. Why do another job all that is other jobs I don't know. .
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