Ribéry, the crime of the dirty mouth

Franck Ribery he had to make a decision. At 39 and undermined by a knee injury, the Italian national team had to convince himself to say enough. While his lease with the Salerno will last until next June, the native of Boulogne-sur-Mer has decided to terminate the contract and retire. The conclusion of a career spanning more than two decades, which began at the age of 18 in the CFA and which brought him to the top of Europe with the Bayern Monaco in 2013.

For many observers, the former Marseillaise deserved to add the Ballon d’Or that year, but voters had preferred Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to him, causing misunderstandings between teammates and observers. “Franck is part of the long list of players who should have had him and who have never had him, regrets Sagnol. But for him there must not be a scar left, because it is not necessarily a reflection of reality. Everyone knows that in 2013 the best player in Europe was Franck Ribéry. Final point. It’s normal that he suffered from it at the time, because I think it’s a goal. ” Willy Sagnol, his former teammate at Bayern Munich and the French team, told RMC, adding about the Ballon d’Or: “We should one day ask ourselves the question of why this individual reward still exists in a collective sport. It’s ridiculous. ”

But according to the first right, this episode of the Golden Ball is just one example among others of the unfair treatment of the Habs. “ There was a real crime of dirty mouth in France compared to Franck, hit the former Stéphanois. It is unacceptable. When you look back at everything he’s had to go through … Sure, he did some stupid bullshit too, but they all do stupid bullshit. We are not saints, huh. There was a real dirty mouth crime. And even for me, who was his teammate, it was sometimes difficult to hear certain things. When you know him, wherever he has gone, there aren’t many people to say that Franck wasn’t a good guy.