If the final of the 2022 World Cup lost by France against Argentina is considered one of the most thrilling in history, Olivier Rouyer does not have good memory.
On December 18, 2022, Argentina and the French team compete in the Qatarian World Cup final. Dominated for almost seventy minutes, the tricolor selection will suddenly come back to the game thanks to the awakening of Kylian Mbappé, author of a hat-trick that evening. But it is ultimately Lionel Messi and his family who will win on penalties. A scenario that has marked the spirits.
Beyond the quality of the show and the multiple situation reversals that enamelled the game, Olivier Rouyer has not kept a good memory of the whole evening. The former player of the French team explained why Wednesday evening, on the channel The team. “Personally, it’s still a bad memory because I will always see (Randal) Kolo Muani miss this opportunity, I will see the penalties session from which we do not go out victorious. I was sad. »»
Bad confirmed memory
And Michel Platini’s former teammate to regret having missed a moment of intense joy. “We could have been trance for three, four, five days. Unfortunately we could not be. (…) It remains a bad memory. »» It was therefore the Argentines who raised the cup, with a Lionel Messi on the roof of the world for the first time with the Albiceleste. Opposite, the French will long regret having existed it during two-thirds of regulation time.
The face-to-face-to-face won by Emiliano Martinez against Randal Kolo Muani in the additional time of extension will also remain as one of the significant moments of this final. So close and finally so far, the French are still marked by this failure.
