Football Players [Defenders]
--Lilian Thuram
Only the strikers who have fought against him know how good he is. Cruyff once said in 1996: It is difficult to find a defender in this world who is single-handedly defended against "alien" Ronaldo, and if you want to pick one, this person must be Lilian Thuram. Ronnie, 20, world footballer of the year, Tulam 24, is also at his peak, and of course the humble Thuram doesn't agree with Cruyff.
The defender Thuram is decisive, calm, precise and most importantly strategic in the back line, and Tulam also subverts people's concepts of traditional black people outside the stadium, a "philosopher" fan with gold wire glasses, he likes to read books, especially the book that I happen to have, "One Hundred Years of Solitude", which is his favorite. Surprisingly, "Sun Tzu's Art of War" is also a favorite book of Thuram, and Thuram, who came from a slum, understood the importance of education, and when Thuram became a millionaire by playing football, he still did not forget his roots. Like all these years, Thuram has been active in society to speak out for the black community.
When the era of football has developed rapidly to today, when kyle Walker, Maguire, Mendy and other defenders can reach a sky-high transfer fee of euros, 20 years ago Thuram's value has been 46 million euros, and now 20 years have passed, in the world football defender transfer rankings, Thuram still occupies the top 10 positions, that era in terms of transfer fees can be tied with Thuram is the solid Manchester United defender for 12 years Rio Ferdinand.
In the French national team at the turn of the century, the backcourt has accumulated a large number of monster-level figures, Desaili, Lizarazou, Blanco and other famous stars, Thuram is the lowest-profile person in the French backline, playing for the French national team in 142 games is also the player who has appeared the most times so far, in 142 games as an iron right-back only scored two goals for France, but it is the value and significance of these two goals for Thuram for the French team in 1998.
France's opponent in the semi-finals of the 1998 Fifa World Cup in France was the Croatian Golden Generation led by Davo Souk, and Thuram, who was the starting right-back, gave Sukh an assist in the 45th minute, causing France to fall behind at home. Due to his own mistakes, Suq let out such bold words, and Thuram suddenly began to gush with blood. For the next 45 minutes, Thuram changed his previous habits of calm and steady defense and instead used his powerful attack to help France reverse.
Just a minute after conceding the ball, Thuram made a tough steal on Boban in the middle of the road, and then played a forward-style two-on-one cooperation with his teammates, and Thuram, who was playing as a right-back, immediately stepped forward into the box and shoveled the ball backwards to equalize. In the 65th minute, Thuram attacked again from the right side of the road, and when the ball was about to lose control, Thuram used the defensive action of the defender to lean on the defender to grab the ball hard, and cut the left foot in the far corner on the right side of the road, and the French team overtook. It seems that you are also telling Davao Souk that you are not the only one who can play the violin on his left foot, and there is nothing more crazy than to take revenge with the most famous way of his opponent, Davo Souk. After reversing the score, Thuram was still trembling.
Having scored just two goals in 142 games and concentrated in one game, Thuram used his own way to tell the world what is not to be called, and it was a blockbuster. The offensive end is actually not Thuram's strength, only when defending can you find Thuram's carefulness and strength, never maintain physical distance from the opponent, are one-on-one close defense, rubber candy sticking to the opponent, waiting for the opportunity to destroy, whether in the right-back or center-back position, Thuram is the mainstay of juventus and the French national team defense at the turn of the century.
After retiring in 2008, people paid less attention to Thuram, until 10 years later, in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, when Pavard helped France equalize Argentina with a shocking volley, Pavard said in an interview: At halftime, coach Deschamps told me that he was still in the player's time, and his teammate Thuram in the same position had the same experience as me in 1998, and the responsibility for the previous loss of the ball was mine, and I should respond in my own way. Although Thuram has retired, but his son Marcus Thuram joined Borussia Monchengladbach last summer for 10 million euros, half a season later has gradually become one of the best strikers in the new generation of the Bundesliga, but also the main force of Borussia Moncheng,Little Thuram was influenced by his father Lilian Thuram and failed to play as a defender, which instead allowed Thuram Jr. to play the potential of the striker to the fullest, as the "star second generation" of the little Thuram is already the regular main force of the French u21 national team. Now he is slowly fading his father's aura and relying on his talent and ability to gain a foothold in the Bundesliga.
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