Pogba-Zidane, he makes the comparison
Suspended for four years after testing positive in a doping control, Paul Pogba has likely ended his career. It’s a sad derailment for a player who has left his mark on the history of French football.
Despite receiving a devastating blow on Thursday upon learning that the Italian sports justice had sentenced him to four years of suspension following a positive test for testosterone, the French midfielder has not given up. Aware that at 30 years old this sanction meant an early end to his career, and believing himself to be a victim of injustice, Juventus player has decided to take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Now, it’s up to the CAS to consider Paul Pogba‘s arguments and possibly reduce the decision made in Italy. Speaking on L’Equipe du Soir about Pogba‘s case, Didier Roustan believes that even if everything were to end there, which he hopes doesn’t happen, the will leave a mark in the legend of French football. In doing so, he drew a parallel with Zinedine Zidane.
The journalist indeed reflected on the 2006 World Cup, which marked the last appearance in the French national team jersey and even as a professional footballer, with the French football legend hanging up his boots after the final lost against Italy in Berlin. For Didier Roustan, just like with Zizou, we will overlook this final shadow on Pogba’s career. “The last image of Zinedine Zidane on a football field is the headbutt on Materazzi in the World Cup final. And that’s not what we will remember from Zidane’s career, even though it’s part of his history. Like this doping story will be part of Paul Pogba’s history, for sure. It tarnishes it a bit, but there have been so many beautiful things, even if we could have expected more considering his talent. Not to mention that with these stories, if it’s organized doping, I won’t go as far as to say involuntarily, but somewhere, you sometimes have doctors around him and you’re not vigilant,” explained Didier Roustan, who believes that before passing a final judgment on Paul Pogba, we should first wait for the outcome of his appeal to the CAS.
