卡伦布谈法国1998、德尚和2026
克里斯蒂安·卡伦布独家接受国际足联采访，谈到了法国队在 1998 年世界杯上令人难忘的胜利，以及他对好友迪迪埃·德尚今年率领的法国队的期望。
1998年，克里斯蒂安·卡伦布带领由迪迪埃·德尚担任队长的法国队举起了奖杯。
前皇家马德里中场球员回顾了那场所向披靡的赛季
德尚希望他能带领2018年的冠军球队赢得第三个冠军头衔，为他的任期画上圆满的句号。
近三十年过去了，克里斯蒂安·卡伦布仍然珍视着当年带领大约 50 名来自他的家乡新喀里多尼亚的人前往法国大陆观看 1998 年国际足联世界杯的记忆。
在接受国际足联独家专访时，这位曾代表国家队出场 53 次的前中场球员回顾了自己成为世界冠军的经历，以及在法国队 3-0 战胜巴西队的决赛后，他的母亲失踪数小时的非凡故事。
他还回顾了法国未能晋级 1994 年美国世界杯™ 的经历——这是一场“灾难”，当时他因在 1992/93 年法国杯决赛中推搡裁判而被禁赛六个月，只能眼睁睁地看着这一切发生。
卡伦布还分享了他对迪迪埃·德尚的印象，德尚是他的朋友、前南特队友和世界杯冠军队长，这位前皇家马德里中场球员支持德尚带领法国队在今年的全球盛会上再次夺冠。
德尚希望以一场精彩的胜利告别，基利安·姆巴佩、奥斯曼·登贝莱、德西雷·杜埃、迈克尔·奥利塞、拉扬·切尔基等人将于 6 月 16 日星期二在纽约新泽西体育场迎战塞内加尔，开启他们的2026 年 FIFA 世界杯™征程。
克里斯蒂安·卡伦布：这很难接受。除了最后两场之外，我参加了所有预选赛，因为我被法国足协禁赛了。我只能在场外观战，希望球队能在美国世界杯预选赛中取得好成绩后重新加入。人们记得最后一场1-2输给保加利亚的比赛，但主场2-3输给以色列也对我们的晋级希望造成了沉重打击。那是一场灾难——我对我们在那两场比赛中的表现非常失望。但每一次失败之后，总有机会重新振作。艾梅·雅凯从那次挫折中吸取了教训，并继续打造了一支能够在1996年欧洲杯和1998年世界杯上都取得佳绩的球队。
Deep down, I always believed I’d make a return. That was my mindset: sooner or later, I’d come back, and I’d do everything I could to make it happen. Fortunately for me, I was getting plenty of minutes at Real Madrid and we won the [1997/98] Champions League. Everything changed after that. When I returned, I felt like myself again.
I remember bringing around 50 members of my family over from New Caledonia; they didn’t just watch the World Cup – they were in the thick of the action. They went to the stadium, to the hotels and even to the French training base at Clairefontaine. I’d hired a bus for them so they could follow us wherever we went. I know it was a wonderful experience for my whole family – and becoming world champions was the icing on the cake! All my family left with unforgettable memories.
Performances and trophies are part and parcel of life as an elite athlete, but being able to show my loved ones what the World Cup is all about… That’s my greatest memory: sharing that side of my life as an elite athlete with my family. Of course, winning the World Cup is the pinnacle of any player’s career, but having my family there with me in France is a memory that’ll stay with me forever.
Picture this – at half-time in the final, my mother left the stadium and said to the other family members there, ‘It’s over, they’re going to win! We’re going to have tea with my sister. When the match finishes, come and pick us up from the cafe.’ But she ended up getting lost in Saint-Denis. Despite the victory, I was worried after the final whistle because my brother had called to say he couldn’t find my mother.
I spent the whole journey from the Stade de France to Clairefontaine on the phone to my family, trying to get hold of my mum. Eventually, the cafe owner called me and said: ‘Mr Karembeu, is that you? Excuse me, your mother is right here, charging her phone.’ That’s how I managed to track down my mum and send my family to pick her up!
Even at Nantes, we had players from all over the world. There was Japhet N’Doram, Jorge Burruchaga, me, Claude Makelele, Eddy Capron, David Marraud, Dominique Casagrande… We were from everywhere. It was the same with the France team. We were all French, but from many different backgrounds, from Didier Deschamps to Marcel Desailly, Zinedine Zidane, Christophe Dugarry, Lilian Thuram, Thierry Henry, myself and so many others.
当然，我们代表了法国多元的文化、民族和地域——我们是法国社会的缩影。令我们感到无比自豪的是，这种多元性为法国带来了荣耀：第一个世界杯冠军，然后是第二个。这是任何人都无法从我们手中夺走的。
迪迪埃在南特时期就展现出了远超同龄人的天赋。15、16岁时，他就已经担任一线队队长。他非常聪明，而且极具个人魅力——是一位真正的领袖。这一点在他带领法国国家队、尤文图斯、马赛和摩纳哥的表现中都可见一斑：无论他走到哪里，成功都如影随形。他的职业生涯堪称辉煌。
我真心希望迪迪埃能以辉煌的战绩结束他在法国队的生涯。我知道这很难，但他会全力以赴，为法国足球的历史再添浓墨重彩的一笔。他是法国足球历史的真正守护者，两次世界杯夺冠都功不可没——我相信他会实现帽子戏法。他已经宣布这将是他最后一届世界杯，所以如果他能以一座冠军奖杯作为完美的谢幕，那将是再合适不过的了。
是的，我真的很想加入！可惜迪迪埃连个电话都没打给我！确实，能和这些天赋异禀、进攻速度飞快的球员一起踢球肯定很棒。我在南特的时候，比赛节奏就已经很快了。不过仔细想想，还是算了——这些孩子速度太快了，我跟不上！