Claude Makelele

"6'6, full of muscle. That's when I realised we had to play these guys." In his book 'Saved', Gigi Buffon recounts pacing the corridor of his Berlin hotel, chain smoking cigarettes ahead of the 2006 World Cup Final. Earlier that day he'd come face-to-face with the star-studded France team he'd go on to defeat, playing against the likes of David Trezeguet, Claude Makelele, Thierry Henry and, of course, Zinedine Zidane. But he wasn't exactly filled with confidence looking at his diminutive teammates ... Subscribe to The Guardian Football Weekly ► https://www.youtube.com/@FootballWeeklyPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/ Guardian Football Weekly podcast: Apple ► https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/football-weekly/id188674007 Spotify ► https://open.spotify.com/show/6w8qWe0kjgHEHSWDSDGoLW?si=231c666f7f5a4453 Follow Guardian Football Weekly: Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/guardian_footballweekly/ TikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@guardian_footballweekly #buffon #italy #france #fifaworldcup #football