Nasarar France a kan Brazil da ci 3-1 a wasan karshe na Kofin Duniya na 1998 a kasa ta kasar ta kasance mafi mahimmancin babi a tarihin kwallon kafa na Les Bleus — kuma Youri Djorkaeff ya yi imanin cewa yanki guda daya na asali da ya yanke a wannan dare shi ne tsakiyar duk abin da ya faru.

Dakin sutura mai hadin kai da aka gina a kan darasi masu zafi

Djorkaeff, wanda ya yi fice a Monaco, Inter, da Bolton a lokacin aikinsa na kulob, ya ce nasarar France bata zo a dare guda ba. Tawagar ta sha suka daga jama'a da aka nufa ga hukuma, kocin Aime Jacquet, da 'yan wasan da dama, amma suka amsa ta hanyar komawa cikin kansu.

"Mun gaya wa kanmu cewa za mu gina wani abu namu — idan muka yi asara, lafinmu ne; idan muka ci nasara, nasararmu ce," Djorkaeff ya gaya wa FourFourTwo. "Muna son yin wani abu na tarihi."

Tawagar ta daina karanta jaridu kuma ta yanke duk hulda da kafofin watsa labarai, tana mayar da duk kuzarinta ga kwallon kafa. Kayen da suka sha a fenariti a hannun Czech Republic a Euro 1996 ya bar rauni mai zurfi, amma kungiyar ta yi amfani da shi a matsayin kwarin gwiwa. "Ba mu shirya don cin nasara a lokacin ba, amma mun shirya sosai don Kofin Duniya," ya ce.

Wani juyin mulki a cikin wannan shirye-shirye ya zo a lokacin Kirsimeti 1997, lokacin da hukumar ta shirya tafiya ta tawaga zuwa Alps. Djorkaeff ya ki a farko, yana gaya wa Jacquet ya son yin amfani da kaɗan lokacin hutu da danginsa. Kocin ya nace — kuma bayan sa'a guda, Djorkaeff ya fahimci dalilin. "Wannan tafiya ita ce farkon nasararmu a 1998," ya ce.

The corner wanda ya canza tarihi

Mafi muhimmancin lokaci na wasan karshen ya zo a cikin karin lokaci na rabin farko. France, waɗanda suke kan gaba da 1-0, an ba su bugun kusurwa — kuma Djorkaeff ya yanke shawarar da za ta tabbatar da cewa ta da gaske muhimmiyar shawarar ce.

"Ban taba buga kusurwa don France ba," ya bayyana. "A hagu shi ne Emmanuel Petit, a dama shi ne Zinedine Zidane. Bayan Zinedine ya samu kwallon farko da kai, akwai kusurwa ta biyu wadda aka ce za ta kasance ta sa ma."

Djorkaeff ya shiga tsakani. Ya gaya wa Zidane ya zauna cikin akwatin, shi kansa ya buga kusurwar. Zidane ya karbi dafiyan da kai mai karfi don yin ta 2-0, kwallon ta biyu a daren — wata gaba da France ba su taɓa yin watsi da ita ba yayin da suke tafiya zuwa nasara ta 3-1 da taken Kofin Duniya na farko da suka taɓa samu.

"Na dauki alhakin, ina da amincin abokan wasana da kocin. Ya tabbata zai zama yankin daidai — wani lokaci a rayuwa, kana bukatar ka yi aiki ba tare da yin tunanin da yawa ba," Djorkaeff ya ce. "Bikin jerin gwano a Champs-Élysées bayan haka ya kasance wauta."

Mahaifinsa Jean, kansa wanda ya buga wa France a matakin kasa har sau 48, ya kasance abin da aka saba gani a duk tsawon aikin Djorkaeff, duk da haka bai ba shi wani shawara na musamman kafin wasan karshen ba. "Bai ba ni shawara ba saboda ya san mun shirya don wannan kalubale," Djorkaeff ya ce.