HISTORIC STATISTIC FROM ZIDANE: A FIRST SINCE 1994

The new manager of the France National Team, Zinedine Zidane, achieved a historical success in his first test in the Nations League. The legendary football man left the Turkey away match with a 1-0 victory in the first official match he played at the head of his team. This single-goal victory in this difficult match carried massive statistical importance in terms of French football history. Zinedine Zidane went down in official records as the first manager to win his first match at the head of the France National Team after Aime Jacquet, who took office in 1994. Exactly 5 different managers coached the national team in the long period from 1994 to the day Zinedine Zidane took office. However, all of these 5 coaches left the pitch with a defeat in their first official matches at the head of the team. This negative starting streak, which could not be broken for years, ended completely with the 1-0 victory against Turkey. The French sports press carried this historical start of Zidane to the newspaper headlines. Football data analysts interpreted this statistical success of the new generation and the new technical staff as the dispersal of the dark clouds over the team. The fast-paced and tactical game exhibited on the pitch received full marks from the fans. Zinedine Zidane broke a massive chain of bad luck that continued since 1994.

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