Zidane-inspired Gundogan looking to banish Germany’s World Cup anguish
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 19, 2022
As a group of people huddled around a television set in the corner of a Turkish restaurant one late night in July, 1998, a young Ilkay Gundogan observed intently.
It was to be his first exposure to the World Cup.
He was seven, blissfully unaware of how football’s historic competition between nations would eventually play a major part in his life and career.
Inspired by two goals from Zinedine Zidane, hosts France beat favorites Brazil 3-0 that night at a euphoric Stade de France in Paris.
“We were on . . .
