As part of our series revisiting the winning team from every European Championship, Michael Cox looks at France's victory in 2000
This is the latest in our fortnightly series about the 16 triumphant teams in the before the 17th edition is played in Germany this summer. We’ve looked at , , , , , , , and . We’ve made it into the 21st century — it’s the turn of in 2000. Introduction Going into Euro 2000, only one side had been European and world champions concurrently — West Germany, who followed European success in 1972 with a World Cup triumph in 1974.
In Juventus’ 1999-2000 Serie A campaign, he scored four goals, three of them from free kicks, and his only assist came 30 minutes into the opening game of a 34-game season — but this was the pattern of Zidane’s career, thriving in international tournaments despite difficult times at club level. “Zidane is better now than he was two years ago,” said Pele. “He has more confidence to dictate a game as well as star in it…. whether he goes onto become one of the all-time greats is another matter.