Thierry Henry answers QUICK FIRE questions | Dugout Debate
In this brand new episode of Dugout Debate, Arsenal and France legend Thierry Henry sits down with Daily Mail Sport's Henry Williams to fire through some quick fire questions... World Cup special edition! thierryhenry worldcup arsenal
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Today, I'm joined in the dugout by Arsenal legend and World Cup winner Thierry Henry. >> Why did you give me this, a yellow card? >> You don't love it? It's a good card. >> Hey, it's better than red. We had the yellow or white sometimes. >> The yellow and the blue, by the way, with the collar. And that one was That [laughter] was unbelievable. >> That one was fire. That was unbelievable, Thierry. >> Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. What is your earliest memory of watching the World Cup? >> It's France West Germany World Cup '82. It's really like a moment I turn. Everyone was screaming and everything and then a sort of volley of Marius Trésor. You must have been only about five at that time. >> Bad memory because we ended up losing against West West Germany and we didn't go to the final, but yeah. Everyone around you is celebrating, going crazy. How do you celebrate goals now for France or Arsenal when you're watching at home? >> It's different now. Difficult not to see that as a fan. I always try to see the game stacked the game tactically. So, I I watch the game and I'm like, "Okay, well, they should have done that." Or well, "They have to push. They're too low. They're too high." And I forget sometimes to Obviously, when they score, but, you know, both of my teams, so I will I will jump up and down. I will go back down. "Okay, so now we need to push up a little bit more. Don't go too low. Carry on to attack." I don't watch the game the kind of the same way. >> When I'm nervous, I'm pacing around watching it. I can't sit still. >> I'm very different. Uh if I'm nervous watching a game, you will not see it. Because sometimes if I'm happy or nervous, I have the same face, so people don't know actually. >> What is your greatest memory of the World Cup? It should go without saying. 1998. When you go for the celebrations I Wait, I don't know what my teammates did. I went I was left, he was right, the other one was in the stand, the other one was a family, and this one is dancing, this one is not dancing. You're on your side. You go back in the dressing room, some don't go back in the dressing room, some take the cup and start to run right. So, you go and see I don't know actually what happened. So, that's why everything is kind of blurry. I remember obviously when the ref Buddha was sold, I went on I ran on the field and then and whatnot, but I cannot tell you exactly everything that happened that night. I mean the staying obviously waiting, you know, you you're looking at the cup coming. And then you're like and then you're like it's it's too long. Come on, hurry up. You know, and then just you look at it. And then you lift it. And then that's it. But it it's it's just that's that's the thing I'm I'm I'm I'm actually thinking of. Is just the fact that just that's you know, you win it at home. I'm 20, about to turn 21. 40 40 km or 45 km away from where I grew up in front of my family. Like if someone had told me that when I was young, I would have said to them, "Yeah, right." And then suddenly it's happening. Obviously, I worked out to be there with my team and whatnot. You know, sorry is not like just like that. But then you're like, "Wow." How heavy is the World Cup? It is heavy. I think it's 5 kilos. I don't know. I think 5 in between I I I don't know if I can >> shakes. I looked at it earlier. I thought it was shaking. >> from I'm trying to remember from holding it. >> [laughter] >> In terms of holding it, there's an iconic photo of you. The Brazil shirt. What did you know how iconic and brilliant that moment was going to be? No, but I will be honest. Can I say it and I'm you know, it's our night. Our night is our night at the end of the day right at the even at the beginning of the day. I ran I ran and I I caught myself thinking, "Let me see if I can get his shirt." So, I went on the other side to be fair, he gave me a shirt. I gave you know, what you have a down TV said it's still as mine. I was surprised, but anyway, he's he has mine. And I don't know why since I didn't have my shirt, I put that one on. And swap that one. Yeah, but what I'm trying to say is I didn't do it on purpose. I just someone took a picture. I didn't plan to do anything like that. I I think about anything like, you know, social media were not out at that time, obviously. But, it made it to it made it the moment, and and that's my iconic shirt, an iconic moment, and that will people will always remember that, I guess. I I I will always remember it. And so, that night then, who looked after the trophy? Not me. That's for sure. Like, I think Didier Deschamps did it. I think If I remember well, I was sitting in front of the coach. You know that seat that you have there by the by the driver? I think I had it there. And after, I didn't see it the whole night after that. That night was a bit surreal. Because I asked my brother to come what we call the castle, that's where we stayed. That's where the national team usually goes. You know, when you see them going up the stairs now with their old their their clothes and everything, that's that's that's where it is. And so, yeah, you know what? This is kind of weird because if you think about the journey and how hard it was, it's it's in that trophy. It is It is When you think about it, it's only a tro- Right? That's what you battle for, that's what you go for, and everyone wanted to have a piece of it. As a fan, what is your favorite moment of watching the World Cup? When Brazil won it in in 1970, you know, you have Maradona moments, you have Zidane moments, but I was I was part of that. You have so many moments. You have the last final. I don't want to talk about it because we lost it. But then, as a fan, then watching it after is I will go to winning it in 2018. Yeah. Because then I'm French. Although, I was on the other side to play them in the semifinal. It was one of the hardest thing I have to deal in my life because I'm French and I'm playing against France with Belgium. I was I was hard. I was so hard. But, then there I was a fan, and I saw my team as a fan winning it. Yeah. You get what I mean? For the obviously the second time. So, I I have to go with with with with that team and that moment. And how is that for your stress levels? As a player, you can impact it. You can change it. >> Yeah, but it's different, you know why? Because it You know when You know when you've been somewhere and you you more measured. You know when you watch it you're tiny bit more measured. You I'm I'm keeping it in. But when they won You know when they won in in Russia? Mhm. And you you have that smile. When the ref blew the whistle, I was looking at them and I was like Yes. Yes. Yeah. A second star. Let's enjoy it. Enjoy it. You know it was You know and and they brought me back to my moments. I was so I was so happy for them. And for us obviously because, you know, it's it's a second second star. And final question, how can the Samsung TVs recreate that stadium atmosphere at home? Oh, first and foremost, not not joking aside, have you seen the quality of the of the screen? It's like I thought I was you there. Like I remember the time where I don't know if I don't know if I don't know how old you guys are, but I was a remote control back in the days. My dad was sending me to change the channel. And then to hold or to hold the antenna because it when you you when you held it the picture was a tiny bit better. And I had to stay there trying to watch the game like this. It's It's not a joke. That's real. Holding holding like this. Change the channel. You have to go you change the channel. Now you don't move. You're like, "Hey, the sound. Cut the sound. Give me the sound. More color. Less color. No no no glare." I mean, you're there. It's It's basically you you might as well play I don't know about that, but you you're there. So obviously it's vital. Didier, thank you so much for joining me in the dugout. Really appreciate it. >> Yellow card. >> [laughter]