Paul Pogba’s Emotional Speech Ahead of FIFA World Cup Final Against Croatia Reminds us of SRK’s 70-Minute Scene from Chak De! India

France walked away with the 2018 FIFA World Cup by defeating Croatia by 4-2 in Russia a couple of days ago. Kylian Mbappe, Paul Pobga and Antoine Griezmann were the goal scorers for the team. Ahead of the finals at the Luzhniki Stadium, Russia Paul Pogba delivered an amazing speech in the dressing room. The video of the speech surfaced online and as French TV station, TF1  relayed the same. The speech by Pogba will surely remind you of Shah Rukh Khan’s 70-minute scene from Chak De! India.

Pogba said, “I don’t want to talk too much. We all know where we are. We all know what we want. We know the path we went through. In our hearts, in our eyes, I can see it, we are focused.  Guys, don’t forget, I might repeat myself, but we are only 90 minutes away from an amazing story. One game. I don’t know how many games we played in our careers, in our lives. But here, it is one game and it will change everything. It will change history.”

“There are two teams and one cup. It is the same for them, they want it. We lost a final, we know. We still have it here, here and here (showing hearts, guts and mind). Today, we don’t let another team take what is ours. Today we look at each other and we don’t let another team take what is ours. I want that tonight we make our place in every French person’s memory. And their kids, their grandkids… Today, 90 minutes to make it into history. Forever, forever guys. So now I am looking at you, I don’t want to shout. I want us to get on the field as warriors, leaders. And after I want to see tears, tears of joy not tears of sadness. Tears of joy on the field and all ‘kissing each other’, OK?,” he said on a concluding note.  Check out the video below.

If you notice, Pogba’s speech has quite too many similarities with Shah Rukh Khan’s scene in Chak De! India where the Indian women’s team is about to take on Australia in the World Cup. Both the speeches surely give you goosebumps. Here’s SRK’s scene.

After winning the FIFA World Cup finals, Paul Pogba took a jibe at England who said it was coming home. In the video shared Pogba was heard saying, “In the end, football didn’t exactly come home.” However, he realised that the statement won’t go down well with the fans of Manchester United so he said that he was joking.

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