The football match that young Assane is watching with his friends is the 1998 FIFA World Cup semifinal between France and Croatia. As can be heard, Croatia scored the first goal in the first minute of the second half after Lilian Thuram broke the offside trap. Thuram himself scored the equalizer one minute later and later the winning goal, securing a 2-1 victory. France would go on to win the tournament for the first time in its history, becoming a core memory for an entire generation of French people.