Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Francescoli ya ƙare kakar wasa tare da River Plate tare da rashin nasara a gasar cin kofin Intercontinental na 1996
wasan karshe da kungiyar Juventus ta Italiya. River Plate yana da damar daidaitawa da Boca Juniors tare da taken gasar cin kofin Intercontinental guda biyu, amma a ƙarshe ya rasa zuwa ɓangaren Italiyanci wanda magoya bayan Francescoli ya buga. Zinedine Zidane ya ce, "lokacin da na ga Francescoli wasa, shi ne dan wasan da nake so in zama. Shi ne dan wasan da na gani kuma na yaba da shi a Olympique de Marseille, gunkina lokacin da na yi wasa da shi lokacin da nake Juventus... Enzo kamar Allah ne". A ƙarshen shekara, Francescoli ya yanke shawarar fitowa daga ritaya na kasa da kasa don taimakawa Uruguay wajen cancanta zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya mai zuwa a Faransa.