Jacques Santini
Jacques Santini
Jacques Santiniis a former football player and manager. He played for Saint-Étienne during the 1970s, and reached the European Cup final with them in 1976. He has coached the French national team - winning the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup and reaching the quarter-finals of Euro 2004 - and clubs including Olympique Lyonnais...
humility spirit strong
We have a strong spirit and humility in the team.
against coming far team together
The team is coming together now. We showed how far we have come against Lyon.
help hope result team wake
I hope this result will help the team to wake up,
destiny difficult expected people
Not many people expected this match, ... But it will be difficult anyway. We have our destiny in our own hands.
bad others
If you look at the others you would see that we are not in such a bad situation,
knock suffered
Claude suffered a knock on the shoulder, but it's not serious,
croatia extra matter solution
Croatia is very strong. Technically they are good, ... But we can always give that something extra to find a solution no matter the opponent.
blow difficult england france gave half halftime job match penalty players save second
England gave us a very difficult match and at halftime I told the players we had a big job to do. France started the second half well but I have to say that penalty save from Fabien boosted us. That was a big psychological blow in our favor.
best came chances goals great similar situations strange teams took victory
It was a strange game, all the best chances came from similar situations and all the goals came from set pieces. We got the victory and I congratulate my players. But it took two teams to make it a great match.
added against although england maybe nice playing pressure puts worried
Thierry is playing well, he did some nice things against England, ... I did not sense a worried player. He is a leader, although maybe he puts added pressure on himself.
fact god help match reference shows thinks top trusted
This match will help me as a reference for the future, ... To play a match of this caliber, the fact that Eriksson trusted him for the match and thinks he is god enough, shows he can play at the top level.
difference hard individual players refined respect
They will be just as hard to play as the English, ... Our players have a big respect for Croatia. They are technically refined and able to make the difference with an individual gesture.
exactly ready yesterday
It's exactly what he did yesterday and Fabien was ready for it,
ball dribble line past score
Does he need to score a hat-trick in every match? ... Does he need to get the ball from the half-way line and dribble past everyone?