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...
cannot expecting goals matches people three title win
Some people are expecting us to win all our matches by two or three goals because we are the title holders. This cannot happen.
destiny difficult expected people
Not many people expected this match, ... But it will be difficult anyway. We have our destiny in our own hands.
help hope result team wake
I hope this result will help the team to wake up,
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.
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.
preparing several video
We had several video sessions when we were preparing for the match,
lack
I sensed there was a lack of confidence, they were tense,
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.
course planning players rest third
Of course we were disappointed because we were planning to rest some of our players for the third match,
against coming far team together
The team is coming together now. We showed how far we have come against Lyon.
exactly ready yesterday
It's exactly what he did yesterday and Fabien was ready for it,
leaders leaders-and-leadership team
There will always be leaders in this team to show us the way.
deal perhaps problems start
There were recruitment problems. Perhaps it had not been thought through at the start who was going to deal with recruitment. I thought it was me.