Michel Patini
Michel Patini
competition experience ought particular people players time
During such a competition players are there for a long time as well as all the people around them. They need to train, to eat, to go out. There ought to be something in it for everyone. On that particular point, my experience has been a bonus.
football running player
I was playing the best football of my career at the time, finishing top scorer in Italy three year's running. There were other good players around but I think I was the best at that time.
home cutting player
At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home.
football player shopping
Beckham in Paris will certainly be good for shopping. I love this player but he is not the footballer he was. And if he comes to Paris now it will be to do something other than football.
football player careers
A football match should be decided by an action of play. Not some contrived process whose end result is to mark a fine player such as Bossis, Baresi or Baggio for the rest of his career.
player generations messi
Messi is the great player of this generation, like there were great players in other generations.
fighting player creating
The most skillful is Thierry Henry, he has impressed me the most. He's played a great tournament(Euro '00). He has the pace of Anelka, and the sense of Trezeguet. He's got something that no French player has ever had. He can do everything: from scoring goals, to giving assists, crossing and creating space for other players, and he fights for every ball. I've never see a player in France like him
believe character player
Footballing qualities can be developed, but Stoichkov is a player with character and inborn talent. I've seen him produce fantastic plays even from impossible situations... I couldn't believe it, when I heard that I used to be his idol.
among french
There would probably be less of a frenzy among the French public.
against both brazil match sides
The match against Brazil was football at its best. Both sides had opportunities to win the game.
best gave shot
In 1986, we gave it our best shot but we didn't get the run of the ball.
argentina arrived drawn favourites including injured tournament unlucky
We arrived in Argentina with a lot of injured players, including our goalkeeper. Also we were unlucky to be drawn in the same group as the two tournament favourites Italy and Argentina.
years two world
If a FIFA World Cup tournament had been held every year between 1982 and 1986, France would have won two or three.
soccer sports games
It is a game before a product, a sport before a market, a show before a business.