Raymond Domenech
Raymond Domenech
Raymond Domenechis a retired French footballer, the current manager of the Brittany national football team and the former manager of the French national football team...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth24 January 1952
CityLyon, France
although close early gap older players potential reach time work
There is a lot of work to be done, it will take them a lot of time to reach those levels, although the potential is there. Only time will tell if the players who are now in their early 20s can close the gap on the older ones.
anyone cup happen injured length months six
We are six months away from the World Cup and many things can happen in the meantime. Anyone can get injured during such a length of time.
fast move
We will have to play fast and move a lot,
consider cup easier three worth
We will have to play each one of them like they are cup finals. We must not consider that some are easier than others. They are all worth three points.
arrive class good local next plane players ready rest time travel
We will play at 1500 local time and at 1900 we will be on the plane home, ... The players will travel in first class and will rest peacefully. The next morning, we will arrive at 0600 after a good night's sleep, and be ready to work.
age-and-aging ball case feet missed passing physical playing soccer
If they think it's going to be a case of passing the ball to feet and playing space-age soccer then they'll have missed the point. There will be a physical battle.
against happy
I am happy to play against Italy. It's a big team. I've wanted to play Italy.
If we play in Martinique before France-Germany, then that's brilliant,
again count french highest level players satisfied talented team
I am very satisfied that the French team can once again count on Zinedine Zidane and Claude Makelele ... very talented players who play at the highest level for their clubs.
again france highest hugely level players rely satisfied talented
I am very satisfied that France can again rely on Zinedine Zidane and Claude Makelele, two hugely talented players who play at the highest level with their clubs.
looked lucky match pressure reviewed situations tape
We have reviewed the tape of the match and there were many situations in which we looked anything but comfortable. They put us under a lot of pressure and we were lucky to win.
allow announced beautiful convinced cup fact germany history page prepare retirement second succeed wants winning
The fact he has announced his retirement now will allow him to prepare well for the World Cup and be able to play in peace. I know that he really wants to succeed in Germany and I'm convinced that he still has the most beautiful page of his sporting history to write: winning a second World Cup with the Blues.
ahead decision march slovakia
We are going to make a decision later, probably in March ahead of the Slovakia game.
ankle days twisted wait
The ankle was really twisted and we will have to wait one or two days to see how things go.