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...
course planning players rest third
Of course we were disappointed because we were planning to rest some of our players for the third match,
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.
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.
few physical pressure step
There is a lot of fatigue, so we need to take things step by step, ... There is a lot of physical and psychological pressure when you play every few days.
member observed technical
We have had them (Greece) observed by a member of our technical staff,
humility spirit strong
We have a strong spirit and humility in the team.
knock suffered
Claude suffered a knock on the shoulder, but it's not serious,
help hope result team wake
I hope this result will help the team to wake up,
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?
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.
destiny difficult expected people
Not many people expected this match, ... But it will be difficult anyway. We have our destiny in our own hands.
exactly ready yesterday
It's exactly what he did yesterday and Fabien was ready for it,
caught competition crucial euro exciting french group opinions surprising
The French group is caught up in these contradictory opinions, some of them surprising as they come from the inside, and has been weakened before this exciting and crucial competition -- Euro 2004,