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...
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.
course planning players rest third
Of course we were disappointed because we were planning to rest some of our players for the third match,
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.
lack
I sensed there was a lack of confidence, they were tense,
exactly ready yesterday
It's exactly what he did yesterday and Fabien was ready for it,
physically players relax
It is important for the players to relax physically and also psychologically,
created four minutes
And in the first four minutes of the second-half, he created a lot of opportunities for himself.
knock suffered
Claude suffered a knock on the shoulder, but it's not serious,
leaders leaders-and-leadership team
There will always be leaders in this team to show us the way.
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,
concerned
We are only concerned with what we have to do,
member observed technical
We have had them (Greece) observed by a member of our technical staff,