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“Quality has no age.”
“You can always criticise people, the players are aware we can improve in a number of areas.”
“It is up to the players and their advisers to see what is best for the player.”
“What I can say is that I feel very good as the national team coach. I really enjoy it.”
“Sport is a way of uniting people.”
“I always make decisions for the good of the team of France.”
“To score three goals and not concede any is always interesting for a coach.”
“We arrived at the 2002 World Cup with two titles, very calm, well organised, maybe missing a bit of concentration. But the only truth is on the pitch. The dangers are there.”
“I always ask myself if a decision is in the team's best interest.”
“We must not dive into tackles but force the opponent to run so that maybe they will crack late in the game.”
“In tough times, that's when you see true colours and personality.”
“Goal-line technology is a good thing. The ref gets the signal and can decide based on that.”
“It's quite easy in football when you can bang it into the top corner.”
“We can always play better.”
“Competition is for everyone.”
“I am not a very good dancer.”
“Football is my passion.”
“My past as a player is strongly linked to the red, white and blue France shirt.”
“The biggest victories can lead to the greatest foolishness.”
“Either a player accepts competition or they say they absolutely need to play. For a player to have an open door, I have to have, at the same position, an element that is just as good or even better.”