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Thu 11 Nov 2009Domenech's rallying call falls flat
“IT WAS bad from a sporting point of view and, maybe even worse, it portrayed a terrible image of the national team.” These were the words of French Football Federation (FFF) president Jean-Pierre Escalettes after Les Bleus had crashed out of Euro 2008 in miserable fashion.
He had just announced that much-maligned coach Raymond Domenech would be keeping his job, but only under the following conditions: that he improve his disastrous communication skills, that he participate fully in repairing the team’s broken image, and that his side secure at least five points from their first three World Cup qualifiers.
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