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...
member observed technical
We have had them (Greece) observed by a member of our technical staff,
asking excellent players standard themselves
Players of that standard are always asking themselves questions, ... This is because they want to be excellent all the time.
abandoned maybe needs playing three training
Marcel needs maybe two or three training sessions to be operational for 90 minutes, but he has not abandoned the idea of playing (in the competition).
cannot expecting goals matches people three title win
Some people are expecting us to win all our matches by two or three goals because we are the title holders. This cannot happen.
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.
preparing several video
We had several video sessions when we were preparing for the match,
players positive present respond
The players always respond present at big matches, that is a positive sign.
leaders leaders-and-leadership team
There will always be leaders in this team to show us the way.
best came chances goals great similar situations strange teams took victory
It was a strange game, all the best chances came from similar situations and all the goals came from set pieces. We got the victory and I congratulate my players. But it took two teams to make it a great match.
exactly ready yesterday
It's exactly what he did yesterday and Fabien was ready for it,
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.
course planning players rest third
Of course we were disappointed because we were planning to rest some of our players for the third match,
lack
I sensed there was a lack of confidence, they were tense,