David Trezeguet (49 Viewers)
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09/11/2007 15:10
France Coach Raymond Domenech issued another sensational snub to David Trezeguet by not including him in his squad for the Euro 2008 qualifier with Ukraine. Carlo Garganese asks whether Trezegol should now retire from international football…
Calcio Debate: Should Trezeguet Retire From The France National Team?
It has been well documented in recent weeks about how Juventus striker David Trezeguet has made the best start to a club season in his entire career. The 30-year-old has hit ten goals in 11 appearances for the Bianconeri and is way clear at the top of the Serie A scorers chart.
Indeed as one Italian journalist pointed out a week or so ago, if Trezeguet continues at this rate of scoring, he will end up with nearly 40 league goals by the end of the season.
Not bad going in a league renowned as the toughest and meanest in world football!
Unfortunately France boss Raymond Domenech is not impressed with Trezeguet’s incredible form and after dropping him for last month’s Euro 2008 qualifiers against Lithuania and the Faroe Islands, he repeated the trick by snubbing him for the November 21 trip to Ukraine.
Trezeguet was understandably furious with being rebuffed last month and admitted that he was considering retiring from the French national team.
“I don’t understand it. Domenech says he calls up players because of their performances for their clubs. Well it’s the best start to a season I have ever had,” Trezeguet told L’Equipe.
“I’m seriously considering quitting international football.
“I have been playing for France since 1997 and those 10 years are a long time to me.”
There is no doubt in my mind that Domenech’s motive for not picking Trezeguet is certainly not football-related.
The pair have been at loggerheads ever since Trezeguet criticised the Coach for accusing the Italy Under-21 squad of match-fixing a game back in 2000.
Domenech also recently insulted Trezeguet by saying that there was nothing special about him and there were other French forwards just as good.
To say this about someone who has scored more than 200 club goals during his career and has struck 34 times for France in just 70 appearances, is quite frankly a disgrace.
“Domenech is choosing not to pick me and I think that the way he has treated me is frankly unacceptable,” Trezeguet recently said.
The lack of respect that Domenech has shown for a player who is one of the most prolific forwards in European football history should not be tolerated.
If I was Trezeguet I would be announcing my retirement from international football and I would only consider coming out of my retreat once Domenech had left his post.
Speculation in Italy suggests that Trezeguet is indeed set to announce his retirement in the coming days and I believe that it is really sad that such a great player is being forced away by the downright stubbornness of a man who is disliked by most of the football community.
What are your views on this topic? Should Trezeguet retire from the France national team? What do you think about Domenech not selecting him? We want to know what you think
Carlo Garganese / Goal.com
France Coach Raymond Domenech issued another sensational snub to David Trezeguet by not including him in his squad for the Euro 2008 qualifier with Ukraine. Carlo Garganese asks whether Trezegol should now retire from international football…
Calcio Debate: Should Trezeguet Retire From The France National Team?
It has been well documented in recent weeks about how Juventus striker David Trezeguet has made the best start to a club season in his entire career. The 30-year-old has hit ten goals in 11 appearances for the Bianconeri and is way clear at the top of the Serie A scorers chart.
Indeed as one Italian journalist pointed out a week or so ago, if Trezeguet continues at this rate of scoring, he will end up with nearly 40 league goals by the end of the season.
Not bad going in a league renowned as the toughest and meanest in world football!
Unfortunately France boss Raymond Domenech is not impressed with Trezeguet’s incredible form and after dropping him for last month’s Euro 2008 qualifiers against Lithuania and the Faroe Islands, he repeated the trick by snubbing him for the November 21 trip to Ukraine.
Trezeguet was understandably furious with being rebuffed last month and admitted that he was considering retiring from the French national team.
“I don’t understand it. Domenech says he calls up players because of their performances for their clubs. Well it’s the best start to a season I have ever had,” Trezeguet told L’Equipe.
“I’m seriously considering quitting international football.
“I have been playing for France since 1997 and those 10 years are a long time to me.”
There is no doubt in my mind that Domenech’s motive for not picking Trezeguet is certainly not football-related.
The pair have been at loggerheads ever since Trezeguet criticised the Coach for accusing the Italy Under-21 squad of match-fixing a game back in 2000.
Domenech also recently insulted Trezeguet by saying that there was nothing special about him and there were other French forwards just as good.
To say this about someone who has scored more than 200 club goals during his career and has struck 34 times for France in just 70 appearances, is quite frankly a disgrace.
“Domenech is choosing not to pick me and I think that the way he has treated me is frankly unacceptable,” Trezeguet recently said.
The lack of respect that Domenech has shown for a player who is one of the most prolific forwards in European football history should not be tolerated.
If I was Trezeguet I would be announcing my retirement from international football and I would only consider coming out of my retreat once Domenech had left his post.
Speculation in Italy suggests that Trezeguet is indeed set to announce his retirement in the coming days and I believe that it is really sad that such a great player is being forced away by the downright stubbornness of a man who is disliked by most of the football community.
What are your views on this topic? Should Trezeguet retire from the France national team? What do you think about Domenech not selecting him? We want to know what you think
Carlo Garganese / Goal.com
Definetely , but would you want that ? I don't think he would want that. I think Trez is the kind of player that can turn the whole game around with one touch even if he has touched the ball the once that whole game . Not many coaches can see that , personally , I don't like players like trez because I feel that they either disappear and make it seem like their team is playing with a man down or they just suddenly explode and get you a hattrick . He's a very unpredictable player and playing him is taking a big risk , that's why I think Domenech refuses to play him .
I wouldn't like him to play for France anyway , what he could give to juve is crucial and I wouldn't like risking him to an unappreciative coach who never plays him .
I wouldn't like him to play for France anyway , what he could give to juve is crucial and I wouldn't like risking him to an unappreciative coach who never plays him .
I agree with the bold bit, but I would like to point out, that fact that Trezeguet disappears or explodes in the game is due to the service he gets from midfield and his attack partner...in this case he is not to blame for that...
He is to me a finisher more than a forward, which means all he has to do is to score when he gets a decent ball, and he is the best to do so...
Although I must mention that he is lately trying to come back and support even in defence...it still not that effective but better than nothing.
He is to me a finisher more than a forward, which means all he has to do is to score when he gets a decent ball, and he is the best to do so...
Although I must mention that he is lately trying to come back and support even in defence...it still not that effective but better than nothing.
He should do what a few other players have done & refuse to play until they change coach, which if they blow qualifying, they'll get, thats prob why no def word on this from Trez, holding back so he might not need to speak. With his record - look at goals per game v Henry, he'd walk in under any other coach
One man's meat is another man's poison. Domenech underappreciates what Trezeguet brings to the table, ie a fox in the box, and prefers to fill his team with players of a certain mould. David belongs to a dying breed of thoroughbred finishers that has less of a place in today's game than yesteryear. Domenech's loss is our gain though. As cynical as it may sound, if Trezegol were to retire from international football it can only be good for Juve.
Trez is a deadly, and one of the strikers who seem to be unstoppable in the box. But have you never been angry, that he touches the ball twice in 90 minutes, when he has a day off? Doesn't he sometimes makes us play with 10 men out there? I love him for all the goals, but if Iaquinta keeps on scoring, I see him with Palladino being a better striking force. Maybe this is the last season of the glorious Nedved-Del Piero-Trezeguet. Haven't seen their magic this season so far.
And this graphic doesn't say anything. Beside Anelka and maybe Benzema (although he also moves a lot around the box in a match), nobody of the above is a real striker.....
And this graphic doesn't say anything. Beside Anelka and maybe Benzema (although he also moves a lot around the box in a match), nobody of the above is a real striker.....
You lost the idea of that table then. It was to compare between the French players who were called up to their national team and Trezeguet in this season.
If you hate him, that's your opinion, but he's better than most of those who were called up.
And NO, Iaquinta is not better. Neither Palladino. Although that wasn't the point of the table.
If you hate him, that's your opinion, but he's better than most of those who were called up.
And NO, Iaquinta is not better. Neither Palladino. Although that wasn't the point of the table.