I had high hopes but I think the players disappointed. I was expecting much more from Benzema and I think Blanc did some mistakes in not taking the game to his opponents. That team could have done much better.
L'ancien milieu international (103 sélections), âgé de 43 ans, avait déjà été candidat au poste de sélectionneur après l'échec de l'Euro-2008, mais la FFF avait continué à faire confiance à Raymond Domenech.