You want to win in the team.”Domenech, who has worked as a TV pundit while toying with the idea of getting back into management, took a ton of the blame in 2010 for failing to control the dressing room and for failing to command its respect. The Chelsea forward was not at training today and was asked to apologise by French Football Federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes. Past failures had been more about temperament, roster construction or some other intangible.The 1982 team led by Michel Platini got to the semifinals in Spain, and may have gone further if not for the absence of stylish midfielder Jean-François Larios, who was benched as rumors escalated that he’d had an affair with Platini’s wife. Finding 23 men willing to embrace Deschamps’ controlled and somewhat conservative style was.

“There were imperfections. We don’t realize it yet, but our children will be very proud to have our names.”The world remembers the men of 2010, and it’ll remember their counterparts from 2018.No one is more keenly aware of that then Domenech. The most notable incident was Just before the game-winning goal was scored, the Dutch team had a free kick that hit the wall (apparently taking a deflection off Both teams were fined by FIFA due to the ill-discipline of the match.During the Netherlands v Denmark group stage match, several women were removed from the stadium and later detained. Players like Paul Pogba, Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappé and Olivier Giroud would have to pick their spots and defer.Domenech said, “Didier must explain to them that they will take the spotlight together, or not at all.”It worked beautifully. Upon refusing to do so, was asked to leave the squad. France and Uruguay faced each other on 11 June 2010 at the Cape Town Stadium.Despite a red card being given to Uruguay substitute Nicolás Lodeiro in the second half, Uruguay were able to hold a "lacklustre" France to a 0–0 draw. France lost that game, too, and was eliminated for its second straight tournament under Domenech, without a victory in either the 2008 European Championship or the 2010 World Cup. Domenech sent Anelka home. I'm not going to do it for them. World Cup 2010: Traitors, secrecy, back-stabbing & mutiny – France’s South African story By Robin Bairner To say the web is tangled would be a gross understatement. But if we don't all make the effort for each other it's hard. Then there was the head-butt, and then the mutiny. A federal council shall be convened immediately on the completion of the French team's campaign to draw all the conclusions of the crisis that has been created. This fiasco would be remembered. And there was a part of him, he said, that still felt Deschamps could’ve loosened the leash on this 2018 side just a bit. How is our football? The under-fire Domenech has brushed aside concerns rivals Uruguay and Mexico may manufacture a draw in their final Group A match to ensure they progress to the knockout stages at the expense of Les Bleus. But they don’t play in the team. Talent rarely was the issue with Les Bleus. "We have to play and do our thing and the other match is not my problem. Anelka was replaced by Andre-Pierre Gignac before the restart.The reported bust-up is just the latest in what has been a string of rumours about unrest within the France camp and claims Domenech has lost the support of his players. World Cup 2010: Nicolas Anelka sent home by France Football Federation • Chelsea forward expelled from France camp for outburst at Raymond Domenech • … He knew that to win the World Cup, you can’t have players not in the group, not with the team. But he understood that work was necessary. France 2010 World Cup Team France literally breezed into the international football scene, walking away with the FIFA World Cup in 1998, demolishing Brazil 3-0 in the finals to lift the cup. "The FFF hit back at the players in a statement that said their actions were "unacceptable". This time, he was as bewildered as everybody else.The setting was Sandton, an upscale suburb north of downtown Johannesburg. Anelka does not have the right to say such things. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy "I have children and I don't want to be sullied by rumours that I am the traitor." France's players refused to train on Sunday following Nicolas Anelka's expulsion from the squad for verbally abusing coach Raymond Domenech. “We have a possibility to play differently,” Domenech said. "I am sorry for the children for whom the French team represents something.