FRANCE 98 – France – A. Jacquet: “The whole team wants to play a really great game to give pleasure to millions of French people”

Comments from Clairefontaine, national technical centre

“Yesterday was our day of rest and this morning we got back into training. Our opponents, the best team in the world, don’t seem to have any major weaknesses. The team looks very much like the one that played in the 1994 World Cup. Mario ZAGALLO is a modest man who commands great respect in the football community. We’re not too worried as we have already shown that we can keep our composure and remain focused. The whole team wants to play a really great game to give pleasure to the millions of French people will be watching. We are capable of winning because the importance of the match will be a supreme motivation and we are 100% committed. Home advantage can be worth as much as the Brazilians’ experience (six-time finalists in 1950, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 1998). In any case, it’s a great honour to be in the final even as an outsider. Christian KAREMBEU (19) has been following his own training regime and the results have been reassuring”.