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After the lost final World Cup match, when the French national team was defeated 5-3 in a penalty shootout by the Italian team who became the World champions, the head coach of the French national team, Raymond Domenech, stated that his team deserved to win, but all hopes were extinguished when the team captain Zinedine Zidane was sent off the field during extra time.
Yes, it's true. All our hopes to win the match shattered when Zidane was sent off the field - Domenech spoke.
I do not justify him, but I try to understand. However, I believe that a player of such caliber must control emotions and not succumb to provocations even in such tension during such important matches.
The best player of the match should have been Marco Materazzi, not Andrea Pirlo, - Domenech continued. - He not only scored the equalizing goal but also extinguished our last hope of achieving something.
In the last 10 minutes, we really missed Zidane. Especially when it became obvious that the Italian team was waiting for the penalty shootout. That was a decisive moment of the match.
Nevertheless, I am proud of my team and what they have achieved. The only thing we could be disappointed in is the result of the final match.
At the start of the competition, I told my players that only victory is a good result. We played well, but now Italy is the World champion and, I think, that says it all.
