Declining Talent or Politics?
Barcelona midfielder Ludovic Giuly, who scored two goals in the qualifiers, was cut from France World Cup team in favor of Franck Ribery who has yet to play for the senior French team.
Giuly could not understand being left out of the team. I could not understand either how come coach Domenech who is a “nobody” in international football could replace him in favor of a player who has not proved anything.
If it wasn’t for the return from retirement of Zinedine Zidane, Lilian Thuram and Claude Makelele; Domenech’s pathetic coaching capabilities would not earn them a ticket to Germany.
Oh I almost forgot, it was Domenech who actually convinced Zidane and Makelele to don their jerseys once again. That’s definitely power for an extended amount of time.
Or maybe he feels Franck is going to have a Wayne Gretzky like performance when he played as a rookie in an all-star game, breaking history records.
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