GEORGIA: FOOTBALL/SOOCER - France fans delighted at 3-0 away defeat of Georgia in Euro 2008 qualifier

Record ID: 335260

  • Title: GEORGIA: FOOTBALL/SOOCER - France fans delighted at 3-0 away defeat of Georgia in Euro 2008 qualifier
  • Date: 3rd September 2006
  • Summary: WIDE OF NEWS CONFERENCE/ FRANCE TEAM COACH RAYMOND DOMENECH, WITH GEORGIA'S GERMAN COACH KLAUS TOPPMOELLER BEHIND HIM (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRANCE COACH RAYMOND DOMENECH SAYING: "We were playing this kind of games. I cannot say it was an easy game. We had a good team against us" WIDE OF NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRANCE COACH RAYMOND DOMENECH SAYING: "It was a gr
  • Embargoed: 18th September 2006 13:00
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  • Location: Georgia
  • Country: Georgia
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVADC63OBL9NVQNX0Q4GX5QOB3UX
  • Story Text: France coach Raymond Domenech said he was satisfied with his team's performance after the world Cup runners-up beat Georgia 3-0 in their opening Euro 2008 qualifier in Tbilisi on Saturday (September 2).
    "I cannot say it was an easy game. We had a good team against us," Domenech told reporters.
    "It was a great game, we could have played better, but everything went all right," he said.
    Playing their first official match without their inspirational playmaker Zinedine Zidane, who retired after the World Cup final in July, the French struck twice in the first 15 minutes to silence a capacity 55,000-strong home crowd.
    The Georgians, under new German manager Klaus Toppmoeller, thrashed Faroe Islands 6-0 in their opener in August.
    Toppmoeller said after Saturday's game he knew it would a a tough one because of the start quality of the French players.
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