French coach laments Zindane's Red Card
According to fifaworld.com reports reproduced here by nigeriasports.com, "It's a huge disappointment. We prepared ourselves to be at our best, the team got stronger and that was all part of the plan. "You could see that in how we were a notch above our opponents in extra time. The players now have to remember what they've achieved. We found ourselves with ten men at a time when we were controlling the game. As for the incident itself, the fourth official saw what happened and informed the referee. "The assistant referee saw nothing. I don't know what (Marco) Materazzi said, but he's the Man of the Match, not (Andrea) Pirlo. It's Materazzi who equalised and provoked Zidane's sending-off. "It's sad, but I think the Italian player made a meal out of what happened. Zidane would normally take one of the first penalties in a shoot-out but his not being there didn't change much. "I can't fault the players, they did their best. Was it enough? No. All I can think about now is the disappointment. My own future is not important at the moment. " I'm sad for Zidane because he was always there for us during this competition. I'd have preferred substituting him five minutes before the end so he could have received a different ovation from the crowd to the one he got," a disappointed Domenech regretted. 0
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