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Article: FRANCE SHOW OFF BIG GUNS; Les Bleus coach so confident of victory.(Sport)
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- November 6, 2009
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Byline: by PHILIP QUINN
THAT French coach Raymond Domenech was in Milan and Lyon on Tuesday and Wednesday night respectively to see his players on Champions League duty should send a shiver of apprehension down the spine of Irish fans ahead of this month's play-offs.
Worryingly, Domenech was spoilt for choice.
He could have embarked on alternative routes, taking in games in Munich and Seville, or in Madrid and London, such was the dazzling array of French talent being paraded across Europe this week.
It is a scary thought that no fewer than 20 of the 24 blue-chip players named yesterday by Domenech to face Ireland in the World Cup ...