Champion coach backs France

PARIS: Aime Jacquet, who guided France to their 1998 World Cup triumph on home soil, believes the host nation have what it takes to knock out world champions Germany

Published on: Jul 7, 2016, 11:28:42 IST

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PARIS: Aime Jacquet, who guided France to their 1998 World Cup triumph on home soil, believes the host nation have what it takes to knock out world champions Germany in their Euro 2016 semifinal on Thursday.

“They’re our eternal rivals,” the former France coach said in an interview with FIFA. “They’re a fearsome adversary but not unbeatable. They have a generation coming to the end of its cycle and I hope that, with our new generation, we’ll be able to come through this test.”

Jacquet was full of praise for Didier Deschamps, who was his captain in the 1998 World Cup campaign and is now the France coach.

“He’s been in this situation as a captain with me, and I can assure you he’s controlling everything perfectly behind closed doors,” Jacquet said.

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