by Frenchtype » Sat Apr 12, 2003 8:18 am
France had an even better team in 1994 than 1998 when they won the world cup( yes, I know what I'm talking about since I watched almost every single match France played for the past 25yrs!!!) in 1993/1994 Houllier already had players like Desailly, Deschamps, Petit, Blanc, Lizarazu..(all played in WC 98) + he had Cantona & Ginola ( I never said they played in WC 98) & the remaining players, like: Papin (best European player in 93), Sauzee, Pedros......were from the club of "L'Olympique de Marseille"the team that won the European Champions Cup in 1993(equivalent to today's Champions league). Not only Houllier didn't manage to qualify for WC 94 but France played the most boring football of its entire history (at least as long as i can remember) more like what we see at Liverpool today!!!!
Ps: Pires made only a couple of appearences in WC 98, while Wiltord didn't play at all in WC 98, so please try to get your facts right next time.