The Arsenal full-back believes that Les Bleus could have gone to the finals had it not been for the disputes within the team
The 29-year-old, who missed the European Championship because of a broken leg, stated that France had the ability and potential to go further in the tournament and the Frenchman is gutted to miss the tournament because of the injury.
Sagna expressed his displeasure over the issue of the disputes that occurred within the France camp at the Euros and the Frenchman said that infighting could have been prevented. For a second major competition running, Les Bleus have gotten involved in Locker-room
bust-ups.
The France international laments such issues and feels that such unrest will affect the younger players who have a promising future. The former Auxerre defender said that such incidents will harm national side’s image.
Sagna believes that the current http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 squad is very talented and it has the potential to achieve many great things in the future. According to Bacary Sagna, it is wrong to crucify France as it will affect players’ morale.
"It's a shame. We had the potential to go further. People would take me for a madman for saying that, but I saw a team that could go to the final. I had faith in them."
The Frenchman stated that stories about infighting within the French squad are regrettable as it has given bad image to the team and press a reason to target players.
The Arsenal right-back, who has represented his country 32 times, praised team manager Laurent Blanc. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bacary-Sagna-c7148 feels that Blanc needs more time with the team in order to build a better side and inject a better team spirit.
"Everyone is in agreement when they say that he did a good http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684," Sagna said.
The defender stressed that there is a need to keep this group of players around to create a better atmosphere which was clearly lacking in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032.
“What we need is more games together to create a real team atmosphere. During this European Championship, team spirit was very bad."
France will start their World Cup qualifiers later this year that are scheduled to be held in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858 in 2014.
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