The Newcastle United midfielder said that France have achieved their minimum objectives and to call European championship a disaster for Les Bleus would be wrong
France midfielder Yohan Cabaye feels that his side performed relatively well in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032 and team should not feel ashamed by their ousting from the Euros in the quarter-final stage.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 packing. Les Bleus did not offer much resistance to a dominant Spanish side in the match. Cabaye has expressed his disappointment over his side’s failure to qualify for the semi-finals but claimed that Laurent
Blanc's men achieved their pre-tournament target of reaching the quarter-finals.
Talking to French Football official website, Cabaye stated that despite being undone by one of the best sides in the world, his side had certain chances in the match to get on level terms with La Roja and there are a lot of positives to be taken from this
campaign.
"We were not ridiculous. We have done the essential which was to reach the quarters.”
Cabaye claimed that there was strong belief in the team that they can hand Spain their first defeat of the tournament but in the end players couldn’t achieve that feat.
"We knew that in the game, we could win, but we couldn't quite do it."
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yohan-Cabaye-c37423 said that the players have put the disappointment of the Euros behind them and are looking forward to World Cup qualifiers.
France will begin their journey to seal a place at the 2014 World Cup, later this year. Next World Cup is scheduled to take place in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 once again, as both teams have been drawn in the same qualification group.
The former Lille man has vowed to take revenge of their Euro 2012 quarter-final defeat when they meet http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Del Bosque's side in the qualifiers.
"Now we must work for the World Cup and to qualify for this competition. We will have our payback against Spain," Cabaye said.
Yohan Cabaye has urged his teammates not to feel ashamed of their Euro 2012 campaign and has stressed that rather than feeling ashamed and moaning over something that is in past, everyone needs to work hard and concentrate on their game.
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