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Blanc focused on France
Posted Tuesday, June 19, 2012 by SNTV

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France coach Laurent Blanc is keen not to look any further into Euro 2012 than the next game against Sweden in Group D.

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SOUNDBITE (French) Laurent Blanc, France coach
"Before thinking about how many goals are scored on both sides, before thinking about scoring many goals, one needs to think getting well prepared to the game and most of all, to think about playing with your own qualities that will allow the French team to creates some problems to the Swedish team. This is the first thing to do. We will spend time on this and prepare for this. This is what I am interested in: to prepare the team as well as possible, to make the best possible choices, to set up a team that will win as usual and, most of all, that we manage to achieve this."

SOUNDBITE (French) Laurent Blanc, France coach
"I already said it in a press conference, we don't picture ourselves as far as you (journalists) do. We know what we have to do. We will watch the games, of course. We'll keep an eye on who's qualified, who's first, who's second. But for us, what we need to do on Tuesday do not depend on Monday's results."

 

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    The Top 3 Teams of Previous Tournaments

    Year Winners Runner-up Third place
    2008SpainGermanyRussia / Turkey
    2004GreecePortugalNetherlands / Czech Republic
    2000FranceItalyNetherlands / Portugal
    1996GermanyCzech RepublicFrance / England
    1992DenmarkGermanyNetherlands / Sweden
    1988NetherlandsSoviet UnionItaly / West Germany
    1984FranceSpainDenmark / Portugal
    1980West GermanyBelgiumCzechoslovakia
    1976CzechoslovakiaWest GermanyNetherlands
    1972West GermanySoviet UnionBelgium
    1968ItalyYugoslaviaEngland
    1964SpainSoviet UnionHungary
    1960Soviet UnionYugoslaviaCzechoslovakia