Pires committed to Les Bleus
Friday September 10 2004
Robert Pires insists he is fully committed to the French national team and says he has no intention of calling time on his international career.
The Arsenal winger was appalled by the recent criticism from new France coach Raymond Domenech following his side's 1-1 draw to Bosnia Herzegovina in a friendly last month.
The 31-year-old expressed his unhappiness at being benched for the Bosnia game and Les Bleus' opening World Cup qualifier against Israel on Saturday, which also ended 1-1, but he played the full 90 minutes in the 2-0 win over the Faroe Islands in midweek.
The Gunners midfielder may not agree with all of Domenech's decisions, but he says there is no way he is about to turn his back on his country.
"It is out of question to leave the French team," Pires told L'Equipe.
"I am very committed to the French team. It is crucial to me and it is out of question I will stop or people would make me stop.
"Like a lot of my team-mates, I was very shocked by lies I read and heard. I was shocked to read the coach wanted to replace me after just ten minutes. I was shocked people could think I'd fake injury.
"I spent four years with coach Raymond Domenech with Under-21 team. I think he knows how I behave. He knows I have always respected the decisions as a coach."
皮雷效忠法国
皮雷表示他将全心为法国队效力，不会考虑退出国家队。
法国队上个月在一场友谊赛与波黑1-1打平，赛后法国国家队新任主教练多米尼克对皮雷的批评令其本人惊诧。
对波黑的比赛，以及周六1-1以色列的世界杯预选赛，皮雷都是打替补，对此他有些不慢。但在周中法国队2-0战胜法国群岛比赛，皮雷是打满了90分钟。
尽管对多米尼克的安排有不同想法，但皮雷不会就此退出国家队。
“我不会退出法国队。”
“我将效忠国家队，能为国效力对我很重要！”
“我和队友们都读到听到不少失实的报道，尤其是说到教练开赛10分钟就想换下我！更有报道说我是诈伤，这点我非常震惊！”
“在21岁以下队中，我曾随多米尼克教练踢了4年。他应该非常了解我。而我也一直很尊重教练的决定。”
[此贴子已经被作者于2004-9-12 8:14:39编辑过]
