Firsts Quote by Nigel Starmer-Smith

You can ask any player: I never had any problem with any French team-mate.

— Samir Nasri

French football must go as far as possible in the Champions League.

— Kylian Mbappe

I think the French teams sometimes doubt themselves. They play some beautiful games but, when it comes down to it, do not go through.

— Patrice Evra

France does not practice revenge.

— Francois Fillon

Ben Davies and all the lads that haven't played many minutes, we have to manage their minutes. You can't expect those players to go…

— Rob Page

Every time France has the chance of doing something big in the world of sport, it always carries it off well.

— David Trezeguet

I think it is never easy to play a quarterfinal against a French guy, you know.

— Gael Monfils

Nothing is impossible. Lassana Diarra did not play for France for five years and then returned.

— Didier Deschamps

Some people say I don't love the French national team. If that were the case, I would have said so directly to the coach,…

— Karim Benzema

Sven-Göran Eriksson, confronted with arguably Europe's weakest qualifying group, has a problem; it is the same one that afflicted Jacques Santini, the France coach…

— Martin Samuel

All strikers go through periods when you score goals and don't score goals.

— Darren Bent

Many substitutes have won the Euros, World Cup or Champions League without contributing anything.

— Jordi Alba