a écrit le 18 janvier 2008 à 4h59 Interview de desailly
Who are your favourites to win the tournament? Ivory Coast has potentially the best team.
They impressed a lot of people at the World Cup in Germany in 2006. They are the most complete team - they have a top striker in Didier Drogba but also good defenders and midfielders.
Are there any surprise packages to look out for? I do not think this will be a tournament for surprises but I am hoping for some.
I think that Angola have the players to do something special while Morocco are a team with the technical capacity to do well. They are coached by former France boss Roger Lemerre, with whom I won Euro 2000.
Which players should we keep an eye on? Things have changed - 10 years ago we might have discovered a player and thought 'who is he, where is he playing, I would like to buy him at a cheap price'.
We know all the star players now and that they are playing in top leagues. For example, there is only one player in the Indomitable Lions squad who plays his domestic football in Cameroon.
What are you most looking forward to about the tournament? This is the first time I have covered the Africa Cup of Nations as a journalist and I am looking forward to ensuring the watching viewers know just exciting it is.
Who are your favourites to win the tournament? Ivory Coast has potentially the best team.
They impressed a lot of people at the World Cup in Germany in 2006. They are the most complete team - they have a top striker in Didier Drogba but also good defenders and midfielders.
Are there any surprise packages to look out for? I do not think this will be a tournament for surprises but I am hoping for some.
I think that Angola have the players to do something special while Morocco are a team with the technical capacity to do well. They are coached by former France boss Roger Lemerre, with whom I won Euro 2000.
Which players should we keep an eye on? Things have changed - 10 years ago we might have discovered a player and thought 'who is he, where is he playing, I would like to buy him at a cheap price'.
We know all the star players now and that they are playing in top leagues. For example, there is only one player in the Indomitable Lions squad who plays his domestic football in Cameroon.
What are you most looking forward to about the tournament? This is the first time I have covered the Africa Cup of Nations as a journalist and I am looking forward to ensuring the watching viewers know just exciting it is.
