French Sports Minister Called In To Energize Disgruntled National Team
Posted June 22, 2010 10:00 am.
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French Sports Minister Roselyne Bachelot says she reduced France’s disgraced World Cup stars to tears with an emotional speech on the eve of their final group A match against South Africa.
With the France team on the verge of elimination from the World Cup ahead of Tuesday’s match, Bachelot called an emergency meeting Monday to tell the players they had let the country down and had one last chance to redeem themselves.
Bachelot said the players “applauded me and they were crying” after her speech.
She said she asked the team: “How would you like people to remember you,” and added “what image do you want to leave behind?”
France has to beat South Africa and hope Mexico does not draw with Uruguay in the other group game.
