FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - France Press Conference - Al Sadd SC Stadium, Doha, Qatar - December 6, 2022 France assistant coach Guy Stephan during the press conference REUTERS/Marko Djurica/File Photo
PADERBORN, Germany (Reuters) - France’s critics were told to lay off the team by assistant coach Guy Stephan on Wednesday, who said they never expected to saunter to victory at the European Championship.
Stephan, himself a former Senegal coach, said those who believed France would have any easy tournament in Germany were misguided.
