Philippe Auclair
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2,083 appearances
17 recordings
3 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 15 Sep
Philippe Auclair’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And you think that's also pure poetry in motion, the Platini, Giresse, Tigana, Didier Cissé, pure poetry.
And we think, yeah, that's our identity.
And then what happens is that we have this kick in the teeth, not qualifying for the 1994 Cup,
Very painful.
And then we have got this team, which is built by Aimé Jacquet, and then goes to Raymond Domenic, then goes to Laurent Blondin.
But Didier Deschamps thinks, well, we want our France back.
And Didier Deschamps didn't bring that France back.
What he did is that he created a France that wins.
And maybe that's not the thing that we're looking for, first and foremost.
Because, you know, it depends on the generations, of course, you know.
Because you could say that the 2000 team was absolutely magnificent, you know, with Pires and Zidane at the absolute height of his powers and Thierry Henry.
That was something.
But Deschamps has...
In a way, people will feel that he has stifled the imagination, the creativity, that it's all about results.
It's a very Italian approach to the game of football that many French fans don't recognize themselves in.
They will also say, well, with the players you've got, that's the least you could do.
Okay, maybe not.
But you're absolutely right in as much that he's not considered to be a football great.
And I really, I do that a bit, I'm a bit of a contrarian at times.
But I actually, I was asked to do my top French players and I put him ahead of Kylian Mbappé.
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