Florent Malouda acknowledged that France’s World Cup campaign has been a complete disgrace.
After a 2-1 defeat to host South Africa on Tuesday, France crashed out of the tournament earning only a single point and scoring just one goal in finishing bottom of Group A.
Malouda confessed that the players are the only ones to blame for the poor campaign in South Africa and believes that the team has a lot of work to do if they are going to repair the damage done to France’s reputation.
"The way people see France right now is a disaster and we, as players, are the first responsible for that,” Malouda told The Sun.
"We have failed from the sport's point of view and outside the sport in the image we've shown.
"I don't know if it's going to be possible but we have to work hard to restore the image of the French national team in the world."
The Chelsea star admitted that the team’s mutiny after Blues team-mate Nicolas Anelka was a catastrophe.
"Yeah, it was a complete disaster. We didn't know it would affect so many people."
After a 2-1 defeat to host South Africa on Tuesday, France crashed out of the tournament earning only a single point and scoring just one goal in finishing bottom of Group A.
Malouda confessed that the players are the only ones to blame for the poor campaign in South Africa and believes that the team has a lot of work to do if they are going to repair the damage done to France’s reputation.
"The way people see France right now is a disaster and we, as players, are the first responsible for that,” Malouda told The Sun.
"We have failed from the sport's point of view and outside the sport in the image we've shown.
"I don't know if it's going to be possible but we have to work hard to restore the image of the French national team in the world."
The Chelsea star admitted that the team’s mutiny after Blues team-mate Nicolas Anelka was a catastrophe.
"Yeah, it was a complete disaster. We didn't know it would affect so many people."
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