Trezeguet Finds Some Moral High Ground
By: Martha | August 13th, 2007
After spending the last year or so carefully establishing himself as a whiny, self-righteous asshole (who happens to be able to score more goals than he rightfully deserves), David Trezeguet has finally found a situation in which he has the moral high ground, and he’s clinging to it like a drowning man to … something that floats.
No prizes for guessing that the situation in question is the Raymond Domenech debacle, but Trezeguet’s response is actually pretty impressively impassioned, particularly considering that, you know, he’s French, and would very much like to keep a place in the national team. Speaking to the Italian press this weekend, though, the striker didn’t exactly pull any punches, saying “I read what he said and my God I was annoyed. What a disgrace. By talking like that, Domenech has damaged the country of France and most of all the world of football. He talks for the sake of talking.” Coming from a man who himself could be accused of that very thing, that’s a harsh criticism indeed.
In addition to Trezeguet, Domenech’s rant has also been condemned by the French Football Foundation which not only made a personal apology to FIGC reps in a private phone call, but also announced on Friday that “Domenech’s words were representative only of his personal opinion,” thus essentially hanging the coach out to dry, should any punishment be handed down by UEFA.
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Since I’m ordinarily quick to slam Trez for generally acting like a spoiled brat, I have to give him credit here.
Good job to stand up to his manager’s idiotic comments, and they are especially well informed in this case due to his many years of playing in Italy and the fact that he experienced much of the Calciopoli scandal first-hand at Juve. Who knows if and when he’ll get picked for the French side, but it takes some balls to publicly criticize your coach, even when you are right.
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wow you know i always knew he had this in him…somewhere…what he said took guts but i kinda expected it seeing as domenech and trez have never really gotten along especially after domenech said he didnt pick trez for the euro qualifiers b/c trez was playing in serie b…which lead to buffon, DP, & nedved lashing out at him along with trez but domenech should be used to being told off as he tends to get himself into these situations
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Bastard. Trezeguet put me in the position of having to take his side. Good God, I think I have to shower. I’m agreeing with a French National team member (and a prominent one at that) who plays for Juventus.
Christ, next thing I’ll find myself admiring the way Trez negotiates for playing time, salary, new contracts, more hoes, etc… in the press. Man, I need to walk away from the computer. I have serious cognitive dissonance.
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Joe and TMC, those are my feeling EXACTLY. I despise the man, and then he comes out with something intelligent and spot-on like this. Yech. What’s that saying about blind squirrels?
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Martha - I think it is “even a stopped clock is right twice a day”.
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That’s what it is tmc — thanks.
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Does thinking he’s right for a change mean I have to respect him a little now?
(Joe, you might need to calm down a bit. Admiring his negotiating skills?)
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I guess that unless he scores over 30 goals this season, this effectively ends Trezeguet’s career in “Les Bleus” for as long as Domenech remains at the head. But maybe he had already given up hope, since I guess the coach never really liked him (if you judge by how often he utilized him during the World Cup, and the reason why he dropped him after that).
On the other hand I’m glad to notice that along with the FFF administration and Michel Platini, everyone is siding with “sanity” on the whole Domenech issue. The rest of the French national team probably thinks the same, but are keeping their mouth shut because they want to remain on the team…
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