Didier Deschamps Quotations

It's a big disappointment because we missed an opportunity to play the final but Sedan's victory is a deserved one. They tried harder than we did and created more chances.

I don't think this is an important question right now. The final is my objective for the time being. I'm not discussing that.

I have just renewed my contract with Monaco until 2007. I'm not concerned with the national team.

We must be happy with the outcome because Rennes played a pretty good match tonight. They stopped us playing our way by defending well.

We deserved a better result. We should have scored a second goal. We played pretty well throughout the second half. But Bordeaux are a solid side. It's difficult to upset their formation.

To score two goals when we were down to 10 men is really exceptional and we have taken a big step towards the final. It's a great result and we can be confident for the second leg. There was a lot of hard tackling but we stood up to the challenge and can look forward to the return.

Life as a coach is full of frustrations.

The players are writing a beautiful page of the club's history and also of French football history.

The atmosphere is not that great there. We would love to have in Paris a crowd like they have in Marseille.

Over the two legs, PSV proved they were a better side than us. They are a strong and solid team.