Player Talk : Trezeguet

Trez’s Euro 2008 despair
Friday 1 February, 2008

Juventus striker David Trezeguet admits that his Euro 2008 dream is fading after being left out of Raymond Domenech’s latest squad.

Despite leading this term’s Serie A Capocannoniere chart, Trez won’t feature in France’s upcoming friendlies against Congo and Spain as Domenech has once more snubbed him.

It seems that personal differences between the Bianconeri marksman and Les Blues’ Coach could rule the 30-year-old out of this summer’s big event in Austria and Switzerland and the prolific striker seems resigned to missing out.

“I don’t have great hope for Euro 2008,” Trezeguet admitted to L’Equipe.

“Despite Domenech’s claims in the past that he picks his team according to the way players perform for their clubs, I believe he always picks to fit his system.”

Trezeguet was selected for the World Cup in Germany, but he spent most of the tournament warming the bench before missing the crucial spot-kick in the Final against Italy.

“I don’t want to repeat what happened at the World Cup - I want things to be clear from the start,” Trez insisted.

“At the moment I’m obviously not amongst the top three or four French strikers.

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