"Domenech dropped midfielder Yoann Gourcuff as he tinkered with the formation that failed to produce any attacking threat in last week's 0-0 draw with Uruguay.
Watching from the bench, Gourcuff gave a scathing assessment of his teammates.
"We couldn't pass the ball properly, they closed us down straight away," he said. "We felt that Mexico were starting to get on top of us in the second half."
Gourcuff was unhappy with Domenech's decision to drop him and felt he was made a scapegoat for the team's inability to break teams down.
"I'm very, very disappointed ... It has been a collective failure over the two games. Football is hard when you can't play together," Gourcuff said. "Perhaps I have paid the price, I don't know. I've not had any explanations."
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"Domenech dropped midfielder Yoann Gourcuff as he tinkered with the formation that failed to produce any attacking threat in last week's 0-0 draw with Uruguay.
Watching from the bench, Gourcuff gave a scathing assessment of his teammates.
"We couldn't pass the ball properly, they closed us down straight away," he said. "We felt that Mexico were starting to get on top of us in the second half."
Gourcuff was unhappy with Domenech's decision to drop him and felt he was made a scapegoat for the team's inability to break teams down.
"I'm very, very disappointed ... It has been a collective failure over the two games. Football is hard when you can't play together," Gourcuff said. "Perhaps I have paid the price, I don't know. I've not had any explanations."
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