Intro:

France train and talk on Tuesday (1 July) a day after they advanced to the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (French) Didier Deschamps, France head coach (about the coach's decision not to talk to the players about 1982 and 1986 World Cup defeats against Germany):

"They weren't even born! What am I going to tell them, they were not even born yet! I could tell them about 2006... but not that. Yes, they could watch the video, but we use the videos for other things. (German coach) Joachim Loew is absolutely right, I completely agree with him, so I will not tell (the players) about what happened. But, of course, I respect what happened, I mean, it is a part of football history, but I am not going to act like a veteran. What matters is what is happening today, and Friday."

SOUNDBITE: (French) Didier Deschamps, France head coach

"What is for sure is that we have not failed in this World Cup. We are here, I am very proud about the French team's achievement, the players earned it, sincerely, with what they have done so far. As I have said before, it is truly a pleasure for myself and for my staff to be with them on a daily basis, to see them and lead them, and walk along with them. But of course, we are not going to play Friday's game like tourists. Our opponent plays at a very high level, but we will go full on. But we are not going to relax completely, because if we do, we might get a bad surprise. But today is the day after match, we made it to the quarter-final, it is no small thing."

SOUNDBITE: (French) Didier Deschamps, France head coach

"You can't even compare France and Germany in terms of achievements over the past six years, they are clearly above us, but then on the spur of the moment anything is possible. If someone had asked me, and some did, who I thought were the favourites, Germany was one of them, and we were not. Now, we are going to play a quarter-final against them, truth will be told on the spur of the moment."