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Goal<\/span><\/a> : \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> Former France international Emmanuel Petit feels that Les Bleus have little chance of glory in Euro 2012.<\/p>\n

Petit was part of the sqaud that triumphed at Euro 2000, as well as World Cup 1998, but believes that the current crop of players have not reached their potential and so will not be capable of victory next summer.<\/p>\n

“I’m not going to fall into the popular trap of patriotism. I think that, right now, Laurent Blanc’s France team has neither the mental capacity or football ability to be considered among the favourites,” the 41-year-old told Fifa.com.<\/p>\n

“France have a number of top-quality players, but those players haven’t managed to express the full range of their talent in the national team.<\/p>\n

“Still, it’s all the better we’re able to shake off the tag of group favourites, as we showed in friendly wins against England and Brazil that we’re better in the role of outsiders.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the former Arsenal and Barcelona man has praised the job that his former international team-mate Laurent Blanc is doing in charge of Les Bleus.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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