Wedding and sack loom for Domenech

MARRIAGE may be in the offing for Raymond Domenech, but his divorce from France’s national team should be finalised in the coming weeks after their abject showing at Euro 2008.

One would have thought the 56-year-old would be in the depths of despair after seeing Les Bleus defeated 2-0 by arch-rivals Italy to finish bottom of Group C with just one point and one goal to their name.

But he turned up to his post-match press conference on Tuesday night with a smile on his face, as if he was relieved that a mass of pressure had been lifted from his shoulders. Moments earlier, he had proposed to his girlfriend Estelle Denis live on national television. At the press conference he enthused about the wonderful future which lay ahead for the French team.