'I'm happy because I saw some very good things, especially because we were playing against a top-level team.'

England's quality

'The way we played, we didn't let the opposition play too much and, especially, we played with personality.'

Flexible England

'Another thing I'm happy about is that I made the team play in two different ways.' He made four substitutions at half-time and switched to 4-4-2 from 4-5-1.

Domenech: Solid platform for Euro 2008

'We were able to stop them playing their game, it was more of an intelligent match than a spectacular one. We have a solid platform to build on. You don't go far in a major competition unless you are well organised. Anelka is playing the way we know he can. He is quick, he can hold the ball up well, and he can make runs from very deep as we saw with the penalty. Trezeguet played well as a focal point in the attack. He held the ball up well.'