From Soccernet:

Raymond Domenech was on Thursday retained as France coach despite French football supremo Jean-Pierre Escalettes admitting Les Bleus’ Euro 2008 campaign had been ‘a resounding failure’.

Domenech was summoned to appear before the French Football Federation’s (FFF) Federal Council in Paris on Thursday to explain the team’s group stage exit from the tournament in Austria and Switzerland.

And he clearly did a good job in convincing the panel as 18 of the 19 men who voted backed the 56-year-old to lead the team in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers which get under way in September.

On Euro 2008, FFF president Escalettes said: ‘It was a resounding failure, not very glorious.

‘It was bad on the sporting side and, maybe worse, it portrayed a terrible image of the French national team.’

He revealed Domenech had admitted to making ‘a series of errors’ while [...]