"I have never felt that way. I respect what he did. I thought he was very good at the press conference," the Frenchman told BeIN Sports.
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"It's not more stressful (than the past). First of all, you need to know a person's situation. Does that person miss having a normal life? I dedicated my life to football, only.
"I didn't miss the normal life and discovered that there was a normal life only when I quit."
The 74-year-old is clear that he does not regret that he lasted so long.
"No. I would say that I miss the intensity of this life. I got to experience it because football was, and still is, so important to me. It seemed normal to me. I could live with the pressure. The cardiologist might say no to that!"