A three-quarters-full crowd at the Stade de France whistled in derision each time Domenech's face came up on the big screen during Wednesday's World Cup qualifier in the French capital, won for Les Bleus thanks to second-half goals by Thierry Henry and Nicolas Anelka.

Domenech, under pressure following France's poor showing at Euro 2008 and Saturday's 3-1 defeat to Austria in their opening World Cup qualifier, maintained he was too focused on the game to worry about what was happening in the stands.

"I was involved in the match," he said. "That is what I asked of my players too.

"What concerned me was the match, and the matches that follow.

"I am not preoccupied with what happens off the pitch. I was in my own match, I didn't hear anything. I was totally concentrated."

Domenech should live to fight another day, although he will need another win against Romania next month to keep the wolves from the door.

France were good value for their victory, Henry breaking the deadlock in the 54th minute and substitute Anelka scoring the second nine minutes later.

"I was relieved to discover the team were able to respond as I imagined they could, how I thought they were capable of doing," he added.

"I don't think it's too bad to win a game. The defeat to Austria wasn't catastrophic in terms in how we played - we lost it on set-pieces. Things like that happen.

"We have confirmed that we are a team who knows how to play football, who can play high up and press a team who are difficult to manoeuvre.

"It was a football match that was good to watch. I hope we play like that in every match."

Serbia coach Radomir Antic insisted he would not panic, even though this defeat followed a below-par performance in the 2-0 win over the Faroe Islands on Saturday.

Branislav Ivanovic scored in the 75th minute to ensure the French endured a few nervy moments late on, but Serbia were well beaten.

"We started well and if we had have scored in the first 20 or 30 minutes when we had two or three good chances, it would have been a different game," said Antic, who replaced Miroslav Djukic as coach over the summer.

"We have some regrets but it is the start of qualification and there is a long way to go.

"We have only had a short time together and we will learn from this.

"In the second half, France were strong and had a lot of movement.

"They will probably recover [from losing to Austria] with this win."

Antic confirmed captain Dejan Stankovic, who hobbled off in the third minute after jarring his knee attempting to tackle Henry 45 seconds in, had sustained a knee-ligament injury.