French coach warns of Messi’s “brilliance” but points out they will try “to limit his influence as much as possible” in the final against Argentina
When an English journalist raised his hand and asked Didier Deschamps about the possibility of Benzema returning for the final, even to play in it, the French coach grimaced, made a tired face, snorted and said: “I’m sorry. That I’m not going to answer the question.” He did speak about the rest, especially to show his satisfaction at managing the players of a side that has the historic chance to join the list of winners of the World Cup: “It is a source of pride for the whole team. team. We achieved this with a mix of experience, quality and enthusiasm. Just being able to defend the title is a huge achievement.”
Regarding his rival on Sunday, Deschamps warned of Messi’s “brilliance” “since the championship started”, but added: “We are going to try to limit their influence as much as possible, as they will try to limit the influence of some of our players. We have seen a very strong Argentina against Croatia, although not so often in other matches.”
France has accused Upamecano and Rabiot of going under on Wednesday due to flu trials, although Deschamps was not concerned about the possible spread of the virus: «Temperatures have dropped a bit, the air conditioning is always on… We have isolated them and we hope they recover and there are no more casualties,” he said.
Of the game, he hardly noticed that his team had been “stronger” at the end of the first part and at the beginning of the second part, although he acknowledged that Morocco had caused him problems, especially on the left wing.
Moroccan coach Walid Regragui was proud of his men after the match, although he regretted not being able to deal the final blow to the odds by beating the world champion. “We lost Aguerd in training and Saiss and Mazraoui in the middle of the game. The ones they replaced did a really good job, but it was too much for us. Against a team like France, every mistake is expensive and it is difficult to go to the final with the weaknesses we showed in the first half,” he assured. Regregi, however, congratulated his players and assured that this defeat was not “everything what they had achieved” erases: “They did their best and that’s what matters.”
Source: La Verdad
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