Didier Deschampsselector of Franceleft his continuation at the helm of the French team up in the air after the defeat in the final of world in the view of Argentina in the penalty shootout.
“Now I don’t want to talk about my future. At the beginning of next year I will meet the president (Noël Le Graët) and we will see,” said the French coach, whose contract allows him to sign the automatic -renew after reaching the World Cup semifinals.if you want.
“Even if the result was different, I will not answer that question today. I am sad for the players and the coaching staff. I will meet with the president,” the coach insisted.
Deschamps did not hide his sadness at losing the final after a game in which France he recovered after a bad time where he was at the mercy of Argentina losing 2-0. “We are putting a lot of heart and energy to come back in this match. When we come back from somewhere and it escapes us it is more difficult to digest, but we have to accept it,” lamented the French coach, who congratulated Argentina on The title.
“Argentina has a lot of quality and put a lot of aggressiveness on the field. We expected it. I don’t take credit for it. We experienced a lot of emotions. It was a cruel thing. We were close to the trophy but it was not possible,” he says.
Deschamps hinted that the defeat was “more cruel” after the two comebacks he made France. “We came back in a very compromising situation. We were worse than in other games, but we knew how to turn it around and we had the ball of the World Cup in the last minute. If we had lost 2 or 3-0 we have less regrets,” he commented.
Deschamps said the lack of experience of some of the French internationals could explain why France had a poor first half, but he said that with the effort the team “earned the right to dream”.
He ensured that the changes of Ousmane Dembele and Olivier Giroud before the break “should not blame the players, who did a lot to bring France to the final”, but considered that the team needed “freshness” and did not want to wait any longer.
Anger at halftime
Deschamps explained that at the break he brought out his character to wake up his team. “I didn’t wait for halftime for the changes because we weren’t coming. At halftime I lost a finger (he showed a bandage on his right thumb), it happens to me from time to time. You have to shake the tree and make sure to turn it over you’re the trend We didn’t have all our athletic ability and it happened against a team playing in the World Cup final, when we didn’t want it,” he said.
Deschamps He didn’t want to talk about the refereeing, although he said it could be improved and “throughout the competition it wasn’t bad for Argentina.” “With that I don’t want to say that they have favored them, I prefer not to talk about the referees because it can bring consequences. I limit myself to congratulate Argentina. We lost to a rival who was actually playing in the finals of a World Cup and not us,” he said.
“The coach has words of consolation above all for kylian mbappe, author of a triplet that did not serve to win the cup. This is the World Cup of records, I would prefer another final. mbappe is marked the world until the end, but he hasn’t won yet, I feel sorry for his sadness like the rest of the team”, he indicated.
The coach also spoke about the situation caused by the camel virus which affected France’s concentration at the start of the final. The entire group has been suffering from the situation for a long time. We hold onto it as much as possible. Are there any physical or psychological effects? I have no answer. There was also one less rest day. These are facts, not excuses. We don’t have the dynamism we had until now, that’s why there was no game for an hour,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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