The French coach, Didier Deschampssaid Monday that he tries to manage his internationals’ playing time to avoid injuries, but only as much as he can.
“I’ve got eight guys playing on Friday (next night, in the league). If I take all that into account, I will do the technical team play,” Deschamps said ironically in a press conference before Tuesday’s match against Greece in Athens, in the qualifying phase for the Euro 2024 Championship in Germany.
Questions have been raised about the number of injuries that have occurred in this window of national team matches, and the 17-year-old French prodigy was also affected on Saturday. Warren Zaire-Emerythe French coach stressed: “We are never safe. Football is a contact sport.”
“If a player is touched, I take it into account. If there are negative elements, I won’t force it. “I take all that into account as much as possible and try to spread the time over five shifts,” he said.
France comes into this Tuesday’s game with homework done, as it is classified as the first in the group and guaranteed to be seeded, but its coach has made no secret of his desire to end this phase with full success.
After all the success
“Tomorrow we will win,” said Deschamps, who acknowledged that it was “good” to finish in a box that showed only victories.
He added that France will come out of the Agia Sofia stadium in Athens with “some changes” compared to the starting team that last Saturday broke several national and international records with the historic 14-0 win over Gibraltar, but he did not want to elaborate. how many or who may be involved. .
Source: La Verdad
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