Deschamps’ definitions of the World Cup he lost to Argentina: why France were beaten and what happened to Benzema

The crowning of the argentina national team at the end world compared to France in Qatar gave the third star in its history to the Albiceleste and, since December 18, several voices have been raised to object, underline or detail different details thrown by this final, and this Friday the coach of the finalist joined, Didier Deschamps.

“There’s nothing above a World Cup final. How could I ignore it? We are living a turbulent adventure. It did not end like in 2018. This 2022 final, by its setting, will remain in his memory as historical. I wish he had stayed there for another reason. This defeat is cruel and painfulof course”, he said in a dialogue with the French newspaper The Parisiandays after extending his contract until 2026.

Then he explains why he was overtaken by his rival: “From the start, Argentina put in the necessary ingredients to win a game like this. We didn’t know what to say to them at first. The difference soon turned out to be too great.”. “They scored a goal for us. In my head, I was already ready to make changes hoping not to let go for a second. Which unfortunately happened”, he recalls the first changes made before the end of the first part, which were after the goals of Lionel Messi there angel of maria.

In his first media interview, The fields refers to a controversial phrase thrown at the press conference where his continuity was announced in Blues. Last January, he admitted that “Five players were not at the level of a game like this”. In this talk, he whitewashed who were some of the directed who did not give the maximum of their potential for reasons “physical” there “psychic”. On this list he placed Ousmane Dembele, Olivier Giroud, Theo Hernandez and Antoine Griezmann, curiously his first four changes in this duel. “It can happen and it doesn’t call into question everything they had done long before. We were below the general, not only the first four outgoing. Against a rival at the top, you pay cash,” he said.

The large number of victims with whom he could not count for the appointment forced the call of different youngsters, who took center stage in the series by penalties that finalized the result. There he ruled out that executions could be tested from 12 stages in practice due to the difference in setting a duel of this nature and drew a parallel on how Argentina achieved this. commitment: “Was I criticized for not having appointed confirmed players? They had been replaced. The list would not have been the same if I had had to do it with the eleven who started. When Scaloni launched Dybala shortly before the end of the match, it was to make him a potential goalscorer. I no longer had that freedom”.

One of the footballers who missed the World Cup was Karim Benzema. A tear in his left thigh kept him from the appointment and sparked an unusual controversy around his figure and a possible bad relationship with the DT. When asked if he was in a rush to remove him from the squad, Deschamps left no doubt:It’s insulting to say that. In every situation there is only one truth and Karim knows it well”. The two held a conclave in the marker room with medical studies on the table: “He lost a very important player, one more. I have to take it. Karim was devastated because this World Cup meant a lot to him. He told me: “I’m dead”. In the best of cases, his return to training could not have taken place before December 10. He told me he wouldn’t be ready.”

In this sense, he said that he remains in contact with the striker for the future, but the decision to leave the national team has not been canceled: “I called him after they extended my contract. We had a long discussion. I contacted him again more recently regarding the administrative requirements of the pre-calls. He wanted to know his position. He confirmed his decision to end his international career. Don’t ask me for their arguments. It will be up to him to communicate them or not.”.

Taking into account the withdrawals of Gato, Hugo Lloris there Raphael Varane, a gap has opened up that will soon have to be filled. The captain’s ribbon will have a new owner and Kylian Mbappe is one of the candidates for wearing the bracelet: “I know what players they can be. But you will go through discussions with them. Kylian can be, of course”. With reference to kiki, he pointed to his figure and left him on the pedestal as the best player in the world: “If I answer yes, they will blame me for not being objective, because I am their coach. Other observers will say that there is better than him. This is his opinion. For me, Kylian is definitely the best. What he achieves compared to others, at his age, is exceptional.”.

After offering his critical stance for the resignation of Noel Le Graet wing French Football Federation (FFF), pointed out that one of the main reasons for renewing its relationship with the FFF beyond Qatar was that the original objective of the World Cup, located in the semi-finals, was achieved, even if it avoided looking beyond the ranking to the eurocup organized by Germany within a year: “2026 can only exist until 2024. Neither more nor less. But right now, in my mind, 2024 doesn’t even exist. 2024 will only exist through a successful qualification for the Eurocopa. Many people already imagine us in Germany. In a fortnight, we will face a great nation, the Netherlands, which, I remind you, left the World Cup on penalties against Argentina.”.

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