Didier Deschamps, coach of the French soccer team, assured this Friday that his best player, Kylian Mbappéabsent due to a broken nose against the Netherlands, is a footballer who cannot be compared with any other and lamented the lack of effectiveness of his players against the goal of the team led by Ronald Koeman.
“Kylian is Kylian, he cannot be compared with the others. Barcola has his qualities and that is why he is with us. In a match like this it is never easy. I hesitated to take him out at the end to make a difference, but the team was balanced. We created danger and we defended well,” he highlighted.
“I only regret the efficiency. We played a game of great intensity. The Netherlands were more cautious than usual. Compared to our rivals, we had 36 hours less recovery time. But our physique responded. We did everything possible to recover” , he pointed.
Deschamps highlighted that his team is doing “great things in attack” and made it clear that France has many positive conclusions to draw from the match. For the French coach, you always have to take your rivals into account, although it is always good to win games: “You have to score goals. We will analyze this and hope to improve in the next game to be able to fulfill our goal of reaching the next round.”
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The only goal of the game was disallowed for offside.
“Unfortunately we couldn’t score. It was a high intensity match and I was happy with what my players achieved, although I am disappointed by our lack of efficiency in front of goal,” he said.
Finally, he spoke about the mistakes of Antoine Griezmann, who missed two very clear chances: “I would be more worried if we didn’t have opportunities. Griezmann was better than in the first game, but maybe he was a little out technically, which I am not aware of. accustomed. Today he played higher up the field because we had three other midfielders,” he concluded.
