Didier Deschampscoach of the French national team, He was critical and assured that there were “five players” who were not “at the level” in the final of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, lost on penalties once morest Argentina.
“We were not up to it. I am not going to attribute the problem to one player more than another. But in the starting lineup there were five players whofor different reasons, they were not at the level for a final,” Deschamps told the local newspaper The Parisian.
France lost by two goals once morest Argentina at the end of the first half and in the final minutes of the match he achieved the tie. In the second extra time he made it 3-3, but he might not in the penalty shootout where the goalkeeper Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez was one of the figures.
In the days leading up to the grand final in Qatar, the French national team dealt with a virus that complicated physical preparation of players like Kingsley Coman, Raphael Varane and Ibrahima Konateamong others.
“Some players were physically worse. Is it due to the virus? There is the accumulation of matches and there is also the emotional aspect. For many of them, It was his first World Cup final. Is special. Those who have lived it, if they have the opportunity to live it once more, will take it a little better, “said Deschamps.
“I’m not going to use strong words, but we didn’t exist for a good hour,” added the French coach, who renewed his contract.
Lastly, the former Les Blues midfielder, champion as a player in France 1998 and as coach in Russia 2018, He highlighted his team’s comeback: «We did what we had to do because they also had the defect of having much more difficult endings. We pushed them until we were very, very close, but I do not forget the part in which there was no game,” he said..
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