At the head of the Blues for twelve years, Didier Deschamps revealed in the columns of Le Parisien what constitutes his worst memory in the French team.
In a week, Blues supporters will see a sad memory resurface. Next Monday will indeed mark the first anniversary of the defeat of the France team in the World Cup final in Qatar. A setback all the more difficult to digest as it was conceded on penalties after a final full of twists and turns (3-3, 4 tab to 2). The memory is necessarily painful for Didier Deschamps.
However, by his own admission, this failure in the final against the Albiceleste does not constitute his worst moment on the bench of the France team. It was another defeat in the final that won the prize, that of Euro 2016 against Portugal on a goal scored by Eder in extra time on one of the rare Portuguese occasions. “ The degree of pain is the same but it took longer to digest. A world champion title is worth more than a European champion title. But in 2016, it was in France… I changed much more quickly after the defeat against Argentina. It must be the experience, the experience. We put things into perspective », he confided in the columns of Parisian.
“The predominant feeling is of course disappointment. It didn’t come down to much. We created numerous opportunities which could have proved decisive, I am thinking in particular of this post from André-Pierre (Gignac) in stoppage time. But we must be fatalistic: the ball could very well have bounced in direction of Antoine (Griezmann). But there is a lot of disappointment. To have given in like that, at this stage of the competition, after the journey we had, it hurts. It’s cruel. We have to accept this result, it will take time to pass,” he already explained, the evening of the final at the Stade de France, in a premonitory way.
