The day after the French team was eliminated in the semi-final of the Euro against Spain, tongues are already starting to loosen. The reason for some of the tensions? Didier Deschamps’ favourable treatment of Kylian Mbappé. With only one goal from a penalty and especially poor performances during the competition, the captain completely failed in his competition. At the World Cup in Qatar, his 8 goals took his team to the final, excusing them from everything.
Obviously, when the savior is not there, he has to set an example. Despite his great ambitions and his declarations of wanting to win the Euro, the striker initially showed up tired before tackling the competition, injured here and there, in the back, in the ankle, before being affected much more seriously this time in the nose against Austria in the first group match. The season also wore him down nervously with his many worries at PSG and an uncomfortable contractual situation.
Deschamps knows this, but he still decides to bet everything on his star, refusing to prepare a game plan. He also preserves him as much as possible, knowing that he is diminished. Problem, the performances are not up to par and the group begins to feel a gap, says The Team. There is this anecdote during a physical session in which Mbappé does not participate because of his creaking back. Some important players question themselves and demand his presence or that he catch up the next day. Deschamps refuses. “We don’t do physical training two days before a match.”
Deschamps gave favors to Mbappé
Another episode later during the gathering. Some groups form and go against the good rules of alchemy. The coach intervenes to change the plans of the locker room and the places in order to reshuffle everyone. Almost everyone since the group discovers this new arrangement. The group of Mbappé and his close friends did not move to the great surprise of some. These small favors seem like nothing, but they can annoy a group that lives together for several weeks, despite the good facade attitudes.
Throughout this Euro, Didier Deschamps appeared quite nervous, aware that his team was quickly reaching its glass ceiling. According to information from The Teamhe was also more severe than usual with his group. The level of intensity in training did not please him, while carefully avoiding making reproaches to Mbappé. The bet of giving full powers to his captain failed for the boss of the Blues, under contract until 2026 with the FFF, and feeds frustrations.
