Everything had started well with the fastest goal in the history of the Blues after 13 seconds of play, scored by Bradley Barcola. However, the French team then collapsed against Italy, this Friday evening, at the Parc des Princes. Too soft in midfield and struggling defensively, Didier Deschamps’ men were logically caught, then corrected by the Squadra Azzurra (1-3). Last in their Nations League group, the Blues are already worrying after the gloomy performance achieved at Euro 2024.
Didier Deschamps summed up the meeting well: “We have to be factual, we started very well, we did some good things in the first few minutes, but we didn’t have the ability to keep up the pace throughout the match. The opponents got us through mistakes on our part and that hurt us. We have the quality, we do some good things with the ball, but defensively, they hurt us.”first indicated the coach of the Blues, on TF1.
Didier Deschamps didn’t like it
Before assuming his responsibilities and admitting a lack of pressing throughout the match. “I’m always the one in charge, I make sure to tell them what I see, but I knew very well that we were far from being at our best individually. It was much harder for us. We lost too many duels, we made mistakes in recovery. We had to be deeper and more compact. We remained open, without having the energy to make pressing efforts throughout the match.”added Didier Deschamps.
Before facing Belgium on Monday in Lyon (8:45 p.m.), there is urgency and the French will have to rely on the first minutes of this match to move forward. “We didn’t manage to hold on for the first twenty minutes. It’s very hard to hold on for 90 minutes. We didn’t have the means. We had to be more compact. Defensively, I saw some mistakes. Athletically, we were also below par.”concluded the coach of the Blues. Last in their group with Israel, the Blues are already in danger in this Nations League.
