The defeat conceded against Italy on Friday has left its mark. This is evidenced by the whistles that greeted Didier Deschamps and Kylian Mbappé on Monday, before the match against Belgium. The French coach and his captain were in fact booed by the spectators present at the Groupama Stadium at the time of the presentation of the two teams. As for him, the 98 world champion assures that he is coping with it without difficulty.
“I didn’t hear, I was in the locker room,
he explained. Criticism is part of the life of a footballer, a coach, a selector. There is room for everything, I am not saying he is wrong or he is right, that’s how it is…” But according to him, these whistles cannot be explained only by the sluggish results of the Blues. “I knew that for various reasons, I did not have a lot of unconditional supporters in Lyon”, he thus launched, assuring that he had not
“no problem with that”.
Didier Deschamps got up from his bench
Didier Deschamps is much more bothered by the whistles that greeted some of his players. In addition to Kylian Mbappé, Matteo Guendouzi and Bradley Barcola were also targeted. And this has nothing to do with the French team. The midfielder undoubtedly paid for his time at OM while for the latter, it was his departure for PSG in the summer of 2023 that was not digested, the former Lyon player having been entitled to preferential treatment by being whistled each time he took the ball.
“I just heard the ones for Bradley. I’m not going to point the finger at one club over another, but that’s the only regret when you go to play in the provinces, that type of reaction, regretted the coach of the Blues. When we come, we support the French team, so the whistles… That people are unhappy, disappointed, that they show it, why not, but there when the players are on the field… I don’t think it’s for the good of the French team.”
During the match, Didier Deschamps also let his annoyance show by getting up from his bench with his assistant Guy Stéphan as soon as the crowd whistled the Parisian winger, throwing a dark look at the Lyon crowd.
