Winner of Israel (4-1), Thursday, on behalf of the third day of the League of Nations, the France team would be well inspired to continue in Belgium on Monday. And not only because a poor performance would further compromise the Blues’ chances of qualifying for the Final Four of the competition. A new failure, a month after the ugly defeat against Italy at the Parc des Princes, would further weaken Didier Deschamps.
The French coach has in fact been the subject of very strong criticism for several months. Despite qualifying for the semi-finals, the Euro was seen as a failure and the retirement of Antoine Griezmann then the non-selection of Kylian Mbappé led to new attacks against the former captain of the Blues. But for Pascal Dupraz, the main reason for this distrust of the double world champion is Zinedine Zidane.
Pro-Zidane lobbying singled out
“ The disenchantment is lobbying because everyone dreams, me first and foremost, that Zidane is the coach of the France team. That’s where the disenchantment comes from, thus launched the former Toulouse coach at the microphone of Grandes Gueules du sport, on RMC. That is to say, we beat Deschamps with all our might, we say that the French team is boring every time, but often winning, and not that much. If we want to look at football in its broad sense. Football is a lot of strategy, everywhere, even Manchester City, we get into trouble sometimes. So it must be said that we are lobbying. »
The technician was less friendly with Kylian Mbappé. “ It must also be said that Mbappé tires us, he tires everyone, he said. But he is extremely talented, he will soon finish tiring us out. Wait until 2025 and the playoff draw for 2026 and we’ll talk about it again. »
