Unstoppable with Paris Saint-Germain for several weeks, Désiré Doué was logically summoned by Didier Deschamps for this truce of Mars: “That's all he can do well and very well with his club where he is not always a holder. When he played, he progressed a lot. He's a very young player. It's very interesting for us, it could have been later. I did it there. He will not be able to participate in the Euro Hopes because the Club World Cup is a priority. It is good that he can be there with us. He progressed a lot compared to what he was doing in Rennes and at the beginning at PSG. We are not going to compare him with players who have had ten years of career. I don't think he's an axial player. It is up to him to confirm everything he does very well so far“Said the French coach. Small new in the group, his first minutes were going to be scrutinized. But the 19 -year -old crack had to bite his brake.
The young PSG nugget had not played the slightest minute in Split, even though the Blues suffered in attack. During the press conference on Saturday, Didier Deschamps was questioned in the case of Désiré Doué: “The midfielder can be more creative, in absolute terms. But what was lacking, above all, is technical accuracy. Starting with our ball outings. Who will start tomorrow and how, you know very well that I will not say it. But it is a balance to have, that we did not have in the first leg. It all also depends on what you mean by creativity. Gifted ? He is a young player who has potential. At the start, it is not a midfielder. At PSG, it is above all led to be on the sides ”. And precisely, its use and positioning were the subject in vogue this Sunday, since the coach of the Blues officially offered him his first cape. Coming into play in the 66th minute in place of his teammate Bradley Barcola, Désiré Doué left no one indifferent. Despite some waste at the end of regulation time, Désiré Doué immediately brought her dynamism and creativity.
Gifted is on his little cloud
During extensions, he distinguished himself by testing the Croatian goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic (96th, 97th) twice, thus showing his ability to project himself forward and create offensive opportunities, also at the end of the meeting (120th). The time was at the party: “There are lots of things. What we are going to remember this evening is necessarily qualification. The beautiful face that the team showed on this very important match. We are very happy because it was a goal. Now we will meet while playing for the Final Four. Personally, it's beautiful what I was able to live this evening. These are my first steps with the French team. A lot of pride and a lot of happiness. All audiences were too to support me, to push me. I felt it and thank them. I try to play my football, to be myself, to stay myself. The team guys put me in confidence, the staff too. I try to play as best I can, help the team and perform. Today, it was a lot of happiness to be able to get back to this lawn of the Stade de France“Explained Désiré Doué in the mixed zone after the meeting. Didier Deschamps, who was relaunched on the Cherki-Akliouche-Doué debate, then insisted at a press conference: “I knew what he was able to do with his club. Above all, that it does not change, on and off the field. He really has everything, he's mature at 19. Everything is well framed, it is not surprising because many young French people arrive early and are in the professional world. There are other young people who have potential. I saw them with hopes against England».
After having offered the qualification for PSG by succeeding in the shot to Anfield against Liverpool in the Champions League, the former Rennes player did not tremble either Sunday evening, during the session against Croatia. Nothing stops desired gifted in recent weeks: “I don't plan to stop. It has to continue. It has to continue, but it goes through work, everyday discipline. I continue to work on my strengths, my weak points and I think everything will go in my sense. Afterwards, I try not to listen to journalists, sorry. It's great, but the day when it goes less well, we will say things a little less nice. I try to focus on what I have to work on a daily basis and I think I transcribe it well on the field. We got to work. We also questioned ourselves. We were also able to work with the coach on tactical aspects of video. And I think this evening is the state of mind that awarded». A future Golden Boy? The young Parisian continues, in any case, to trace his journey towards success.
