Only three days after their calamitous performance in Split, the Blues showed a completely different face, Sunday, on the lawn of the Stade de France. The offensive scheme chosen by Didier Deschamps and the changes made by Didier Deschamps are obviously for many. Aligned on the right flank after having had to be satisfied with about fifteen minutes of play in Croatia, Michael Ollise is undoubtedly the best symbol.
Beyond his victorious free kick registered shortly after the return of the locker room, the first for a player of the French team in official competition for almost two decades, the player of Bayern Munich, author of 13 goals and 11 assists this season with the Bavarian club, delivered a sparkling performance. His efforts have been rewarded at the start of the last ten minutes with a decisive pass for Ousmane Dembélé on a marvel of withdrawn center.
“Antoine, with everything he did …”
Asked at the end of the meeting, Didier Deschamps did not fail to pay tribute to his player, who had known a complicated beginnings last fall. “Michael has a lot of qualities. He had complicated periods but by what he does in a club where he has also progressed a lot, today he was sparkling in his register. This is his merit, he said. Sometimes it takes a little time, you always have to give confidence. He could have played the first leg, I don't know if it would have been as well and he might not have played the return. »»
However, the tricolor coach refused to engage in a comparison with Antoine Griezmann, the performance of the Olympic vice-champion, however, reminiscent of the Madrid register, which turned their back on the French team last September. “Antoine, with everything he has done, we cannot compare players”evacuated the former midfielder.
But for some, comparison appears obvious.
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