The French team delivered a very poor performance on Monday during its trip to Iceland. And if the French attack, deprived of very many executives, was hardly inspired, the defenders were also struggling as evidenced, at the end of the first period, by the Icelandic opening score in which Didier Deschamps' men shone with their passivity.
But the Blues are not the only culprits. Because if Eduardo Camavinga, at the near post, misses his clearance, allowing Victor Palsson to tackle the ball in Mike Maignan's goal, the Icelandic striker made a big mistake in the area by bringing Manu Koné to the ground. An obvious fault which the video assistance did not correct. Enough to provoke the anger of Didier Deschamps.
Passing in front of the microphones, the Blues coach did not fail to criticize the decision of the match referee and the VAR. “I think that, having seen the images, on the first goal there is a fault on Koné which is obvious”,
he first confided to the microphone of TF1, adding: “I'm not going to start crying but sometimes referees have to sleep… So that the referee doesn't see it…”
“The first goal is not there”
But for the former midfielder, it was all the arbitration of Mr. Orel Grinfled which was oriented. “I'm not going to blame the referees but there were also decisions on small faults, perhaps also because he is here, I had the impression that the environment could influence him a little bit,”
he continued.
And if Didier Deschamps was also critical of his players, he was critical of the refereeing. “The first goal is not there. After we take the second it's not the referee's fault or really… even if it's the opponent who scored it. That's what I told the players, after having done what we did and leading 2-1… But it's true that on their first goal, I saw it several times, there was a foul…”, he actually insisted.
