The French team will therefore have to wait until November to possibly qualify for the 2026 World Cup. After three victories to start the qualifiers for the Europe zone, the Blues were caught by Iceland (2-2) on Monday evening in Reykjavik. A result which for the moment deprives them of a ticket for the World Cup but keeps them at the top of group D with three points ahead of Ukraine.
Not enough to satisfy a particularly annoyed Didier Deschamps after the match. “I don’t know if it’s frustrationhe reacted hotly on the L’Equipe channel.
We must not take the second goal! At that moment, after equalizing, we had done what we needed to do to lead. And for us to be pierced while being poorly positioned, so high up… Even if it was the opponent who scored him, we opened the doors a little. »
Didier Deschamps: “Their first goal annoys me too”
After the 2-1 goal signed Jean-Philippe Mateta (68e), we had to wait only two minutes for Kristian Hlynsson to deceive Mike Maignan and equalize (70e). An action in which Jules Koundé played offside very badly, at the central circle. But the anger of the French coach was not only directed towards his players. The referee, Mr. Grinfeld, also took a small tackle from the 1998 world champion.
“Having watched it several times, their first goal also annoys me a little because there is a foul (on Manu Koné)he cursed. I'm not going to blame the referee either, but they lead 1-0 at half-time without having a chance, practically. We didn't have many, we had more in the second because we managed to add a little more percussion and speed. We did the right thing in second by leading but there you go. »
