For this friendly tour organized in the United States, the referees have started to apply a rule which will undoubtedly be good during World Cup matches: refreshment breaks. In the middle of each period, both teams were given three minutes to cool off.
Against Brazil (2-1), these cooling breaks were not really necessary since the temperature did not even reach 20 degrees. Next summer it will be a different story. But for Didier Deschamps, they risk changing the course of several matches. “It’s good for the broadcasters, but it changes football. No matter the team, 3 minutes (break) breaks everything”he declared on the microphone of TF1.
