This will remain as one of the beautiful images of the round of 16 won by the France team against Sweden (3-0), Tuesday in New York. After the opening score, Kylian Mbappé went directly to Didier Deschamps, bereaved by the death of his mother, to hug him. A delicate attention which “touches a lot”
the coach of the Blues. But the latter’s gesture towards his captain did not please everyone.
To greet the French striker, ultimately author of a double during this meeting, “DD” bowed to him. An inappropriate reaction according to Florent Gautreau. “What bothers me is the way Deschamps prostrated himself in a somewhat ironic way in front of Mbappé. We’ve rarely seen that from a coach, and I say a coach shouldn’t do that.”commented the journalist in the show
After Footballon the airwaves of RMC.
“A coach should not do that”
“There is always a hierarchy which must
be respectfuled, and we have often criticizede
it’s up to Mbappé to make rain or shine since even the players talk about the nickname ‘Mobutu’… By doing this, Deschamps leaves full powers to Mbappé in front of the other players and the substitutes. I don’t see Sir Alex Ferguson doing that in front of (Eric) Cantona, I don’t see Luis Enrique doing that in front of (Ousmane) Dembélé. Never, under any circumstances,” he continued.
And the presenter continued: “Deschamps does not need to do that in front of the top scorer in the history of the France team. I found it a bit out of place and not at the level of a great coach, and Mbappé doesn’t need that. He has often been criticized for wanting to be the boss, and for sometimes being almost above his club, the selection or the coach… I’m just saying that great coaches wouldn’t have done it with great players. »
