After winning in Turkey and Belgium at the end of September, the French team arrived in France to face Italy on October 2, as part of the third day of the Nations League. For this very first match for Zinédine Zidane on French soil as coach of the Blues, some would have liked to see a sort of transfer of power organized, but above all a ceremony in tribute to Didier Deschamps. Not necessarily feasible according to Pierre Ménès.
Asked to give his opinion on the subject by one of the followers of his YouTube channel, the man who has just been given a definitive two-month suspended prison sentence for sexual assault, considered that the choice of the French Football Federation (FFF), if there had been discussion beforehand, was the right one. “I think that the Fed did not want there to be a collision between the farewells to (Didier) Deschamps and the return of (Zinédine) Zidane at the Stade de France. »
And Pierre Ménès validated the decision. “I think they did well because, perhaps, Deschamps would have been whistled and that would not have been a good idea. » As for this famous tribute to the 2018 world champion coach on the French bench, it will take place as confirmed by the president of the FFF, Philippe Diallo.
No tribute to Bordeaux for Didier Deschamps
But not right away, and very probably not next November during the match against Turkey (on the 15th). “The next match of the Blues (at home) is in Bordeaux, indicated Pierre MĂ©nès. We are not going to pay homage to Deschamps in Bordeaux. So it’s true that it grows back. »
And the former Canal Football Club troublemaker concluded with a question: “Is Deschamps extraordinarily demanding of that? I don’t know anything about it. »
Continued in the next episode.
