Didier Deschamps is in turmoil as rarely. The Mbappé affair, not selected for the two matches against Israel and Belgium while he played last weekend with Real Madrid, and the sudden retirement of Antoine Griezmann sparked a lively controversy and darkened the picture already darkened by the latest results of the Blues between a shaky Euro and a totally failed return to school match against Italy.
The French team is in tough times and Didier Deschamps is visibly increasingly criticized by his players. At least behind his back. “There is a clear break, said Romain Molina in a video broadcast on YouTube. It’s not going to take away everything he’s done. Like Vincent Collet in basketball, it was good that there was an end. At some point, things have to stop. It’s the same for Deschamps. »
Didier Deschamps not up to tactical level
“As there is no boss at the Federation, he decides everything. But there’s a lack of work. Many players complained about it, continued the journalist, author of numerous books on the black side of football. Tactical analyses, the staff works, does the sessions, but what does he do? Sometimes, he struggles to remember the names of certain opponents and the players see a huge gap between what they see in the club and in the team. France in the tactical field.”
During the September rally, the day after the defeat against Italy, Kylian Mbappé did not hesitate to complain during the post-match debrief about the lack of tactical work carried out before the match. A criticism accepted by Didier Deschamps, who nevertheless took refuge behind the very short deadlines with which the staff must deal with to prepare for meetings.
“There are even some who are completely lost. In the midfield, they’re like ‘what should I do?’ You have lost players, the message does not get through because it is a message that is not questioned and many players criticize Deschamps for his lack of work, he insisted again.
Enormously. But there is no one who will tell him and many will also accuse him of favoritism. »
