The Blues offered themselves a nice revenge. Two months after the slap received at the Parc des Princes against the same Italy (1-3) and just three days after the sad draw conceded by Israel at the Stade de France (0-0), the French team has indeed dominated the Nazionale at home (1-3), at the same time validating first place in their Nations League group.
Target of violent criticism since Thursday, Didier Deschamps could (a little) breathe. The coach was nevertheless well aware that more would be needed to reverse the trend. “
I’m realistic, I know that people have been tired of seeing my face for 12 years. I am in contact with the everyday world. I’m not going to hide when things aren’t going well or things aren’t going well.” he confided to the microphone of the Chaîne L’Equipe.
“We are tending towards the end of Didier Deschamps’ adventure”
For journalist Giovanni Castaldi, who questioned the French coach in the wings of San Siro, the feeling of weariness is indeed now too deep-rooted. “People, whether it plays well or not well, want to see something else. We really feel it. We are tending towards the end of Didier Deschamps’ adventure with the France team. And he will no longer be able to reverse this curve”he commented.
An opinion shared by Jérôme Alonzo. “The break with Didier Deschamps does not date from the Euro. She’s from before. Deschamps’ extension after Qatar was very poorly received by the public, on the sly, on a corner of the table. It was an episode that was poorly received by the general public. And the game was not great, the Euro, less skillful press conferences. The disenchantment did not build at the Euro. It was deeper and dates from before. And it’s the same for everyone, after a while, you want to see something else. It’s normal,” he analyzed, visibly impatient for the former world champion to make way on the Blues bench.
