“It’s not about settling scores or anything. Afterwards, let some be on my back, yes. I understand. (…) Afterwards, I’m realistic, it’s been twelve years, people are tired of seeing my face (…). » This is what Didier Deschamps said on Sunday evening, a few minutes after the victory of the French team against Italy (1-3), as part of the sixth and final day of the group stage of the League of Nations. . An outing that some took directly for themselves at the chain The Team.
A regular speaker on the sports media platform, Dominique Sévérac delivered his analysis of the French coach’s comments on Monday. “ In fact, he knows that the place of protest is here. He knows that there are people like Jo(han Micoud), in a completely argued way and it’s not personal, people who don’t like him, who are columnists, who are consultants here. So I think he didn’t make this outing randomly, on the L’Équipe channel. »
Deschamps wanted to respond
And the journalist from Parisian to continue by returning to Didier Deschamps’ first intervention after the game, at a press conference. “ In front of us, the written press and television journalists, the conf that you showed first, it was much more watered down, it was much cooler, it was little barbs like that. But we felt that he wanted, in the place where he feels most challenged, that is to say the set of ‘L’Équipe du Soir’ or in general, of the channel L’Équipe, he had want to answer them. »
The dialogue therefore took place through microphones and cameras. Qualified for the quarter-finals of the League of Nations with his Blues, Didier Deschamps will now spend a few months in peace before returning to business at the next gathering scheduled for next March. He will then have a lot of work, especially with the probable return of Kylian Mbappé.
