The Final Four of the League of Nations will have marked a turning point for the French team. The two matches against Spain and Germany have demonstrated it: Didier Deschamps has indeed decided to be much less restrictive than in the past based on the offensive forces of his team.
Thus, despite a defense decimated by injuries, the tricolor coach did not want to play security by strengthening his midfielder with defensive profiles. If he did not hesitate in the past to align Moussa Sissoko or Blaise Matuidi in addition to three defensive environments, this time he only established Aurélien Tchouameni and Adrien Rabiot in the midfield, to evolve with four players with an offensive vocation.
“Between winning 1-0 or 5-4, I prefer to win 5-4, but it is always a question of balance. If we have the ball, this is not the problem, He thus justified, adding: “I have a lot of offensive, I will not deprive myself of it, but it requires a little correction, changes. When I do not do it, it is not out of the desire to be careful, because given the type of offensive players we have, it is problematic for the opponent to see them associated. But when you don't have the ball, there is a defensive work to do to be less exposed. »»
Didier Deschamps no longer has the choice
And for Benoît Tremoulinas, this new philosophy is led to register over time. “” If he has to put this offensive system back? He will be forced! He will be forced to do so because we realized today that there is Spain, Argentina and we can put Portugal which may be above. Then we can say that there is the French team. We saw it against Croatia. The French team against Croatia, they played with four offensive and we passed. So I think Didier Deschamps knows very well today that he has an offensive striking force which is incredible, He thus entrusted on the set of the L'Equipe chain. He There are players who are exploding everywhere. It is very good that Cherki goes to City, and I think he will be forced to rely on these attackers. Defensively we will find Koundé, we will find Saliba who makes all the greats of Europe salivate, we will also find Upamecano. »»
And even Christophe Dugarry, his greatest detractor, is seduced. “I am delighted with the two games I saw, and even more delighted with the second, He explained this Monday in Rothen ignites, on RMC. I thought that Deschamps would have quickly used this negative result in the face of Spain and the number of opportunities conceded to immediately return to a system where you left with three defensive circles and half of the attackers who do not attack. But he stayed in the same intentions. I have called her for my wishes forever, so I'm not going to deny now. »» The revolution is underway.
