The French team has not won anything yet, but this prestigious success against Brazil gave the Blues a smile. Despite an overloaded schedule and everyone’s problems, such as Kylian Mbappé’s knee problem, Didier Deschamps’ men had to work hard to win 2 goals to 1, but they showed some good things. The coach’s choice to align an attacking quartet Mbappé-Olise-Dembélé-Ekitike had reinforced the interest in watching this poster. And tonight, these four scored points. Mbappé scored and his knee problem seemed to have gone away. In his role as a free electron, Olise delighted us with several technical gestures and he was especially clinical on the counter, leading to the break goal scored by Ekitike. The Liverpool player also scored quite a few points. Beyond his goal, he was able to show himself available against the compact Brazilian block and technically good in ball retention. Finally, Dembélé was undoubtedly a little more discreet, but his laser pass was at the origin of the opening score.
You will have understood, the tricolor composition was attractive at kick-off and it did not disappoint. At the end of the match, Mbappé refused to get excited after this friendly match, but the captain of the Blues showed a certain satisfaction. “I said before that we shouldn’t learn a lot of lessons, I’m not going to be a hypocrite and say that it was the World Cup final. But we are in a good dynamic, whether offensively, with the ball, we have a lot of mobility, movement, creativity, we create a lot of situations, we manage to be a little more solid even if we concede this goal at the end of the match. We are moving forward, we are moving forward, we are in good continuity to prepare for the World Cup”he declared on the microphone of TF1 before being imitated by Ibrahima Konaté.
“We had a first period, I wouldn’t say exceptional, but a very good first period”
“It’s a very nice victory. Overall, we had a first period, I wouldn’t say exceptional, but a very good first period. There were some very good combinations, we played very well today, against this nation that is Brazil. » A few moments later, Deschamps introduced himself to the broadcaster’s microphone. Not really used to getting carried away in the media, DD did not shy away from his pleasure however. “She’s beautiful because it’s Brazil. The last one was 11 years ago, we were spanked. There was a nice gap with us. Today, I’m not going to say that things have been reversed, but in the first period, then being reduced to ten, what we were able to do in terms of technical mastery, in the technical relationship between the midfielders and the attacking 4, these are interesting things.”he declared at the microphone of TF1, before being relaunched on the good copy made by his offensive quartet.
“Even if the players know each other, there were a lot of position changes without it harming collective expression, against a Brazil team which was rather cautious, which tried to hurt us with rapid attacks. Kylian is doing very well, it was planned for him to play for an hour, like Ousmane. I discuss with them so as not to take any risks. The technical relationship exists, adding Olise and Ekitike who scored a great goal. This is confirmation that there is quality and a good technical relationship between the players. » In three days, it’s a safe bet that Deschamps will field a largely overhauled team against Colombia, but this attacking quartet undoubtedly has a future!
