Apparently, everything is going well with the French team. Zinédine Zidane, who succeeded Didier Deschamps this summer, started his mandate at the head of the Blues rather well with three wins and a draw in four Nations League matches, bringing a breath of fresh air to the group and the game. Behind the scenes, however, the picture is much less rosy.
In a video broadcast on his YouTube channel, Romain Molina gives a very contrasting assessment of the first gathering of the “Zizou” era. “If everything went well overall on the pitch, off it, it was an unprecedented amateurism”asserts the journalist on X (formerly Twitter), who lists a series of hiccups around the French selection.
Serial problems among the Blues!
In order: “multiple oversights (screwing the crampons (!), washing the equipment), errors in outfits (socks), failed protocol, plane tickets taken at the last moment while forgetting to respond to players…he lists. This was so shocking internally that there is an emergency meeting today (Tuesday) to take stock of all this. »
Neither “ZZ” nor its staff are implicated. It is more the federation which is targeted here. “Why did you promote a team manager without any experience in this area (Laurent Georges, who was already trying to be the CEO of the FFF at the time)?asks Romain Molina. Because he gets along well with a member of Zidane’s staff (Hamidou Msaidie)? »
“Why did you promote Bastien Geray when there were already problems in Espoirs?he adds. Let’s not also talk about the costs of the different planes because, once again, everything is done late… After all, it doesn’t matter, it’s winning on the ground, so the incompetence of several sectors of the FFF, who cares? » Zinédine Zidane, undoubtedly.
Heavy accusations against the FFF
And the journalist adds another layer, still on his X account: “Will Florence Hardouin’s former protégé, Christophe Bel (head of Clairefontaine’s equipment and development department), still fall through the cracks by daring to say that he obviously had nothing to do with the far-fetched appointments to the French team? »
“Same for Eric Latronico, still director of Clairefontaine…he says. The FFF is beautiful: the more political you are, the more you stay in office and get promotions! And the day when everyone’s incompetence is exposed in broad daylight, you hide to accuse other people. Great! » Very heavy accusations.
