An oval ball fan, Didier Deschamps was full of praise for the captain of the French XV, Antoine Dupont.
Operated on for a maxillo-zygomatic fracture on September 22, the day after the victory of the French XV over Namibia (96-0), Antoine Dupont will make his return to competition this Sunday evening. With one hell of a meeting on the agenda: a World Cup quarter-final against South Africa, the defending champion.
On the sidelines of this clash of titans, Didier Deschamps, coach of the French football team and great rugby fan, spoke about the captain of the French XV. If he refused to compare him to a certain Zinedine Zidane, DD was very complimentary of Antoine Dupont.
“Like Zizou, Antoine Dupont is the creator”
“I’m already not a fan of comparisons in the same sport. I’m even less going to risk it here,” Deschamps first said, and added: “Like Zizou, Antoine Dupont is the creator, the genius, an extraordinary boy. Fabien (Galthié) told me about him: “He’s my best defender”, with the highest percentage of tackles. In that too, it is incomparable with football. »
