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It’s barely past 9:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Stade de France locker room. The Blues appeared enterprising during the first period against Austria, but they have not yet found the fault. And bad luck continues to befall them. Maignan and Koundé have to go out, extending the list of injured to fourteen. Calm but determined, Didier Deschamps takes the floor to validate the content delivered by his young team. And invites him to persevere. This mobilizing speech flourished with, in the end, a well-deserved success (2-0).