2024-09-10 04:45:29
The defeat they faced against Italy has kicked them in the heart and showed the worst. Shaken in their pride by a poor performance at the beginning of the school year, the Blues decided to react this Monday in Lyon against Belgium and it was with a much revised eleven that Didier Deschamps decided to go to war. Compared to the team that was three days ago at the Parc des Princes, only Mike Maignan, William Saliba and N’Golo Kanté were at the start against a change in the Belgian camp. A choice that is considered not harmful to the French group, which is compact and balanced, on the contrary, than against the Transalpines.
History does not say whether it is the direct effect of Maignan’s rant that has caused the situation of the team in Paris, but in fact the team responded perfectly to the opposition by finding a way to success thanks to the achievements of Parisians Dembélé and Kolo Muani. “We are in a bad situation and even though we made it to half of the Euros it is a bad time. Completing this course with victory is important. After the defeat, it shocked us, we have to give everything to win, especially against Belgium,” Ousmane Dembélé responded to TF1 at the end of the match.
The former Barcelona player was at the start inside, as the team, also lost simple things in the first quarter of an hour before going in the second half where he could make the difference left for the goal. His reaction and that of his friends when he celebrated his 6th goal in blue suddenly made us forget the whistles we heard for Mbappé and the coach before the match. The victory was necessary to avoid a crisis and further pressure which began to weigh heavily on the French side.
“It is necessary to win for trust”
Didier Deschamps decided to go back to basics by ditching Italy’s 4-2-3-1 to return to a more defensive 4-3-3 with compact blocking. “Three bases? It is not connected to Friday’s match and response. It is connected to the opponent,” he explained after the game. a minute on his left. Above all, the midfielders who were placed by the striker Manu Koné, who was surprisingly comfortable, did not try to prevent De Bruyne from making a difference.
“We are eager to respond this evening. We have to show a great presence and with this victory, I think we did it, remove Mattéo Guendouzi in the mixed area. The defense was very solid, and they created very few chances. Offensively too, we had a lot more success even if we could have scored more. There are many positives from this evening and we need to improve the negative aspects to be better in the coming months. »
The idea shared by Jules Koundé, is also a great work writer in his corridor. “Yes we had a better game than against Italy. We are better defensively, we have the elements we need to win this match. It is absolutely necessary to win for confidence. We have to do it again. We lost against Italy for many reasons. We have to criticize ourselves and get things back on track, especially in terms of intensity, and we do better. We are not worried but we have to talk to each other, say things to each other, we have confidence in the team’s response. »
“Everything is not going well, we know we can do more”
However, the team realized that everything was not perfect during this internship. “Not everything is gone, we know we can do better and fix some points,” Guendouzi continued. If we continue on this path, we will be able to continue to do great things. » This will involve the rehabilitation of Kylian Mbappé who is absent from the starting eleven as well as Antoine Griezmann, whose place does not seem as dangerous as today. With the announced aim of “re-oxygenating” the team in view of the 2026 World Cup, Didier Deschamps is at least able to get the first answers he wants by introducing new ones (Olise, Koné) or by adjusting others, like Digne, who knows how to use his life. The next lesson will “put a maximum number of players in one position”, the coach has already warned. The two League of Nations matches against Israel, on October 10, and Belgium, on October 14, will make it possible to approve or not the manuscript of the revival of this form.
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