It could become the first double of the new century.
There hasn’t been a team with two cups in a row for sixty years since Brazil in 1962. Before that, they only saw the example of Italy in the 1930s. Deschamps has not yet said whether he will leave or stay, but it is a reflection of his success in Qatar. Didier can afford not to care about Benzema, he managed to argue with Karim. And so much so that the player refused to fly to the final and sit in a box next to Macron.
The coach believes in his approach, he has no doubts that France are not weaker than Argentina in football. It’s true, but when you claim something that hasn’t happened since 1998, when Brazil reached the final for the second time in a row after winning, it takes more than rationality. That may be enough, but history is an insidious lady who does not forgive the gambling pendulum taken as a basis from France the world Cup-2022.
They seem to hide weaknesses that everyone knows. For some reason, Lloris gets on my nerves. Upamecano twitched and made mistakes. Griezmann, not from a carefree life, took the quickdraws from his own penalty area. Antoine created a lot, but didn’t set a record for assists. Mbappe sometimes kicked the ball, Giroud and Dembele didn’t press as well as Kylian. France does not carry everyone forward with its feet. This makes the ending and title defense discussion more interesting.
against the title. Weak spells in matches
In Argentina, we see a clear upward trajectory in the game. But France’s playoffs turned out to be crumpled. It can be attributed to rivals. The Poles, despite the poor quality of football, are represented by a physically strong team. I had to tinker. Mbappé didn’t let stupid overtime happen. Then there were England, one of the favourites, so the annoyance of Kane’s two penalties doesn’t mean that France necessarily chose the wrong tactics for the quarter-finals, because they went further. Morocco also tried to play the first number, when they conceded a goal. But in each of the matches there were unpleasant moments for Deschamps. They also saw mistakes against Denmark and Tunisia, so it’s impossible to call France a saint …
For the championship. tactical band
Argentina have played a lot with tactics, but France have a wider range. Messi did not link Aimar, Riquelme and Mascherano. But Griezmann is Zidane, Kante and a little Desailly in a bottle. When, due to Mbappe and Theo Hernandez, the team fell to the left wing, it was immediately clear, even without heat maps and touchdown statistics, that Griezmann, Tchouameni and Kunde were trying to tie the game with two wingers. The player class goes further. Structurally, France is good. Rabiot is important, the monitor lizard is in order, the laterals do not fall out. Maybe Dembele was invisible, but together with Giroux he complemented Mbappé and took attention away from Kylian when necessary.
against the title. Loss of many players
And if Giroud plays badly, isn’t Benzema’s naivety enough? And if they suffer first, why will they choose between Konate and Upamecano the second, and the defender will make a mistake again? However, there were no experienced alternatives in central defence. But first Kante and Pogba helped. It cannot be said that it became terrible without them: Rabiot, Griezmann and Tchuameni played, but this is before the first difficult match at high speed. Even the loss of Luca Hernandez, who could play in central defense, giving an edge to his brother Theo, can have an impact in the end. And Nkunku manages to light up on the right, competing with Dembele. France was lucky that the defeats did not affect it, but in the final it could be different.
For the championship. Lightning-fast capabilities
Scaloni reminds us that the final cannot be reduced to a duel between Messi and Mbappé. Sure, not always in the final Ronaldo against Kahn, Cruyff against Beckenbauer, Ronaldo against Zidane… Or always? Rarely Zidane against his own temper, often the rivalry of great players, characters. And if you are looking for a guy who, by his talent, deserved to repeat himself after Pele, moreover, exacerbating the feats of the legend – Mbappe went through the tournament in Qatar without injuries, like Edson on world Cup-62, then Kilian is the ideal candidate. If Molina falters and the midfielders don’t secure the fullback, we’ll see Mbappé’s new late goal world Cuplike in Moscow.
against the title. Insensitivity of Coach Deschamps
A very tough midfielder, the eternal captain has learned over the years to be softer and to understand people. But he watches the games in which France have not won coach Deschamps, and they are nine in two years. Neither against Austria and Ukraine, nor against Denmark and Switzerland, nor against Croatia did coach Deschamps succeed when it was worth rebuilding after a bad match. On world Cup either they scored first and went on, or, as with Tunisia, they conceded and lost. They blamed everything on the team, but Didier doesn’t have the talent for comebacks that Zidane has. He also lost to Santos and Eder at Euro 2016. Deschamps is good when the plan works.
Readers opinion. You want to see France first
Complicated formula. Deschamps’ team certainly doesn’t have a bad reputation. There are hardly millions of people who hate and support them precisely against the “tricolors”, and not for Argentina. But we also do not observe the special love of people that the team of Zidane, Djorkaeff, Thuram, Blanc and Barthez had. If we compare the composition for the final world Cup-18 and the optimal base now, we see a big difference. Lloris and Varane out of five remained in defense, a Griezmann in the center of the field and Mbappé and Giroux in attack. And there might not be a useful Olivier without Benzema’s injury. Half of the new team will try to repeat the Moscow result. But do these guys deserve a second consecutive title? We’ll see tonight, it won’t be long.
