The coach of the Blues gave his analysis after the surprising defeat against Finland on Wednesday night at the Stade de France (0-2): “We were below what I expected.
Generosity, commitment, duel… Opposite, they put what was needed, we not enough.
We take avoidable goals and then after, we gave confidence to the opponent, we had the ball but without creating a gap.
In the content, in the second half, it was better, but with a handicap like that, it is difficult.
The high level is a booster shot, luckily that's how it is.
We took a good slap, I'm not going to dwell on it too much, it's factual, the result is logical.
It doesn't hurt to take a lesson.
I'm not annoyed, but I don't like losing, that doesn't happen to me often. "
Before coming back to Marcus Thuram's first selection: “I had no doubt that he was impressed.
It's not in his character.
He did good things, he could have scored on his header on the bar.
He provoked, created shifts, after it was more complicated after the break, with less space and more fatigue because he had played on Sunday.
For a first selection, he is doing well.
He combined well with Lucas Digne on his left side, especially in the first period, but his centers did not find a taker. "
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