For the former midfielder of OL and OM, the Blues have not found the solution to the opposing defense hyperregroupée.
“Ukraine presented a low block, leaving little space behind them and with a lot of people behind the ball,” says Roy.
We know that the France team is comfortable with the transition and rapid attacks, when it has space and Ukraine has made sure that it does not.
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Mbappé, sparkling in Lyon the previous Sunday, could hardly speak Wednesday evening.
“The Ukrainians were defending at five but were sometimes six or seven on the defensive line,” explains Roy.
I think there was no specifically anti-Mbappé plan, but in this type of configuration, it is more difficult for him to exploit his qualities.
With a boy attacking him, a second covering the first and possibly a third waiting for him inside, things get more complicated… ”
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Faced with the problem that was posed to him, the crack of Bondy did not find the solution.
And not much sought after, it seems.
"It was not by relying on an individual solution against a team block and a lot of people in his zone that he could get out of it," resumes Roy.
Yesterday (
Editor's note: this Wednesday
), he often tried practically impossible things.
The individual feat against three or four defenders, he has the capacity to achieve it but it only works once in 100. It's so random that it irritates everyone: himself, his partners and the supporters. .
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According to the consultant, the corridor attackers could have tried to start from further away: “Faced with very low team blocks, the problem is to arrive launched and with speed.
For Mbappé and Coman, it is conceivable to win a little more, to provide defensive help to their side and to seek relays with the attackers in front of them to exploit a third ball in the depth.
But if Mbappé is already very high, it's too difficult.
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A collective bankruptcy
As Didier Deschamps underlined after the match, Roy believes that the failure against Ukraine cannot be attributed to the offensive sector alone: “A lot of attackers on the field, it is not the guarantee of a super attacking game, with a lot of chances.
In Manchester City, Guardiola, whose team is one of those who create the most opportunities, sometimes proceeds with false center-forward, like Foden or Gündogan.
It is the movement, the passing circuits, the combined play, the movements that create uncertainty in the opponent.
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So many notions neglected by the Blues this Wednesday evening.
“I felt a form of smugness in the game. It was going so much at two an hour that at no time did she seem able to unbalance a defense so large and so tightly knit.
There was certainly the individual feat of Griezmann, even tainted with an offside at the start, which should have broken the lock in this kind of match.
The first goal has, unfortunately, reinforced the France team in its way.
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It seems that the Blues believed they could be satisfied with the minimum service.
“Faced with the excitement of the goalkeeper and the opposing defense, I myself thought it would pass,” says Roy.
And I do not see how the referee could not have whistled the penalty that would have killed the match (
Editor's note: on Coman, 23rd
).
The players also had to say to themselves that it would come naturally and therefore did not do violence to each other.
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Roy points out several shortcomings to be corrected urgently: “He lacked rhythm, not only in the races, but also in the controls and the passes.
In this configuration, the France team needed to be dynamic, spontaneous, to gain speed, to use a technically very fluid combined game, in order to find the last pass likely to disrupt the opposing defense. . "
Coaching cannot be invoked
The exit of Coman (63rd), very active, before that of Mbappé (77th), inside, is anecdote, according to Eric Roy: “Based on the 23 players gathered, any French team must beat Ukraine, no matter what.
Also, it is difficult to blame the changes to the coach.
Before the match, everyone had welcomed that Deschamps played with corridor specialists such as Coman and Mbappé.
Today, everyone is questioning Deschamps' choices a bit because the match did not turn out as it should have.
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Ultimately, the consultant regrets the replacement of Giroud (63rd): “Faced with this low block, in addition to strikes from afar, there was the option of centers.
However, to replace Giroud was to deprive himself of him in the area.
But we do not know if Giroud had 90 minutes in the legs.
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