Special Envoy in Munich
His analysis of the game
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It was an extremely intense game, very good for both teams. My players behaved well. In the races and the duels, we gave everything. We could not avoid all the French counters but overall we did well. Losing on a goal against your own camp is very disappointing. We got into the match well, the team won a lot of duels but we lacked percussion force near the surface. It was necessary to close the axis because France plays extraordinary cons. We defended very well but we cannot do it permanently and we cannot erase Mbappé or Griezmann. What I saw on the pitch leaves me optimistic for the matches to come.
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The impassable blue wall
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France has been the best team in the world in defense for the past two to three years.
They have 6 or 7 players who can defend extremely well in the box and in aerial duels.
Behind Rabiot and Kanté, there are two extremely strong central defenders.
They were positioned very low and were waiting for the counters.
The ten French were often in their half of the field, close to their penalty area.
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Germany trapped
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France likes to play in the axis so we tried on the wings with Gosens, Kimmich.
Unfortunately, the centers were too high when we wanted to play low, tight.
The two laterals ran a lot on the sides.
Maybe we need to practice more on the last pass.
The French have closed the spaces well.
In front, Serge (Gnabry) and Kai (Haverts) ran a lot, we had to defend a lot because France has a lot of offensive quality.
The substitutes failed to get into the game well.
In the second half, France defended very low, against such a team we rarely have chances.
France allows few opportunities to its opponents.
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Interview at a press conference