He's not shy about it.
Noël Le Graët is a "very disappointed" man.
The president of the French Football Federation confided on Tuesday the day after the elimination (3-3, 5-4 tab) against Switzerland in the round of 16 of the Euro to the newspaper Le Figaro.
During this short interview, the Breton returned to the poor performance of the Blues, a performance "with a weakness in the game very rare on our part". "I had set this goal before the competition and it was not achieved", plague the person concerned before continuing. “This result does not suit me or anyone. At 3-1, I would have almost returned home so much I thought the meeting folded. I did not understand what happened. We were clumsy, we were physically walked around by our opponents. "
Above all, the boss of the Fédé returned to the situation of the coach. “I (Editor's note: Didier Deschamps) had it on the phone, he was going home in the South. We gave ourselves a week to reflect and see each other again, ”says Le Graët. "He needs to think, me too, we will see each other elsewhere than at the FFF to spend a day together, to take stock of his motivation and his desire (...) We are not going to question everything, after all that 'he did. We're talking about a man who won everything and made us win the World Cup in 2018. I want to see what his state of mind is, if his motivation is intact, and mine too. The one who has always supported Didier Deschamps seems this time more evasive.
1/4 - France will not play the quarter-finals of a major competition for the first time since the 2010 World Cup, where it was eliminated in the group stage.
Disillusionment.
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As for the insistent rumor of the arrival of Zinédine Zidane, free since his departure from Real Madrid, the president of the FFF seems to be sweeping it away… For the moment.
“He's a man I like.
Zidane will one day arrive at the head of the Blues.
When?
I do not know.
I have no scoop to tell you.
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Finally, this premature elimination also risks having consequences on the finances of the Federation. She had also estimated that only participation in the last four could allow a balance of accounts. "The FFF, because of the Covid-19, is in a less favorable financial situation than the other years and a good trip would have been good," said Le Graët.