France team: the "Milanese" renewed, no new ones and a rant ... What to remember from Deschamps' list

Why surprise when you are happy with what you have on hand?

For his last call of the calendar year and the matches against Kazakhstan on November 13 at the Parc des Princes and on November 18 against Finland in Helsinki, to definitively validate the ticket for the 2022 World Cup, Didier Deschamps drew up, as expected, a list of 23 selected without surprises.

Priority to the winners in Milan.

Raphaël Varane, hamstring injury on Tuesday and absent for almost a month, and goalkeeper Mike Maignan, injured in the wrist, are absent but have nothing to worry about. Unless there is a physical glitch, they will be there for the next gathering in March. For the rest, almost all those who had raised the League of Nations in Milan against Spain, benefit from the confidence of the coach who knows what a trophy brings in the life of a group. Kurt Zouma, who replaces Varane, or Alphonse Areola, who takes the gloves of Maignan, retain a fragile status in Blue. The indispensable N'Golo Kanté returns to midfield where the coach has total confidence in him. “He is an integral part of this team, whatever the system, loose DD. The most important thing is that he can have all of his means.If N'Golo is fit, you know full well he will play. "

No new kids

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In attack, if Deschamps logically recalled Kingsley Coman, well recovered from his slight heart operation and which remains a safe bet, he did not wish to offer a baptism to a new kid like Christopher Nkunku, yet still excellent Wednesday with Leipzig against the PSG, its training club.

“He is a player that we follow, recognizes the coach.

He could have been in the list because he does interesting things and is one of the serious candidates.

But on this list, there was a need for logic and continuity.

When things go well, we maintain confidence.

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Rant about the impossible preparation for the World Cup.

If Deschamps logically wants to obtain, from the first match against the Kazakhs, the qualification for Qatar, he also knows that it is to afford an incredible puzzle. With the World Cup to be played from November 21 to December 18, 2022, the internationals will only be made available to the selections seven days before the opening match. A heresy for Deschamps. "It's far from ideal," he understands. Knowing that we will have the obligation to be on site 4-5 days before the first match, it is very reduced and almost impossible to have a friendly match with players who will have played a championship match just on the weekend. before. No need to ask the question of preparation, there won't be any. I regret. Having a minimum of two weeks of preparation would have been the bare minimum.We will adapt but I'm not going to say that it makes me smile. "