There will be no scares for the final playoff game in Finland on Tuesday. The Blues qualified on Saturday for the 2022 World Cup by crushing modest Kazakhstan (8-0) at the Parc des Princes. The Blues will be able to defend dearly the title acquired in 2018 in Russia next year in Qatar. “It looks like a perfect evening. The objective was the qualification, in addition there is the manner, the pleasure of the players, the sharing between them, relishes the coach Didier Deschamps at the microphone of M 6. Everyone had their share of the cake this (Saturday ) evening thanks to everything we could do very well in the first and second half. We were in the right tempo. It's a very nice football night even if I don't forget that it is a night of remembrance. Football is there to bring happiness. "
The national coach continues.
“Playing a third World Cup as a coach is pride.
This summer we had 10 minutes of bewilderment, we must not throw everything away.
Now the year is ending well, although Finland will have to be respected because there is a place at stake for second qualifying place.
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"We provided the show"
The man of the evening is obviously called Kylian Mbappé.
The prodigal of the Blues delighted the public of the Park by offering himself his first quadruplet in Blue, the first for a player of the France team since Just Fontaine in… 1958!
"The ball is already in my box," smiles the PSG striker.
The most important thing was the qualification.
We put on the show, we had fun and I think we gave it to the public.
We respected the opponent and wanted to hurt until the end.
Yesterday I scored in practice and we were shouting for luck.
I've made a lot of progress already, it's not yet a top-level head game but it's starting to sound like what I'm looking for.
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At only 22 years old, Kylian Mbappé, who already has 23 goals in 53 selections plus a World Cup and a Nations League in his wallet, does not intend to stop there.
“Winning a second World Cup is a dream, a goal, supports the crack of Bondy.
It's a chance to play for a team that can win it and it should not be wasted.
We absolutely wanted to defend our title in Qatar.
There are plenty of players in the group who haven't played it.
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Karim Benzema, author of a double this evening, concludes: “We knew that the opponent was weaker but we needed the manner.
We saw great play, we had a lot of fun and I think it was seen on the pitch.
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